Course Description for Electronics and Communications Program

EE 201            Structured Computer Programming

Introduction to computers. Simple algorithms and flowcharts. Solving engineering and mathematical problems using a mathematically-oriented programming language. Programming concepts: I/O, assignment, conditional loops, functions and subroutines. Programming selected numerical and non-numerical problems of mathematical and engineering nature.

Prerequisites              MATH 110, CPIT 110

 

EE 202            Object-Oriented Computer Programming

Object-oriented programming: classes, objects and methods. Object-oriented design. Simple data structures. Best programming practices (structured coding, documentation, testing and debugging).

Prerequisites              EE 201

 

EE 250            Basic Electrical Circuits

Electric quantities and circuit elements. Kirchhoff’s laws. Mesh and node analyses. Sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasors. Network theorem and transformations. Ideal transformers. Three-phase circuits.

Prerequisites              PHYS 202

 

EE 251            Basic Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering applications. Basic concepts of electricity, electric components, elementary circuit analysis and measurements. Balanced three-phase systems. Ideal transformers. Application-specific circuits. Electrical safety. DC generators and the motors. Basic operation of sensors and actuators. Concept of data acquisition systems.

Prerequisites              PHYS 202

Note: This course is offered to non-Electrical Engineering students.

 

EE 300            Analytical Methods in Engineering

Linear algebra: matrices and determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Complex analysis: complex arithmetic, complex algebra, power series, differentiation and integration in the complex plane and residue analysis.

Prerequisites              MATH 204

 

EE 301            Electrical Circuits and Systems

Resonance circuits. Magnetically-coupled circuits. Op-amp circuits. Transient analysis via the conventional and Laplace methods. Fourier analysis with applications to circuits. Two-port networks.

Prerequisites              MATH 204, EE 250

 

EE 302            Electromagnetic Fields

Electrostatic fields. Poisson and Laplace equations. Steady Electric Current. Steady Magnetic Field. Time-varying electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell equations and magnetic fields. Maxwell equations.

Prerequisites              EE 250, MATH 204


 

EE 303            Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation

Fundamental Measurement Concepts. Generalized measurement system, errors in measurements, and characteristics of measuring instruments, statistical analysis of errors. Oscilloscopes, analog AC and DC instruments, measurement of power, DC and AC bridges, transducers, fundamental of electronic instruments, attenuators, converters, peak and average detectors. RMS detectors, digital instruments, digital display units, digital voltmeter.

Prerequisites              EE 311, STAT 110

 

EE 305            Discrete Mathematics and its Applications

Sets, sequences, properties of Integers. Proof techniques, mathematical induction. Basic counting: permutations, combinations, probability, and recurrence relations. Cartesian products and power sets, relations and digraphs. Types of functions, permutation functions. Binary trees, traversals. Graphs, transport networks.

Prerequisites              EE 202, IE 202, MATH 204

 

EE 306            Electrical Engineering Technologies

Electrical engineering fields of activities. Sources of electrical energy: power supplies, batteries, generators and alternative power sources. Distribution and utilization of electrical energy, commentators and protection devices. Conversion of electrical energy; sensors and actuators. Electrical safety. Principles of electrical and electronic measurements and instrumentation, standards and calibration. Sources of measurement errors, and analysis of measured data.

Prerequisites              EE 250, STAT 110

 

EE 311            Electronics I

Conduction in metals and semiconductors, P-N junctions, diode circuits. Field-effect and junction transistors. Low frequency equivalent circuits. Basic amplifiers.

Prerequisites              EE 250

 

EE 312            Electronics II

Feedback in amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Operational amplifiers: design and applications as linear and non-linear analog building blocks, adders, subtractors, differentiators, integrators, analog simulation, and active filters. Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers, precision converters, analog multipliers, wave-shapers, sinusoidal and square wave oscillators.

