Graduate Courses for Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENEE)

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ENEE 407 Microwave-Circuits Laboratory (2 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENEE206 and ENEE381 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Restricted to students with a 09090 major code.
Experiments concerned with circuits constructed from microwave components providing practical experience in the design, construction and testing of such circuits. Projects include microwave filters and S-parameter design with applications of current technology.

ENEE 408 Capstone Design Project (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. For 09090 and 09991 majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Culmination of prior course work in electrical and computer engineering. Utilization of modern design tools and methodologies for the design of components or systems under realistic constraints, with particular emphasis on teamwork and oral/written communication. Areas in which projects are currently offered include: microprocessor-based systems, digital systems, VLSI design (both digital and mixed-signal), and optical systems.

ENEE 416 Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory (3 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENEE302 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. For 09090 and 09991 majors only. Not open to students who have completed ENEE419J. Formerly ENEE419J.
Characterization of wafers and fabrication steps. Oxide growth, lithography, dopant diffusion, and metal deposition and patterning will be discussed in the lectures and carried out in the lab in fabricating NMOS transistor circuits. The transistor characteristics will be measured and related to the fabrication parameters.

ENEE 417 Microelectronics Design Laboratory (2 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENEE306 and ENEE312 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the curriculum. For ENEE majors only.
Senior capstone project laboratory, where student design and build fairly sophisticated circuits, mainly composed of discrete transistors and integrated circuits. Many of the projects are designed to require that students synthesize from what they have learned in many of the disciplines in electrical engineering. Students learn they can actually use their knowledge to build something very practical, which may include a high-fidelity amplifier, a radio, a memory cell, a transmitter, etc.

ENEE 419 Topics in Microelectronics (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Selected topics of current importance in microelectronics.

ENEE 420 Communication Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE324 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Fourier series, Fourier transforms and linear system analysis; random signals, autocorrelation functions and power spectral densities; analog communication systems: amplitude modulation, single-sideband modulation, frequency and phase modulation, sampling theorem and pulse-amplitude modulation; digital communication systems pulse-code modulation, phase-shift keying, differential phase shift keying, frequency shift keying; performance of analog and digital communication systems in the presence of noise.

ENEE 425 Digital Signal Processing (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE322 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Sampling as a modulation process; aliasing; the sampling theorem; the Z-transform and discrete-time system analysis; direct and computer-aided design of recursive and nonrecursive digital filters; the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT); digital filtering using the FFT; analog-to-digital and digital-to analog conversion; effects of quantization and finite-word-length arithmetic.

ENEE 426 Communication Networks (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE324 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Restricted to students with a 09090 major code. See above note.
The main design issues associated with computer networks, satellite systems, radio nets, and general communication networks. Application of analytical tools of queuing theory to design problems in such networks. Review of proposed architectures and protocols.

ENEE 428 Communications Design Laboratory (2 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENEE324 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note. Corequisite: ENEE420 or ENEE425. For ENEE majors only.
EE capstone design course. Exploring the signal processing and communication systems theoretical concepts presented in ENEE 420 Communication Systems and ENEE 425 Digital Signal Processing by implementing them on actual DSP based hardware in real time.

ENEE 429 Topics in Communications (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Selected topics of current importance in communications.

ENEE 434 Introduction to Neural Networks and Signals (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE204 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Introduction to the generation and processing of bioelectric signals including structure and function of the neuron, membrane theory, generation and propagation of nerve impulses, synaptic mechanisms, transduction and neural coding of sensory events, central nervous system processing of sensory information and correlated electrical signals, control of effector organs, muscle contraction and mechanics, and models of neurons and neural networks.

ENEE 435 Introduction to Electrical Processes, Structure and Computing Models of the Brain (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE204 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum.
Concepts, theoretical and experimental probing methods and models for understanding the human brain structures and functions from an engineering viewpoint. Bioelectric phenomena of cells and electrical circuit functional models. Neurons as signal generators, decision elements, and information transmission and processing devices. Basic neural circuits and models. Experimental techniques, signal recording and analysis. Brain architecture-communication, control and information processing structures and functions. Memory, associations learning and higher brain functions. Computer simulations and computational models. Overview of brain-inspired intelligent machine approaches and systems.

