Boolean algebra, its theorems and postulates. Design of combinational circuits; minimization and reduction techniques, use of medium or large scale integration (MSI/LSI) in digital circuit design; analysis and design of sequential circuits; practical design considerations.

Basic concepts of integrated circuits with emphasis on very large scale integration (VLSI). Description of the steps for the design, modeling, simulation, and fabrication of silicon integrated circuitry pertaining to metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) and bipolar technologies.

Interior and exterior illumination design. Development and application of methods on illumination techniques.

Formulation of bus admittance and bus impedance matrices; symmetrical components; symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults; load flow; economic operation of power systems.

Design of circuits for rectification, inversion, frequency conversion, direct current (D.C.) and alternating current (A.C.) machines control, and other non-motor applications using solid state power devices.

Analysis of control systems and their mathematical models; analysis and design of control systems for single-input single-output plants; computer solution of problems will be emphasized.

Practical experience in electrical engineering in cooperation with private industry or government to be jointly supervised by the academic department, the Co-op Program Coordinator, and an official from the cooperating organization. A written report will be required upon completion of each period of work.

Participation, under the supervision of a faculty member acting as an investigator, in a research project.

Introduction to the field of pattern recognition, including statistical decision-making, nonparametric decision-making, clutering techniques, artificial neural networks, learning techniques, evaluation of classification rules, and image analysis.

Signals from transducers; signal conditioning, data conversion and transmission; effects of noise. Data storage and display; use of microprocessors in instrumentation.

Design methods in combinational and sequential systems. Use of programmable logic devices in digital systems design. Analysis and design of system controllers.

This course covers the design of applications using analog integrated circuits. A discussion on the characteristics of operational amplifiers is followed with a detailed overview of applications.

Basic operation principles of solid state electronic devices, physical fenomena and properties of solid materials involved in the analysis and design of such devices, detailed treatment of the most common elements used as diodes, transitor and controlled rectifiers.

Radiation mechanism. Types of antennas; impedance; radiation patterns; arrays. Antenna measurements.

Rectangular and circular wave guides; passive components; tubes, and solid-state devices used in microwave systems.

Optical communication principles; transmitter and receiver design; fiber optic channels.

Signal classification; Z-transform and discrete Fourier transform; matrix representation of digital filters and digital systems; digital filter design; discrete Fourier transform algorithms.

Information theory; coding theory; signal design; noise and probability of error.

Design of communication circuits and antennas. Several design projects including: specification, evaluation and selection of alternatives and implementation. Written reports and computer use required.

Block diagram design and simulation of communication systems. Design projects including: specification, evaluation and selection of alternatives, and implementation. Computer and laboratory work and written reports required.

Design of electric power distribution systems with emphasis on distribution transformer connections and energy tariffs. Transmission line design with emphasis on conductor selection, and mechanical considerations. Review of transmission line parameters.

Design of power systems using digital computers; load flow, economic load dispatch, symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults. Selection of breakers.

Characteristics and selection criteria of alternating current (A.C.) and direct current (D.C.) motors; design and control of solid state drive systems; braking methods; heating and duty cycle calculations. Performance calculations and design of closed loop controllers.

Design and selection of protective devices used in electrical generation, transmission, and distribution systems such as: relays, fuses, breakers, reclosers, and arresters. Selection of other system components such as sectionalizers and throwovers. Protection and insulation coordination.

Major design experience in electric power systems. Application of power system fundamental to the design of a system incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints. Use of computational tools for the design and analysis of electric power systems.

Application of power electronics fundamentals to the design of a system incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints. Use of the computational tools for the design and analysis of power electronics systems.

Linear spaces and matrices; state variables representations for linear continuous and discrete systems; the Z-transform and its application; controllability and observability; state estimators; stability.

Design of process instrumentation and control systems, based on analog and digital instruments and mini or microcomputers. Standards and practical considerations emphasized.

Analysis and design of digital control systems; stability, controllability and observability of discrete systems. Practical considerations when implementing a digital control system.

Analysis and design of automated pneumatic systems using programmable controllers. Programming of industrial robots.

Investigations and special problems in Electrical Engineering or related fields, open to outstanding Electrical Engineering students.

Techniques used during the software development cycle; specification, design, testing, documentation, and maintenance. Use of a procedure oriented language in the design and implementation of a software project.

Advanced programming techniques applied to the solution of engineering problems; extensive use of subprograms, logical and specification statements. Principles of multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and real-time systems.

Analysis and design of computer-based management information systems; communication theory and the flow of information within organizations; methods and procedures of gathering, disseminating and controlling information; integrated Electronic Data Processing versus batch-controlled system; the development and installation of information processing systems.

Techniques involved in the analysis of source languages and the generation of efficient object codes with emphasis on the components of a compiler.

Data structures in programming languages, representation of information as data. List in linear, orthogonal, strings and array distribution, collection, and sorting data.

Comparative study of programming styles, including imperative, object-oriented, functional, logic, and concurrent programming. Concepts of data encapsulation and inheritance. Formal specification of the syntactic structure of a language. Context-free grammars and parse trees.

Discussion of mathematical foundations frequently encountered in computer science and engineering, with an emphasis in problem solving, algorithms and computing models. Topics include relationships between data and sets, proof techniques, operators and functions, basic logic and circuits, graph theory and organization of computational processes, elements of discrete probability and random events as they appear in computing. Examples from across the computing discipline are used to illustrate the underlying mathematical foundations.

Arquitectural aspects of general purpose computers: instruction sets, addressing models, data types, registers, support for programming languages and operating systems. Comparative study of commercial arquitectures. Organizational aspects of general purpose computers: central processing unit, microprogramming, arithmetic and logic units, memory systems, input/output systems.

Study of the terminology of computer networks and their protocols, IP protocol addressing, and networking standards. Introduction to network design. Discussion and configuration of several routing protocols

Participation, under the supervision of a faculty member acting as an investigator, in a research project.

Concepts of operating systems, multiprogramming, multiprocessing, batch, partitioned, and real time. Organizational and processing of file systems. Study of queueing theory and information flow control.

An introduction to the field of artificial intelligence: Lisp language, search techniques, games, vision, representation of knowledge, inference and process of proving theorems, natural language understanding.

Discussion of the fundamendal concepts of object-oriented programming. Analysis, design, and development of object-oriented software. Study of object-oriented languages.

A capstone course in which student teams design a project to solve a complete Computer Engineering problem considering engineering standards and realistic constraints. The project should integrate both hardware and software concepts.

Development of micro-controller based systems for embedded applications. Interfacing to peripherals such as liquid-crystal displays (LCD), keypads, digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters, etc. Emphasizes hardware and software design. Requires a final project that consists in the development of a working prototype in the laboratory.

Study and configuration of link state routing protocols and intermediate-level concepts such as switching, wide area network or WAN standards, virtual local area networks or VLAN, network design, and redundancy. Discussion of strategies for managing and saving address space such as variable length subnet masks and network address transation.

Research and problem-solving in computer engineering or related fields.