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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
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UNLV Graduate Courses


 
  
  • ECE 709 - Investigations in Early Childhood Education


    Credits 3

    Current practices and methods in early childhood education investigated and evaluated in depth.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

  
  • ECE 710 - Planning and Administering Early Childhood Programs


    Credits 3

    Investigates the basic principles involved in establishing and operating centers for the young child; examines the historical background of the early childhood education movement; and reviews theories of child development as they relate to planning, operating, and evaluating centers.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor.

  
  • ECE 711 - Science and Math for Young Children


    Credits 3

    Preparation, by modeling, for presenting and structuring appropriate science activities/experiences for young children (PK-2) with emphasis on integrating process skills with life, earth, and physical science concepts.

    Prerequisites
    Nine hours of content science, or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECE 722 - Theoretical Bases for Early Childhood Education


    Credits 3

    Examination of the underlying theories and perspectives supporting early childhood education. Emphasis on the theoretical foundations for early childhood education and the application of developmental theories across domains.

  
  • ECE 726 - Early Education for Infants and Toddlers


    Credits 3

    Theoretical and practical approaches to early education services for newborns, infants, toddlers, and their families. Development of infants and toddlers within the developmental domains and focuses on attachment, milestones, identification of developmental delays, and program development and evaluation.

  
  • ECE 740 - Early Language and Learning


    Credits 3

    Focuses on the theory, research and practice of language development from birth through age eight. Opportunities to implement your understanding of language development for typically developing children and children with special needs.

  
  • ECE 781 - Early Childhood Education Field Experience


    Credits 3-8

    Includes program planning, implementing lesson plans, guidance of students, and working with families. Candidates will be placed with young children birth to age eight.

    Prerequisites
    Completion of all ECE licensure coursework or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECEM 700 - Introduction to Cybersecurity


    Credits 3

    Introduction to the fundamentals of cyber security for large enterprises. Identifying cyber threats, operating system structure, and attacks. Understanding the methodology and tools to counter cyber attacks.

    Prerequisites
    Admission into the Graduate Certificate In Emergency Crisis Management Cyber Security Program.

  
  • ECEM 702 - Cyber Law - Digital Intellectual Property & Privacy


    Credits 3

    Introduce the principles of digital intellectual property, online privacy, software copyright and cyber law. Clarify the issues of jurisdiction and the sovereignty of the internet by considering how technology affects the power of regulatory tools.

  
  • ECEM 710 - Crisis and Emergency Management


    Credits 3

    Distinguish the principles behind effective approaches for prevention, planning, risk, mitigation, response, and recovery strategies. Recognize the major elements of technical and operational disasters by learning to implement emergency strategies that reduce vulnerabilities.

  
  • ECEM 711 - Crisis and Emergency Management


    Credits 3

    Focuses on the evolution of U.S. disaster policy and the practice of emergency management, with particular attention to the roles of local governments and nonprofit agencies in disaster management. The course examines the major policy issues, including the utility of モall-hazardヤ or comprehensive model of emergency management.

    Prerequisites
    Admission into program.

  
  • ECEM 712 - Science of Catastrophes


    Credits 3

    Offers an understanding of the underlying scientific issues that arise from natural, intentional, and technical disasters. Presents information at a managerial level, providing students with a sufficient overview to recognize and understand the complexity of potential catastrophic events which they must plan for and manage.

    Prerequisites
    Admission into the ECEM program.

  
  • ECEM 713 - Evolution of Terrorism


    Credits 3

    Focuses on the historical roots of terrorism and stresses importance of understanding the past to adequately prepare for the future. Through a historical perspective, provides basis for and discusses aspects that make contemporary terrorism of today different from traditional terrorism of the past.

    Formerly
    (ECEM 742)

    Prerequisites
    Admission into program.

  
  • ECEM 714 - Community Resilience


    Credits 3

    Examination of the structure and function of organizations involved in emergency management within a disaster resilience context.  The operation of diverse organizations involved in developing sustainable communities is explored, with a focus on intergovernmental issues and political systems which emergency managers must navigate when preparing for, and responding to emergencies.

    Prerequisites
    Admission into the ECEM program.