ENEE 439 Topics in Signal Processing (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department and completion of all lower division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Selected topics of current importance in signal processing.

ENEE 440 Microprocessors (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE350 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Microprocessor architectures, instruction sets, and applications. Bus structures, memory, I/O interfacing. Assembly language programming, LSI device configuration, and the embedding of microprocessors in systems.

ENEE 445 Computer Laboratory (2 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENEE206 and ENEE350; and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
This laboratory course focuses on the hardware/software interface in computer systems. Hand-on experiments are used to teach design, construction, analysis, and measurement of both hardware and software for embedded systems. Projects emphasize using microcontrollers for control, sensing, and communication through various I/O devices.

ENEE 446 Digital Computer Design (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE350 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Hardware design of digital computers. Arithmetic and logic units, adders, multipliers and dividers. Floating-point arithmetic units. Bus and register structures. Control units, both hardwired and microprogrammed. Index registers, stacks, and other addressing schemes. Interrupts, DMA and interfacing.

ENEE 447 Operating Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE350, experience in C or C++, and familiarity with UNIX, and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. For 09090 and 09991 majors only. Not open to students who have completed ENEE459S. Formerly ENEE459S.
The goal of this course is to present the theory, design, implementation and analysis of computer operating systems. Through classroom lectures, homework, and projects, students learn the fundamentals of concurrency, and process management, interprocess communication and synchronization, job scheduling algorithms, memory management, input/output devices, file systems, and protection and security in operating systems. Optional topics may include communications protocols, computer security, and real-time operating systems.

ENEE 459 Topics in Computer Engineering (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 and 09091 majors only.
Selected topics of current importance in computer engineering.

ENEE 460 Control Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE322 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See note above. For ENEE majors only.
Mathematical models for control system components. Transform and time domain methods for linear control systems. Introductory stability theory. Root locus, bode diagrams and Nyquist plots. Design specifications in the time and frequency domains. Compensation design in the time and frequency domain. Introduction to sampled data systems.

ENEE 461 Control Systems Laboratory (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: A grade of C or higher in ENEE206 and ENEE322. Completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Restricted to students with a 09090 or 09991 major code. See above note. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE461, ENME461, or ENME489N.
Students will design, implement, and test controllers for a variety of systems. This will enhance their understanding of feedback control and familiarize them with the characteristics and limitations of real control devices. They will also complete a small project. This will entail writing a proposal, purchasing parts for their controller, building the system, testing it, and writing a final report describing what they have done.

ENEE 463 Digital Control Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE322 and completion of lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. For 09090 and 09991 majors only. Not open to students who have completed ENEE469E. Formerly ENEE469E.
Introduction to techniques for the analysis and design of linear control systems and implementation of control systems using digital technology. Topics include linearization, solution of linear equations, z-transforms and Laplace transforms, design of linear controllers, optimal control, and digital implementation of control designs. Students will use MATLAB for the solution of problems and the design of control systems.

ENEE 469 Topics in Controls (1-3 credits)
Prerequisites: permission of department and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Selected topics of current importance in controls.

ENEE 473 Electrical Machines Laboratory (2 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENEE206 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Restricted to students with a 09090 major code. See above note.
Experiments involving single and three phase transformers, induction machines, synchronous machines and D.C. machines.

ENEE 474 Power Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE322 and completion of all lower-division technical in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Interconnected power systems, transmission lines, load flow studies, unit commitment and economic dispatch. Three phase networks, machine models. Symmetrical components, fault analysis and unbalanced operation. Power system transients, stability and numerical methods in power system analysis.

ENEE 475 Power Electronics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE302 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note. For ENEE majors only.
This course is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students who want to learn the basic principles of power electronics and its applications. Special emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary nature of power electronics. Strong and intimate connections between power electronics and circuit theory, electronic circuits, semiconductor devices, electric power, magnetic, motor drives and control are stressed.

ENEE 480 Fundamentals of Solid State Electronics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE302 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Crystal structure and materials preparation; carrier transport; elementary quantum mechanics applied to solids; band structure of metals, insulators, and semiconductors; field effect transistors; PN junctions; bipolar transistors; fabrication of devices.

