May 01, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2019-2020 [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • ECON 6760 - Economic Data Analytics and Modeling II


    Covers advanced topics in the theory and application of econometrics and data modeling. Topics emphasized include causal identification, advanced instrumental variable models, dynamic models, panel data models, model selection, simulation-based inference methods, survival analysis models, censoring, quantile regression, non-linear models, and discrete choice models.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6740 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6770 - Economics of Innovation I


    Core issues in the economics of technology and innovation are covered along with policy ramifications. Topics include models of strategic R&D and patenting, quality and price measures, drivers of innovation in firms and fields of knowledge, technology adoption and diffusion, and regional innovation.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Ph.D. student status or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6780 - Economics of Innovation II


    Analyzes theories and findings on how regional and national economic growth relates to innovation. Contrasting theories and empirical evidence regarding agglomeration impacts on innovation, local effects of universities and government laboratories, employment, and trade flows. Regional impacts of corporations, entrepreneurship, labor force, education, and policy.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6770 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6800 - Behavioral and Experimental Economics I


    Study economic behavior as it departs from perfectly rational, complete-information models. This course presents the main theories and findings from the behavioral economics literature as they relate to individuals’ choices over time, risk, and uncertainty. Additional topics include individuals’ use of decision heuristics and models of social preferences, such as altruism, fairness, reciprocity, and inequality aversion. Experimental methods are developed.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6720 and ECON 6740 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6810 - Behavioral and Experimental Economics II


    This course expands on material covered in Behavioral Economics I by studying the latest and more advanced modeling and experimental approaches for individuals’ decision-making and empirical applications. Specific advanced topics include the role of habit formation on intertemporal choice and limited attention models for complex decisions. The course will additionally cover recent literature and findings from cognitive and computational psychology.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6800.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: .

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6820 - Health Economics and Policy I


    Study the economic theory of health and health care, and its applications. Topics include the measurement and determinants of health; economics of uncertainty, adverse selection, and moral hazard; economic models of demand for healthcare and demand for insurance; key markets in the healthcare sector such as physicians, hospitals, and insurance companies; policy effects on the matching between health care demand and supply; and political economy and organizational reform in medical care.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites:  ECON 6720 and ECON 6740 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6830 - Health Economics and Policy II


    Study topics such as markets for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical technology, and health innovation; FDA and other types of regulations in pharmaceuticals and medical devices; models of hospital competition and provider incentives; health information technologies and their adoption and diffusion; advances in personalized healthcare; and externalities in health.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6820.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6840 - International Economics and Development I


    Study classical models of international trade that consider factor endowments, comparative advantage, labor capabilities, strategic use of trade barriers, and multilateral trade agreements. Examine contemporary models which explore increasing returns, heterogeneity in firm productivity and products, product mix, firm size distributions, globalization, multinationals, and offshoring.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6720 and ECON 6740 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6850 - International Economics and Development II


    Covers topics such as the impact of foreign trade and investment on labor markets, job creation and destruction, income inequality, production location and agglomeration, international technology transfer, and regional economic development.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6840.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6860 - Energy and Environmental Economics I


    Covers the economics of conventional and alternative energy sources. Topics in energy economics such as the demand for energy, supply of energy, evolving alternative energy sources, consumption, efficiency, adoption, and diffusion of new energy technologies, externalities, and the economics of climate change. The course will examine environmental impacts and their analysis, and introduce models and methods of analysis including cost-benefit analysis, discounting, the value of a statistical life, and health as human capital.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6720 and ECON 6740 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6870 - Energy and Environmental Economics II


    Study environmental economics and its relation to energy systems. Analyzes environmental externalities and regulatory solutions through theoretical models and empirical evidence. Study government responses related to regulations, taxes, and subsidies to address problems of market failure, and tools to evaluate the costs and benefits of environmental policies. Examine optimal environmental regulations and the trade-offs between market and regulatory imperfections. Methods are developed with applications to topics including health and climate impacts of emissions and their regulatory policies.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6860.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6940 - Readings in Economics


    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6960 - Topics in Economic Theory


    Selected topics in economic analysis and problems to meet the special needs of graduate students in various curricula throughout the Institute. This allows students to pursue more in-depth work in their areas of study.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECON 2010 and permission of instructor.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECON 6970 - Professional Project


    Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master’s program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Office of Graduate Education and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work.

  
  • ECON 6990 - Master’s Thesis


    Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of S or U are assigned by the adviser each term to reflect the student’s research progress for the given semester. Once the thesis has been presented, approved by the adviser, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education, it will be archived in a standard format in the library.

    Credit Hours: 1 to 9

  
  • ECON 9990 - Dissertation


    Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.

    Credit Hours: Up to 30

  
  • ECSE 1010 - Introduction to Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering


    An experiment-centric development of the basic analysis tools of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, emphasizing the concepts and mathematics of analog and digital circuits and electronics, programming, data generation and analysis, and system model development using paper and pencil analysis, simulation, and experiment. Problems, applications, and projects are chosen to lay a solid foundation for core EE and CSE courses.