  
  • ECEM 715 - Special Topics in Emergency and Crisis Management


    Credits 3

    Explores a variety of contemporary issues and challenges in the Emergency and Crisis Management field. Content may differ each semester.

    Grading
    Letter Grade.

  
  • ECEM 716 - Technology in Emergency Management


    Credits 3

    Examines both the history and current state of technology as applied in the field of emergency management, with a focus on security threats and emergency management applications. Topics include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, and multi-dimensional printing.

    Grading
    Letter Grade.

  
  • ECEM 721 - Leadership, Innovation, and Adaptability


    Credits 3

    Provides introduction to leadership and organizational theory in the context of emergency management. Examines theory and develops a range of skills in a number of interpersonal areas: conflict management, use of power, group dynamics, and leadership and influence.

    Prerequisites
    Admission into program.

  
  • ECEM 722 - Community Preparedness


    Credits 3

    Provides an understanding of how communities prepare for disasters through social vulnerability analysis and community capacity analysis. It examines historical, geographical, social, and cultural factors and conditions that put people differentially at risk in the community and require integration and coordination among agencies and organizations.

    Prerequisites
    Module 1

    Corequisite
    Module 2 courses

  
  • ECEM 723 - Human Considerations


    Credits 3

    Explores the human side of emergencies, by analyzing the public response to a terrorist incident, the public health implications of a major incident, the psychological component, and the long-range environmental considerations that must be taken when responding to an incident.

    Prerequisites
    Admission into program.

  
  • ECEM 724 - Exercise Design and Response Plan


    Credits 3

    Provides a synthesis of student learning by providing thorough instruction in the fundamentals of simulating disasters, planning and conducting table-top exercises, planning and conducting functional full-scale exercises, as well as drafting organizational response plans.

    Grading
    Letter Grade.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate Standing and graduate coordinator consent.

  
  • ECEM 725 - Crisis Communication


    Credits 3

    Focuses on communication during emergencies, crises, and other situations where high levels of uncertainty exist. Emphasis on communicating to different audiences, such as media, disaster victims, first responders, and other leaders involved in emergency management.

    Grading
    Letter Grade

  
  • ECEM 726 - Trauma and Stress Management


    Credits 3

    Addresses the role of stress and trauma on the mental health of community members, first responders, and emergency managers. Focuses on exploring challenges of secondary victimization, compassion fatigue, and developing resilience strategies for managing mental health issues when dealing with emergencies and crises.

    Grading
    Letter Grade.

  
  • ECEM 731 - Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Communication


    Credits 3

    This course explores the use of “risk” in making individual and group decisions. We will explore qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluating risk and develop practices t use such information to improve decision making processes in the context of emergency management.

    Corequisite
    Admission into Program

  
  • ECEM 732 - Prevention and Planning


    Credits 3

    This course analyzes the methods by which governmental organizations, private sector entities, and the general public can prevent and prepare for natural, intentional, and technical disasters. It will discuss topics such as vulnerability and threat assessments, resources and capabilities identification/integration, and training and exercise programs.

    Corequisite/Prerequisite
    Admission into Program
  
  • ECEM 733 - Response and Recovery


    Credits 3

    Studies crisis management responses pertaining to terrorist activities. Covers principles, characteristics, objectives, phases, organizational requirements, command and control issues, planning and coordination, incident site management, crime scene management, and responsibilities and capabilities of federal and state/local agencies for terrorist incidents.

    Formerly
    (ECEM 740)

    Prerequisites
    Admission to program.

  
  • ECEM 734 - Research in the Implementation of Concepts in Crisis and Emergency Management


    Credits 3

    This course provides a culminating experience for students to demonstrate proficiency in applying the fundamentals of disaster simulation, table-top exercise formulation and execution, functional full-scale exercise formulation and execution and organizational response plan creation. It will require mastery and integration of previously presented program topics.

    Corequisite/Prerequisite
    Admission into Program
  
  • ECEM 735 - Concept Implementation & Cyber Lab


    Credits 3

    Analyze the appropriate ways to convey technical operations through verbal and written communication to support organizational operations. Implementing and understanding control framework, policy making and emergency crisis through theoretical analysis.