ENEE 482 Design of Active and Passive Microwave Devices (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE381 and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note.
Design and operation of passive and active microwave devices. The passive components include waveguides, resonators, and antennas. The active devices include klystrons, magnetrons, gyrotrons, and free electron lasers.

ENEE 486 Optoelectronics Lab (2 credits)
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENEE206 and (PHYS270 and 271 {Formerly: PHYS263}) and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Restricted to students with a 09090 major code.
Hands-on experience in performing measurements in optics and electro-optics. Basics of optics, light detectors, Fourier optics, gratings and spectrometers, pulsed dye lasers, fiber optics, electro-optics, and acousto-optics.

ENEE 488 Independent Study in Electrical and Computer Engineering (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: completion of all lower-division EE or CP tech electives with a grade of C or higher and permission of department. A total of 5 credits combined of ENEE488 and ENEE499 can count towards a degree in electrical and computer engineering. For 09090 or 09991 majors only. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
The purpose is to provide students with an opportunity for independent study projects on advanced electrical and computer engineering topics. These projects typically involve academic investigations of technical themes that are not addressed in the established elective and special topics courses taught by the department on a regular basis. Study plans are tailored to students educational goals but are approved and supervised by faculty.

ENEE 489 Topics in Electrophysics (1-3 credits)
Prerequisites: permission of department and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Selected topics of current importance in electrophysics.

ENEE 490 Physical Principles of Wireless Communications (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE381 Restricted to ENEE and ENCP students. Not open to students who have completed ENEE498B. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE490 or ENEE498B. Formerly ENEE498B.

ENEE 496 Lasers and Electro-optic Devices (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. Corequisite: ENEE381 For 09090 and 09991 majors only.
Modern physical optics: Gaussian beams, optical resonators, optical waveguides; theory of laser oscillation, rate equations; common laser systems. Selected modern optoelectronic devices like detectors and modulators. Role of lasers and optoelectronics in modern technology.

ENEE 498 Topics in Electrical Engineering (1-3 credits)
Prerequisites: permission of department and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note. Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. For 09090 majors only. Formerly ENEE488.
Selected topics of current importance in electrical engineering.

ENEE 499 Senior Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering (1-5 credits)
Prerequisites: permission of instructor and department; and completion of all lower-division technical courses in the EE curriculum. See above note. For 09090 majors only. A total of 5 credits combined of ENEE448 and ENEE499 can count towards a degree in electrical or computer engineering. Repeatable to 09 credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE418.
The purpose is to provide students with an opportunity to engage in independent research projects on advanced electrical and computer engineering topics. Projects are selected by students and supervised by faculty and other qualified mentors. While students may be required to acquire new skills or information in the course of completing a 499 project, the focus is to conduct an independent investigation of a technical theme by the student. The project may be used to satisfy the advanced lab requirement if it is approved as a primarily - experimental research project. In that case, the student will enroll in ENEE499L.

ENEE 600 Solid State Electronics (3 credits)
Recommended: ENEE 480; background in elementary quantum mechanics. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 600 or ENEE 793. Formerly ENEE793.
Properties of crystals; energy bands: electron transport theory; conductivity and hall effect; statistical distributions; fermi level: impurities; non-equilibrium carrier distributions; normal modes of lattice vibration and thermal properties of crystals; tunneling phenomena; surface properties.

ENEE 601 Semiconductor Devices and Technology (3 credits)
Recommended: ENEE 600 (formerly: ENEE 793), ENEE 480 or equivalent. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 601 or ENEE 697. Formerly ENEE697.
The principles, structures and characteristics of semiconductor devices. Technology and fabrication of semiconductor devices.

ENEE 605 Design and Fabrication of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 312 or equivalent. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 605 or ENEE 719R. Formerly ENEE719R.
The goals are to explore the world of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) by understanding its design and fabrication aspects.

ENEE 610 Electrical Network Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: undergraduate circuit theory or permission of instructor.
Matrix algebra, network elements, ports, passivity and activity, geometrical and analytical descriptions of networks, state variable characterizations, scattering matrices, signal flow graphs, sensitivity.