    When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

  
  • ECSE 1090 - Introduction to Mechatronics Hardware and Software


    A laboratory introduction to simulation and hardware programming with MATLAB and Simulink. Course covers: fundamental theory and programming tools for common sensors and actuators: gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, encoders, analog sensors, DC Motors, and motor drivers. Including:  discretization, sampling, integration, differentiation, delays, saturation, and control. Material covered in a hands on, observable, and application specific way. Weekly one-hour lab/lectures introduce basic topics. Labs reinforce covered topics and are performed at home with provided hardware kits. 

     

    When Offered: Fall and spring term annually upon availability.



    Cross Listed: MANE 1090. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 1090.

    Credit Hours: 1

  
  • ECSE 2010 - Electric Circuits


    Techniques for the analysis and simulation of linear electric circuits and measurements of their properties. Topics include resistive and energy-storage elements, controlled sources and operational amplifiers, systematic analysis methods, AC steady state, power and three-phase systems, magnetic coupling and transformers, transients, s-plane representation and analysis, frequency response, and Laplace transform and computer-aided methods.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 and PHYS 1200.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 2050 - Introduction to Electronics


    The physics and operation of semiconductor diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and field-effect transistors in elementary analog circuits. Non-ideal operational amplifier characteristics. Amplifier biasing, small-signal analysis, and frequency response. Elementary bipolar and MOSFET digital circuits.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2010.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 2100 - Fields and Waves I


    Development and application of Maxwell’s equations in free space and within materials. Introduction to vector calculus and computer-aided analysis and design methods in electromagnetics. Applications include calculation of lumped circuit elements from field theory, plane wave propagation in various materials, and reflection from boundaries. Transmission line concepts, Smith charts, and other design tools for distributed circuits.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2010 and MATH 2010.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 2110 - Electrical Energy Systems


    This course introduces the major components of today’s power system such as transformers, electric machines, and transmission lines. Renewable energy sources and systems are discussed, including wind and solar energy. Integration of energy sources with the grid is addressed.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2010, Corequisite: ECSE 2100.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 2210 - Microelectronics Technology


    An introductory survey of microelectronics technology emphasizing physical properties of semiconductors, device and circuit fabrication, semiconductor device operation. Topics include semiconductor crystals; energy bands; electrons and holes; dopant impurities; fabrication and operation of diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and field-effect transistors.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisites: ECSE 2050 and either ECSE 2100 or PHYS 4210.

    When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 4
  
  • ECSE 2410 - Signals and Systems


    Time and frequency-domain representation of continuous- and discrete-time signals and systems.  Response of linear, time-invariant systems. Convolution, Fourier series, Fourier transform, Laplace transform, and z-transform. Applications in communication, feedback control, and filtering.

     

     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2010.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 2500 - Engineering Probability


    Axioms of probability, joint and conditional probability, random variables, probability density, mass, and distribution functions, functions of one and two random variables, characteristic functions, sequences of independent random variables, central limit theorem, and laws of large numbers. Applications to electrical and computer engineering problems.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: ECSE 2410.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 2610 - Computer Components and Operations


    Design-oriented introduction to computer components and operations. Standard codes, number systems, base conversions, and computer arithmetic. Boolean algebra, minimization and synthesis techniques for combinational and sequential logic. Races, hazards, and asynchronous behavior. Registers, arithmetic logic units, memory structure, buses, and control units. Machine language programming, instruction fetch and execution, input-output devices, interrupts, and microprogram sequencers. Software and hardware tools.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CSCI 1100. Corequisite: ENGR 2350.

    When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 2660 - Computer Architecture, Networks, and Operating Systems


    Quantitative basis of modern computer architecture, processor design, memory hierarchy, and input/output methods. Layered operating system structures, process and storage management. Layered network organization, network protocols, switching, local and wide area networks. Examples from Unix and the Internet.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2610.

    When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 2900 - ECSE Enrichment Seminar


    This seminar course addresses a range of issues involving engineering and public policy, innovation systems and economic development, and the National Academy’s Engineering Grand Challenges for the 21st Century.