    Grading
    Letter grade

  
  • ECG 600 - Computer Communication Networks


    Credits 3

    Computer network architecture; the OSI Model: network protocols; local area networks; fiber optics communication; ISDN; elements of Queueing Theory, with emphasis on hardware design issues.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with CPE 400. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 603 - Embedded Systems Design


    Credits 3

    Embedded Systems Design.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with CPE 403. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 604 - Modern Processor Architecture


    Credits 3

    Instruction level parallel processing. Processor performance evaluation and optimization. Scalar and superscalar pipelines. Instruction, register data and memory data flow techniques. Cache organization and performance analysis. Comparison of RESC, CISC and VLIW architecture. Survey of modern processors. Introduction to multithreading.

  
  • ECG 605 - Data Compression Systems


    Credits 3

    Source modeling. Foundations of lossy and lossless compression, code properties. Huffman and arithmetic coding, predictive coding, dictionary techniques, compression techniques and standards for facsimile, audio, video and still image coding. Hardware design specifics, coding and watermarking.

  
  • ECG 607 - Biometrics


    Credits 3

    Taxonomics of devices and applications, probability and statistical testing methods, one and tow dimensional transform techniques, finger printing, voice recognition., facial recognition, and iris scanning, large scale identification applications, multibiometrics, social, legal, and ethical concerns.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with CPE 407. Credit at the 600 level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 608 - Digital Design Verification and Testing


    Credits 3

    A study of complete digital design testing during all design flow stages - from writing code to testing chips after manufacturing, creating and implementing effective test scenarios and assertion techniques, designing self-testing devices. Students will get hands-on experience with various EDA tools for design testing, verification, logic and fault simulation.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with CPE 408. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 609 - Embedded Digital Signal Processing


    Credits 3

    Hardware implementation of DSP operations, filters, interpolation and decimation, linear and non-linear transforms. Embedded audio and video processing, error control and coding. DSP processors.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with CPE 409. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 617 - Internet of Things Systems


    Credits 3

    The elements of IoT, detailed analysis of IoT sensors, IoT networking and sensor-system communications. The analysis of the process of designing the IoT systems, design of the data management / databases and security requirements. Class is project-based.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with CpE 417. Coursework at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 620 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design


    Credits 3

    An introduction to the design, layout, and simulation of analog integrated circuits including current mirrors, voltage and current references, amplifiers, and op-amps.

    Prerequisites
    EE 320.

  
  • ECG 621 - Digital Integrated Circuit Design


    Credits 3

    An introduction to the design, layout, and simulation of digital integrated circuits. MOSFET operation and parasitics. Digital design fundamentals including the design of digital logic blocks.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 421. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

    Prerequisites
    CpE 100 and EE 320.

  
  • ECG 630 - Transmission Lines


    Credits 3

    Telegraphist’s equations; transient response—steady state response; reflection diagrams; Smith chart; matching techniques and designs; narrow and broadband impedance matching techniques; scattering matrix; introduction to stripline and microstrip devices.

  
  • ECG 631 - Engineering Optics


    Credits 3

    Fundamentals of antennas and antenna design; linear wire, loop, and antenna arrays; antenna measurements.

  
  • ECG 632 - Antenna Engineering


    Credits 3

    Fundamentals of antennas and antenna design; linear wire, loop, and antenna arrays; antenna measurements.

  
  • ECG 633 - Active and Passive Microwave Engineering


    Credits 3

    This 600-level course has been approved by the Graduate College for possible inclusion in graduate programs. A full description of this course may be found in the Undergraduate Catalog under the corresponding 400 number.

  
  • ECG 642 - Power Electronics


    Credits 3

    Topics include: diode circuits and rectifiers, power semiconductor diodes and transistors, thyristors and static switches, controlled rectifiers, AC voltage controllers, DC choppers, inverters, AC and DC drives, power supplies and protection of devices and circuits.

  
  • ECG 646 - Photovoltaic Devices and Systems


    Credits 3

    This course covers solar resource characteristics, solar cell physics and technologies, cell electrical characteristics, PV module design, DC-AC inverters, battery energy storage and charge controllers, design of stand-alone and grid-connected PV systems, and economic considerations.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 446. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

    Prerequisites
    Enrollment in the Solar and Renewable Energy Graduate Certificate Program, or graduate standing for engineering students.