ENEE 611 Integrated Circuit Design and Analysis (3 credits)
Recommended: ENEE 610. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 611 or ENEE 696. Formerly ENEE696.
Active and passive elements used in semiconductor structures. Design application of linear and digital integrated circuits.

ENEE 614 Radio Frequency VLSI Circuit Design (3 credits)
Recommended: ENEE 611; ENEE 408D or equivalent.
This course will give students the knowledge required to analyze, design and lay-out discrete and integrated circuits used in modern radio frequency communications. The course will focus on advanced amplifier concepts, frequency conversion, tuning, and low-noise techniques. Implementation of AM, FM and digital modulation techniques will be covered. Emphasis will be given to CMOS technology as applied to analog VLSI. Advanced applications of SPICE and VLSI design layout tools will be covered.

ENEE 620 Random Processes in Communication and Control (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 324 or equivalent.
Introduction to random processes: characterization, classification, representation; Gaussian and other examples. Linear operations on random processes, stationary processes: covariance function and spectral density. Linear least square waveform estimating Wiener-Kolmogroff filtering, Kalman-Bucy recursive filtering: function space characterization, non-linear operations on random processes.

ENEE 621 Estimation and Detection Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 620 or equivalent. Also offered as MAPL 644.
Estimation of unknown parameters, Cramer-Rao lower bound; optimum (map) demodulation; filtering, amplitude and angle modulation, comparison with conventional systems; statistical decision theory Bayes, minimax, Neyman/Pearson, Criteria-68 simple and composite hypotheses; application to coherent and incoherent signal detection; M-ary hypotheses; application to uncoded and coded digital communication systems.

ENEE 623 Digital Communications (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 620 and ENEE 420 or equivalents, or permission of instructor.
Review of sampling and quantization, functional characterization of digital signals and transmission facilities, band-limited signals and systems. Digital modulation/demodulation techniques, error probability, intersymbol interference and its effects, adaptive equalization. Signaling with coded waveforms, fading and satellite channels, multiple access problems and protocols. Introduction to spread-spectrum Communications.

ENEE 625 Multi-user Communication (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 620.
Basic queueing models. Store-and forward communications networks; switching modes; delay-throughput measures; capacity assignment; routing; topological design; computational aspects; flow control; error control; protocols; specification and validation; local networks; satellite and packet radio systems; multiple access schemes; stability and performance; multi-user information theory; and large scale system theory.

ENEE 626 Error Correcting Codes (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 420 or equivalent. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 626 or ENEE 722. Formerly ENEE722.
Introduction to linear codes; bounds on the error correction capabilities of codes; convolutional codes with threshold, sequential and viterbi decoding; cyclic random error correcting codes; P-N sequences; cyclic and convolutional burst error correcting codes.

ENEE 627 Information Theory (3 credits)
Three hours of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisite: ENEE 620. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 627 or ENEE 721. Formerly ENEE721.
Information measures and their properties; entropy, relative entropy and mutual information. Information source models. Lossless data compression: the Kraft inequality, Shannon-Fano and Huffman codes. Typical sequences, asymptotic equipartition property, lossy source coding. Discrete memoryless channels: capacity, channel coding theorem. The additive Gaussian channel. Source coding under a fidelity constraint: rate distortion function and rate distortion theorem.

ENEE 630 Advanced Digital Signal Processing (3 credits)
Three hours of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisite: ENEE 425. Corequisite: ENEE 620. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 624 or ENEE 630. Formerly ENEE624.
This is the first-year graduate course in signal processing. The objective is to establish fundamental concepts of signal processing on multirate processing, parametric modeling, linear prediction theory, modern spectral estimation, and high-resolution techniques.

ENEE 631 Digital Imaging Processing (3 credits)
Corequisite: ENEE 620 or ENEE 624 or permission of instructor. Not open to ALL students who have completed ENEE 729Z.
Fundamental topics in Image Processing. Topics include 2-D systems and transforms, image acquisition, sampling and quantization, linear and non-linear techniques for image enhancement, restoration and image compression, including transform, differential pulse code modulation, vector quantization, wavelet, subband coding, still and video compression coding standards.