Prerequisites              EE 311

 

EE 321            Introduction to Communications

Fourier Signal Analysis. Linear Modulation: AM, DSBSC, SSB, Frequency Conversion, generation and detection. FDM, Exponential Modulation: FM, PM, NBFM, WBFM. Pulse Modulation, Sampling Theorem, PAM, PDM, PPM, PCM, TDM, Digital Modulation ASK, PSK and FSK.

Prerequisites              EE 301

 

EE 331            Principles of Automatic Control

Introduction to control systems with examples from different fields. Transfer functions and block diagram algebra. Stability analysis (Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist). Tracking performance to different inputs. Root locus and frequency-domain analysis and design of control systems. State variable representation of a system and state space analysis.

Prerequisites              EE 300, EE 301

 

EE 332            Numerical Methods in Engineering

Introduction. Solution of non-linear equations. Solution of large systems of linear equations. Interpolation. Function approximation. Numerical differentiation and integration. Solution of the initial value problem of ordinary differential equations.

Prerequisites              EE 201, MATH 204

 

EE 341            Electromechanical Energy Conversion I

Theory and modeling of electromechanical devices. Magnetic circuit. Power transformers. Physical construction and applications of DC machines. Qualitative introduction to AC Machines and renewable energy resources.

Prerequisites              EE 250

 

EE 351            Electrical Power Systems I

Electrical Characteristics and steady state performance of overhead transmission lines. Equivalent Circuit and Power Circle Diagrams. Per-unit Systems and Symmetrical Short-Circuit calculations. Power systems economics. Introduction to Switchgear and Protection.

Prerequisites              EE 250

 

EE 360            Digital Design I

Representation and manipulation of digital information. Basic Boolean logic. Elements of digital building blocks. Computer arithmetic unit. Memory unit. Input-Output unit. Basic operation of the computer control unit.

Prerequisites              EE 250

 

EE 361            Digital Computer Organization

Basic architecture of digital computers. Hardware-software interface starting from the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and its implementation. Other important digital components including the microarchitecture of the processor and the hierarchy of the memory subsystem. Performance techniques including parallel processing and multicore computers.

Prerequisites              EE 360, STAT 110

 

EE 364            Advanced Programming

Structured programming concepts and control structure. Systematic program design. Modularization and scope concepts. Use of a variety of data structures and programming techniques. Iteration and recursion. Memory management. Program correctness, informal verification and testing.

Prerequisites              EE 202

 

EE 366            Microprocessors and Microcontrollers

Design of microcontroller-based embedded systems. Overview of a single-chip microcontroller, hardware and software concepts in microcontrollers. System architecture, central processing unit (CPU), internal memory (ROM, EEPROM, RAM, FLASH). Input/ Output ports, serial communication, programmable interrupts. ADC, DAC, interfacing and timers. Microcontroller programming model and instruction set, assembly and C language programming.

Prerequisites              EE 202, EE 360


 

EE 367            Data Structures and Algorithms

Basic concepts of data and their representations inside a computer (scalar, structured and dynamic). Manipulation of arrays, strings, stacks, queues, linear lists, circular lists, orthogonal lists, trees and graphs. Sorting and searching algorithms.

Prerequisites              EE 202, EE 305

 

EE 370            Biomedical Engineering Primer

Biomedical engineering fields of activity. Research, development, and design for biomedical problems, diagnosis of disease, and therapeutic applications. Modular blocks and system integration. Physical, chemical and biological principles for biomedical measurements. Sensors for displacement, force, pressure, flow, temperature, biopotentials, chemical composition of body fluids and biomaterial characterization. Patient safety.

Prerequisites              EE 306, BIO 321

 

EE 372            Physiology for Biomedical Engineers

Body environment, fluids and compartments, digestive system. Metabolism, energetics of glucose metabolism. Respiratory system and artificial respiration. Cardiovascular system and its regulatory mechanism, hemodynamics. Metabolism and body temperature regulation. Endocrinology, reproductive system and renal physiology.

