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Introduction to probability with applications to electrical engineering, Sets and events, probability functions, independence, random variables, probability distribution and density functions, expectations, and characteristic functions. Dependence and correlation; multi-variant Gaussian distribution. Random processes, stationarity, ergodicity, correlation functions, spectral densities, random inputs to linear systems; Gaussian processes.
Background and overview of communication systems. Analysis and transmission of signals. Analog modulation techniques: amplitude modulation/demodulation, DSB, DSB-SC, SSB, and Phase and frequency Modulation/Demodulation. Analog communication Systems: Super heterodyne receiver, Multiplexing systems, Phase-locked loops, and Television and broadcast systems. Sampling theory and Pulse Modulation: PAM, PPM and PWM.
Filter design and characteristics. ,AM Modulation/Demodulation Circuits, FM Modulation/Demodulation Circuits.PCM, Delta Modulation, and Delta-Sigma Modulation Circuits. Bandpass digital Modulation/Demodulation techniques ASK ,FSK BPSK QPSK. Spread Spectrum –DSSS mod/dem.,Fiber Optics – basics .
Time varying fields and Maxwell's equations. Plane wave propagation in perfect dielectric, lossy dielectric and good conducting materials. Power flow and power losses. Standing wave ratio and skin effect. Reflection and refraction of plane waves for normal and oblique wave incidence. Transmission lines (TL), power flow on lossless lines, transient signal analysis on TL. Smith chart, input impedance and matching with single stubs. Rectangular waveguides and resonators.
Introduction: sampling theorem, quantizing & PCM, the maximum-likelihood (ML) receiver, error probability in ML receivers. Digital modulations: phase-shift keying (PSK), amplitude-shift keying (ASK), & frequency-shift keying (FSK). Pulse shaped modulations. Some advanced topics: differential PSK & offset PSK schemes. Generation of coherent references: phase-locked loops, linear & nonlinear models of PLL in the presence of additive noise.
Principles of data communications; information transfer, computer networks and their applications. Open systems and the OSI reference model. Physical layer, transmission media, multiplexing, analog and digital transmissions. Data Link Layer: media access control, error detection and correction, multiple access, circuit switching: PSTN, packet switching: and Ethernet and gigabit networking. Local Area Networks (LANS), and Wide area Networks, (WANs), Network layer addressing and TCP/IP protocol stack.
Network Cabling and Testing, Building a Network, Testing and Troubleshooting a Network, Switching Basics and Intermediate Routing, Routing and Routing Basics, WAN Technologies, Network Monitoring and security, and Wireless LAN.
Overview of discrete-time signals and systems, representation of discrete-time systems by means of difference equations. Analysis of discrete-time signals and systems using Fourier and z-transforms. The sampling theory of continuous-time signals, digital processing of continuous-time signals using A/D and D/A conversion. Transform-based analysis of linear time-invariant (LTI) FIR and IIR systems and their structures. Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and fast algorithms for its computation. FIR and IIR digital filter design.
Fundamentals of applied digital signal processing (DSP) by implementing a wide range of DSP applications on general-purpose DSP development kits. Experiments cover fundamental concepts of digital signal processing like sampling and aliasing, quantization in A/D conversion, digital filter design and implementation, signal generation, spectrum estimation and fast transforms, sampling-rate conversion and multi-rate processing. Application experiments address a selection of multi-media and digital communications problems.
Design and analysis of passive microwave circuits. Topics include transmission lines, electromagnetic field theory, waveguides, microwave network analysis and signal flow graphs, impedance matching and tuning, resonators, power dividers and directional couplers, and microwave filters and components.
Fields and power radiation of different thin linear antennas (e.g. ideal dipole, electrically short dipole, half wave dipole and dipole over perfect ground plane). Antenna parameters in the far zone: radiation pattern, beam width, side lobe level, radiation resistance, power loss, efficiency, directivity, gain and polarization. Antennas in communication links and radar (Friis formula, radar cross-section, effective aperture). Antenna arrays: array factor, radiation pattern, beam width and directivity of isotropic arrays and short dipole arrays, case of uniformly excited, equally spaced linear arrays. Descriptive study of wire antennas (e.g. Yagi-Uda) and broadband antennas (e.g. helical, biconical).
