Students completing undergraduate or graduate degrees can use course counting towards a Graduate Certificate as courses within their regular degree program. Several undergraduates use their technical elective options to complete a Graduate Certificate, adding depth in a specific certificate topic to their Bachelor's degree.

Autonomous Robotics

Required:

• EE 631 Cooperating Autonomous Mobile Robots

Close Cooperating Autonomous Mobile Robots Advanced topics in autonomous and intelligent mobile robots, with emphasis on planning algorithms and cooperative control. Robot kinematics, path and motion planning, formation strategies, cooperative rules, and behaviors. The application of cooperative control spans from natural phenomena of groupings, such as fish schools, bird flocks, and deer herds, to engineering systems such as mobile sensing networks and vehicle platoon.

Choose two of the following:

• EE 621 Nonlinear Control

Close Nonlinear Control Methods for analysis and design of nonlinear control systems emphasizing Lyapunov theory. Second order systems, phase plane descriptions of ononlinerar phenomena, limit cycles, stability, direct and indirect method of Lyapunov, linearization, feedback linearization, Lyapunov-based design, and backstepping.

• EE 583 Wireless communications

Close Wireless communications  This courses serves as a broad introduction to the several   technologies and applications of wireless communications systems.  The   emphasis is on providing a reasonable mixture of information leading to a broad   understanding of the technical issues involved, with modest depth in each of   the topics.  As an integrating course, the topics range from the physics of   wave generation/propagation/reception through the   circuit/component issues, to the signal processing concepts, to the techniques used to   impress the information (voice or data) on a wireless channel, to overviews of   representative applications including current generation systems and next   generation systems. Upon completion of this course, the student shall   understand the manner in which the more detailed information in the other three   courses is integrated to create a complete system.

• CPE 555 Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Close Real-Time and Embedded Systems The miniaturization of electronics and increasingly sophisticated software environments has enabled the realization of systems that embed intelligence within a wide variety of systems interacting in real time with the environment. Such systems are characterized by hardware/software integration along with integration of both analog and digital electronics. Representative topics include specification of the overall system, real-time operating system, embedded network protocols, tradeoffs between hardware and software, etc. The lectures will be complemented by projects related to design of such systems.

• CPE 645 Image Processing and Computer Vision

Close Image Processing and Computer Vision The goal is to acquaint the students with the fundamental techniques of image processing. Specific topics include: Digital imaging fundamentals; neighborhood operators; clustering, region growing; split and merge, segmentation; edge and line linking; degradation model, restoration, inverse filtering; zero-crossing methods, gradient edge detectors; gray level co-occurrence, texture analysis; morphological operations; image registration and enhancement; scale space filtering; motion estimation; 3D image recognition and estimation.

Real-Time & Embedded Systems

Required:

• CPE 555 Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Close Real-Time and Embedded Systems The miniaturization of electronics and increasingly sophisticated software environments has enabled the realization of systems that embed intelligence within a wide variety of systems interacting in real time with the environment. Such systems are characterized by hardware/software integration along with integration of both analog and digital electronics. Representative topics include specification of the overall system, real-time operating system, embedded network protocols, tradeoffs between hardware and software, etc. The lectures will be complemented by projects related to design of such systems.

• CPE 690 Introduction to VLSI Design

Close Introduction to VLSI Design This course introduces students to the principles and design techniques of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI). Topics include: MOS transistor characteristics, DC analysis, resistance, capacitance models, transient analysis, propagation delay, power dissipation, CMOS logic design, transistor sizing, layout methodologies, clocking schemes, case studies. Students will use VLSI CAD tools for layout and simulation. Selected class projects may be sent for fabrication.

Digital Signal Processing
(Available On-Line Via WebCampus)

Required:

• EE 613 Digital Signal Processing for Communications

Close Digital Signal Processing for Communications This course teaches digital signal processing techniques for wireless communications. It consists of two parts. Part 1 covers basic DSP fundamentals, such as DFT, FFT, IIR and FIR filters and DSP algorithms (ZF, ML, MMSE). Part 2 covers DSP applications in wireless communications. Various physical layer issues in wireless communications are addressed, including channel estimation, adaptive equalization, synchronization, interference cancellation, OFDM, multi-user detection and rake receiver in CDMA, space-time coding and smart antennae.