ENEE 632 Speech and Audio Processing (3 credits)
Three hours of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisite: ENEE 620 and ENEE 630. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE739A or ENEE 632. Formerly ENEE739A.
The objective is to apply digital signal processing techniques to speech and music signals. Topics covered include acoustic theory of speech production leading to the source-filter model; acoustic and digital vocal-tract models of speech production; speech analysis-synthesis based on the short-time Fourier transform, linear prediction, and homomorphic representations; extensions to other multiresolution analysis; time-domain models for speech processing; auditory perception and speech perception; waveform and model-based speech coding using scalar and vector quantization; time-scale modification; pitch and formant estimation; application of techniques to music analysis-synthesis.

ENEE 633 Statistical and Neural Pattern Recognition (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 620. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE633 or ENEE739Q. Formerly ENEE739Q.
Classical and modern approaches to statistical and neural pattern recognition are covered. Topics include Bayes decision theory, discriminant functions for the Normal density, error probabilities, integrals and bounds; non-parametric techniques: density estimation, Parzen windows, nearest neighborhood rule and error bounds; linear discriminant functions; linear separability, perceptrons, minimum squared-error procedure, Ho-Kashyap procedure; Multi-layer neural networks: backpropagation algorithm, error surfaces, radial basis functions, convolutional networks, recurrent networks; stochastic methods: stochastic search, Boltzmann learning, Boltzmann networks and graphical models, evolutionary methods; Nonparametric methods: CART and other trees; algorithm independent machine learning: no free lunch theorem, MDL, Occam's razor, resampling for estimating statistics, resampling for classifier design, estimating and comparing classifiers; unsupervised learning and clustering.

ENEE 634 Space-Time Signal Process (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 620 and ENEE 630. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 634 or ENEE 724. Formerly ENEE724.
Space-time processing aspects of signal processing with applications to wireless communications are considered, including fast algorithms, numerical computation, adaptive beamforming, direction of arrivals estimation, array processing, adaptive algorithms (least means square algorithms and recursive least means square algorithms), channel equalization, blind equalization and identification, and space-time coding, modulation, and MIMO communications and signal processing.

ENEE 640 VLSI Architecture (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 446 or equivalent; and ENEE 488Z (Computer-Aided Digital System Design Lab) or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
Review of MOS transistors: fabrication, layout, characterization; CMOS circuit and logic design: circuit and logic simulation, fully complementary CMOS logic, pseudo-nMOS logic, dynamic CMOS logic, pass-transistor logic, clocking strategies; sub system design: ALUs, multipliers, memories, PLAs; architecture design: datapath, floorplanning, iterative cellular arrays, systolic arrays; VLSI algorithms; chip design and test: full custom design of chips, possible chip fabrication by MOSIS and subsequent chip testing.

ENEE 641 Mathematical Foundations for Computer Engineering (3 credits)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 641 or ENEE 759F. Formerly ENEE759F.
Mathematical modeling, design, analysis and proof techniques related to computer engineering. Probability, logic, combinatorics, set theory, and graph theory, as they pertain to the design and performance of computer engineering systems. Techniques for the design and analysis of efficient computational methods from graph theory and networks. Understanding of the limits on the efficiency of such computational methods. Translation from mathematical theory to actual programming. The course emphasizes mathematical rigor.

ENEE 644 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 449.
Design methodologies for digital systems using a modern hardware description language. Algorithmic, architectural and implementation aspects of arithmetic processing elements. Design of Complex Instruction Set (CISC), Reduced Instruction Set (RISC), and floating point processors. Synthesis, simulation and testing of processors with computer-aided design tools. Students in some sections may, on permission, fabricate VLSI chips via MOSIS.

ENEE 646 Digital Computer Design (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 446 or equivalent knowledge of basic computer design, as well as experience in assembly language programming for at least one instruction set architecture and basic probability theory.
Concepts and techniques for design of computer systems with improved performance. Advanced I/O systems, memory organization, pipeland and parallel processors, bus bandwidth, processor/memory interconnections, cache memory, virtual memory, multiprocessors, performance evaluation.

