Electrical Engineering (EE)
EE 101 Electrical Engineering Design I 1 Hour
The introduction of the design process to electrical engineering students. Includes discussion of problem-solving techniques and teaming skills, an introduction to circuit fabrication techniques, and oral and written communication skills. Multiple hands-on projects.
Prerequisite(s): (MATH 117 (may be taken concurrently) or MA 117C (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 136 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 137 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 237 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 331 (may be taken concurrently))
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023; spring 2024
EE 180 Digital Circuits 3 Hours
An introductory course in digital circuit fundamentals. Topics include number systems, Boolean algebra, binary codes, logic gates, flip-flops, counters, and registers.
Prerequisite(s): (MATH 117 (may be taken concurrently) or MA 117C (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 136 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 137 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 331 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 237 (may be taken concurrently))
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 200 Electrical Engineering Design II 2 Hours
A continuation of the engineering design process including an introduction to circuit and math simulation software tools, printed circuit board software and fabrication techniques. Ethics and professionalism will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): EE 210 (may be taken concurrently)
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 210 Circuits & Networks I 3.5 Hours
An introductory course in circuit analysis including Kirchhoff's Laws, independent and dependent sources, power and energy, lumped linear fixed networks, power factor, phasors, and three phase networks. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 137 with a minimum grade of C and PHYS 265 (may be taken concurrently)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; fall 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023; spring 2024; fall 2024
EE 211 Circuits & Networks II 3.5 Hours
A second course in circuit analysis with an emphasis on frequency response techniques. Topics include impedance, transformed networks, Laplace transforms, resonance, two-port parameters, mutual inductance, forced and natural responses, transformers, transient response, and sinusoidal steady-state response. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite(s): EE 210 with a minimum grade of C and MATH 331 (may be taken concurrently)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; fall 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023; spring 2024; fall 2024
EE 300 Electrical Engineering Design III 1 Hour
Application of numerical methods, statistics, economics, and production techniques to the engineering design process. Individualized writing and oral presentation tasks and ethical issues. Design project required. Circuit schematic software. Note: Completion of Electrical Engineering pre-major or consent of instructor required.
Prerequisite(s): (EE 101 and EE 180 and EE 200 and CS 239 or CS 180)
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior, Freshman or Sophomore may not enroll.
Enrollment is limited to students in Electrical Engineering (537) or Electrical Engineering-Prep (537P)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023; spring 2024
EE 345 Electronics 4 Hours
A first course in electronics. Topics include semiconductor concepts, operational amplifiers, diodes, transistors, biasing, large and small signal analysis. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite(s): EE 211
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 380 Microprocessors 4 Hours
An introductory course in microprocessors. Topics include assembly language, stack operation, vectored interrupts, memory organization, input/output peripheral devices, and hardware design of a computer system. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite(s): (EE 180 with a minimum grade of C and EE 210 and CS 239 with a minimum grade of C or CS 180 with a minimum grade of C)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023
EE 410 Computer Design 3 Hours
Topics include a review of logic design and elementary computer organization. Asynchronous and synchronous logic design using VHDL and programmable logic. Design of the central processing unit, memory, control, and input-output portions of a computer. The VHDL hardware design language will be used.
Prerequisite(s): EE 380
Corequisite(s): EE 411
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023
EE 411 Computer Design Lab 1 Hour
This course is a laboratory which illustrates analysis and design principles of EE 410. It includes experiments in the design of the central processing unit, memory, control, and input-output portions of a computer using VHDL and PC based for software simulation.
Prerequisite(s): EE 380
Corequisite(s): EE 410
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023
EE 420 Signals and Linear Systems 3 Hours
Topics include analysis of continuous-time and discrete-time, discrete-parameter, time-invariant, linear systems based upon the convolution integral, Fourier series and transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform, and state-space methods. Topics include impulse response, transfer function, energy spectra, filtering, sampling, and applications to networks, communications, and controls.
Prerequisite(s): EE 211 with a minimum grade of C and MATH 331 and (MATH 307 (may be taken concurrently) or MATH 350 (may be taken concurrently))
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; fall 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023; spring 2024; fall 2024
EE 431 Introduction to Power Systems 3.5 Hours
Introduction to the principles and concepts of electrical power and analysis of major components of an electric power system. Topics include basic electromechanics, transformers, ac and dc machines, transmission lines, and system analysis. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite(s): EE 211 and (EE 473 or PHYS 440)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023; spring 2024
EE 432 Power Systems II 3 Hours
Analysis of power systems in the steady state. Includes the development of models and analysis procedures from major power system components and for power networks.
Prerequisite(s): EE 431
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2024
EE 436 Electric Machines and Drives 3 Hours
Introduction to principles and contemporary applications of electric machines and drive systems as they pertain to electric vehicles, wind turbines, residential appliances, etc. Topics include the principles of electromechanical energy conversion, switch mode power converters, DC and AC machines, designing feedback controller for motor drives, and speed or torque control of both DC and AC motor drives.
