Electrical Engineering (E E)
Note: Students may be expected to purchase supplementary materials for senior
projects and special topic laboratory and activity classes.
1. Introduction to Electrical Engineering (1)
The electrical engineering profession and its career opportunities; engineering
professionalism and ethics; ethics case studies, engineering code of ethics;
introduction to engineering problem solving.
85. Minicomputers as System Components (2)
Prerequisite: Engr 70. Basic principles for the application of a small digital
computer as a dedicated electronic system component for on-line and real-time
measurement, control, and computation in such areas as data acquisition,
automated testing, corrective measurement, , real-time computation, and
visual display; assembly language programming. (l lecture, 3 lab hours)
104. Basic Electronics (3)
Not open to electrical engineering majors. Prerequisite: Math 75, Phys 5B.
Basic concepts of electronic circuits, oscillators, and high-frequency transmitters
and receivers, with applications to measurements in surveying. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
106. Introduction to Switching Theory (3)
Prerequisite: Phys 2B or Phys 5B. Axiomatic development of Boolean algebra;
logic gates and memory elements; realization of Boolean networks; Boolean
function minimization procedures; state assignment and state transitions;
analysis and synthesis of linear sequential networks; synchronous and asynchronous
behavior.
107. Digital Data Handling (3)
Prerequisite: E E 70. Data acquisition by computers; data encoding and
machine representation; data storage devices; logical and physical-media
data structures; data structure processing algorithms; static and dynamic
properties of data structures; applications of symbol manipulation to engineering.
110. Principles of Electrical Circuits (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 70, Phys 5B, Math 81 (or concurrently), Direct-current
circuit analysis; circuit theorems; transient phenomena in RLC circuits;
phasor concept; sinusoidal steady-state response; power and RMS calculations
in single-phase and polyphase alternating-current circuits; principles of
electrical instruments; computer solutions.
110L. Principles of Electrical Circuits Laboratory (1 )
Prerequisite: Engr 26, Engr 27 (or concurrently). Experiments on direct-
and alternating-current circuits, including single-phase and polyphase systems.
Use of electrical instruments, development of laboratory techniques, and
verification of basic principles. (3 lab hours)
114. Physical Electronics (3)
Prerequisites: Phys 4C. Electronic structure of metals, semiconductors and
insulators; energy band structure, modern semiconductor devices such as
p-n junction semiconductors, bipolar and field-effect transistors, integrated
and optoelectronic devices.
121. Electromechanical Systems and Energy Conversion (3)
Prerequisites: Engr 110, 110L. Principles of direct- and alternating-current
machinery and other energy-conversion devices and associated apparatus.
121L. Electromechanical Systems
and Energy Conversion Laboratory (1)
Corequisite: E E 121. Experiments and computations on direct- and alternating-current
machinery and on other energy- conversion devices and associated apparatus.
(3 lab hours)
124. Electrical Circuit Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: Engr 110, 100L. Introduction to the operational analysis
of linear electric circuits and related systems; Laplace transformation;
Fourier analysis; state-space representations; computer solutions.
124L. Electrical Circuit Analysis Laboratory (1)
Prerequisites: E E 124 (concurrently). Experiments on linear electric networks,
including response, transformations, and identification of circuits. (3
lab hours)
126. Electromagnetic Theory and Applications I (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 110 or concurrently. Electrostatic and magnetostatic
fields, time-varying fields, Maxwell's equations, plane waves.
128. Electronic Devices and Circuits (3)
Prerequisite: Engr 110 or concurrently. Physical electronics, characteristics
and properties of electronic devices, both thermionic and solid state; theory
and analysis of electronic circuits.
128L. Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: E E 128 or concurrently. Experiments on static and dynamic
characteristics of electron tubes and solid-state devices, and on electronic
circuits. (3 lab hours)
134. Information Transmission (3)
Prerequisite: E E 124, 124L, Mathematical modeling of signals and noise;
information theory; modulation techniques; communications; information loss
due to noise; digital communications; statistical communications theory.
136. Electromagnetic Theory and Applications II (3)
Prerequisite: E E 126. Plane wave propagation and reflection; transmission
of electromagnetic energy over wires at power and communication frequencies;
waveguide; antenna analysis and design; methods for computer solution.