• EE 616 Signal Detection and Estimation for Communications

Close Signal Detection and Estimation for Communications Introduction to signal detection and estimation principles with applications in wireless communication systems. Topics include optimum signal detection rules for simple and composite hypothesis tests, Chernoff bound and asymptotic relative efficiency, sequential detection and nonparametric detection; optimum estimation including Bayesian estimation and maximum likelihood, Fisher information and Cramer-Rao bound, linear estimation, least squares and weight least squares.

• EE 663 Digital Signal Processing I

Close Digital Signal Processing I  Review of mathematics of signals and systems including   sampling theorem, Fourier transform, z-transform, Hilbert transform;   algorithms for fast computation: DFT, DCT computation, convolution; filter   design techniques: FIR and IIR filter design, time and frequency domain methods,   window method and other approximation theory based methods; structures for   realization of discrete time systems: direct form, parallel form, lattice   structure and other state-space canonical forms (e.g., orthogonal filters and   related structures); roundoff and quantization effects in digital filters:  analysis of sensitivity to coefficient quantization, limit cycle in IIR filters,  scaling to prevent overflow, role of special structures.

• EE 666 Multidimensional Signal Processing

Close Multidimensional Signal Processing Mathematics of multidimensional (MD) signals and systems; frequency and state space description of MD systems; multidimensional FFT; MD recursive and nonrecursive filters, velocity and isotropic filters, their stability and design; MD spectral estimation with applications in array processing; MD signal recovery from partial information such as magnitude, phase, level crossing etc.; MD subband coding for image compression; selected topics from computer aided tomography and synthetic aperture radar.

Multimedia Technology
(Available On-Line Via WebCampus)

Required:

• CPE 592 Computer and Multimedia Network Security

Close Computer and Multimedia Network Security The objective of this course is to introduce current techniques in securing IP and multimedia networks. Topics under IP security will include classic cryptography, Diffie-Hellman, RSA, end-to-end authentication, Kerberos, viruses, worms and intrusion detection. Topics from multimedia will include steganography, digital watermarking, covert channels, hacking, jamming, security features in MPEG-4, secure media streaming, wireless multimedia, copy control and other mechanisms for secure storage and transfer of audio, image and video data.

• CPE 612 Principles of Multimedia Compression

Close Principles of Multimedia Compression Modeling of image signals; 2D prediction theory and application to DPCM/ADM coding of images; subband coding of images; filters for subband coding; transform coding of images; comparison of various transforms like KLT, DCT, LOT; vector quantizing theory, vector quantizing algorithms like the LBG algorithm; VQ for image coding.

• CPE 636 Integrated Services - Multimedia

Close Integrated Services - Multimedia Types of multimedia information: voice, data video   facsimile, graphics and their characterization; modeling techniques to represent   multimedia  information; analysis and comparative performances of   different models;  detection techniques for multimedia signals; specification   of multimedia  representation based on service requirements; evaluation   of different  multimedia representations to satisfy user applications   and for generating test scenarios for standardization.

• CPE 645 Image Processing and Computer Vision

Close Image Processing and Computer Vision The goal is to acquaint the students with the fundamental techniques of image processing. Specific topics include: Digital imaging fundamentals; neighborhood operators; clustering, region growing; split and merge, segmentation; edge and line linking; degradation model, restoration, inverse filtering; zero-crossing methods, gradient edge detectors; gray level co-occurrence, texture analysis; morphological operations; image registration and enhancement; scale space filtering; motion estimation; 3D image recognition and estimation.

Wireless Communications
(Available On-Line Via WebCampus)

Required:

• EE 583 Wireless communications

Close Wireless communications  This courses serves as a broad introduction to the several   technologies and applications of wireless communications systems.  The   emphasis is on providing a reasonable mixture of information leading to a broad   understanding of the technical issues involved, with modest depth in each of   the topics.  As an integrating course, the topics range from the physics of   wave generation/propagation/reception through the   circuit/component issues, to the signal processing concepts, to the techniques used to   impress the information (voice or data) on a wireless channel, to overviews of   representative applications including current generation systems and next   generation systems. Upon completion of this course, the student shall   understand the manner in which the more detailed information in the other three   courses is integrated to create a complete system.