Introduction to wireless communication systems. The cellular concept and system design fundamentals: frequency reuse, interference and system capacity. Radio propagation and large-scale path loss. Small-scale fading and multipath propagation: Doppler shift, mobile multipath channel parameters such as coherence bandwidth and coherence time. Diversity techniques and diversity combining. Spread spectrum communication techniques. Multiple access techniques: TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, SDMA. Current and future wireless systems and standards.
Review of Modulation and Coding; Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Systems; Frequency Hopping; Jamming and anti-jamming; Interception; Adaptive Antenna Systems; Cryptographic Communications: Rotor Machine and Polyalphabetic Ciphers; Block Ciphers; DES ; AES ; Public Key Systems; Key Management; Digital Signatures and Authentication; Stream Ciphers; Watermarking and Steganography; Selected case studies.
Introduction to methods, techniques and tools for the management of telecommunication systems and networks with specific examples from Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3), the Open System Interconnection Common Management Information protocol (OSI CMIP) and Remote Monitoring (RMON, RMON2). Issues to be addressed include: configuration and name management, fault and performance management, security, and accounting management. Other topics such as OSI/ISO based CMIS/CMIP, Web-based Network Management.
The concept of amount of information; average information; entropy and information rate; Shannon's theorem; channel capacity. Coding: mathematics of coding, groups, rings, fields and Galois fields. Block codes: parity and generator matrix, syndrome, and minimum distance. Cyclic and BCH codes; Convolutional codes and Viterbi decoding algorithm.
Introduction to Satellite Communication Systems. Link Analysis. Satellite Communication Techniques. Multiple Access Techniques. Multibeam Satellite Systems. Regenerative Satellite Systems. Broadcasting by Satellites. Inter Satellite Links. Satellite Communication Payload, Earth Station Technology, Project Work
RF signals in analog and digital modulations. RF circuits including linear amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, detectors, limiters, and power amplifiers; Transmitter and receiver structures; Phase locked loops; Design of RF integrated circuits; Circuit concepts like stability, noise, distortion, intermodulation, and dynamic range. Design problems of RF communication circuits or subsystems based on component, circuit, and system data and specifications.
Topics in communications engineering are chosen by the course instructor at the beginning of the term and approved by the department council.
Introduction to computing, data types and variables, expressions, selection and repetition control structures, library and user-defined functions, files and streams, arrays, library and user-defined classes, pointers.
Circuit Analysis Techniques: Nodal Analysis, Mesh Analysis, Source Transformation, Superposition, Thevenin?s and Norton Theorems. Transient Response: First Order RC & RL Circuits, Step Response & Time Constants, Second Order RLC Circuits, Resonance & Quality Factor. Sinusoids and Phasors: Phasor Representation of Sinusoids, Impedance & Admittance, Circuit Analysis using Phasors. Average Power and RMS values. Operational Amplifiers (Op Amp): Ideal Op Amp Operation, Circuit Analysis of Op Amp Inverting Configuration, Applications of Inverting Configuration, Circuit Analysis of Op Amp Non-Inverting Configuration.
Introduction to Circuit Simulators. Circuit Analysis Techniques I (Nodal & Mesh Analysis). Circuit Analysis Techniques II (Thevenin?s & Norton & Superposition). Transient Analysis of RC & RL circuits. Resonance & Quality Factor of RLC Circuits. Circuit Analysis using Phasors. Networks DC & Transient Analysis. Op Amp Circuits I (Configurations & Circuit Analysis). Op Amp Circuits II (Op Amp Applications). Op Amp Limitations.
Semiconductors: energy bands, carrier concentration, carrier transport phenomena: drift, diffusion. P-N Junction: current-voltage characteristics. Diode models. Diode circuit applications: Rectifiers, Clippers, Clamper, Zener diode (Regulators). Metal-Semiconductor Contacts: equilibrium, idealized metal semiconductor junctions, non-rectifying (Ohmic) contacts, Schottky diodes. Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) capacitance. MOS Field-Effect Transistor: structure, current-voltage characteristics, DC biasing., the MOSFET as an amplifier and as a switch. Bipolar junction transistor (BJT): structure, current-voltage characteristics, DC biasing, charge control switching model, Ebers-Moll model.
Review of Instantaneous Power, Average power and RMS values, Active and Reactive Power. Three Phase Circuits and Power Distribution systems: Configuration of Different Three phase Systems, Three phase Power, Power factor Correction. Magnetically Coupled Circuits: Mutual Inductance, Dot Convention, Energy stored, Ideal Transformers, Three Phase Transformers. Frequency Response: Network Functions, Bode Plot, Resonance Circuits. Two port networks: Admittance Parameters, Impedance Parameters and Hybrid Parameters.