  
  • ECG 651 - Electronic and Magnetic Materials and Devices


    Credits 3

    Semiconductors, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, antiferromagnetics, ferromagnetics, ferrimagnetics, crystal structure, structure-property relations, device applications.

  
  • ECG 652 - Optoelectronics


    Credits 3

    Topics include: modulation of light, display devices, lasers, photodetectors, fiber optics, engineering applications, and systems.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 452. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 653 - Introduction to Nanotechnology


    Credits 3

    Overview of Nanotechnology. Physics of the Solid State, Properties of Individual Nanostructures. Bulk Nanostrutured materials, magnetic nanoparticles, Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots, Self-Assembly and Catalysis, nanoscale Biological materials.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 453 . Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 662 - Digital Communication Systems


    Credits 3

    Information theory and fundamental limits on performance, digital coding of waveforms, pulse shaping for baseband transmission, digital bandpass modulations, channel coding.

  
  • ECG 666 - Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems


    Credits 3

    Study of wireless systems including cellular telephone systems, wireless local area networks and other wireless data services. Topics include digital modulation techniques, frequency reuse, diversity techniques, multiple access schemes and channel modeling including path loss, shadowing, fading and multipath interference.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 466. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

    Prerequisites
    EE 460 or equivalent.

  
  • ECG 672 - Digital Control Systems


    Credits 3

    Introduction to discrete time of control. State space representation of linear systems; stability; the concepts of controllability and observability. Sample data control system design techniques, including pole placement, observer design.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 472. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 680 - Discrete-Time Signal Processing


    Credits 3

    Review of discrete linear system theory including the z-transformers, the Fourier transform, discrete and fast Fourier transform. Sampling, reconstruction multirate systems and quantization noise. IIR and FIR digital filter design including digital filter structures and finite word length effects.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 480. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 680L - Digital Signal Processing Laboratory


    Credits 1

    Laboratory projects and exercises in digital signal processing including the design and implementation of FIR, IIR, and multirate systems. 

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with EE 480L. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

  
  • ECG 682 - Introduction to Biomedical Signals and Systems


    Credits 3

    Introduction to biomedical signals, transduction devices, bioelectric potentials and sensors. Application of electrical signal and system principles to biosignals, such as cardiovascular electrical signals, neural electrical communication, and diagnostic ultrasound. Includes current biomedical engineering topics.

  
  • ECG 695 - Special Topics


    Credits 1-4

    Covers experimental and other topics which may be of current interest. Topics and credits to be announced.

    Notes
    May be repeated once under a different topic. May have a laboratory.

  
  • ECG 700 - Advanced Computer System Architecture


    Credits 3

    High performance computer architecture including pipelining techniques, high speed memory systems, vector processors, parallel processing, and interconnection networks.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 300 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 701 - Reliable Design of Digital Systems


    Credits 3

    D-algorithm, Boolean difference, test generation for combinational and sequential circuits, self checking circuits, fault tolerant design, design for testability, and topics in reliability and maintainability.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 300 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 702 - Interconnection Networks for Parallel Processing Applications


    Credits 3

    Interconnection networks models, comparison of single-stage networks: PM2I, HYPERCUBE Illiac and suffle-exchange, partitioning single-state networks, multistage networks, survey and comparison of fault-tolerant multistage networks.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 300 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 703 - Machine Learning and Applications


    Credits 3

    Linear Regression, Curve Fitting, Bayesian Inference, Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, Support Vector Machine, K-nearest Neighbor, Dimensionality Reduction, Learning Theory, Reinforcement Learning. Applications to Security, Robotics, Autonomous Navigation, Weather forecasting, Bioinformatics, Finance, Healthcare.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of Instructor.