ENEE 647 Design of Distributed Computer Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 488S (Operating Systems) or equivalent.
Communication protocols, models of interprocess communication and synchronization in distributed operating systems, interprocess synchronization and communication primitives; remote procedure call protocols; electronic mail and store-and-forward communication; deadlock handling in distributed systems; processes and transactions in distributed systems; client servers models of computation; distributed shared memory; distributed file systems; recovery and fault-tolerance; protection and communication security.

ENEE 648 Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 credits)
Every semester courses intended for high degree of specialization are offered by visiting or regular electrical engineering faculty members in two or more of the areas listed in 488. The student should check with the electrical engineering office of graduate studies for a list and the description of the topics offered currently.

ENEE 660 System Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE460 or equivalent; MATH463 or equivalent; or permission of instructor. Also offered as MAPL460. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE660, ENEE663, or MAPL640. Formerly ENEE663.
General systems models. State variables and state space. Linearity and its implications. Controllability and observability. State space structure and representation. Realization theory and algorithmic solutions. Parameterizations of linear systems; canonical forms. Basic results from stability theory. Stabilizability. Fine structure of linear multivariable systems; minimal indices and polynomial matrices. Interplay between frequency domain and state space.

ENEE 661 Nonlinear Control Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE660; MATH410 or MATH411 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
State space methods of stability analysis including second order systems and the phase plane, linearization and stability in the small, stability in the large and Lyapunov's second method. Frequency domain methods including the describing function. Popov's method and functional analytic methods. Introduction to Volterra series representations of nonlinear systems. Applications to conrol system design.

ENEE 664 Optimal Control (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MATH410 and ENEE660 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Corequisite: MATH411 or permission of instructor.
General optimization and control problems. Conditions of optimality for unconstrained and constrained optimization problems; sensitivity; duality. Introduction to linear and nonlinear programming methods. Dynamic optimization. Discrete time maximum principle and applications. Pontryagin maximum principle in continuous time. Dynamic programming. Feedback realization of optimal control.

ENEE 680 Electromagnetic Theory I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 381 or equivalent.
Theoretical analysis and engineering applications of Maxwell's equations. Boundary value problems of electrostatics and magnetostatics.

ENEE 681 Electromagnetic Theory II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 381 or equivalent.
Continuation of ENEE 680. Theoretical analysis and engineering applications of Maxwell's equations. The homogeneous wave equation. Plane wave propagation. The interaction of plane waves and material media. Retarded potentials. The Hertz potential. Simple radiating systems. Relativisitic covariance of Maxwell's equations.

ENEE 686 Charged Particle Dynamics, Electron and Ion Beams (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
General principles of single-particle dynamics; mapping of the electric and magnetic fields; equation of motion and methods of solution; production and control of charge particle beams; electron optics; Liouville's theorem; space charge effects in high current beams; design principles of special electron and ion beam devices.

ENEE 690 Quantum and Wave Phenomena with Electrical Application (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 381 and ENEE 382 or equivalent.
Introduction of quantum and wave phenomena from electrical engineering point of view. Topics included: general principles of quantum mechanics, operator algebra, the microwave resonant cavity and the analagous potential well problem, harmonic oscillator, hydrogenic atom. Perturbation method applied to the transmission line and potential well problems. Periodically loaded transmission line and Kronig-Penny model of band theory.

ENEE 691 Optical Communication Systems (3 credits)
Optical components and systems. Measures of performance of optical communication systems. Topics include: single and multi-mode optical fibers, DFB and DBR lasers, transmitters and receivers, pin and APD detectors, noise analysis, receiver sensitivity modulation formats, system performance, bit-error-rate, power budget, TDM and WDM systems, network architecture.

ENEE 698 Graduate Seminar (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Every semester regular seminars are held in electrical science and in the six areas of specialization offered by the electrical engineering department. They may be taken, by arrangement with the student's advisor, for repeated credit.

ENEE 699 Independent Studies in Electrical Engineering (1-3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE609.
Supervised individual study or project, or supervised group study or project, at an advanced level, in electrical engineering.