Prerequisites              BIO 321

 

EE 374            Experimentation and Data Analysis in Health Care

Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions; hypothesis testing involving continuous and categorical (nominal and ordinal) variables, two and more treatments; linear regression; analysis of survival data. Design of clinical trials; sample size and selection of samples; selection and preparation of apparatus and preparing experimental protocols. Clinical standards for data collection, organization, summarization and verification; medical sample handling, transporting and disposal; sterilization, cleansing and hygiene. Applications of essential statistical techniques for use in analyzing data from different types of engineering experiments, biological experiments and clinical studies. Term project.

Prerequisites              BIO 321, STAT 110

 

EE 390            Summer Training

Ten weeks of training in industry under the supervision of a faculty member. Students have to submit a report about their achievements during training in addition to any other requirements as assigned by the department.

Prerequisites              Approval of Department

 

EE 400            Cooperative Work

Extensive 25 weeks of training in industry under the supervision of a staff member. Students should submit a final report about their training in addition to any other requirements as assigned by the department.

Prerequisites              Approval of Department


 

EE 404            Power Systems lab

Single-phase and three-phase AC-DC converters for resistive and large inductive loads. Determine the phase sequence of the three-phase source. Power flow and voltage regulation of a simple transmission line. Control of active power flow in interconnected power networks. Reactive power flow in ac transmission lines. Control of reactive power flow in interconnected power networks. Over current protection relay and distance relay.

Prerequisites              EE 351

 

EE 405            Machines Lab

Single-phase Transformer and three phase transformer connections. DC machine: Torque Vs Speed Characteristic of D.C Shunt Motor, D.C Series Motor, and D.C Compound Motor. Voltage Regulation of Synchronous Machine and alternator Synchronization of Synchronous Machine. Squirrel cage motor using MOMO Software. Slip ring Induction motor.

Prerequisites              EE 341

 

EE 411            Digital Electronics

Switching of electronic devices. Integrated circuit gates, multi vibrators, registers, charge coupled device. Memories. Digital to analog and analog to digital converters.

Prerequisites              EE 311, EE 360

 

EE 413            Communication Circuits

Behavior of Transistors at high frequencies. Analysis and design of electronic circuits employed in electronic and communication systems.

Prerequisites              EE 312, EE 321

 

EE 416            Optoelectronics

The optical fiber: Types, effects of dispersion, attenuation, nonlinearities. Coupling between optical sources and waveguides. Optical detectors and noise. Optical sources: Optical radiation and amplification, lasers. Optical devices: Sensors and modulators.

Prerequisites              EE 312

 

EE 418            Microwave and Optical Devices

Structure, analysis and the principles of operation of some selected Microwave Devices. These Devices can be either in the form of 2-Terminal Devices such as Gunn, Ga N based Gunn, InP Gunn,  Impatt, Ga N Impatt,3C SIC Impatt, Dovett, Trapatt, Baritt, Tunnel, Mitatt QWITT, Varactors and Tunnett,  or in the form of 3-Terminal Devices such as MES FET,4H-SiC MESFET, H-FET and HEMTs. Design high quality stable and tunable microwave oscillators.  Design a high gain, low FM noise and noise figure and low intermediation distortion microwave amplifiers.

Prerequisites              EE 312, EE 423

 

EE 420            Microwave Circuits

Review of transmission line theory, some of its applications and Smith Chart. Brief discussion on various types of transmission lines. Derivation of micro strip parameters and losses. Distinguish between normal and higher order mode of propagation in micro strip. Derivation of the Scattering matrix parameters of any given network under review. Filters implemented in microstrip line. Derivation of all the parameters of  Coupled   Line  micro strip and  its  applications .Theoretical Analysis and Design of some selected networks such as Quadrature Couplers, Power Combiner/Divider, Phase Shifter and Magic Tee, etc. Reviewing of Ferromagnetic Material and its applications especially in micro strip circulators, isolator and phase shifters. Design of microstrip antenna and switches.

