Note: All EE courses and most of the SYS courses have been redesignated as EE.

EE 316 Circuits and Systems (4)
Transform domain analysis: Laplace transform methods, transfer functions and impedance concepts. Multi-loop Mesh and Nodal analysis. Time domain analysis: transient and forced response of first- and second-order circuits & systems; natural and forced behavior of first-, second-, and higherorder systems. Relationship between pole-zero pattern and dynamic response. Use of PSPICE and/or MATLAB. With laboratory. Offered fall, winter, spring.
Prerequisites: APM 255, EGR 240 and major standing.

EE 327 Electronic Circuit Design (4)
Characteristics and models of nonlinear circuit elements including: diodes, Bipolar Junction transistors (BJTs), Metal-Oxide-semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOS-FETs), with circuit analysis and design for practical appliocations. Clipping, clamping, wave-shaping, and rectifiers using diodes. Transistors: regions of operation, I-V charactersitics, large and small signal models. Amplifiers configurations, analysis and design. With labs emphasizing  device characteristics, circuit design, performance and stability. Offered fall, winter, summer.
Prerequisite: EE 316 and major standing.

EE 335 Signals and Systems (3)
Introduction to signals and systems; convolution, correlation, and their applications. Frequency domain analysis using Fourier series and Fourier transform techniques. Frequency response, Bode plots, bandwidth, energy and power spectral density. Analysis of filters and applications, transformation between LP, HP, BP & BS filters. State-space model, eigenvalue analysis, similarity transformation, applications. Offered fall and winter.
Prerequisite: EE 316 and major standing.

EE 352 Electromagnetics and Electromechanism (4)
Fundamentals of electromagnetic fields, waves and Maxwell’s equations. Magnetic circuits and single/poly-phase transformers. Electromagnetic and electromechanical devices. DC motors, drives and position/speed control circuits. Basic characteristics analysis of AC motors and generator. With laboratories. Offered winter and summer.
Prerequisite: EE 316, MTH 254 and major standing.

EE 378  Digital Logic and Microprocessor Design (4)
Development of components and techniques needed to design basic digital circuits and systems for controllers, computers, communication and related applications. Design and analysis of combinational and sequential logic circuits using a hardware description language such as VHDL. Design of dedicated microprocessors and their implementation in an FPGA. With laboratories. Offered fall, winter, summer.
Prerequisites: EGR 240 and major standing.

EE 384 Electronic Materials and Devices (4)
Semiconductor device physics; charge carriers and conduction mechanisms, Energy Band Diagrams. Theory of metal-semiconductor contacts: Schottky diodes and ohmic contacts. Unipolar and bipolar devices: MOSFETS threshold voltage, characteristics, circuit models and regions of operations; Bipolar junction transistors, and Introduction to CMOS with Integrated circuit technology and simulation. Offered fall and winter.
Prerequisite: Major standing.

EE 422 Robotic Systems and Control (4)
Introduction to robotic systems and applications. Robotic forward and inverse kinematics. Task and path planning with motion controls. Jacobian matrix, differential motion and robotic statics. Redundant robots, mobile robots and multi-robot coordinated systems. Computer simulation and visualization of industrial robot workcells.
Offered fall or winter. Prerequisite: EE 325.

EE 426 Advanced Electronic Circuit Designs (4)
Design and analysis of analog circuits. Analysis and design of differential amplifiers; current sinks and sources, current mirrors. Design of signal generators, multi-vibrators and function generators. Emphasis on analysis and design through a sequence of laboratory experiments and short projects.  Offered winter.
Prerequisite: EE 327.

EE 428 Industrial Electronics (4)
Applications of advanced electronics to manufacturing processes. Analysis and design considerations for industrial electronic systems. Operation of programmable controllers. Modeling and characteristics of integrated process elements. Transducers, signal conditioning and transmission; analog and digital controllers; thyristor commutation techniques; power supplies and interfaces, DC and AC drives and motor control circuits. With laboratory and design projects.
Prerequisite: EE 327.

EE 431 Automatic Control Systems (4)
Mathematical modeling of dynamic systems, transfer functions, state-space representation; timedomain transient and steady-state response analyses; stability theory and stability criteria; root-locus analysis and design; frequency-response analysis and designs; design of proportional, integral and derivative controllers, compensation networks. Use of Matlab and Simulink. With laboratory. Offered fall and winter.
Prerequisite: EE 316.

EE 433 Control System Design (4)
Design methodology for control systems via state space approach; modeling and transformation. Physical systems, time response, stability, transition matrix, state feedback control. Integrated system design, state observers. Analytical and computer simulations. Course includes a project to model, design, implement and evaluate a controller for a practical system. Offered fall.
Prerequisite: EE 431.