  
  • ECG 704 - Coding with Applications in Computers and Communication Media


    Credits 3

    Error correcting codes, design and analysis of encoder/decoder circuitry, applications to reliable communication and fault tolerant computing, compression encoding schemes.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 300 , MATH 453, or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 706 - Analysis of Telecommunication and Data Networks


    Credits 3

    Probability-based treatment of telecommunication and data networks. Delay, throughput, buffer management in layers of ISO Open Systems Interconnection Model. Performance analysis, flow and congestion control, routing function, polling and random access, CSMA/CD and Ethernet.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 300 and MATH 462

  
  • ECG 707 - Logic Synthesis Engineering


    Credits 3

    Theory and application of Boolean Minimization, functional decomposition and logic synthesis for FPGAs, serial and parallel decomposition strategies, and design implementation using FPGAs. Design entry, introduction to VHDL, BDD, FSM, and BLIF. Placement and routing in Xilinx and Aleira.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in computer engineering or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 709 - Synthesis and Optimization of Digital Systems


    Credits 3

    Study of the high-level synthesis and optimization algorithms for designing SOCs and MPSOCs. Topics including algorithms for high-level synthesis, scheduling, resource binding, real-time systems, application specific instruction processors, embedded systems and hardware/software codesigns. Simulate and synthesize algorithms using HDL languages (Verilog and SystemC). Use of simulators and emulators.

    Prerequisites
    CPE 300 and C/C++ knowledge or Instructor permission

  
  • ECG 720 - Advanced Analog IC Design


    Credits 3

    Advanced analog design considerations including: noise, common-mode feedback, high-speed design, and design for analog signal processing.

    Prerequisites
    EE 420 or  .

  
  • ECG 721 - Memory Circuit Design


    Credits 3

    A practical introduction to the transistor-level design of memory circuits. Memory technologies including DRAM, Flash, MRAM, Glass-based, and SRAM will be discussed.

    Prerequisites
    EE 421 or  .

  
  • ECG 722 - Mixed-Signal Circuit Design


    Credits 3

    Design of data converters using sigma-delta techniques. Operation and design of custom digital filters for decimating and interpolating in analog-to-digital interfaces.

    Prerequisites
    EE 320 and EE 360.

  
  • ECG 730 - Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics I


    Credits 3

    Conformal transformation with application to static field problems in engineering; wave harmonics with engineering applications; theorems of waves and media; Special Theory of Relativity with engineering applications; wave propagation in various media; engineering application of scattering.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 330 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 731 - Theoretical Techniques in Electromagnetics


    Credits 3

    Review and introduce mathematical techniques basic to the study of engineering electromagnetics, including coupled mode theory; complex analysis; and Green’s function.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 330 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 732 - Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics II


    Credits 3

    Scattering; particle and beam radiation; selected topics in advanced antenna and microwave engineering.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 330 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 733 - Plasma I


    Credits 3

    Single particle motion; adiabatic invariants; plasmas as fluids; waves in plasmas; diffusion; resistivity; introduction to kinetic theory; Landau damping.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 330

  
  • ECG 740 - Computer Analysis Methods for Power Systems


    Credits 3

    Power system matrices, programming considerations, conventional power flow studies, approximate and fast power flow studies, optimal dispatch, fault studies, power system stability, stochastic methods in power systems analysis.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 440, ECG 440L or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 741 - Electric Power Distribution System Engineering


    Credits 3

    Electric load characteristics, distribution transformers, design of subtransmission lines and distribution substations, design of primary and secondary systems, voltage drop and power loss calculation, capacitor applications, voltage regulation, distribution system protection and reliability.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 440, ECG 440L or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 742 - Power System Stability and Control


    Credits 3

    Power equipment dynamic characteristics and modeling, control of active and reactive power, small-signal stability, transient stability, voltage stability, sub-synchronous oscillations, mid- and long-term stability, methods of improving stability.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 440, ECG 440L or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 743 - Smart Electrical Power Grid


    Credits 3

    Modeling and operation of conventional power systems, microgrid power systems, renewable energy systems with battery storage, smart grid concepts, smart power devices, smart grid communication, cyber security, advanced metering infrastructure, dynamic home area networks, demand response.

  
  • ECG 750 - Photonics


    Credits 3

    Review of Electromagnetic theory of light, optical wave propagation in vacuum and media, waveguides, fiber optics, quantum dots, lasers, LEDs, semiconductor lasers, optical detectors, electro-optic and acousto-optic modulations, nonlinear optics, harmonic generation, parametric process, Q-switching, mode locking, frequency combs, laser amplification, quantum mechanical aspects of light.