Prerequisites              EE 312, EE 423

 

EE 421            Communication Theory I

Spectral density and correlation, input-output correlation, sources of noise, white and colored noise, optimum receiver filter, random variables and stochastic signals, signals and noise, baseband communication, Binary Digital transmission, pulse modulation (PAM, PCM), noise in Analog Modulation.

Prerequisites              EE 321, IE 331

 

EE 423            Electromagnetic Waves

Wave equation from Maxwell’s equations, Poynting’s theorem, Uniform Plane Waves, Propagation in general media with approximations for good dielectrics and conductors, Normal and Oblique Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves, Smith Chart Applications for Lossless Transmission Lines, Parallel-plate and Rectangular Waveguides.

Prerequisites              EE 302, MATH 204

 

EE 424            Antennas and Propagation

Radiation and Antenna Fundamentals. Linear Antennas, Current distribution, Short dipoles and Monopoles/dipoles, radiation resistance and gain, longer dipoles, folded dipoles. Antenna Arrays. Aperture Antennas. Special types of antennas. Traveling wave antennas, loop antennas. Frequency independent antennas, helical antennas, corner reflector, lenses. Space Wave Propagation. Ground Wave Propagation. Tropospheric waves. Ionospheric waves.

Prerequisites              EE 302

 

EE 425            Communication Systems

Detailed description of at least three out of the following systems. Radio broadcasting Systems. TV and Video Systems. Radar Systems. Microwave Links, Telephony, Telegraphy and Telex systems. Satellite Communication Systems. Optical Communication Systems. Aircraft and Ship navigational systems.

Prerequisites              EE 421, EE 423 (concurrent)

 

EE 426            Digital Communications 

Sampling theorem, PCM, band pass digital modulation methods (ASK, FSK and PSK), noise analysis and error probability, digital filters, and digital and discrete-time signal processing, Z transform, digital filter design in frequency domain, digital matched filters, interference and jamming, effects of sampling errors, modern digital modulation methods, chirp modulation, spread spectrum.

Prerequisites              EE 421


 

EE 429            Introduction to Digital Signal Processing

Discrete time signals and systems. Fourier analysis of discrete-time signals and Systems. Fast Fourier Transform. Digital Filter Design. Computer applications. Advanced Topics.

Prerequisites              EE 321

 

EE 431            Advanced Control Systems

State space representation and realization, controllability and observability. Liapunov and popov stability criteria, stochastic and sampled data control theory, optimal control theory.

Prerequisites              EE 331

 

EE 432            Digital Control Systems

Derivation of differential/difference equations for physical systems. The Laplace transform. The Z transform. The transfer function. Stability in the Z plane. System response in the time domain. Controllability and Observability - Design of Closed-loop digital control systems: a) by conventional means: b) by the digital computers.

Prerequisites              EE 331

 

EE 441            Electromechanical Energy Conversion II

Polyphase induction and synchronous machines. Models and performance characteristics for steady-state operations. Fractional horsepower machines, their performance and application.

Prerequisites              EE 341, EE 351

 

EE 442            Power Electronics I

Power semiconductor switches, theory of operation and commutation methods. Single- phase and three- phase AC-DC converters for resistive and large inductive loads. Single- phase and three-phase AC-AC converters. Analysis and design of DC-DC converters (Shoppers) for resistive and general inductive loads. Single-phase and three-phase DC- AC inverters: Square waves and PWM inverters. Power electronics applications: cycloconverter and FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission System).

Prerequisites              EE 311

 

EE 444            Power Electronics II

Static switches. Power supplies. DC drives. AC drives. Traffic Signal Control. Power Transistors. Solid-state temperature and air conditioning control. Light activated thyristor applications. Test and protection of power electronic devices and circuits.

Prerequisites              EE 442

 

EE 445            Utilization of Electrical Energy

Utilization in mechanical plants: Drives, Electromagnetic. Utilization in chemical plants: Electroplating, Welding. Utilization in urban plants: Illumination, Traction, Electrical Installations.