ENEE 702 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 480 or equivalent. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 702 or ENEE 714. Formerly ENEE714.
The operating principles, fabrication, charateristics and applications of advanced electronic devices will be covered. The devices are the subject of current research that offer unique advantages in certain aspects over conventional devices. Core topics are as follows: ideal properties of electron gas; electronic states in bulk GaAs and at the heterojunctions; doping properties in heterostructures; electron transport properties at 2D interfaces (including resonant tunneling); electronic and optical properties at 2D interfaces; device applications (HEMT, HBT, QWLaser, QDLaser). Possible additional topics include low-dimensional and nanometer-scale device physics, magnetic & ferroelectric devices, single-electron transistors, quantum devices, and RTD's.

ENEE 704 Physics and Simulation of Semiconductor Devices (3 credits)
Recommended: ENEE 600; ENEE 601 and exposure to quantum mechanics. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 694 and ENEE 704. Formerly ENEE694.
The physics of electron transport in semiconductor devices will be covered. Numerical methods for attaining solutions to transport equations will be explored. Students will also learn how to use CAD tools fro semiconductor device design. Nano-electronic devices will be introduced.

ENEE 719 Advanced Topics in Microelectronics (3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE718.

ENEE 720 Wireless Communication Theory (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 620 and ENEE 621. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 720 or ENEE 729W. Formerly ENEE729W.
An advanced detection course that follows and builds on the foundations of the single-user detection theory covered in ENEE 621. The main goal is to introduce the students to the multiple-user communication theory, in particular, multi-user detection theory. Students are introduced to the multi-user performance criteria of effective energy, asymptotic multi-user efficiency and near-far resistance. The physical layer techniques of diversity reception/transmission, multiple transmit/receive antennas and beamforming will also be studied.

ENEE 723 Wireless Communication Networks (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 620 and ENEE 625; or equivalent.
Reviews the fundamental characteristics of wireless networks by focusing on the wireless link, on the media access control, and on interference issues. It reviews the cellular architecture model with emphasis on bandwidth reuse, power control, handoffs, and mobility tracking. It then considers wireless local area networks with focus on routing/multicasting and on capacity notions. It also considers the principles of layer integration and energy efficiency and it reviews the special cases of sensor networks and satellite systems.

ENEE 725 Advanced Networking (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 625 or equivalent.
This is a second-year graduate course in networking. The objective of the course is to teach the current and new protocols and techniques for modeling a network.

ENEE 729 Advanced Topics in Communication (3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE728.

ENEE 731 Image Understanding (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 631 and ENEE 633. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENEE 739J or ENEE 731. Formerly ENEE739J.
An advanced graduate level course on image understanding. Mathematical and statistical approaches to solving image understanding problems will be discussed. Topics to be covered include: optimal edge and shape detection; image understanding using Markov random field models; Monte Carlo Markov Chain techniques for image understanding; shape from shading, stereo, texture and contour; structure from motion and object recognition. Existence, uniqueness and convergence issues for many of these problems will be discussed.

ENEE 739 Advanced Topics in Signal Processing (3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE738.

ENEE 749 Advanced Digital Systems Design (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 640 or ENEE 644; and permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
VLSI architecture and algorithms; design strategies; design methodologies; system-level design; area/delay/power trade-offs; high performance systems; multi-chip modules; low-power design; hardware/software co-design; design for testability, design for manufacturability; algorithm, architecture, and component design for adaptive computing systems; prototype system development and test, possible chip fabrication by MOSIS and subsequent chip testing.

ENEE 750 VLSI Design Automation (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 640; and permission of instructor.
Design process of VLSI circuits and systems; Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools; system partitioning, floorplanning, placement, global and detailed routing; Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs), Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), possible chip fabrication by MOSIS and subsequent chip testing.

ENEE 752 Computational Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Concepts, design, implementation of computational intelligence involving integration of four methodologies: intelligent database management systems, rule-based systems, neural-type systems and fuzzy systems for heuristic problem solving, diagnostics, risk analysis and decision support; decision trees, reasoning techniques, heuristics and expertise; knowledge representation and acquisition; machine learning systems for pattern and feature extraction; neural network models, fuzzy systems; neural networks as expert systems; composite and neuro-fuzzy systems; coupling databases, knowledge bases and neural networks: hardware-software issues, survey of practical designs and evaluation. Completion of a term project involving system integration of two or more methodologies for a specific domain application. Students in this course with the approval of the instructor can fabricate, as part of their term project, VLSI chips via MOSIS.