EE 437 Communication Systems (4)
Basic modules in communications systems and their functions; signal characteristics: bandwidth, power and energy; filtering; functions of the basic modules, filters, mixers, modulators, demodulators, PLL; amplitude modulation; frequency modulation; sampling and quantization. Offered fall and winter.
Prerequisites: EE 325 and EE 327.

EE 441 Electromechanical Energy Conversion (4)
Advanced study of electromagnetic systems. The principle of duality between magnetic and electric circuits. NEEssary conditions for electromechanical energy conversion. Modeling, equivalent circuits and steady-state/transient analyses of DC and AC electric machines. Speed control of DC and AC motors with industrial applications. With laboratories.
Prerequisite: EE 352.

EE 443 Electric and Magnetic Fields (4)
Waves and phasors, vector analysis, electrostatics and magnetostatics, Maxwell’s equations, time varying fields, plane waves, wave propagation and trasmission, transmission lines, radiation and introduction to antennas.
Prerequisites: MTH 254, EE 352 and senior standing.

EE 445 Electromagnetic Engineering (4)
Electromagnetic theory with applications. Diffraction, radiation, propagation, guided waves, optical transmission and resonant cavities. Offered fall or winter.
Prerequisite: EE 443.

EE 446 Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility (4)
Review of EM basics related to EMC applications. Analysis of EMI sources and rEEivers. Signal spectra, conducted and radiated emissions. Transmission line cross-talk. Introduction to shielding, filtering and grounding. Electrostatic discharges (ESD). Circuit and system immunity. Signal spectra, conducted and radiated emissions. EMC requirements for component and system levels. US and European standards and their origin. Automotive EMC standards. EMC issues in vehicle multiplexing communication. With laboratory.
Prerequisites: EE 335 and EE 352.
Recommended Corequisite: EE 437.

EE 450 Satellite-based Positioning System (4)
Introduction to the fundamentals of satellite-based positioning systems with an emphasis on the Global Positioning System (GPS). Understanding of the GPS satellite constellation, coordinate systems, timing standards and GPS signal structure. Determination of position from the range measurements for different modes of positioning. Introduction to various ranging error sources and mitigation techniques. Impact of ranging errors and satellite geometry on 3-dimensional position error. Offered fall or winter.
Prerequisites: EE 335.

EE 458 Electrical Energy Systems (4)
Generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. Analysis and design of three-phase circuits, representation of power systems and per unit normalization, symmetrical components and stability, unsymmetrical faults. Computer-aided problem solving included. Offered winter.
Prerequisite: EE 325.

EE 463 Foundations of Computer-Aided Design (4)
Computer-aided design as the cornerstone of computer-aided manufacturing. Presentation and exploration of “generic” CAD architecture. Mathematical representations of CAD primitives, surfaces and solids and manipulation. Comparison of wire-frame, surface, 2-1/2 D and solid models. IGES, STEP, CALS, and DXF standards Description of “feature based CAD” and the CAD manufacturing link.
Prerequisite: Major standing.

EE 469 Computer Simulation in Engineering (4)
Simulation as modeling tool for discrete-event and continuous systems, general principles of simulation, statistical models, input modeling, random variable generation, model building using a commercial simulation language, model verification and validation, determination of run length, output analysis, variance reduction techniques. Design and optimization of production service systems. Offered winter.
Prerequisites: Major standing and EE 325.

EE 470 Microprocessors-based Systems Design (4)
Application of microprocessors and microcomputers to the solution of typical problems; interfacing microprocessors with external systems such as sensors, displays and keyboards; programming considerations, microcomputer system and memory system design. A laboratory, design course; several short design projects and one large design project. Written report and oral presentation required. Credit cannot be earned for both CSE 470 and EE 470. Offered fall, winter.
Prerequisite: EE 378.

EE 472 Microcomputer-based Control Systems (4)
Computer-aided engineering, analysis, design, evaluation of control systems. Microcomputer/microprocessor-based hardware and software development of digital controllers, estimators, filters. Data acquisition, signal conditioning and processing circuits, graphics displays. On-line system level and board-level microcomputer-based control experiments. Laboratory and projects emphasize realtime applications, programming and hardware integration. With laboratory. Offered winter.
Prerequisites: EE 327 or EE 473, and EE 431.

EE 473 Automotive Electronics (4)
Review of basic automotive electronic devices and circuits. Characteristics, models and interfacing of sensors and actuators. Basic electronic and electromechanical controllers; engines, transmission, brake, suspension and traction. Battery system supply. Ancillary system components: safety, auto theft, diagnostics, collision. With laboratory. (Not for credit for electrical engineering majors).
Prerequisite: Major standing.