Review of vectors and coordinate systems. Electrostatics: electric field intensity and potential due to different charge distributions; Electric flux, Gauss's law, divergence theorem and capacitance; Electric boundary conditions. Magnetostatics: steady magnetic field; Biot-Savart law; Ampere's circuital law; Stokes' theorem and magnetic flux. Magnetic force and Inductance. Magnetic boundary conditions.
Data representation, number systems, codes, arithmetic operations, Boolean algebra, logic gate, combinational logic circuits, minimization techniques, MSI modules: adder, decoders, multiplexers, programmable logic arrays. Flip Flops, sequential circuits, registers, counters, and memory. Design of synchronous and asynchronous sequential circuits, state diagrams, state minimization and assignment. Memories.
Hands-on experimentation with primitive logic gates, decoders, multiplexers, adders, flip-flops, counters, registers, LEDs, and seven-segment displays.
Continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems. Linear time-invariant (LTI) systems: system properties, convolution sum and the convolution integral representation, system properties, LTI systems described by differential and difference equations. Fourier series: properties and applications, Fourier transform: properties and applications. Laplace Transform: properties and applications.
Low and high frequency models for transistors. Small-signal analysis and design of single-stage MOSFET amplifiers. Small-signal analysis and design of single-stage BJT amplifiers. Frequency response characteristics of amplifiers. Multistage amplifiers: Small signal analysis and Frequency response characteristics of multistage amplifiers. Negative feedback: Properties and the four basic feedback topologies. Wave shaping: Basic principles of Sinusoidal Oscillators, Op Amp-RC Oscillator circuits, LC and crystal Oscillators, Multi-vibrators, and Voltage controlled oscillators (VCO). Output stages and power amplifiers: Classification.
AC circuit analysis: phasors steady state power analysis, polyphase circuits; basics of electrical machines construction, theory of operation, equivalent circuit and its governing equations of DC machines, 3-phase synchronous generations, single phase transformers, and 3-phase induction motors, semiconductor devices and transducers.
Diode Characteristics & Circuit Applications, Zener Diode Characteristics & Circuit Applications. FET Characteristics, FET Amplifiers and frequency response characteristics. BJT DC Characteristics, BJT Amplifiers and frequency response characteristics. RC Coupled Amplifier characteristics and frequency response, Feedback amplifier operation and characteristics, Hartley and Colpitts oscillators and multivibrators, Complementary Power Amplifier DC Operation, AC Voltage and Power Gain.
Faraday's Law and applications, Magnetic circuits and introduction to the machinery principles. Single phase transformer, Ideal and Real Transformers theory of operation, Modeling and derivation of equivalent circuit parameters, experimental determination of equivalent circuit parameters. Theory of operation of AC Machines. 3-phase synchronous Generators, theory of operation, Machine modeling, experimental determination of the equivalent circuit parameters and parallel operation. Induction motors, theory of operation, Equivalent circuit development, experimental determination of equivalent circuit parameters, torque speed curve characteristics.
Control Systems in the Real World, Feedback Concept, Modeling of Dynamic Systems, Block Diagrams, Sensitivity and Disturbance Analysis, Steady State Error Analysis, Stability Analysis, Time Domain Analysis of Control Systems, Frequency Domain Analysis of Control Systems, Control system design in frequency domain (Nyquist and Nichols Charts), Control System Design in time domain (Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control and lead-lag compensator).
Practical analysis and design of feedback control systems and components: control design of second-order systems, PID control design, Programmable Logic Controllers.
Architecture of a Microcomputer System, Evolution of the Microprocessors, Software Architecture of the 8088/8086 Microprocessors, Software Development Tools, Instruction Set, Assembly Language Programming Techniques, Interfacing and Applications, Interrupts.
Software debugging and development tools, Instruction set, Assembly language programming techniques with applications.
Basic structure of computers, machine programs sequencing, addressing modes, micro-programmed control, CISC & RISC CPUs, instruction architecture, data path and control, computer arithmetic, input-output organizations, I/O channels computer communications, memory organizations.
