COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
While every effort is made to offer courses as indicated in the course descriptions, it sometimes becomes necessary to cancel courses. In the event of course cancellation, students should consult their academic advisors for selection of alternate courses.

EE 101 Introduction to Electrical Engineering- 3 hrs. Fundamental concepts in electrical engineering are introduced. Practical pre-calculus concepts are utilized. Students are required to develop an electrical project. Students develop communication skills through presentations of projects and research of historical topics in the electrical engineering discipline. (Offered Fall/Spring)

EE 201 Linear Circuit Analysis I - 3 hrs. Kirchoff's Laws, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, superposition, source transformation, Thevenin and Norton theorems, maximum power transfer; inductance and capacitance; sinusoidal waveforms; reactance, impedance; A.C. circuit analysis, power and power factor; and simple opamp circuits are covered in this course. Prerequisite: MTH 125 Corequisites: EE 201L (Offered Fall/Spring)

EE 201L Linear Circuit Analysis I Lab - 1 hr. This course is the companion lab to EE 201. Prerequisite: MTH 125 Corequisites: EE 201 (Offered Fall/Spring)

EE 202 Linear Circuit Analysis II - 3 hrs. This course entails the study of nonsinusoidal waves; Fourier series, circuit analysis; Laplace transforms, transient analysis of electrical circuits; Fourier transforms, filters; balanced 3-phase circuits; two port networks, and Z,Y,A,H parameters. Prerequisite: EE 201 and EE 201L (Offered Fall/Spring)

EE 203 Analog Circuit Design and Analysis -- 3 hrs. An analysis of nonlinear semiconductor devices; PN junction diodes, bipolar junction and field-effect transistors, biasing concepts, worst case analysis, and discrete amplifier circuit design and analysis. Prerequisite: EE 201 and EE 201L Corequisite: EE 203L (Offered Spring)

EE 203L Analog Circuit Design and Analysis Lab -- 1 hr. This course is the companion lab to EE 202, EE 203 and EE 204. Prerequisite: EE 201 and EE 201L Corequisite: EE 202, EE 203 and EE 204. (Offered Spring)

EE 204 Digital Circuit Design and Analysis - 3 hrs. Analysis and design of those circuits where the nonlinearity of the active element is significant. Includes basic digital circuits, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, encoding and decoding, flip-flops, finite state machines, and analog-digital conversion. Prerequisite: EE 201 and EE 201L (Offered Fall/Spring)

EE 301 Signals and Systems I - 3 hrs. Continuous time signals and systems; impulse and step functions, signal synthesis, convolution integrals, impulse response, transfer functions, poles and zeros, system responses, and state space methods, introduction: discrete time Fourier series. Discrete time Fourier transforms, discrete time systems, difference equations, and Z-transforms are introduced in this course. Prerequisites: EE 202 and EE 202L; EE 203 and EE 203L; and MTH 238.  (Offered Fall)

EE 302 Signals and Systems II - 3 hrs. A study of random signals and random input systems; probability, density functions, random variables, random processes, Gaussian and Poisson processes; correlation functions, spectral density; random input systems, analysis, and signal-to-noise ratio concepts. Prerequisite: EE 301.  (Offered Spring)

EE 303 Electromagnetic Field Theory - 3 hrs. A review of coordinate systems; vector analysis; study of electrostatics to include Coloumb's Law, Gauss's Law, electric field intensity, and flux density calculations, electric potential calculations; magnetostatics to include Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, magnetic field intensity, and flux density complex; introduction to magnetic vector potential; time varying fields, Maxwell's equations, and transmission lines. Prerequisites: MTH 238 and EE 202.  (Offered Spring)

EE 304 Numerical Methods and Digital Computation - 3 hrs. In this course numerical techniques are applied to the solution of scientific and engineering problems. Topics include error analysis, approximation of power series, linear regression, Taylor series, Chebeyshev polynomials, and rational approximation. Solution of differential equations, integration, and roots of equations using numerical methods is also addressed. Prerequisites: CMP 102 and MTH 238.  (Offered Spring)

EE 305 Semiconductor Engineering - 4 hrs. A study of the physics of semiconductor devices; properties of materials and devices used in electrical engineering; theory of operation of semiconductor devices to include semiconductor fundamentals; PN junction diodes; bipolar transistors; and field-effect devices. Prerequisites: EE 203 and MTH 238.  (Offered Fall)

EE 311 Electrical Engineering - 3 hrs. This course is an introduction to Ohm?s Law, KCL and KVL equations, dc circuit analysis; inductance and capacitance, AC circuit analysis; electrical machines, transformers, DC motors, DC generators, induction motors, alternators, synchronous motors, principle of operation, characteristics, and applications. This course is offered to non-EE majors only. Prerequisite: MTH 238 Corequisite: EE 311L (Offered as needed)