    When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 1

  
  • ECSE 4030 - Analog IC Design


    The modeling, analysis, and design of analog integrated circuits using CMOS technology. Topics include basic integrated circuit components, basic amplifier stages, operational amplifiers, frequency compensation and stability, and bandgap references. Emphasis is placed on the design of the fundamental circuits required for analog signal processing. Students undertake several design projects, including a sizeable project that comprises a significant percentage of the final grade.
     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2050.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 3
  
  • ECSE 4040 - Digital Electronics


    Analysis and design of switching-mode circuits: NMOS, CMOS, RTL, DTL, TTL, and ECL digital-logic families. Topics include: basic logic gates (voltage-transfer characteristics, noise margin, fan out, propagation delay, power dissipation), flip flops, Schmitt triggers, oscillators, timers, memories, A/D and D/A converters, and optional advanced topics.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2050 and ECSE 2610.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 5 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 4050 - Advanced Electronic Circuits


    Linear and non-linear applications of operational amplifiers, with an emphasis on circuit design. Non-ideal operational amplifier behavior, including both static and dynamic characteristics. Amplifier stability and frequency compensation techniques. Operational amplifier-based oscillators. Circuit noise.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2050.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 6050. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6050.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4080 - Semiconductor Power Electronics


    The application of power semiconductor devices to the efficient conversion of electrical energy. Circuit analysis, signal analysis, and energy concepts are integrated to develop steady-state and dynamic models of generic power converters. Specific topics include AC/DC conversion, DC/DC conversion, DC/AC conversion, and AC/AC conversion. These generic converters are applied as controlled rectifiers, switching power supplies, motor drives, HVDC transmission, induction heating, and others. Ancillary circuits needed for the proper operation and control of power semiconductor devices are also discussed.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2050.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4090 - Mechatronics


    The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control engineering, and computer science in the design process. The key areas of mechatronics studied in depth are control sensors and actuators, interfacing sensors and actuators to a microcomputer, discrete controller design, and real-time programming for control using the C programming language. The unifying theme for this heavily laboratory-based course is the integration of the key areas into a successful mechatronic design.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2350, ECSE 2410, and senior standing.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 5 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 4110 - Power Engineering Analysis


    AC steady-state analysis, three-phase networks, and complex power (brief review). Per-unit system. Practical transformer equivalent circuits. AC power transmission-lines: parameters; equivalent circuits; and steady-state operation. Power flow with transfer limits in balanced three-phase systems. Network power flow problem with solution by numerical methods. Symmetrical components: analysis including sequence networks for three-phase systems. Fault analysis. 

     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2110.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 6110. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6110.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4120 - Electromechanics


    This course studies electromechanical interactions in lumped-parameter systems. These interactions describe the operation of electric machines, electromechanical actuators, and transducers. The fundamental laws of Faraday, Ampere, and Gauss are considered to develop physical models of magnetic circuits, including those which use permanent magnets. These models are then expanded to include equations of motion and the thermodynamics of electromechanical coupling. Applications include transformers, induction machines, synchronous machines, DC machines, and reluctance machines.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2110.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4130 - EPE Laboratory


    A laboratory based examination of static and rotating energy conversion equipment. Topics include the experimental study of the physical phenomena and characteristics of magnetic circuits, transformers, electric machines, rectifiers, DC/DC converters, and inverters. The interaction between static power converters and electric machines is emphasized.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4120 or ECSE 4080 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

  
  • ECSE 4160 - Fields and Waves II


    A continuation of ECSE 2100. Topics include solution of boundary value problems in electromagnetics using both analytic and numerical techniques. Conducting and dielectric guiding structures for waves. Radiation from simple antennas. Low frequency applications.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2100, ECSE 2050, MATH 4600.

    When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4180 - Industrial Power System Design


    Industrial power system design considerations: planning (safety, reliability, simplicity, maintenance, flexibility, cost), voltages (control, selection, effects of variation), protection (devices, limitations, requirements, coordination, testing), fault calculations, grounding (static and lightning protection, earth connections), power factor control and effects, switching and voltage transformation, instruments and meters, cable construction and installation, busways.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2110.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4220 - VLSI Design


    Introduction to VLSI design. The fabrication, device, circuit, and system aspects of VLSI design are covered in an integrated fashion. Emphasis is placed on NMOS and CMOS technology. Laboratory experiments focus on layout analysis, computer-aided layout, and logic and timing simulation. Project on digital design with standard cells.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2050 and ECSE 2610; ECSE 2210 recommended.

    Corequisite: ECSE 4040 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 4 contact hours

  
  • ECSE 4250 - Integrated Circuit Processes and Design


    The theoretical and practical aspects of techniques utilized in the fabrication of silicon-based microcircuits. Imperfections in semiconductors, crystal growth, solid solubility, alloying and diffusion, ion implantation, oxide masking, epitaxy, metallization, etching, and photolithography. Fabrication techniques for bipolar and MOS-microcircuits, and the electrical performance of devices based on these techniques. Microcircuit design and layout. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MTLE 4160.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2210.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4320 - Plasma Engineering


    Introduction to plasma physics with primary emphasis on the application of plasmas for controlled thermonuclear fusion. Plasma behavior and confinement concepts are analyzed from both single-particle and conducting-fluid models. The interaction of electromagnetic waves with plasmas, plasma transport, plasma stability, and a review of major fusion-oriented devices are also presented.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2100.