Power Systems Concept and Components, The UAE Power Network, Review of Phasors and Complex Power, Balanced Three-phase Circuits, Per Unit Notation, Transmission Line Parameters, Modeling of Transmission Lines in the Steady State Mode, Introduction to Power Flow, Fundamentals of Symmetrical faults calculation, Computer applications.
Transformer basics including turns ratio test, open-circuit test and short circuit test to determine the equivalent circuit parameters, in addition to exploring the concept of the voltage regulation and efficiency. DC machines (motors and generators) operation and basic characteristics. Basic tests and modeling of 3-phase synchronous generator in addition to the load characteristics. Torque-speed, efficiency, starting and other main characteristics of the Induction Motors.
Students spend one semester on full-time basis in in engineering or consulting company in the UAE or abroad to earn practical skills.
MOS Digital Circuits: Digital Circuit Design Overview, the MOSFET as a Digital Circuit Element Design and performance Analysis of the CMOS Inverter, CMOS Logic Circuits Pseudo-NMOS Circuits, Pass-Transistor Logic Circuits, Dynamic Logic Circuits, Latches and Flip-Flops, Multivibrators, Semiconductor Memories: Types and Architectures, Random-Access Memory (RAM) Cells, Read-Only Memory (ROM). Bipolar Digital Circuits: The BJT as a Digital Circuit Element, Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL or T?L) 3. Characteristics of Standard TTL; TTL Families with Improved Performance; Emitter-Coupled Logic (ECL), Timing Circuits (Astable, Bistable, Monostable). Advanced Technology Digital Circuits: BiCMOS Digital Circuits, Overview of Silicon Germanium (SiGe) and Gallium-Arsenid.
Controllability and Observability, State and Output Feedback Controller Design, Observer Design, Linear Quadratic Regulator, Introduction to Robust Control Design, Fundamentals of Nonlinear Control.
Graphical symbols in Control Systems, Data acquisition, Implementation of digital PID controllers, Cascade Control, Feedforward control, Smith predictor controller, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Ladder diagrams, SCADA systems.
Topics in power and control engineering are chosen by the course instructor at the beginning of the term and approved by the department council.
Power Systems in the Real World, Sources of Faults in Power Systems, Symmetrical Components, Sequence Networks, Unsymmetrical Short Circuits, Advanced load flow analysis, Power System Stability, Power System Protection.
Historical perspective and future trend of CMOS technology; Basics of CMOS process; Design methodologies: custom, semicustom, automatic. The focus is on CMOS technology, using custom and standard cell-based design flows. Issues covered at the introductory level include deep sub-micron design, Global design issues: clocking, interconnect, physical design, sub-system design, power, testing as well as CAD tools. The course includes a project component in which students design and layout a small circuit (Chip).
Generation, Transmission and distribution, Load characteristics, load estimation, Subtransmission lines and distribution substation, Primary systems, Secondary systems, Voltage drop, power loss, Application of capacitor banks, Distribution systems voltage regulation, Distribution System faults, Distribution System protection, Earthing systems, Power quality assessment, system reliability and Distribution automation.
An introduction to basic techniques of analysis and manipulation of pictorial data by computer, image /output devices, Image processing software, Enhancement, Segmentation, Property measurement, Hough transform, Fourier analysis, Computer encoding, processing, and analysis of curves.
Review of network models, wired & wireless Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Routing protocols, Congestion and Traffic management, Network security.
Introduction to Java applications & applets, Control structures, Methods, Arrays, Object-oriented programming, Strings & characters, Files and streams, GUIs, Term project.
An investigation of current microcomputer structures with emphasis on design of control software, hardware implementation of I/O, analogy to digital (A/D) converter, serial communication, direct memory access, interrupts, interfacing external memory device, and microprogramming.
Topics in computer engineering are chosen by the course instructor at the beginning of the term and approved by the department council.
Topics in electronic engineering are chosen by the course instructor at the beginning of the term and approved by the department council
Integrated-circuits devices and modeling. Design of basic analog circuits, such as current sources and mirrors, differential amplifiers. Basic amplifier circuits, CMOS opamps, opamp compensation. Comparators. Noise. Reference circuits.
This course is the capstone design experience. Students work in teams on a project design idea using all gained knowledge including literature search, data acquisition and analysis, system modeling and simulation, IT tools,, as well as the design hardware or software prototyping for demonstration and/or experimentation.
This course is the capstone design experience. Students work in teams on a project design idea using all gained knowledge including literature search, data acquisition and analysis, system modeling and simulation, IT tools,, as well as the design hardware or software prototyping for demonstration and/or experimentation.
