ECE416 Design of Control Systems
Continuation of topics covered in ECE 414 including control system design using the LAM method, design of DC servomotor systems, modeling and analysis of nonlinear systems. Includes laboratory experimentation and computer simulation. Prerequisite: at least a C- in ECE414. Lec 1, Lab 6. Cr 3.

ECE427 Electric Power Systems II
Power system models, power flow solutions, fault analysis, protective relaying Prerequisite: at least a C- in ECE 323. Lec. 3, (Fall) Cr 3.

ECE428 Electric Power Systems III
Electric power system control, load flow analysis, power system faults and unbalances, system protection. Prerequisite: ECE427. Lec 2, Lab 3. Cr 3.

ECE434 Biomedical Engineering
A survey of devices and practices in Bioengineering. Describes physiological principles and biomedical devices for the circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems, with engineering emphasis on methods of transduction, signal processing and imaging. Makes frequent use of biomedical research journals in order to balance the theoretical and the applied aspects of the field. Prerequisites: BIO 100 and ECE 342 or permission. Cr 3

ECE441 Micro-Electronics Filter Theory and Design
Design of inductorless electric filter stressed. Standard forms of lowpass, bandpass, highpass, and bandstop realized with op-amps. Applications include data and voice communication systems in modern micro-electronic engineering. Prerequisite: at least a C- in ECE 314 and ECE 342. Lec 3. (Spring) Cr 3.

ECE480 Quantization and Digital Techniques
The concept of quantization is studied with regard to ideal properties and actual implementation in Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), CMOS Switched Capacitor Circuits and Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs). Successive approximation, algorithmic and flash converter architectures are studied along with emphasis on applications for detection and spectral analysis. Prerequisite: at least a C- in ECE 383 or instructor permission. Lec 3 (Fall) Cr 3.

ECE484 Communications Engineering II
Topics include: digital communication systems, multiplexing, signal space, information theory and coding. Prerequisite: ECE 383. Lec. 3. Cr 3.

ECE487 Digital Image Processing
Introduction to image processing techniques and their applications including image generation, sampling and quantization; thresholding, binary images, gray level images, pseudo-color, coding techniques; image processing mathematics, two dimensional discrete Fourier transform, convolution and correlation, image transforms; masking, image smoothing, image sharpening, high-pass and low-pass filters, histogram, and image enhancement. Image processing laboratory experimentation. Prerequisite: at least a C- in ECE 314, basic knowledge of matrix algebra. Lec 3 (Fall) Cr 3.

ECE514 Modern Control Systems
Analysis and design of continuous and discrete control systems using modern control techniques. State and output feedback. Observer design. The separation principle. Linear algebraic design techniques. Tracking and disturbance rejection techniques. Quantitative feedback design techniques. Fundamentals of optimal control, robust control, and adaptive control. Applications to motion control systems. Prerequisite: ECE 512. Lec 3. Cr 3.

ECE578 Advanced Industrial Computer Control
Advanced topics including distributed control systems, interoperability and networking of a variety of computers and embedded controllers.
Prerequisite: ECE 478 or instructor permission. (Fall or Spring) Cr 3.

ECE595 Graduate Seminar
Report and discussion of recent developments in electrical and computer engineering and related fields based on the scientific literature and the results of ongoing research in industry, government laboratories, and universities. Cr 1-3.