ENEE 756 Computer Networks (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 324 or equivalent; and ENEE 646.
ISO open systems reference model, protocol layers, TCP/IP, channel coding, data communication concepts, local area network (LAN) topologies and transmission media, queueing theory applied to LAN performance modeling, LAN access techniques, network interconnection, network reliability, network security, performance analysis of ring and bus topology networks, reliability of fiber optic ring networks.

ENEE 757 Security in Distributed Systems and Networks (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 647; or permission of instructor.
Threats and countermeasures in centralized and distributed systems; communication security techniques based on encryption; symmetric and asymmetric encryption; encryption modes, including stream and block encryption, and cipher block chaining; message origin and mutual authentication; third-party and inter-realm authentication, authentication of mobile users; data confidentiality and integrity protocols; formal analysis of authentication protocols and message integrity; access control in distributed systems and networks; firewall design; case studies of security mechanisms and policies.

ENEE 759 Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering (3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE748.

ENEE 762 Stochastic Control (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE620 or equivalent; and ENEE660 or equivalent. Also offered as MAPL 742.
Stochastic control systems, numerical methods for the Ricatti equation, the separation principle, control of linear systems with Gaussian signals and quadratic cost, non-linear stochastic control, stochastic stability, introduction to stochastic games.

ENEE 763 Advanced Nonlinear Control Systems (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENEE 663 and ENEE 661, or permission of instructor.
General introduction to the geometric theory of nonlinear control systems. Theory of decoupling, disturbance rejection, feedback linearization, stability, stabilization, etc.

ENEE 765 Adaptive Control (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 663 and ENEE 664 or permission of instructor. Not open to ALL students who have completed ENEE 769C.
General principles of adaptive control. Self-tuning regulators and model reference adaptive systems. Theoretical issues: stability, convergence, and robustness. Practical issues: implementation, computation, auto-tuning, and other successful application. Alternatives to adaptive control.

ENEE 769 Advanced Topics in Controls (3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE768.
Topics selected, as announced every semester, from the field of controls and its applications.

ENEE 780 Microwave Engineering (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENEE 681.
Mathematical methods for the solution of the wave equation, transmission lines and waveguides, selected topics in the theory of waveguide structures, surface guides and artificial dielectrics.

ENEE 789 Advanced Topics in Electrophysics (3 credits)
Repeatable to any number of credits if content differs. Formerly ENEE788.
Topics selected, as announced every semester, from the field of electrophysics and its applications.

ENEE 790 Quantum Electronics I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a knowledge of quantum mechanics or permission of instructor.
Spontaneous emission, interaction of radiation and matter, masers, optical resonators, the gas, solid and semi-conductor lasers, electro-optical effect, propagation in anisotropic media and light modulation.

ENEE 791 Quantum Electronics II (3 credits)
Nonlinear optical effects and devices, tunable coherent light sources: optical parametric oscillator; frequency conversion and dye laser. Ultrashort pulse generation and measurement, stimulated raman effect, and applications. Interaction of acoustic and optical waves, and holography.

ENEE 798 Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 credits)
Formerly ENEE648.
Topics selected, as announced every semester.

ENEE 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)

ENEE 889 Teaching Workshop (1 credits)
Open only to students seeking a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering; Permission of department. Repeatable to 04 credits if content differs.
Provide training in education for senior PhD students who contemplate an academic career, and give them the opportunity to gain some teaching experience. Emphasis is on issues that are of special importance in electrical and computer engineering education.

ENEE 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)
Open only to students seeking a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering; Permission of department. Repeatable to 04 credits if content differs.
Provide training in education for senior PhD students who contemplate an academic career, and give them the opportunity to gain some teaching experience. Emphasis is on issues that are of special importance in electrical and computer engineering education.

ENEE 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)