    When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4370 - Introduction to Optoelectronics Technology


    The nature of optics, physics, and operation principles of optoelectronic devices and systems for communication, display, lighting, and computing. Topics include optics fundamentals, waveguide and fibers, LEDs, laser diode, photodetectors, solar cells, liquid crystal devices, modulators, optical display, and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2210.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4380 - Fundamentals of Solid State Lighting Systems


    The design and operation of Solid State Lighting Systems including basic design and fabrication methods of light emitting diode (LED), LED thermal management, optical characterization of lighting, LED drivers, lighting sensors/control systems and selected emerging applications.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 1200, ECSE 2050 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4440 - Control Systems Engineering


    Application of linear feedback theory to the design of large-scale, integrated control systems. Derivation of complex mathematical models of physical systems. Synthesis of appropriate control laws to provide stability. Simulation of complex control systems on digital computers.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410, MANE 4050, or MANE 4500.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: Cross listed as MANE 4530; students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 4530.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4480 - Robotics I


    A survey of the fundamental issues necessary for the design, analysis, control, and implementation of robotic systems. The mathematical description of robot manipulators in terms of kinematics and dynamics. Hardware components of a typical robot arm. Path following, control, and sensing. Examples of several currently available manipulators.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 and either MATH 2010 or ENGR 1100.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 6470, CSCI 4480, MANE 4560, and MANE 6120. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6470, CSCI 4480, MANE 4560, or MANE 6120.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4490 - Robotics II


    This course introduces methods that leverage the basic analysis techniques learned in Robotics I to develop numerical and algorithmic techniques needed to endow robots with the “intelligence” to devise strategies to solve problems they will encounter. Once these abilities are sufficiently well developed, robots will become safe and autonomous, thus paving the way for pervasive personal robots. Topics include: configuration space representation, cell decomposition, roadmap methods, rapidly-exploring random trees, simultaneous localization and mapping, contact modeling, grasping, and dexterous manipulation.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4480 or CSCI 4480.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 6490, CSCI 4490 and CSCI 6490. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6490, CSCI 4490, or CSCI 6490.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4500 - Distributed Systems and Sensor Networks


    Recent developments in systems, sensors, communications, and networking technologies enable the development of large-scale distributed systems incorporating many individual nodes. This course takes an algorithmic approach to distributed systems for sensor fusion, localization and tracking, distributed robotics and sensor-based control. It also presents the basic principles of sensor node architectures and wireless sensor networks. Applications include environmental monitoring, biomedical systems, and security-related tracking problems.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 6500. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6500.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 3
  
  • ECSE 4510 - Digital Control Systems


    Sampling, quantization, and reconstruction of signals. Mathematical tools used in the modeling, analysis, and synthesis of discrete-time control systems. Analysis tools include z-transforms, difference equation solutions, state variables, and transfer function techniques. Design tools digital PID controller, root locus, bilinear transformations, compensation techniques and full-state feedback. Applications to sampled-data control.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410, MANE 4050, or MANE 4500.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: MANE 4540; students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 4540.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4520 - Communication Systems


    An introduction to analog and digital communication signals and systems. Representation of analog and digital signals and their spectra. Baseband pulse and digital signaling, including PAM, PCM, DM, and DPCM. Bandlimited signaling without inter-symbol interference. Analog and digital bandpass signaling, including AM, FM, PM, OOK, PSK, FSK, MSK, QAM, and OFDM. Transmitter and receiver operations and systems. Performance in the presence of noise.

     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2410 and ECSE 2500.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4530 - Digital Signal Processing


    This course provides a comprehensive treatment of the theory, design, and implementation of digital signal processing algorithms. The first half of the course emphasizes frequency-domain and Z-transform analysis. The second half of the course investigates advanced topics in signal processing, including FFT algorithms, multi-rate signal processing, filter design, adaptive filtering, and quantizer design. The course provides a strong theoretical foundation for future study in communications, control, or image processing.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2410 and ECSE 2500. Also MATH 2010 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4540 - Introduction to Image Processing


    An introduction to the field of image processing, covering both analytical and implementation aspects. Topics include the human visual system, cameras and image formation, image sampling and quantization, spatial- and frequency-domain image enhancement, filter design, image restoration, image coding and compression, morphological image processing, color image processing, image segmentation, and image reconstruction. Real-world examples and assignments drawn from consumer digital imaging, security and surveillance, and medical image processing.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4530 and MATH 2010 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4560 - Digital Communications


    An introduction to digital communications, including signal generation, signal detection, synchronization, channel modeling, and coding. Baseband pulse modulation. Signal space representation of signals and optimal receiver structures. Bandpass modulation techniques including PSK, QAM and FSK. Carrier, symbol, and frame synchronization. Channel characterization and modeling, including terrestrial channels. Error control coding. 