EE 311L Electrical Engineering Lab - 1 hr. This course is a companion lab to EE 311. Prerequisite: MTH 202 Corequisite: EE 311 (Offered as needed)

EE 320 Computer Architecture - 3 hrs. Basic concepts used in computer hardware design and computer system architecture are studied. The computer is presented as an infinite state machine. Basic computer functions such as address and data paths, instruction sets and memory cycles, components such as registers, arithmetic units, instruction decoders, and types of memories are discussed. A general purpose instruction set computer will be analyzed. Prerequisites: EE 204  (Offered Fall)

EE 330 Microprocessors - 3 hrs. A study of number systems, binary arithmetic, basic structure and operation of microcomputer systems. The microprocessor will be discussed and studied in both machine code and assembly language levels. Students will write code in assembly language, interface external devices to the microcomputer system, and study bus protocols. Prerequisite: EE 204 and EE 320  (Offered Spring)

EE 333 Analog Circuit Design and Analysis II- 3 hrs. This course is a continuation of the material presented in EE 203 and includes concepts of advanced electronic circuit design and analysis with special emphasis on VLSI circuits. Prerequisite: EE 203; Corequisite: EE 333L  (Offered as needed)

EE 333L Analog Circuit Design and Analysis II Lab- 1 hr. This course is the companion lab to EE 333. Corequisite: EE 333 (Offered as needed)

EE 340L Energy Conversion Laboratory - Lab. 1 hr. This course consists of experiments for determining the operating characteristics of electrical machines. Transformers, induction motors, synchronous machines, and d.c. machines are covered. Stepper motors, brushless d.c. motors, and other special machines are introduced. Prerequisite: EE 202  (Offered Fall)

EE 350 VLSI Design and Testing I - 3 hr. Principles of structured VLSI design; bipolar and MOS field effect transistor characteristics; VLSI fabrication techniques for MOS and bipolar circuits; circuit characterization and performance estimation, design and testing at the architectural, and register transfer logic levels are addressed. A project using high level tools will also be included. Prerequisite: EE 305 (Offered Spring)

EE 360L Communications Laboratory - Lab. 1 hr. This lab is designed to support the concepts taught in areas of microwaves and transmission lines, the seven layered communication protocol, and lecture courses offered in the junior year of the electrical engineering curriculum. Prerequisite: EE 301 Corequisite: EE 303  (Offered Spring)

EE 402 Electrical Machines - 3 hr. A study of energy conversion; D.C. machines, motors, generators, principles of operation, characteristics, and applications; transformers and induction machines, principles of operation, characteristics and applications; and synchronous machines, alternators, synchronous motors, principles of operation, characteristics and applications. Prerequisite: EE 303  (Offered as needed)

EE 403 Feedback System Design and Analysis- 3 hrs. A study of open and closed looped systems; time domain analysis; transfer functions, poles, and zeros; frequency response, Bode plots; root locus methods; system stability, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Nyquist criterion; system compensation and design; state space methods, state equations, state transition matrix, and system response. Prerequisite: EE 301   (Offered Fall)

EE 404 Communication Theory- 3 hrs. A study of communication signals and systems; AM and FM methods; pulse code modulation; multiplexing, and digital communications. Prerequisite: EE 301  (Offered Fall)

EE 405L Simulations Techniques Lab - 1 hr. This course is designed to provide a hands on experience in the use of computer software and simulation tools. Application of software packages such as LabView, Matlab, Maple, Mathcad and others in the areas of control systems, signal processing, and communications will be covered. Corequisite:EE 403 and EE 404  (Offered Fall)

EE 410 Microwave Engineering - 3 hrs. A review of electromagnetic theory; transmission lines and waveguides; circuit theory for waveguiding systems; impedence matching and transformation; passive microwave devices; electromagnetic resonators; and periodic structures and filters. Prerequisite: EE 303   (Offered Spring)

EE 410L Microwave Engineering Lab - 1 hr. This lab complements the course materials taught in EE 410, Microwave Engineering. Corequisite: EE 410   (Offered Spring)

EE 420 Power Systems I - 3 hrs. Fundamental concepts of power system analysis, transmission line parameters, basic system models, steady state performance, network calculations, power flow solutions, symmetrical components, fault studies, operating strategies and control are presented in this course. Prerequisite: EE 340L  (Offered Spring)