136L. Electromagnetic Theory and Applications Laboratory (1)
Corequisite: E E 136. Experiments on the transmission of electromagnetic
energy through wires, wave guides, and space; filters and antennas; impedance
matching; cross-over networks; location of faults on lines. (3 lab hours)
140. Pulse and Digital Circuits Design (3)
Prerequisite: E E 124 (or concurrently), 128, 128L. Design and analysis
of wave-shaping, linear-sweep, electronic-gate, multistable, and negative-resistance
circuits; Boolean algebra and digital logic design.
140L. Pulse and Digital Circuits Design Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: E E 140 (concurrently). Experiments on wave-shaping, switching,
pulse, and digital circuits. (3 lab hours; field trips required)
151. Electrical Power Systems (3)
Prerequisite; E E 121, 121L, 128, 128L, 136, 136L (or concurrently). Power
system networks and equipment, steady-state operation, short-circuit analysis,
power system stability analysis by digital computation, synchronous generator
excitation and governor systems, system load representation, numerical analysis
techniques.
151L. Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: E E 151 (concurrently). Experiments and demonstrations on
power system apparatus; power system network analysis by digital computation;
synchronous generator stability and control. (3 lab hours; field trips required)
155. Control Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Engr l10, 110L or permission of instructor. Computerized analysis,
design, and synthesis of linear feedback control systems; non-linear systems;
sampled-data and optimal control systems; stability.
155L. Control Systems Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: E E 155 (concurrently). Experiments and demonstrations on
control systems, including response, design, and stability criteria. (3
lab hours; field trips required)
161. Network Sythesis (3)
Prerequisite: E E 124, 85, 138. Characteristics of linear, passive, lumped-parameter
systems; modern synthesis procedures for realizing driving-point and transfer
functions of active networks; realization and synthesis of active networks
using operational amplifiers and integrated circuits. Synthesis of active
and passive filters.
166. Microwave Devices and Circuits Design (3)
Prerequisite: E E 136, 136L. Microwave theory and techniques, propagation,
waveguides, cavities, circuits, S-parameters, microwave devices including
klystrons, traveling-wave tubes, magnetrons, and solid state devices.
166L. Microwave Devices and Circuits Design Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: E E 166 (concurrently). Microwave measurements selected from
measurement of microwave power, standing-wave ratio, impedance, frequency,
and klystron characteristics. (3 lab hours; field (rips required)
169. Electromagnetic Measurements Laboratory (1 )
Prerequisite; E E 136, 136L (or concurrently), 140L. Advanced experiments
in precision measurement techniques and computations in electricity, magnetism,
electronics, and electromagnetic fields and waves; modern error analysis
techniques; computer solutions. (3 lab hours; field trips required)
171. Quantum Electronics (3)
Prerequisite: E E 126. Review of wave properties; cavity mode theory; radiation
laws; interaction of radiation and matter; laser amplifiers and oscillators;
morphology of masers and lasers.
175. Design of Digital Systems (3)
Prerequisite: E E 106. Logic and memory devices; analog-to-digital and
digital-to-analog signal conversion transducers; computer architectures
and system structures; control units; memory systems; arithmetic units;
input-output subsystems; digital signal transmission and error correction;
reliability; sell-repair.
175L. Digital Systems Laboratory (1)
Prerequisite: E E 175 (concurrently). Characteristics and use of integrated
logic circuits and logic modules; logic circuit measurement techniques;
synchronous and asynchronous sequential network realization; design, testing
and evaluation of digital subsystems for computation,-memory, display, communications,
coding, etc. (3 lab hours)
176. Computer-Aided Circuit Design (3)
Prerequisites: E E 124, 128, 128L. Computer simulation of analog circuits.
Computer-aided engineering of digital circuits including schematic capture
and logic simulation. Computer-aided design of application specific integrated
circuits including programmable logic devices, gate arrays, and standard
cell devices.
180. Senior Project (2)
Prerequisites: senior standing in computer engineering or permission
of instructor; I E 182W or concurrently; approved subject. Study of a problem
under supervision of faculty member; final typewritten report required.
Individual project except by special permission. When taken in addition
to E E 183A, B, C, or D, this course satisfies the senior major requirement
for the B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
189A-B. Developments in Engineering (2)
(A) Prerequisite: Junior standing in engineering or permission of instructor.
Presentations and discussions of developments in engineering. (B) Prerequisite:
senior standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Presentations
and discussions of advanced developments in modern engineering. (Field trips
required)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
191T. Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
(1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation of selected electrical
engineering subjects not in current courses.