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 4520 and ECSE 2500.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 6560. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6560.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4620 - Computer Vision for Visual Effects


    This course describes the computer vision problems that underlie modern visual effects in movies, in which original video footage is transformed or augmented to create fantastic, yet plausible environments. The course provides a critical overview of the important literature for several problem categories, describing “under-the-hood” concepts and algorithms in mathematical detail. In many cases, the relevant academic research is only a few years old and has only recently been applied to movies, TV shows, and commercials.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2010, CSCI 1200, and some familiarity with digital image editing tools or techniques.

    When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.



    Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 6620. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6620.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4630 - Lasers and Optical Systems


    Optical physics and applications of lasers. Design of optical systems. Topics include: wave optics and beam propagation, Gaussian beams, resonators, optical properties of atoms and laser gain media, laser amplifiers, pulsed laser systems, applications of lasers, nonlinear optics.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2620 recommended.

    When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.



    Cross Listed: Students cannot receive credit for both this course and PHYS 4630.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4640 - Optical Communications and Integrated Optics


    Phenomena, materials, and devices for optical communications and computing. Topics include: guided wave and fiber optics, integrated optics, electro-optic and nonlinear optical switching, pulse and soliton propagation, sources, and detectors.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2620.

    When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.



    Cross Listed: PHYS 4640. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and PHYS 4640.

    Credit Hours: 4

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 3 lecture hours and 3 laboratory hours per week.
  
  • ECSE 4670 - Computer Communication Networks


    Introduction to the basic concepts of computer and communication networks, like flow control, congestion control, end-to-end reliability, routing, framing, error-recovery, multiple access, and statistical multiplexing. In-depth presentation of the different networking layers, with emphasis on the Internet reference model. Protocols and architectures such as TCP, IP, Ethernet, wireless networks, etc. are described in order to illustrate important networking concepts. Introduction to quantitative analysis and modeling of networks.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2610 and basic probability such as in ENGR 2600 or ECSE 2500.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4720 - Solid-State Physics


    An introduction to theoretical and experimental solid-state physics. Wave mechanics in the perfect crystal. X-rays, electrons, and phonons. Electrical properties of metals and semiconductors. Qualitative treatment of lattice defects.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2220 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: PHYS 4720. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and PHYS 4720.

    Credit Hours: 4

  
  • ECSE 4740 - Applied Parallel Computing for Engineers


    Engineering techniques for parallel processing. Knowledge and hands-on experience in developing applications software for processors on inexpensive widely-available computers with massively parallel computing resources. Multi-thread shared memory programming with OpenMP and NVIDIA GPU multicore programming with CUDA and Thrust. The use of NVIDIA gaming and graphics cards on current laptops and desktops for general purpose parallel computing using Linux.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2660 or equivalent, knowledge of C++.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4750 - Computer Graphics


    Introduction to Interactive Computer Graphics, with an emphasis on applications programming. Objects and viewers, and the synthetic camera model. Graphics architectures, the graphics pipeline, clipping, rasterization, and programmable shaders. Input and interaction. Geometric objects, homogeneous coordinates, and transformations. Viewing, hidden surface removal, frame and depth buffers, compositing, and anti-aliasing. Shading, light and materials, texture mapping, ray tracing, and radiosity. Intellectual property concerns. Extensive programming with the OpenGL API and C++.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2610 or CSCI 2500 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4760 - Real-Time Applications in Control and Communications


    Experiments and lectures demonstrate the design and use of microcomputers as both decision tools and on-line real-time system components in control and communications. Topics include the basic operations of microcomputers, data I/O, analog and digital process control, voice processing, digital filter design, digital communication, and optimal LQR control.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 4530 and one of ECSE 4510, ECSE 4520 or ECSE 4440.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 5 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 4770 - Computer Hardware Design


    Digital design methodologies including timing chain and counter based “hardwired” microprogram design, modules, and modular design. The course bridges LSI and MSI design treating microprocessors, and I/O interfacing. Bus protocol standards, interrupts, direct memory access, priority arbitration, asynchronous timing, and overlap or double buffering. Specific examples of design include controllers for disks, cassettes, video systems, and stepping motors. Course includes a laboratory with access to FPGAs and microprocessors.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2610; ENGR 2350 desirable.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 5 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 4780 - Advanced Computer Hardware Design


    Design methodologies include register transfer modules and firmware microprogrammed design. “Bit-slice” philosophy of design. LSI microprocessors as design elements in larger digital systems such as high-speed channels and special purpose computers. Detailed discussion of the structure of several computers at the chip and board level. Specification of custom IC digital systems. FPGA based design implementation using VHDL. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6700.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4770. Corequisite: ECSE 2660.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 4

  
  • ECSE 4790 - Microprocessor Systems


    Hardware and software for real-time microprocessor-based digital systems. Basic concepts and operations of on-chip components related to digital system functionality. Architectures, instructions sets, and interfacing with peripherals through serial or parallel ports. Introduction to 32-bit machines with in-depth treatment of 16- and 8-bit machines. Emphasis on C language cross-compilers. Laboratory exercises are included to demonstrate hardware and software development techniques practiced in industry.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2610 and ENGR 2350.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
  
  • ECSE 4800 - Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems


    An introduction to the basics of subsurface sensing and imaging: Properties of probes such as optical beams, x-rays, ultrasonic waves, and electromagnetic waves. Physical interaction of probes with various media-transmission, reflection, attenuation, scattering, diffusion, fluorescence. Contrast agents and molecular sensing/imaging systems. Biomedical and security applications. Extracting information from subsurface signals using multi-view tomography (MVT), localized probing and mosaicing (LPM), and multi-spectral discrimination (MSD).