Prerequisites              EE 341, EE 351

 

EE 448            Power System Planning and Reliability

Engineering system reliability assessment, Effect of Load Forecasting, Principles of Power Systems Reliability, Generation system modeling, Planning for Future Expansion in Generation Systems.

Prerequisites              STAT 110, EE 351


 

EE 450            Power System Control

Power factor Control, Automatic generation control, Load-frequency Control, Economic dispatch, Unit Commitment, reactive power control, Potential Instability and Breakdown, Reactive power distribution.

Prerequisites              EE 331, EE 441 (concurrent)

 

EE 451            Electrical Power Systems II 

Load Flow Analysis, Solution of Load Flow Equations, Gauss-Seidel and Newton Raphson Techniques, Asymmetrical Faults, Phase Sequence Networks, Use of Matrix Methods. Power System Stability: Steady-State and Transient.

Prerequisites              EE 351

 

EE 452            High Voltage Techniques I

Generation of high AC and DC impulse voltages, and impulse currents. Measurement of high voltages and currents. Dielectric loss and capacitance measurements. Traveling waves.

Prerequisites              EE 351

 

EE 453            Power Transmission and Distribution

Load Characteristics. Design of sub-transmission lines and distribution substations. Design considerations of primary and secondary systems. DC and AC Distributers. Main components of overhead lines. Line supports. Insulators and conductors. Sag Calculations. Corona Effect. Underground cables: types, constructions, sizing, losses, resistance and capacitance. Travelling Waves on transmission lines. Power System Grounding.

Prerequisites              EE 351, STAT 110

 

EE 454            Switchgear and Protection of Power Systems I

Switch gear, bus bar systems, couplers, cubicles, auxiliaries, and single line diagram. Relays, electromagnetic, static, thermal relay, and over current, voltage. Distance relays. Differential relays. Feeder protection system. Transformer protection system. Generator protection system.

Prerequisites              EE 341, EE 351

 

EE 455            Economic Operation of Power Systems

Operating constraints. Short-term load forecast. Load curve analysis. Economical load sharing between units and between stations. Tariffs. Incremental costs. Unit commitment and generator scheduling. Voltage and VAR control. Energy conservation.

Prerequisites              EE 451, STAT 110

 

EE 458            Computer Applications in Power Systems

Power network equations and digital solution techniques. Network reduction methods. Computer programs for steady state analysis of power systems. Transmission Line performance. Short-circuit calculations, and Load flow studies. Digital and analogue simulation of power system component dynamics. Digital evaluation of power system stability. Computer applications in utilities and power industry.

Prerequisites              EE 451

 

EE 460            Digital Design II

Advanced techniques in the design of digital systems. Hardware description languages, combinational and sequential logic synthesis. Emphasis on reconfigurable logic as an implementation medium. Memory system design. Serial/parallel communication.  Introduction to testing, simulation, fault diagnosis and design for testability.

Prerequisites              EE 360

 

EE 462            Computer Communication Networks

Components of data communication systems. Topologies and protocols. Network Protocols including (OSI, TCP/IP) models. Switched networks. Error detection and corrections techniques. Multiple access methods (MAC).  Evolution of the Ethernet. Wireless LANs technology. Connect different LANs (internetworking devices). Logical Addressing and subnetting (IPv4 & IPv6).

Prerequisites              EE 202, EE 321

 

EE 463            Operating Systems

Operating systems as resource managers. Process concepts. Synchronous concurrent processes, and threads. Concurrent programming monitors. Real and virtual storage management. Processor scheduling. Disk scheduling. File systems and security. Some case studies.

Prerequisites              EE 361, EE 367

 

EE 466            Computer Interfacing

Data Acquisition, Sensors and Actuators interfacing, Common computer interfacing such as USB and SPI, Analog-to-digital and Digital-to-Analog converters, Real-time operating system, and Raspberry Pi applications.