Networked Information Systems
(Available On-Line Via WebCampus)

Required:

• CPE 560 Introduction to Networked Information Systems

Close Introduction to Networked Information Systems An overview of the technical and application topics encountered in contemporary networked information systems including the overall architecture of such systems, data networked architectures, secure transmission of information, data representations including visual representations, information coding/compression for storage and transmission, management of complex heterogeneous networks, and integration of next-generation systems with legacy systems.

Secure Network Systems Design
(Available On-Line Via WebCampus)

Select three from the following:

• CPE 560 Introduction to Networked Information Systems

Close Introduction to Networked Information Systems An overview of the technical and application topics encountered in contemporary networked information systems including the overall architecture of such systems, data networked architectures, secure transmission of information, data representations including visual representations, information coding/compression for storage and transmission, management of complex heterogeneous networks, and integration of next-generation systems with legacy systems.

• EE 584 Wireless Systems Security

Close Wireless Systems Security Wireless systems and their unique vulnerabilities to attack; system security issues in the context of wireless systems, including satellite, terrestrial microwave, military tactical communications, public safety, cellular and wireless LAN networks; security topics: confidentiality/privacy, integrity, availability and control of fraudulent usage of networks. Issues addressed include jamming, interception and means to avoid them. Case studies and student projects are important components of the course.

• CPE 592 Computer and Multimedia Network Security

Close Computer and Multimedia Network Security The objective of this course is to introduce current techniques in securing IP and multimedia networks. Topics under IP security will include classic cryptography, Diffie-Hellman, RSA, end-to-end authentication, Kerberos, viruses, worms and intrusion detection. Topics from multimedia will include steganography, digital watermarking, covert channels, hacking, jamming, security features in MPEG-4, secure media streaming, wireless multimedia, copy control and other mechanisms for secure storage and transfer of audio, image and video data.

• CPE 654 Design and Analysis of Network Systems

Close Design and Analysis of Network Systems Analysis of current networks including classic telephone, ISDN, IP and ATM. Attributes and characteristics of high-speed networks. Principles of network design including user-network interface, traffic modeling, buffer architectures, buffer management techniques, call processing, routing algorithms, switching fabric, distributed resource management, computational intelligence, distributed network management, measures of network performance, quality of service, self-healing algorithms, hardware and software issues in future network design.

• CPE 691 Information Systems Security

Close Information Systems Security History of network security; classical information security; cryptosecurity; kerberos for IP networks; private and public keys; nature of network security; fundamental framework for network security; analysis and performance impact of network topology; vulnerabilities and security attack models in ATM, IP, and mobile wireless networks; security services, policies, and models; trustworthy systems; intrusion detection techniques - centralized and distributed; emulation of attack models and performance assessment through behavior modeling and asynchronous distributed simulation; principles of secure network design in the future; and projects in network security and student seminar presentations.

Microelectronics and Photonics

Required:

• EE 507 Introduction to Microelectronics and Photonics

Close Introduction to Microelectronics and Photonics An overview of microelectronics and photonics science and technology. It provides the student who wishes to specialize in their application, physics or fabrication with the necessary knowledge of how the different aspects are interrelated. It is taught in three modules: design and applications, taught by EE faculty; operation of electronic and photonic devices, taught by Physics faculty; fabrication and reliability, taught by the materials faculty.

Select three from the following:

• CPE 690 Introduction to VLSI Design

Close Introduction to VLSI Design This course introduces students to the principles and design techniques of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI). Topics include: MOS transistor characteristics, DC analysis, resistance, capacitance models, transient analysis, propagation delay, power dissipation, CMOS logic design, transistor sizing, layout methodologies, clocking schemes, case studies. Students will use VLSI CAD tools for layout and simulation. Selected class projects may be sent for fabrication.

• EE 626 Optical Communication Systems

Close Optical Communication Systems Components for and design of optical communication systems; propagation of optical signals in single mode and multimode optical fibers; optical sources and photodetectors; optical modulators and multiplexers; optical communication systems: coherent modulators, optical fiber amplifiers and repeaters; transcontinental and transoceanic optical telecommunication system design; optical fiber LANs.