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2410 and ECSE 2100. BMED 2800 or permission of instructor also required.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4810 - Introduction to Probabilistic Graphical Models


    This course covers topics related to learning and inference with different types of Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs). It also demonstrates the application of PGMs to different fields. The course covers both directed and undirected graphical models, both parameter and structure learning, and both exact and approximated inference methods.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2500 or equivalent and proficiency in computer programming. Prior knowledge in pattern recognition or machine learning is a plus but is not required.

    When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 6810. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 6810.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4850 - Introduction to Deep Learning


    Deep learning fundamentals and applications in artificial intelligence. Topics include machine learning foundation, linear regression and classification, deep neural networks, convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, generative adversary neural networks,  Bayesian neural networks, deep Boltzmann machine, deep Bayesian networks, and deep reinforcement learning.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites:  ECSE 2500, MATH 2010, and CSCI 1200.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 6850. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross listed course.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4900 - Multidisciplinary Capstone Design


    A capstone design experience that engages students from biomedical, computer and systems, electrical, industrial, materials, and mechanical engineering on teams in an open-ended engineering design problem in preparation for professional practice. With the guidance of a multidisciplinary team of faculty members and instructional support staff, students apply knowledge and skills from prior coursework. This is a communication-intensive course.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2050 and senior status.

    When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.



    Cross Listed: ISYE 4270, MTLE 4920 and MANE 4260. Students cannot obtain credit for this course and ISYE 4270, MTLE 4920, MANE 4260.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 4940 - Independent Studies in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering


    Supervised reading and research.

    Credit Hours: 1 to 3

  
  • ECSE 4960 - Topics in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering


    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6010 - Network Theory


    The analysis of active and passive linear networks, including sensitivity, topological formulas, energy functions, positive real functions, and realizability conditions. The determination of input and transfer functions that approximate a prescribed response. Active circuit elements including negative converters, gyrators, and operational amplifiers.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECSE 2050.

    When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6050 - Advanced Electronic Circuits


    Linear and non-linear applications of operational amplifiers, with an emphasis on circuit design. Non-ideal operational amplifier behavior, including both static and dynamic characteristics. Amplifier stability and frequency compensation techniques. Operational amplifier-based oscillators. Circuit noise.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2050.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 4050. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 4050.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6090 - Advanced Power Electronics


    Advanced power electronic circuits and systems, as well as their modeling and control. Topics include advanced dc-dc converters, modeling by averaging and sampled-data methods, discontinuous conduction modes, linear and nonlinear current control methods and design, spectral and dynamic characteristics of pulse-width modulation, ac-dc converters with active power factor correction, resonant and soft-switching converters, and EMI filter design, as well as autonomous and distributed power systems. Course assignments include laboratory projects involving simulation, hardware design, and measurement.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4080 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6110 - Power Engineering Analysis


    AC steady-state analysis, three-phase networks, and complex power (brief review). Per-unit system. Practical transformer equivalent circuits. AC power transmission-lines: parameters; equivalent circuits; and steady-state operation. Power flow with transfer limits in balanced three-phase systems. Network power flow problem with solution by numerical methods. Symmetrical components: analysis including sequence networks for three-phase systems. Fault analysis. 

     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2110 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 4110. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 4110.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6120 - Power Quality


    Power quality examines the causes of and solutions to electric power quality problems. Topics range from utility issues such as voltage sags, swells, and outages to consumer issues, such as harmonic distortion, and bus reliability at the equipment level. Solution methods such as implementing surge suppressors, the UPS, active filtering, and proper grounding techniques will be discussed.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 6160 or ECSE 4080 are recommended.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6130 - Protective Relaying


    Basic relaying philosophy. Current and potential transformers. Operating principles of electromagnetic, electronic, and digital relays. Application of relays to protect generators, busses, transformers, and transmission lines.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: ECSE 6110.