Prerequisites              EE 361, EE 366

 

EE 467            Databases

Need for the database approach. Database system architectures (1-tier, 2-tier and 3-tier). Database management systems. Data modeling at the conceptual level (ER and UML). Overview of some modern data models at the Logical level. In-depth study of a selected logical data model (e.g. relational database model). Mapping from the conceptual model to the selected logical model. Database querying and application programming languages. Data modeling at the Physical level (e.g. basic data and storage structures).

Prerequisites              EE 367

 

EE 468            Systems Programming

System calls, File manipulation, Memory management. Processes, Synchronization, Inter-process communication, Remote procedure call, Threads and concurrent programming, Socket-programming.

Prerequisites              EE 361, EE 367

 

EE 469            Compiler Construction

Languages and grammars. Formal syntax and semantics. Formal grammars, parsing, ambiguities, syntax trees. Techniques for top-down and bottom-up syntax analysis. Regular expressions, finite automata and Lexical analysis. Code generation and syntax-directed translation. Symbol tables and storage allocation. Translator-writing systems.

Prerequisites              EE 367

 

EE 470            Biomedical Signals and Systems

Definition of signals and systems. Types of signals. Examples of biomedical signals and systems. Mathematical description of signals, continuous- and discrete-time signals, scaling and shifting transformations, differentiation and integration, differencing and accumulation. Description of systems, block diagrams, system terminology, system characteristics, and convolution integral. Analysis of signals and systems using Fourier series and Fourier transform. Introduction to z-transform and its applications in digital filtering. Biomedical signals and systems applications.

Prerequisites              EE 321, EE 370, EE 374, and IE 202

 

EE 471            Biomedical Instrumentation

Electrical safety and precautions required in medical applications. Electrocardiography (ECG), analog and digital processing of ECG signals. Measurement of blood pressure, heart sound, flow and volume of blood. Statistical analysis of heart rate and blood pressure measurements. Basic respiratory system measurements. Principles of clinical lab instrumentation. Term project.

Prerequisites              EE 312, EE 370, EE 372

 

EE 472            Biomedical Imaging Systems

Fundamentals of medical imaging physics and systems: X-ray radiography, ultrasound, radionuclide imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Biological effects of each modality. Tomographical reconstruction principles, including X-ray computed tomography (CT), position emission tomography (PET), and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

Prerequisites              EE 250, MATH 207

 

EE 473            Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering

Concepts of therapy, rehabilitation, prosthesis, orthosis. Therapeutic effects of electrical current. Examples of common devices: pacemakers and defibrillators. Sensory and communication aids. Neuromuscular stimulators. Physical therapy equipment. Electro-surgical equipment. Medical applications of lasers. Ventilators. Artificial kidney. Neonatal care. Radiation therapy.

Prerequisites              EE 370

 

EE 474            Safety, Reliability and Maintenance in Health Care

Definition of safety. Electrical, gas, and fire safety and how to make safe environment for patients, medical personnel and attendants. Reliability in health care facilities. Training of operators for proper use of equipment. Generation of a computer database for equipment, suppliers, dealers and manufacturers. Preventive maintenance procedures. Corrective maintenance, repair and amendment of existing equipment. Basic troubleshooting principles. Retrieving information from manufacturer's catalogs and technical libraries.

Prerequisites              EE 370

 

EE 475            Bimolecular Engineering

Thermodynamics, bimolecular interactions, enzyme kinetics and bioenergetics. Biodesign, molecular modeling and case studies. Cellular warfare, bioreactor networks. Application examples and term project.

Prerequisites              BIO 321

 

EE 476            Biomedical Systems Management

Responsibilities of biomedical engineers working in health-care facilities. Codes, standards and regulations governing clinical engineering practices. Bids preparation and tender evaluation. Designing and layout of medical facilities. Equipment selection and evaluation. Term project.