EE 421 Power Systems II - 3 hrs. Generating station characteristics, transmission line calculations, load studies and economic operations, and stability are addressed in this course. Prerequisite: EE 420  (Offered Spring)

EE 424 Advanced Digital Systems - 3 hrs. This course is designed to provide seniors in electrical and computer engineering with real digital system design experience using the Verilog hardware description language (Verilog HDL). The history of descriptive hardware design and features of hardware description languages are explained along with design and simulation examples. With the use of industry standard simulation and synthesis tools, designs will be constructed, synthesized, and configured in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) or other Programmable Logic Devices. Experience gained in this class will prepare students to move directly into modern logic design environments. Prerequisite: EE 330   (Offered Fall)

EE 430 Integrated Circuit Engineering - 3 hrs. Analysis, design and fabrication of silicon, thin-film, and thick-film integrated circuits; circuit simulation studies aided with SPICE II software system; integrated operational amplifiers and logic gates (T L, I L, MOS and CMOS) are treated in this course. Prerequisite: EE 305 (Offered Fall)

EE EE431 Advanced Integrated Circuit Engineering - 3 hrs. The concepts presented in EE 430 are revisited in greated depth. Additional material on epitaxy, sputtering, diffusion schedules, DMOS, VMOS, SOS, and FET opamps are introduced. Gummell-Poon models, threshold logic, flip-flops and semiconductor memories are covered. Prerequisite: EE 430 (Offered Spring)

EE 441 Digital Signal Processing - 3 hrs. A review of discrete time signals and systems; sampling of continous time signals, sampling theorem; discrete time Fourier transforms; Z-transforms; region of convergence; applications; discrete Fourier transforms; fast Fourier transforms; design of digital filters, IIR filters, FIR filters, and computer-aided design. Prerequisite: EE 301 (Offered as needed)

EE 445 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory - 3 hrs. Solution of LaPlace's equation in two dimensions, circular harmonics, cylindrical harmonics, method of finite differences; wave propagation, perfect dielectrics, conductors, lossy dielectrics, transmission line analogy, Smith chart solutions; and computer applications are covered. Prerequisite: EE 303 (Offered as needed)

EE 451 VLSI Design and Testing II - 3 hr. Device and circuit level optimization of digital building blocks; bipolar and MOS devices and parasitic models and second order effects; circuit design styles and arithmetic structures; interconnect models and parasites; driver design; and timing issues will be addressed. SPICE and/or MAGIC will be used for a design project. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor (Offered Fall)

EE 452 VLSI Design and Testing III - 3 hr. The theory and techniques of CMOS design and fabrication; layout rules and techniques, and CMOS subsystem design will be studied. VLSI CAD design tools will be used to design and model projects to include opamps and comparators. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor (Offered Spring)

EE 455 Optimal Control Theory - 3 hrs. A review of state space methods; optimal control problems, performance criterion, minimum time problems, minimum energy problems, and minimum fuel problems; optimization, using calculus of variations, Lagrange, Meyer, and Bolza problems, Lagrange equations, solution, application; Pontryagin's maximum principle, formulation, costate variables, solution; dynamic programming, principle of optimality, discrete control processes; Hamilton-Jacobi approach, closed loop control law, matrix Riccati equation, applications; and stability in the sense of Lyapunov are covered. Prerequisite: EE 403 (Offered as needed)

EE 456 Nonlinear Control Systems - 3 hrs. A study of nonlinearities, classification, saturation, dead zone, hysterises; phase plane formulation, phase portraits; describing function approach, limit cycles, and relay servomechanisms. Prerequisite: EE 403 (Offered as needed)

EE 470 Engineering Analysis and Design I - 2 hrs. Student must demonstrate their complete engineering capabilities by participating in a capstone design project. This first course is provided to facilitate project selection, literature survey, and orientation. Meeting times are flexible. Prerequisite: Senior standing and consent of instructor (Offered Fall) This is a continuation of EE 470 and is provided to facilitate completion of the capstone design project. Meeting times are flexible. Prerequisite: EE 470 (Offered Spring)

EE 490 Special Topics - 3 hrs. This course focuses on topics based on modern trends in electrical engineering. This course can be taken multiple times with studnts receiving additional credit each time. The specifics of each course will be identified at the beginning of each semester.   (Offered as needed)

EE 497 Engineering Analysis and Design - 3 hrs. Student must demonstrate their complete engineering capabilities by participating in a capstone design project. THe purpose of this course is to provide the design experience necessary for students in teh VLSI option. During the course, students in consultation with their professors decide on the project, search the literature, and design and develop the project. Prerequisite: Senior standing and consent of instructor.   (Offered Fall)