    When Offered: Offered upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6140 - Power Generation Operation and Control


    Economics of the operation of power systems. Control of hydro and thermal generating units. Aspects of interconnected operation. Transmission losses and techniques for optimum economic generation. Hydrothermal coordination problems. Modern power markets. State estimation.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: ECSE 6110 or ECSE 4110 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6150 - Electric and Magnetic Fields in Electric Power Engineering


    Review of electromagnetic theory required to undertake analysis and design of power equipment. Experimental, analog, and digital field estimation techniques. Case studies in electric and magnetic fields such as cable and bushing design, problems of gas bus systems, electrostatic precipitation, magnetic flux penetration, eddy currents, losses, shielding, generation of torque.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4120 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6160 - Surge Phenomena in Electric Power Engineering


    Analysis and computation of electrical transients in lumpy and distributed power circuits; switching surges, lightning surges, traveling waves. Impact of surges on terminal equipment. Insulation coordination; system protection; design of electric power apparatus and systems to operate reliably and economically in a transient environment.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6110.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6170 - Mechanical Aspects of Electric Power Apparatus


    General theory of kinematics and dynamics of machines and structures with emphasis on power generating and distributing equipment. Special topics include basic concepts of vibration phenomena in mechanical systems, dynamic behavior of turbine-generator sets, self-excited vibrations in mechanical systems, earthquakes, circuit breaker linkages, short circuit forces on windings and bus structures.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2110 and ECSE 2410 or their equivalents.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6180 - Advanced Power System Modeling and Control


    Modeling of power system components including HVDC systems, flexible AC transmission systems, and wind turbines. Analysis and control techniques such as reactive power control, coherency, and model reduction. Synchrophasor technology – measurement, communication, and control. 

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 6190 or equivalent and knowledge of MATLAB or permission of the instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6190 - Computer Methods in Electric Power Engineering


    Applies the student’s knowledge of power engineering to the solution of large problems by computer methods. Treats matrix techniques, load-flow analysis, network building, short circuit studies, numerical integration, and finite element analysis as it applies to power systems and power apparatus.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6110 or ECSE 4110 or equivalent or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6200 - Semiconductor Device Characterization


    This graduate-level course is designed to give students a hands-on experience in the characterization of basic semiconductor devices (diffused resistors, pn junction diodes, Schottky diodes, MOS capacitors, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs) in wafer and/or packaged forms. The final project involves the students in a detailed characterization of devices in a specific application (e.g. high-voltage power electronics, submicron ULSI, microwave and wireless).

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6230.

    When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

    Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 3
  
  • ECSE 6210 - Advanced Device Concepts


    An introduction to emerging electronic and optoelectronics technology. Topics cover cutting edge technologies and novel device concepts, such as quantum devices, silicon-on-insulators (SOI), compound semiconductor devices and technologies, thin film transistors (TFTs), wide band gap semiconductor devices and technologies, Si-Ge devices, solar cells, photodetectors, semiconductor lasers, opto-electronic ICs, optical interconnects, and display technologies.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2210 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6220 - Physical Foundations of Solid-State Devices


    Physical foundations underlying the operation of modern electronic and photonic solid-state devices. Quantum mechanical foundations are emphasized, including the postulates of quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality, uncertainty relation, the Kronig-Penney model, and perturbation theory. In addition, the course covers areas such as semiconductor statistics, doping, heterostructures, transport, and tunneling.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2210 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6230 - Semiconductor Devices and Models I


    The physical operation of basic modern semiconductor devices and the determination of their internal parameters are discussed in detail. A review of semiconductor physics, including incomplete ionization, carrier lifetimes, and carrier transport, and solutions of continuity equation are presented. Devices include pn junction diodes, metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors and field-effect transistors. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental mechanisms that contribute to device performance. The interrelationship between device parameters and circuit performance is also discussed.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2210 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6240 - VLSI Fabrication Technology


    Fabrication technology for silicon and gallium arsenide integrated circuits with emphasis on sub-micron structures. Topics include epitaxy, diffusion, binary and ternary phase diagrams, grown and deposited oxides and nitrides, polysilicon and silicide technology, single-and multi-metal systems, plasma and chemical etching, ion milling photo, e-beam and X-ray lithography.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4250 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6250 - Solid-State Microwave Devices


    Physical properties of operation, modeling, and application of selected semiconductor microwave devices. Devices considered include varactors, p-i-n diodes, Schottky barrier diodes, avalanche transit time devices, transferred electron devices, and field effect transistors. Terminal behavior of these devices, their noise characteristics, and their use in microwave circuits.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: ECSE 6230.