The Thyristor, AC and DC diode circuits, Thyristor commutation techniques, Single and three-phase converters, Controlled rectifiers, different static switches, AC voltage controllers, inverters and cycloconverters, DC Choppers. Thyristor data sheets, Protection of diodes and circuits.
This course focuses on numerical methods for the analysis and design of engineering processes and systems. The course will include approximation and interpolation, root-finding, solution of linear and nonlinear equations, curve fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical optimization, solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, finite difference and introduction to finite element techniques, regression estimation, and uncertainty analysis.
Methods of Mathematical proof, binomial coefficients and counting methods, automata and complexity analysis of algorithms, combinatorics and graph theory, optimization problems.
Mathematical description of systems, fundamental of matrix algebra and quadratic forms, state space solution and realization of linear systems, stability of linear and nonlinear systems, controllability and observability, minimal realization and coprime fractions state feedback and state estimators.
Review important concepts in digital signal processing and introduce a number of advanced topics and applications in one-dimensional digital signal processing. Review the basic discrete time transforms including discrete time Fourier transform (DTFT), discrete Fourier transform (DFT), and Z-transform. Introduce selected topics from IIR and FIR filter design, short-time Fourier analysis, modern spectral estimation, linear prediction, adaptive filtering, and array processing. Applications from speech / music analysis and synthesis would also be included.
Logic and proofs, the Language of mathematics, relations, algorithms, introduction to number theory, counting methods and the pigeonhole principle, recurrence relations, graph theory, trees, network models, applications.
Detection decision theory, Bayes and Neyman-Pearson Criteria, optimal receivers, classical estimation theory, signal-noise representations, signal detection in additive noise; Optimal linear estimation.
Fundamental concepts of communication networks, architecture for access and internetworking, packet switching; protocols and throughput optimization, routing; error and flow control, TCP/IP and other internet protocols, topological design algorithms, queuing theory and its applications, multiple access schemes.
Evolution of radio communications and broadcast systems, new trends, economics of radio communications, spectrum usage; Cellular concept, coverage, frequency reuse, interference; Broadcast concepts; Radio propagation; Large scale path loss, small scale fading and multi-path; Wireless modulation techniques; Multiple access techniques; Networking and planning; Case studies.
Introduction to electromagnetic fields, circuits and signals, sources of electromagnetic interference and the E.M. environment, penetration through shields and apertures, shielding theory, principles of propagation and cross-talk, coupling from external fields, E.M. fields generated by transmission lines, prediction of EMI/RFI conditions in radio communications, simulation of E.M. coupling between systems, effects of electromagnetic interference on devices and systems, transients suppression, shielding and grounding, cable screening, filtering, general EMC design principles, EMC standards, EMC measurements and testing.
Basic concepts and applications of adaptive signal processing; adaptive filters, beam-formers, optimum space/time processors and their adaptive implementation, adaptive algorithms.
The nature of images, visual effects, acquisition of images, sampling, quantization, and two-dimensional linear processing; image enhancement and restoration; image coding; texture analysis; tomography.
Review of antennas basic theory: radiation pattern antenna impedance, gain, directivity, bandwidth, beam width, and frequency dependence. Advanced level treatment of antenna design and analysis. Analysis and synthesis of phased arrays. Reflector antennas. Micro strip antennas. Single and dual reflector systems. New concepts of primary radiator design. Primary feeds for monopulse radar. Antennas for navigation aids. Adaptive phased arrays and their application to radar.
Microwave: Properties of microstrip transmission lines. Theory and design of microwave integrated circuit components and systems. Microwave circuit devices (terminations, attenuators, couplers, circulators, the magic tee, and overall system considerations). Waveguides: circuit representation of waveguide systems using impedance and scattering formulation, impedance transformation and matching.
Consent of instructor where topics are to be chosen every year according to specific interests.
This course focuses on mathematical formulation and analysis of engineering processes and systems, including initial and boundary value problems. The course will include matrices and vectors, system of equations, ordinary and partial differential equations, and complex variables. Mathematical methods such as separation of variables, Laplace transformation, Fourier transformation, integral transformation, orthogonal functions and Bessel functions will be covered.
Modern power system operational and control problems. Single-area and Multi-area power systems. Load-frequency control. Automatic voltage regulator. Automatic generation control. Modern Control Centers.