Prerequisites              IE 256, EE 370

 

EE 477            Essentials of Medical Informatics

Electronic Medical Record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS) standards and systems; image data compression, data communication and transmission, security and protection for medical image data. Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information system (RIS), lab information system (LIS)  and medical imaging informatics (MII) for filmless hospitals. A knowledge-based digital library for retrieving scenario specific medical text documents. Integrated multimedia patient record systems, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), clinical decision support systems (CDSS). Medical robotics and computer-integrated interventional medicine. Molecular imaging in biology and pharmacology. The evolution of e-health systems and smart medical home.

Prerequisites              EE 370

 

EE 478            Biosensors and Biochips

Biosensors: introduction, concepts and applications; biosensors for personal diabetes management; micro fabricated sensors and the commercial development of biosensors; electrochemical sensors and chemical fibro sensors. Biochips: introduction, basics of biochips and microarray technology; construction, types of microarrays, data analysis; biochips in health care and diagnostics, other applications; biochips application to genomics.  Micro fluidics, BIAcore - an optical biosensor, use of microarrays in population genetic and epidemiology, use of microarrays on forensics, DNA chip technology for water quality management; bioagent chip, limitation of biochip technology, commercial aspects of biochip technology, DNA computing.

Prerequisites              EE 370

 

EE 479            Genetic Engineering and Health Diagnostics

Introduction to genetic engineering and its role in health diagnosis. Enzymes in genetic engineering. Nucleic acid hybridization and amplification. DNA based diagnosis, biochemical diagnostics, cell based diagnostics and immunodiagnostics. Imaging diagnostics and its relation to genetic expressions.

Prerequisites              EE 370

 

EE 480            Computer Applications in Biomedical Engineering

Classification of computer applications in the biomedical field. Available tools and techniques: hardware and software resources in the PC field. Selected application examples: medical record system, lab and pharmacy information system, office practice system, clinical decision support system. Computerized diagnostics and therapeutic equipment.

Prerequisites              EE 366

 

EE 482            Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Expert systems, Machine Learning Algorithms, Pattern recognition, Computer vision, Knowledge representation and datasets, Optimization and problem-solving methods, Reasoning, AI applications.

Prerequisites              EE 367

 

EE 484            VLSI Design

Theory and design of computational/computer systems with very large scale integration (VLSI). Flow of data and control signals in processor systems: array systems, systems of systematic structures and systems of hierarchical organization. Algorithms for processor systems. Control units and system controllers. Highly concurrent systems. Layout theory and algorithms. Computer-aided layout (interactive layout).

Prerequisites              EE 460, EE 411

 

EE 490            Special Topics in Electrical Engineering

Selected topic to develop the skills and knowledge in a given field.

Prerequisites              Approval of Department

 

EE 491            Special Topics in Electrical Power Engineering

Selected topic to develop the skills and knowledge in a given field.

Prerequisites              EE 451

 

EE 492            Special Topics in Electrical Machines

Prerequisites              EE 441

 

EE 493            Special Topics in Electronics

Prerequisites              EE 312

 

EE 494            Special Topics in Communications  

Prerequisites              EE 321

 

EE 495            Special Topics in Computer Engineering

Prerequisites              EE 361, EE 367, EE 331

 

EE 496            Special Topics in Automatic Control

Prerequisites              EE 331, IE 331

 

EE 497            Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering

Prerequisites              EE 370

 

EE 499            Senior Project

The student is required to function on a multidisciplinary team to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints. A standard engineering design process is followed including the selection of a client-defined problem, literature review, problem formulation (objectives, constraints, and evaluation criteria), generation of design alternatives, work plan, preliminary design of the selected alternative, design refinement, detailed design, design evaluation, and documentations. The student is required to communicate, clearly and concisely, the details of his design both orally and in writing in several stages during the design process including a final public presentation to a jury composed of several subject-related professionals.

Prerequisites              Approval of Department

 


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