    When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6260 - Semiconductor Power Devices


    Special problems of semiconductor devices operating at high voltage and high current levels. Devices include p-i-n and Schottky diodes, bipolar junction transistors, power MOSFETs and thyristors. Topics include space charge limited current flow, micro plasmas, avalanche breakdown, junction termination, high-level injection, emitter crowding, double injection, second breakdown, triggering mechanisms, plasma propagation, switching and recovery characteristics. Introduction to the Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 6230 and ECSE 6290 or basic knowledge (at the graduate level) of semiconductor devices or permission of the instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6270 - Optoelectronics


    A brief review of interaction of light with matter. Operating principles, basic designs, and applications of optoelectronic devices such as Light Emitting Diodes, Laser Diodes, Photodetectors, and Solar Cells. Electro-optic, Acousto-optic and Non-linear optic based optical components such as Modulators, Switches, Couplers, Multiplexers, and Amplifiers. Optical Waveguides and Fibers. Optoelectronic Applications such as Fiber Optic and Free Space Optical Communication, Photovoltaics, Thermophotovoltaics, and Solid-State Lighting.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2210 and ECSE 4720 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Spring term upon sufficient demand.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6280 - Light Emitting Diodes


    This course offers a comprehensive explanation of the technology and physics of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) such as infrared, visible-spectrum, ultraviolet, and white LEDs made from III–V semiconductors. The elementary properties of LEDs and material on device structure, packaging, reflectors, phosphor materials, light extraction, and junction temperature are discussed. Applications of the LED focus on illumination, fiber, and free-space communication. 

    When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6290 - Semiconductor Devices and Models II


    A continuation of ECSE 6230. Physical operation and modeling of charge-coupled devices, junction field-effect transistors, bipolar junction transistors and heterojunction devices. Studies of heterojunction devices emphasize the exploitation of particular quantum-mechanical phenomena to achieve unique device behavior.

     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6230 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6300 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory


    Theory and practice of IC fabrication in a research laboratory environment. Test chips are fabricated and the resulting devices and circuits evaluated. Processes and fabrication equipment studied and used include oxidation/diffusion, CVD reactors, photolithography, plasma etching, vacuum evaporator, ion implantation, etc. Instruments used in process monitoring and final testing include thin film profilometer, ellipsometer, resistivity probe, scanning electron microscope, capacitance-voltage system, etc. The fundamentals of hazardous material handling and clean room procedures are studied.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4250 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Spring term annually.



    Cross Listed: MTLE 6300. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MTLE 6300.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6310 - Plasma Dynamics I


    Analysis of the dynamics of plasma behavior in terms of statistical models. Development of the Boltzmann equation, the moment equations of continuity, momentum, and energy, and their application to plasma transport processes.

    When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6320 - Plasma Dynamics II


    Plasma kinetic theory, suitability of magnetically confined plasmas, plasma radiation, plasma turbulence.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6310.

    When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6400 - Systems Analysis Techniques


    Methods of analysis for continuous and discrete-time linear systems. Convolution, classical solution of dynamic equations, transforms, and matrices are reviewed. Emphasis is on the concept of state space. Linear spaces, concept of state, modes, controllability, observability, state transition matrix. State variable feedback, compensation, decoupling.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410 or equivalent.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: MANE 6600. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6600.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6420 - Nonlinear Control Systems


    Phenomena peculiar to nonlinear systems. Linearization, iteration, and perturbation procedures. Describing function stability analysis. Phase plane methods. Relaxation oscillations and limit cycles. Stability analysis by Lyapunov’s method. Popov’s theorem. Adaptive control systems. Sensitivity analysis.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6400 or MANE 6600 or permission of instructor.

    When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.



    Cross Listed: MANE 6610; students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6610.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6430 - Optimization Methods


    Linear programming, nonlinear programming, iterative methods, and dynamic programming are presented, especially as they relate to optimal control problems. Discrete and continuous optimal regulators are derived from dynamic programming approach, which also leads to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation and the Minimum Principle. Linear quadratic regulators, linear tracking problems, and output regulators are treated. Linear observer and the separation theorem are developed for feedback controller implementation.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410. Corequisite: ECSE 6400.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6440 - Optimal Control Theory


    The concepts, techniques, and tools related to optimal control for dynamical systems. Major topics include calculus of variation, minimum principle, dynamic programming, optimal estimation, and differential games. Both discrete time systems and continuous times are addressed. Particular consideration is given to linear time invariant systems in terms of linear quadratic regulator and Kalman filter.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6400 or MANE 6600.

    When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.



    Cross Listed: MANE 6620; students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6620.

    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6460 - Multivariable Control Systems


    Tools and methods for the analysis and design of linear multivariable feedback systems. Topics include the connection between frequency domain and state space models and methods, model identification, model reduction, model uncertainty and closed loop performance, convex analysis and design methods, optimal controller synthesis using H2, H-infinity, and structured singular value criteria.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 6400.

    When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.



    Credit Hours: 3

  
  • ECSE 6470 - Robotics I


    A survey of the fundamental issues necessary for the design, analysis, control, and implementation of robotic systems. The mathematical description of robot manipulators in terms of kinematics and dynamics. Hardware components of a typical robot arm. Path following, control, and sensing. Examples of several currently available manipulators.

     

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2400 and either MATH 2010 or ENGR 1100.

    When Offered: Fall term annually.



    Cross Listed: ECSE 4480, CSCI 4480, MANE 4560, and MANE 6120. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ECSE 4480, CSCI 4480, MANE 4560, or MANE 6120.

    Credit Hours: 3

 

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