Review of power system symmetrical components & fault analysis, protective device operating principles, instrument transformers, over current protection, distance and pilot protection, equipment protection: machines, transformers, buses, protection aspects of power system phenomena.
Economic dispatch, unit commitment, dynamic programming, power system planning and operation, control, generation modeling, AGC, and power protection.
HVDC transmission, renewable sources, utility interactive systems, static VAR compensators, utility interface systems, flexible AC transmission systems.
Power quality disturbances, power quality standards, CBEMA and ITIC curves, power quality indices, power interruption, faults as a sources of sags and swells, motor starting sags, mitigation of sag and swell disturbances, waveform distortion, voltage fluctuation, power frequency variation, harmonic sources, power system responses to harmonics, resonance, harmonic analysis methods, harmonic mitigation, transients, capacitor-switching transients, interaction of capacitor banks, circuit analysis of cap-switching transients, mitigation of transients, power quality monitoring, detection classification and measurement, power quality and deregulation. Solving power quality problems, power conditioning devices, static circuit breaker, static shunt and series compensator, passive and active harmonic filters.
Introduction to power transients. Power system equipment modeling, synchronous machine modeling, power system loads, transient modeling and analysis, control of active power and reactive power, system stability, basics of steady state stability, transient stability, voltage stability, voltage collapse and preventing voltage collapse. Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS).
Introduction to 3-phase machines, Comparison of AC and DC motors, dq modelling of induction machines, dq modelling of Synchronous machines, einding inductors in dq frame, system equations in abc frame, complex vector representation of three phase machines, transformation to a rotating frame, complex vectors.
Introduction to embedded systems, applications of embedded systems in power engineering. DSP and/or Micontrollers will be used to control motors. This course includes real lab simulators and lab experiments.
This course deals with advanced power / power electronics topics as per instructor area of expertise.
The course is an introduction to switched-mode power converters. It provides a basic knowledge of circuitry for the control and conversion of electrical power with high efficiency. The course covers operation in continuous conduction mode (CCM) and discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). These dc-dc converters can change and regulate the voltage, current, or power. Applications include electronic power supplies, aerospace and vehicular power systems, and renewable energy systems.
Epitaxial growth of semiconductors, electrons in quantum semiconductor structures, localization and transport, electronic states and optical properties of quantum wells, nonlinear optics in low-dimensional semiconductors, semiconductor lasers, mesoscopic devices, high speed heterostructure devices.
Analog Integrated Circuits, analysis and modeling of active components. Current analog and mixed functions: operational amplifiers, D/A and A/D converters. Switched capacitor technique. Current-mode and voltage-mode design techniques. CMOS, Bipolar, and BiCMOS technologies. Design tools for analog and mixed-signal designs. Applications: Voltage regulators, advanced pre-amplifiers and amplifiers, current sources, filters.
Static and dynamics MOS circuits; advantages and limitations of NMOS, CMOS, Bipolar and BiCMOS technologies; process and device simulators; system design, fault testing and symbolic layout.
Design of linear integrated circuits. Op-amp design and modeling. AC and DC op-amp parameters and their effects on designs. Electronics noise sources and their control. Design and simulation (using CCI-CAP and spice programs) of differential amplifiers, active filters, oscillators, other linear and nonlinear circuits using linear integrated circuits, and PLLs.
Introduction to analog, digital, and mixed signal circuits and testing techniques, test specification process, DC & parametric measurement, tester hardware, analog & sampled channel testing, DAC & ADC testing, device interface board design, design for test, measurement accuracy & calibration, data analysis, and test economics.
Physics of MOS devices including the MOS capacitor and applications; long-channel MOSFET theory; MOSFET scaling and short-channel effects; hot carriers and reliability; SOI MOSFETs and CMOS; MOS memory; novel devices.
Design, analysis and application of sensors used to measure physical quantities such as flow, level, temperature, pressure and density.
Introduction to Mechatronics, physical system modeling, sensors & actuators, systems & control, computers & logic systems, and software & data acquisition.
Topics to be chosen every year according to specific interests.
This will require students to discuss and critique original and recent journal articles, describing a major scientific advancement in a research area, which will be chosen in consultation with the student’s supervisor. Students are required to make presentations, submit reports and participate in discussions.
Introduction to combinational & sequential logic, finite state machines, high performance digital systems: theory and application of modern design, alternative implementation forms and introduction to HDL, sequential logic technologies.