    Prerequisites
    MATH 432, EE 330, EE 452/ECG 652 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 752 - Physical Electronics


    Credits 3

    Quantum Theory, electron in potential well, harmonic oscillator. Hydrogen atom, Band Theory of Solids, Kronig-Penny model, theory of metallic state, diffraction by crystals, electronic structure of solids.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 320 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 753 - Advanced Topics in Semiconductor Devices I


    Credits 3

    Topics of current interest in solid state electronic devices: physics of semiconductors, thermal and optical and electronic properties of semiconductors, bipolar junction devices, field effect devices, surface related effects, optoelectronic devices, semiconductor lasers. Applications and the design of circuits using these devices. Intended for electrical and electronic engineers, physicists and qualified senior students in engineering and physics.

    Prerequisites
    PHYS 411 and 483 or ECG 421, ECG 420 and consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 755 - Monolithic Integrated Circuit Fabrication


    Credits 3

    Fabrication of integrated silicon and gas circuits, thermal oxidation, solid state diffusion, epitaxial growth, ion implantation, photo and electron lithography, design considerations, surface effect.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 756 - Advanced Topics in Semiconductor Devices II


    Credits 3

    Topics of current interest in solid state electronic devices: ultrafast electronics, high electron mobility transistors, superlattices, heteroface devices, transfer electron devices and III-V and II-VI compounds, novel device structures. Novel approaches to device modeling such as Monte Carlo simulations, self-consistent solution of Schroedinger and Poisson and other approaches.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 753

  
  • ECG 757 - Electron Transport Phenomena in Solid State Devices


    Credits 3

    Phenomenological transport equations, Boltzmann transport equation, relaxation time approximation, low field and high electron transport in Si and GaAs, moments of BTE, Monte Carlo simulation, spatial and temporal transients, device analysis, Quantum transport.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 450 or ECG 753.

  
  • ECG 758 - Numerical Methods in Engineering


    Credits 3

    Computational course with emphasis on both the numerical analysis and the programming aspects of computer-aided design using simulation methods. Coverage includes understanding and use of CAD programs such as ECAP, CIRCUS, ICECREM, SUPREM, etc.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 758R - Optical Sensing


    Credits 3

    Quick review of fiber optics, lasers, and detectors. Fiber responses to disturbances, interferometry,  displacement sensors, laser stabilization, atomic clocks, precision time and frequency transfer, multiplexing in time, spatial, wavelength domains, rotation and angular sensors, acoustic sensors, deformation sensors, photonic Doppler velocimetry, remote sensing, biosensors, quantum enhancement.

    Prerequisites
    Consent of instructor. It is recommended but not required for students to have completed ECG 652  Optical Electronics and ECG 750  Photonics.

  
  • ECG 760 - Random Processes in Engineering Problems


    Credits 3

    Basic probability theory, random variables, probability and densities, expectation, static estimation, random processes, power spectral density, mean square calculus, Wiener integrals.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 460, MATH 461 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 762 - Detection and Estimation of Signals in Noise


    Credits 3

    Hypothesis testing, matched filters, estimation theory, Kalman and Wiener filters, applications to communication systems.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 460, ECG 760 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 763 - Advanced Digital Communication Systems


    Credits 3

    Digital communication systems with emphasis in digital modulation schemes, optimal detectors, inter symbol interference, channel equalization and multi-carrier communications.

    Prerequisites
    EE 460

  
  • ECG 770 - Linear Systems


    Credits 3

    Mathematical systems theory, state space concepts, canonical forms, time and frequency domains, controllability and observability, state feedback, compensator design, and algebraic systems theory.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 470, MATH 431 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 771 - Optimal and Modern Control


    Credits 3

    Students will participate in one of the following activities:  research; clinical activity; community outreach under the supervision of a dentist/mentor; may also participate in clinical externship activities with prior approval.