Prerequisite(s): EE 473 and EE 345
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2024
EE 443 Microfabrication and MEMS 3 Hours
Microfabrication techniques including cleanroom technology, lithography, thermal oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, film deposition, etching, micromachining, wafer-level bonding/polishing, and packaging yield. Microtechnology measurement and analysis techniques. Process simulation. CAD device-layout. MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) and microelectric technology and applications. Material issues for MEMS/microelectronics.
Prerequisite(s): EE 420 and (CHEM 116 or CHEM 120)
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
EE 445 Advanced Electronics 3 Hours
Advanced topics in electronics including: power semiconductor devices; converter topologies and their applications; switch-mode dc and uninterruptible power supplies; motor drives; EMI concerns and remedies for interfacing to electric utilities.
Prerequisite(s): EE 345
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2023; spring 2024
EE 447 Analog IC Design 3 Hours
Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits. Bipolar, JFET, and MOS-FET devices. The technology of IC fabrication. Transistor connections, current sources, active loads, and output stages. Integrated amplifier and MOS circuit design.
Prerequisite(s): EE 345 and EE 448 (may be taken concurrently)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2024
EE 448 Analog IC Design Laboratory 1 Hour
Laboratory to illustrate design principles in ANALOG IC DESIGN
Prerequisite(s): EE 447 (may be taken concurrently)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2024
EE 450 Digital Signal Processing 3 Hours
Topics include discrete time signals and systems, discrete Fourier transforms, FFt algorithms, flow graph and the matrix representation of digital filters, FIR and IIR filter design techniques, quantization effects, spectral estimation, current applications of digital signal processing.
Prerequisite(s): EE 420
Corequisite(s): EE 451
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 451 Digital Signal Processing Lab 1 Hour
This course focuses on the implementation of common digital signal processing function using state-of-the-art DSP devices and software. The fundamentals of discrete-time signal processing and digital signal processor architectures and applications are introduced. Emphasis is on laboratory experience involving generation of deterministic and random signals; digital filter design; quantization effects; FFT computation; linear system analysis; speech processing.
Prerequisite(s): EE 420
Corequisite(s): EE 450
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 460 Continuous Control Systems 3.5 Hours
A study of continuous control systems that will address the following topics: system modeling, feedback systems, systems stability, root locus plots, Bode plot, state space analysis, and design of controllers. Laboratory included.
Prerequisite(s): (EE 420 with a minimum grade of C or ME 310 with a minimum grade of C) and (MATH 307 or MATH 350 or MATH 370)
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 461 Discrete Control Systems 3 Hours
An applied state of discrete control systems. Topics include: modeling of discrete-time systems, applications of z-transforms, difference equations, stability analysis, root-locus analysis, and design of discrete controllers.
Prerequisite(s): (EE 420 with a minimum grade of C or ME 310 with a minimum grade of C) and (MATH 307 or MATH 350 or MATH 370)
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022
EE 470 Communications and Modulation 3 Hours
Topics include modulations such as AM, FM, PAM, PPM, PDM, single sideband, vestigial sideband. Coherent and non-coherent detection, heterodyne action, performance and distortion, circuits for modulation and demodulation.
Prerequisite(s): EE 420 and STAT 301
Corequisite(s): EE 475
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
EE 473 Electromagnetics I 3 Hours
Topics include electrostatic and magnetostatic fields; Faraday's laws, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic properties of matter, uniform plane waves, and transmission lines.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 331 and MATH 237 with a minimum grade of C and PHYS 265 with a minimum grade of C
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; fall 2023; fall 2024
EE 475 Communication Systems Lab 1 Hour
Topics include laboratory exercises involving the design and analysis of electronic communication systems for the transmission of analog and digital data at radio frequencies.
Prerequisite(s): EE 420
Corequisite(s): EE 470
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
EE 477 Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics 3 Hours
Topics include finite difference and finite element solutions to problems in electromagnetics; absorbing boundaries for wave propagation; convergence and stability; validation with empirical and analytical approaches.
Prerequisite(s): (EE 473 or PHYS 440)
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
EE 479 Optoelectronics 3 Hours
Topics include basic wave optics, Snell's Law, optical storage, LED's, micro-opto-electromechanical systems, optical sensors, fiber optics, solar cells, and fundamentals of lasers.
Prerequisite(s): EE 345 and (EE 473 or PHYS 440)
Recent Term(s) Offered: summer 2022
EE 480 Embedded Systems 3 Hours
A continuation of the study of digital systems and microprocessors focusing on the principles and applications of embedded systems.
Prerequisite(s): EE 380
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
EE 490 Introduction to Robotics 3 Hours
History and application of robots. Robot configurations including mobile robots. Spatial descriptions and transformations of objects in three-dimensional space. Forward and inverse manipulator kinematics. Task and trajectory planning.
Prerequisite(s): EE 420
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
EE 499 EE Special Topics 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
Exploration of one or more Electrical Engineering topics not covered in the regular course offerings. Note: Permission of instructor required.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2023