EE 475 Automotive Mechatronics I (4)
Overview of mechatronics; modeling, simulation, characterization and model validation of electromechanical devices; introduction to computer-aided software; basic automotive sensors; basic actuators and power train devices; principles of automotive and industrial electronic circuits and control systems (analog and digital); principles of product design; mechatronics case studies. With laboratory.
Prerequisite: EE 316.

EE 485 VLSI Circuits and Systems Design of Digital Chips (4)
Techniques for rapid implementation and evaluation of Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (VLSIC). Behavioral, functional, logic, circuit, device, physical IC fabrication, layout issues. CMOS and pseudo nMOS technology, inverters, logic and transmission gates, switching characteristics and processing. Reliability, yield and performance estimation. Students design Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) using CAD tool suites. With laboratory. Offered winter.
Prerequisite: EE 327.

EE 487 Integrated Electronics (4)
Modern microelectronics processes and fabrication of integrated circuits. Crystal growth, wafer preparation, photolithography, dielectric and polysilicon film deposition, epitaxial growth, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, etching, metallization and integrated circuits layout principles. Introduction to MOS-based and bipolar transistor-based microcircuits design and fabrication. Fabrication processing simulation using SUPREM. With laboratory and projects.
Prerequisite: EE 384.

EE 490 Senior Project (2 to 4)
Independent work on advanced laboratory projects. Topic must be approved prior to registration. May be taken more than once.

EE 491 Senior Design (4)
Capstone design projects selected from a wide variety of areas related to electrical and computer engineering. Develops system approach to design: preparation of specifications, scheduling, modeling, simulations, and technological, financial and environmental aspects. Multi-disciplinary teamwork is emphasized. Prototyping, testing and completion of the project are required. Presentation of results orally in class and in documented final report.
Prerequisites and corequisites for Electrical Engineering majors:
Prerequisites: EE 327, EE 378, and either EE 352 or EE 443.
Corequisites: EE 437 or EE 431.
Prerequisites for Computer Engineering majors: EE 378 and EE 470.

EE 494 Independent Study (2 to 4)
Advanced individual study in a special area. Topic must be approved prior to registration. May be taken more than once.

EE 495 Special Topics (2 to 4)
Advanced study of special topics in engineering. May be taken more than once. The following courses are graduate level courses open to undergraduate students with instructor permission:

EE 525 Instrumentation and Measurements (4)
Errors in measurements, error corrections and minimization; transducers and their applications; signal conditioning and interfacing; electromagnetic compatibility and interference problems in instrumentation; measurement instruments and their characteristics. Measurement systems, signal analyzers and data acquisition systems; signal conversion; computer and microprocessor-based instrumentation. With project. (Previously EE 526). Offered fall.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

EE 527 High-Frequency Electronics (4)
Transmission lines with sinusoidal and pulse excitation. Passive and active circuit components at high frequency. High frequency amplifiers, communication circuits, waveform generators and digital circuits. Introduction to high frequency measurements. (Previously EE 726.)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

EE 533 Random Signals and Processes (4)
Provides the foundation needed to work with the random signals which are encountered in engineering. Concept of a random variable. Properties of one- and multi-dimensional random variables. Concept of a stochastic process. Characterization of random waveforms using power spectral density and the correlation function. Random signals in linear systems. Applications to engineering systems. Offered winter.
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of linear systems.

EE 534 Principles of Digital Communications (4)
Source coding, signal design, modulation and demodulation. The optimal rEEiver principle, synchronization, communications over narrow band channels, fading channels and error correction codes. Offered fall.
Prerequisite: A previous course in communications systems or instructor permission.

EE 537 Digital Signal Processing (4)
Analysis of discrete signals and systems.  Introduction to digital filters including finite and infinite impulse response filter.  Discrete and Fast Fourier Transformations.  Application of digital signal processing.  Offered Winter.
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of linear systems.

EE 545 Electromagnetic Engineering (4)
Electromagnetic theory with applications. Diffraction, radiation, propagation, guided waves, optical transmission and resonant cavities. Offered winter.
Prerequisite: Background in vector calculus and basic electromagnetic theory.

EE 550 Satellite-based Positioning System (4)
Introduction to the fundamentals of satellite-based positioning systems with an emphasis on the Global Positioning System (GPS). Understanding of the GPS satellite constellation, coordinate systems, timing standards and GPS signal structure. Determination of position from the range measurements for different modes of positioning. Introduction to various ranging error sources and mitigation techniques. Impact of ranging errors and satellite geometry on 3-dimensional position error. Offered fall or winter.
Prerequisites: EE 335.

EE 558 Electrical Energy Systems (4)
Generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. Analysis and design of three-phase circuits, representation of power systems and per unit normalization, symmetrical components and stability, unsymmetrical faults. Computer-aided problem solving included. Offered winter.
Prerequisite: EE 325.