    Notes
    Topics selected according to the interests of the class.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 770  

  
  • ECG 772 - Nonlinear Systems


    Credits 3

    Introduction, differential equations, approximate analysis methods, Lyapunov stability, input-output stability.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 770  or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 774 - Stochastic Control


    Credits 3

    Introduction, stochastic processor, state estimation, Kalman Filter, nonlinear estimation, stochastic control.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 770 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 776 - Adaptive Control


    Credits 3

    Introduction, model reference control, hyperstability, Popov criterion, parameter identification, adaptive control of discrete systems, adaptive predictor, adaptive state estimation.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 770 (formerly EEG 760) or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 780 - Digital Signal Processing


    Credits 3

    Introduction to the theory and applications of digital signal processing. Discrete-time signals, linear systems and difference equations. Sampling and multirate systems. One sided and two sided z-transforms. Finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) systems. The discrete and fast Fourier transforms (FFT).

    Prerequisites
    ECG 460, MATH 431 or consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 781 - Digital Filters


    Credits 3

    Theory and applications of digital filters. Structures for discrete time systems. Finite precision numerical effects in digital systems. Finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) digital filters designs including windowing techniques, optimization techniques, analog to discrete time transformation techniques and wave digital filters.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 780

  
  • ECG 782 - Multidimensional Digital Signal Processing


    Credits 3

    Theory and applications of multidimensional (M-D) digital signal processing. M-D signals and systems. M-D z-transform. M-D DFT and FFT. Design and implementation of M-D FIR and IIR filters. Applications to image processing such as image enhancement and restoration. Advanced topics chosen according to class interests.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 780

  
  • ECG 783 - Adaptive Signal Processing with Neural Networks


    Credits 3

    Theory and application of adaptive signal processing with neural networks. Theory of adaptation and performance surfaces. Adaptive algorithms. Fundamental concepts and models of artificial neural systems. Single layer perception classifiers. Multi layer feed forward networks. Single layer feedback networks applications.

    Prerequisites
    ECG 780 or equivalent.

  
  • ECG 791 - Independent Study in Electrical Engineering


    Credits 1 – 3

    Supervised independent work in a topic of electrical engineering.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of six credits with consent of electrical engineering faculty.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in electrical engineering or related field and consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 793 - Engineering Science Seminars


    Credits 1-3

    The seminar series emphasizes national security related topics, which are broadly applicable to all sciences and technology disciplines. Leaders and experts from government, national laboratories, and universities present the latest progress in national security, defense experiments, applied physics, electrical engineering, photonics, and scientific computing.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

  
  • ECG 795 - Advanced Special Topics in Electrical Engineering


    Credits 1 – 3

    Advanced special topics in modern electrical engineering as defined in the announcement of the course.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in electrical engineering or related field and consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 797 - Electrical Engineering Thesis


    Credits 3 – 6

    Research, analysis, and writing towards completion of thesis and subsequent defense.

    Notes
    May be repeated, but only six credits will be applied to a student’s program.

    Grading
    S/F grading only.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in electrical engineering or related field and consent of instructor.

  
  • ECG 799 - Dissertation


    Credits 1 – 6

    Research analysis and writing toward completion of dissertation and subsequent defense.

    Notes
    May be repeated to a maximum of 18 credits allowed toward the degree.

    Grading
    S/F grading only.

    Prerequisites
    Graduate standing in electrical engineering or related field and consent of instructor.

  
  • ECO 502 - Intermediate Microeconomics


    Credits 3

    Analysis of the price mechanism, resource allocation, output composition, and income distribution in a market economy.  Remedial course to prepare for graduate level microeconomics. Does not count for credit toward the MA in Economics degree.

    Same as
    ECON 302

  
  • ECO 503 - Intermediate Macroeconomics


    Credits 3

    Analysis of income, output, employment, and price level determination in a market economy. role of fiscal and monetary policy in promoting stability and growth. Remedial course to prepare for graduate level macroeconomics. Does not count for credit toward the MA in Economics degree.

    Same as
    ECON 303
     

  
  • ECO 602 - Topics in Microeconomics


    Credits 3

    Extensions of microeconomic analysis. Application of traditional microeconomic concepts to study economic phenomena. Emphasis on decision making in the public policy arena.

    Notes
    This course is crosslisted with ECON 402. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

 

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