Course Work
Course Work
Digital System Design
Computer system and digital design principles. Switch and gate design, Boolean algebra, number systems, arithmetic, storage elements. Datapath, memory organization, instruction set architecture, assembly language.
Introduction to Signal Processing
Introduction to discrete-time signal processing and linear systems. Sampling theorem, filtering, frequency response, Discrete Fourier Transform, Z-Transform. Laboratory emphasizes computer-based signal processing.
Design and implementation of digital systems, including a team design project. CAD tools, project design methodologies, logic synthesis, and assembly language programming.
Engineer Software Design
Object-oriented software methods for engineering applications. Numerical analysis methods; simulations and graphical presentation of simulation results; analysis of numerical precision. Programming projects.
Circuit Analysis
Basic concepts of DC and AC circuit theory and analysis.
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Engineering
Fundamental concepts in discrete mathematics and their efficient realization via algorithms, data structures, computer programs, and hardware. Discussion of engineering and computational applications.
Electromagnetics
To present the laws and applications of electromagnetics.
Circuits and Electronics Lab
Basic electronic test instrumentation. Elementary passive and active circuits using both discrete (diodes, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs) and integrated devices (operational amplifiers).
Electric Energy Systems
Non-renewable and renewable/sustainable energy sources. Processes, costs, and environmental impact of conversion into electric energy. Delivery and control of electric energy, electromechanical systems.
Signals and Systems
Continuous-time linear systems and signals, their mathematical representations, and computational tools. Fourier and Laplace transforms, convolutions, input-output responses, stability.
Feedback Control Systems
Analysis and design of control systems. Laplace transforms, transfer functions, and stability. Feedback systems: tracking and disturbance rejection. Graphical design techniques.
Secure Hardware
Design digital hardware which is highly resistant to reverse engineering, and attack by malicious hardware insertions.
Analog Electronics
Analysis and design of electronic circuits and systems. Biasing, small-signal analysis, frequency response, feedback amplifiers, active filters, non-linear op-amp applications, and oscillators.
Integrated Circuit Fabrication
Introduction to microelectronic processing technologies and CMOS. Includes a laboratory for fabrication/testing of MOS transistors, basic CMOS circuits, integrated resistors and capacitors.
