Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate Courses
EE 603 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Advanced Electric Power Engineering (3+0)
Selected advanced topics in electric power generation, transmission, utilization, optimization, stability, and economics. (Prerequisite: EE 404 or permission of instructor.)
EE 604 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Electric Power Systems Transients (3+0)
Power system transient analysis, use of the Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP), insulation coordination, transient recovery voltage phenomena, and resonance conditions. (Prerequisite: EE 406 or permission of instructor.)
EE 605 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Power System Stability and Control (3+0)
Advanced power system stability analysis, including generator steady state and dynamic models, voltage and power control equipment, load models, network constraints, numerical methods, supplemental control via power system stabilizers and static var systems, and software tools. (Prerequisite: EE 406 or permission of instructor.)
EE 606 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Electric Power System Protection (3+0)
Principles and applications of electric power systems protective relaying. Topics include fault analysis, relay types, instrumentation transformers, protection schemes, grounding, stability, and computer aided design. (Prerequisite: EE 404, EE 406, or permission of instructor.)
EE 610 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Linear Systems (3+0)
Methods of representation and analysis for discrete time and continuous time. Topics include deterministic, random, continuous and discrete inputs, two sided Laplace and Z-transforms, discrete and fast Fourier transformers, and state variable theory. (Prerequisites: EE 354, MATH 302 or permission of instructor.)
EE 611 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Waves (3+0)
Introduction to waves and wave phenomena. Includes electromagnetic, acoustic, seismic, atmospheric and water waves and their mathematical and physical treatment in terms of Hamilton's principle. Discusses propagation, attenuation, reflection, refraction, surface and laminal guiding, dispersion, energy density, power flow, and phase and group velocities. Treatment limited to plane harmonic waves in isotropic media. (Prerequisites: MATH 302 or MATH 421 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.)
EE 632 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants
Quantum Electronics (3+0)
Application of quantum mechanical concepts to problems in optical electronics. Study of principles and practices in design and operation of semiconductor devices, lasers and optical propagation systems. Survey of applications in science and engineering. (Prerequisite: EE 332, 333 and MATH 302; or permission of instructor.)
EE 634 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Microwave Design I (2+3)
Analysis, design, fabrication, and measurement of passive microwave components and circuits using microstrip construction techniques. Theoretical and computer-aided design of transmission lines, power dividers, hybrids, directional couplers, and filters. (Prerequisite: EE 312, EE 332, and EE 334 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003-04.)
EE 635 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Microwave Design II (2+3)
Analysis and design of solid-state microwave circuits. Amplifier and oscillator circuits are designed and fabricated using microstrip construction techniques and computer-aided design tools. (Prerequisite: EE 634 or permission of instructor.)
EE 645 (4 Credits) Fall
Embedded Systems Design (3+3)
(Stacked with EE 444)
Focus on issues surrounding the design and construction of a microcontroller evaluation board. Issues include hardware architecture and glue logic, circuit design and circuit layout, hardware/firmware partitioning, firmware architecture and firmware design. Includes building a wire wrapped evaluation board and then extending the capabilities of that board in a significant project. Emphasis on robust designs and proper documentation. Course fee: $45. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
EE 651 (4 Credits) Fall
Digital Signal Processing (3+3)
(Stacked with EE 451)
Time, frequency and Z-transformation domain analysis of discrete time systems and signals; Discrete Fourier Transformation (DFT) and FFT implementations; FIR/IIR filter design and implementation techniques; discrete time random signals and noise analysis; and quantization and round off errors; spectral analysis. Includes applications to medical, speech, electromagnetic and acoustic signal analysis. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
EE 652 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Adaptive Systems and Neural Networks (3+0)
Self-optimizing systems whose performance is improved through contact with their environments. Feedback models for least mean square error adaptation processes. Multiple-layer adaptive neural networks. Competitive learning back propagation, self organization, associative memory. (Prerequisites: EE 451 or equivalent.)
EE 656 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Space Systems Engineering (3+0)
(Cross-listed with ESM 656 and ME 656)
A multidisciplinary team of students will perform a preliminary design study of a major space system. Design considerations will include requirements for project management, spacecraft design, power, attitude control, thermal control, communications, computer control and data handling. The students will present their final design in a written report and a public seminar. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
EE 662 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Digital Communication Theory (3+0)
Probability in communication systems, power spectral density, baseband formatting, bandpass modulation and demodulation, link analysis, coding, and channel models. Sections of this course offered in Anchorage have a $50 fee. (Prerequisite: EE 461 or permission of instructor. Next Offered: 2004-05.)
EE 665 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Antennas (3+0)
Fundamental principles of antenna theory. Application to the analysis, design, and measurement of many different antenna structures. (Prerequisites: EE 312 and EE 461 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.)
EE 667 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Satellite Communications (3+0)
Satellite orbital parameters, satellite hardware, link budgets, modulations and multiple access techniques, operational considerations, operating and proposed satellite communication systems. (Prerequisites: EE 461 and either graduate standing or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003-04.)
EE 669 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Radiowave Propagation (3+0)
A study of the effects of the earth, atmosphere, ionosphere, and atmospheric hydrometeors such as raindrops, snow, and hail on the propagation of radiowaves. Satellite to earth propagation effects will be emphasized. (Prerequisites: EE 461 and either graduate standing or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.)
EE 671 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants
Digital Control Systems (3+0)
Study of digital control theory. Topics will include signal conversion, Z-transforms, state variable techniques, stability, time and frequency domain analysis and system design. (Prerequisites: EE 471 or permission of instructor.)