• EE 585 Physical Design of Wireless Systems

Close Physical Design of Wireless Systems Physical design of wireless communication systems, emphasizing present and next generation architectures. Impact of non-linear components on performance; noise sources and effects; interference; optimization of receiver and transmitter architectures; individual components (LNAs, power amplifiers, mixers, filters, VCOs, phase-locked loops, frequency synthesizers, etc.); digital signal processing for adaptable architectures; analog-digital converters; new component technologies (SiGe, MEMS, etc.); specifications of component performance; reconfigurability and the role of digital signal processing in future generation architectures; direct conversion; RF packaging; minimization of power dissipation in receivers.

• MT 595 Reliability and Failure of Solid State Devices

Close Reliability and Failure of Solid State Devices This course deals with the electrical, chemical, environmental and mechanical driving forces that compromise the integrity and lead to the failure of electronic materials and devices. Both chip and packaging level failures will be modeled physically and quantified statistically in terms of standard reliability mathematics. On the packaging level, thermal stresses, solder creep, fatigue and fracture, contact relaxation, corrosion and environmental degradation will be treated.

• MT 596 Microfabrication Techniques

Close Microfabrication Techniques Deals with aspects of the technology of processing procedures involved in the fabrication of microelectronic devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Students will become familiar with various fabrication techniques used for discrete devices, as well as large-scale integrated thin film circuits. Students will also learn that MEMS are sensors and actuators that are designed using different areas of engineering disciplines, and they are constructed using a microlithographically-based manufacturing process in conjunction with both semiconductor and micro-machining microfabrication technologies.

• PEP 503 Introduction to Solid State Physics

Close Introduction to Solid State Physics Description of simple physical models which account for electrical conductivity and thermal properties of solids. Basic crystal lattice structures, X-ray diffraction and dispersion curves for phonons and electrons in reciprocal space. Energy bands, Fermi surfaces, metals, insulators, semiconductors, superconductivity and ferromagnetism. Fall semester. Typical text: Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics.

• PEP 515 Photonics I

Close Photonics I This course will cover topics encompassing the fundamental subject matter for the design of optical systems. Topics will include optical system analysis, optical instrument analysis, applications of thin-film coatings and opto-mechanical system design in the first term. The second term will cover the subjects of photometry and radiometry, spectrographic and spectrophotometric systems, infrared radiation measurement and instrumentation, lasers in optical systems and photon-electron conversion. Typical texts: Military Handbook 141 (U.S. Govt. Printing Office); S.P.I.E Reprint Series (Selected Issues); W.J. Smith, Modern Optical Engineering .

• PEP 516 Photonics II

Close Photonics II This course will cover topics encompassing the fundamental subject matter for the design of optical systems. Topics will include optical system analysis, optical instrument analysis, applications of thin-film coatings and opto-mechanical system design in the first term. The second term will cover the subjects of photometry and radiometry, spectrographic and spectrophotometric systems, infrared radiation measurement and instrumentation, lasers in optical systems and photon-electron conversion. Typical texts: Military Handbook 141 (U.S. Govt. Printing Office); S.P.I.E Reprint Series (Selected Issues); W.J. Smith, Modern Optical Engineering .

• PEP 561 Solid State Electronics for Engineering I

Close Solid State Electronics for Engineering I This course introduces fundamentals of semiconductors and basic building blocks of semiconductor devices that are necessary for understanding semiconductor device operations. It is for first-year graduate students and upper-class undergraduate students in electrical engineering, applied physics, engineering physics, optical engineering and materials engineering, who have no previous exposure to solid state physics and semiconductor devices. Topics covered will include description of crystal structures and bonding; introduction to statistical description of electron gas; free-electron theory of metals; motion of electrons in periodic lattice-energy bands; Fermi levels; semiconductors and insulators; electrons and holes in semiconductors; impurity effects; generation and recombination; mobility and other electrical properties of semiconductors; thermal and optical properties; p-n junctions; metal-semiconductor contacts.

• MT 562 Solid State Electronics for Engineeing II

Close Solid State Electronics for Engineeing II This course introduces operating principles and develops models of modern semiconductor devices that are useful in the analysis and design of integrated circuits. Topics covered include: charge carrier transport in semiconductors; diffusion and drift, injection and lifetime of carriers; p-n junction devices; bipolar junction transistors; metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors; metal-semiconductor field effect transistors and high electron mobility transistors; microwave devices; light emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers and photodetectors; integrated devices.