EE 563 Foundations of Computer-Aided Design (4)
Computer-aided design as the cornerstone of computer-aided manufacturing. Presentation and exploration of “generic” CAD architecture. Mathematical representations of CAD primitives, surfaces and solids and manipulation. Comparison of wire-frame, surface, 2-1/2 D and solid models. IGES, STEP, CALS, and DXF standards Description of “feature based CAD” and the CAD manufacturing link.
Prerequisite: Major standing.

EE 567 Computer Networks (4)
Resource-sharing principles; communications and networks; packet switching; the ARPANET; network performance using principles of queueing theory; network design principles, capacity assignment; flow assignment; topological design. Other related topics.

EE 569 Computer Simulation in Engineering (4)
Simulation as modeling tool for discrete-event and continuous systems, general principles of simulation, statistical models, input modeling, random variable generation, model building using a commercial simulation language, model verification and validation, determination of run length, output analysis, variance reduction techniques. Design and optimization of production service systems. Offered winter.
Prerequisites: Major standing and EE 325.

EE 570 Microprocessor-based System Design (4)
Application of microprocessors and microcomputers to the solution of typical problems; interfacing microprocessors with external systems such as sensors, displays and keyboards; programming considerations, microcomputer system and memory system design. A laboratory design course; several short design projects and one large design project. This course integrates concepts learned in required courses and provides a design experience. The large design project includes cost/trade-off analysis, submitting a detailed written report and oral presentation of the project. Credit cannot be earned for more than one of CSE 470/570 and EE 470/570. Offered fall, winter.
Prerequisite: CSE/EE 378 or CSE 502 or equivalent.

EE 572 Microcomputer-based Control Systems (4)
Microcomputer-aided control system design and implementation techniques; board-level microcomputer and digital signal processor technology; design and realization of digital controllers, estimators and filters; hardware development of stand-alone, on-line microcomputer/processor-based control systems; real-time applications and multi-processor systems. A laboratory and project oriented course. Offered fall, winter.
Prerequisite: EE 570 or CSE 570.

EE 575 Automotive Mechatronics I (4)
Overview of mechatronics; modeling, simulation, characterization and model validation of electromechanical devices; introduction to computer-aided software; basic automotive sensors; basic actuators and power train devices; principles of automotive and industrial electronic circuits and control systems (analog and digital); principles of product design; mechatronics case studies. With laboratory.
Prerequisite: EE 316.

EE 581 Integrated Circuits and Devices (4)
Fundamentals of semiconductor electronics. Theory and operation of PN junctions and junction devices. MOS devices. Integrated circuits functional blocks, fabrication techniques, processing steps and equivalent circuits. Device modeling and simulation techniques. Offered Fall.

EGR 240 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering (4)
An introduction to the fundamentals of electrical and computer engineering; DC and AC circuits; transient analysis of first-order circuits, digital logic circuits, combinational logic design, sequential circuits, introduction to electronics, operational amplifiers, DC electromechanical machines. Laboratory. Offered fall, winter.
Prerequisite: EGR 141; Corequisites: MTH 155, PHY 151.

EGR 280 Design and Analysis of Electromechanical Systems (4)
Design, analysis, and testing of electromechanical systems; statics, linear and rotational dynamics; introduction to microprocessors, team design project dealing with technical, economic, safety, environmental, and social aspects of a real-world engineering problem; written, oral, and visual communication, engineering ethics. Offered fall, winter.
Prerequisites: EGR 120, EGR 240 Corequisite: EGR 250, EGR 260.

SYS 510 Systems Optimization and Design (4)
Classical optimization techniques including Lagrange multipliers and Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Computer techniques for system optimization including linear programming, constrained and unconstrained nonlinear programming. Introduction to global optimization, genetic algorithm, and dynamic programming. The course emphasizes a design experience involving system modeling, simulation and optimal design. Offered Spring or Summer.

SYS 517 Probability and Its Engineering Applications (4)
Techniques and topics from probability of use to engineers, particularly those interested in manufacturing. Includes topics from statistics, control charts, propagation of error and tolerancing, analaysis of queuing systems using birth and death processes and Markov chains, reliability, decision trees, etc. Credits cannot be rEEived for both SYS 517 and ISE 517. Offered winter, odd years. Student must have completed a course in probability.

SYS 520 Signal and Linear Systems Analysis (4)
Modeling and analysis of both continuous-time and discrete-time systems and signals. Time-domain and frequency-domain representation methods and transformations applied to electric circuits, mechanical systems and other dynamic systems. Fundamental theories of systems stability, controllability, observability and state-feedback control design. Computer simulation studies. Offered fall.