An introduction to artificial intelligence and expert systems. Topics include: state-space representations and search methods, problem-reduction representation and search methods, theorem proving using predicate calculus; games, computer vision and robotics, natural languages, expert system design using Lisp or Prolog.
An introduction to the practices and techniques in the field of digital circuit testing. Topics include: fault modeling, test generation for combinational logic circuits, test generation for sequential circuits, design of testable combinational circuits, design of testable sequential circuits, built-in self test, and testable memory design.
Overview of neuro-engineering technology, basic neural network architectures, single layer perception classifiers and multi-layer feed forward networks, single-layer feedback networks, and associative memories, Kohonen models and counter propagation networks, adaptive resonance theory and Boltzmann machines, Simulated annealing, temporal modeling, supervised and unsupervised learning, Implementation, basic applications to pattern recognition.
Concepts of computer design, information representation, instruction sets and addressing modes, arithmetic and logic unit design for fixed and floating point operations, hardwired and microprogrammed control design, concepts of pipelining, CISC and RISC architectures, memory system design including virtual memory, caches and interleaved memories, I/O design methods, interrupt mechanisms, DMA and system integration.
The fundamentals of computer vision and techniques for image understanding and high-level image processing. Includes computational techniques, image segmentation, geometric structures, relational structures, inference, matching, stereo vision, sequence of images, shape, color and texture, three dimensional scene analysis, and vision systems, applications.
Study of local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN), survey of the state-of-the-art computer network. Topics include networking theory, design approaches, standards, topologies, OSI and TCP/IP, protocols, simulation tools such as Opnet will be used to evaluate different network designs, architectures, topologies, distributed processing, and applications.
Background touch to traditional methods in software engineering, including the various development models, requirements, specification, design, implementation, and testing, issues of stepwise refinement and top-down designs are explored in depth. Students will complete a software project with the aide of STP, Logiscope, and ATTOL CASE tools.
Topics to be chosen every year according to specific interests.
Review of Linear Algebra, performance specifications and limitations, uncertainty and robustness, loop shaping, H2 and H_infinity control design, industrial applications.
Analysis of nonlinear control systems; Lyapunov stability, numerical methods, phase-plane techniques, describing functions, and linearization via feedback.
Laboratory study of advanced feedback control techniques as applied to nonlinear and multi-output systems under computer or microprocessor control.
Introduction to stochastic control and its applications. Markov decision processes, optimal policy with full state information for finite-horizon case, infinite-horizon discounted, and average stage cost problems. Bellman value function, value iteration, and policy iteration. Linear quadratic stochastic control.
Adaptive control for linear time-invariant systems. Includes indirect and model reference adaptive controllers plus a discussion of robustness issues in adaptive control.
Optimal control by dynamic programming. Pontryagins maximum principle, and variational methods; minimum time, energy, and fuel problems for linear continuous and discrete systems.
Review of matrix methods, state space realization, multivariable control systems, state and output feedback control, model reduction, introduction to large scale systems and decentralized control. Industrial applications.
Sliding mode control for decoupling of the design procedure and low sensitivity with respect to uncertainties.
Topics are to be chosen every year according to specific interests
Thesis option students should present a research proposal in front of a panel appointed by the EE Graduate Studies committee. Research projects are discussed to decide on the Master's Thesis.
Thesis option students should defend their MSc research in front of an examination panel appointed by the EE Graduate Studies committee. These seminars will be attended by faculty members, members of the student's advisory committee, and MSc students.
Supervision of research work is made towards the completion of M.Sc. requirements for Thesis option students.
Supervision of research/design paper is made towards the completion of M.Sc requirements for Non-Thesis option students.
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Electrical Engineering
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students with emphasis on new frontiers in Electrical Engineering
To be designed to the specific interest of the exiting PhD students, in which they conduct exploratory research with emphasis on new frontiers in Electrical Engineering.
PhD students must sign for the 0 credit hour seminar course every semester.
Passing the comprehensive exam is required to enter into PhD candidacy. The exam evaluates the research ability of potential PhD candidates.
PhD candidate defend research plans in front of supervisory committee.
Open to students who have successfully completed the comprehensive exam. PhD student conducts original research under the direction of a supervisory committee. Credits are determined in consultation with the dissertation supervisor.
Two part exam, open and close, to defend the results of PhD research work
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