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Electrical and computer engineers drive the creation of the technologies that shape our world. LTU’S MSECE program prepares you to take on these challenges, equipping you with the skills to develop innovative solutions, lead complex projects, and create next-generation systems.
Under the guidance of expert faculty with research funded by leading corporations and national foundations, you’ll gain expertise in analyzing, interpreting, and implementing cutting-edge technologies. The program emphasizes both technical proficiency and professional growth, preparing you for leadership roles in this vital field.
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Course #
Credits
The concept of availability, refrigeration cycles, mixtures and psychometrics, combustion and thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium, equations of state and thermodynamics relations.
EEE5114
4
This course focus on Sampling theory and sampling hardware, Z-transform, Discrete Time Fourier Transform, architecture of VLSI digital signal processors. Design and implementation of real time polynomial, FIR, IIR, and adaptive filters, spectral analysis with DTFT will be dealt. Filter realization techniques, Direct I, Direct II, Canonical, Parallel form. Design of DSP application in communication and digital control. Substantial programming assignments. Including interactive programming with industrial automation hardware and software.
EEE5654
4
Design of baseband and passband digital communication systems. Modulation techniques including PAM, QAM, PSK, FSK, and spread spectrum. Optimal demodulation techniques and their performance. Analysis, evaluation and design of integrated circuits for communication applications.
EEE5444
4
Must have departmental approval. Discrete time mathematics, Z-transforms, sampling rates, zero and first-order hold, time delays, system stability, continuous and discrete time systems, interfacing, computer control implementation concepts, state space realization. Lecture 4 hours.
EEE5533
3
Total Credits:
15
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Credits
AC power, three-phase systems, per-unit analysis, one-line diagrams. Transformers, the Stienmetz model, synchronous generators, salient-pole machines. Transmission-line parameters, the load-flow problem. Transients, short-circuit currents, symmetrical components, unbalanced three-phase faults.
EEE5144
4
This course is intended for graduate students who wish to pursue the study of electric energy and power systems, but who did not have sufficient undergraduate preparation. The course covers steady state and dynamic modeling of transformers, dc machines, induction machines, and synchronous machines. Also included are studies of power, torque, loss mechanisms, efficiency, and power electronic control of electric machinery.
EEE5134
4
Studies of contemporary computer organizations covering early systems, CPU design, instruction sets, control, processors, busses, ALU, memory I/O interfaces, connection networks, virtual memory, pipelined computers, multiprocessors, and case studies.
EEE5204
4
Design and applications of microcomputers. Topics include: 16 bit vs. 32 bit processor organization, controller design, I/O port interfacing, memory structure, addressing methods, keyboard and display interface, and hardware arithmetic functions. Design and interface considerations for peripheral and interrupt devices.
EEE5264
4
Image representation, image enhancement and restoration, image encoding, feature extraction and image interpretation. Image compression, Applications to HDTD Computer Vision and object Recognition design.
EEE5274
4
Introduction to the design and analysis of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems (Climate Control Systems) with an emphasis on automotive applications. Psychometrics, humidification, heating, cooling, fluid flow and pressure losses and system design.
EEE5284
4
Power switching components, AC-DC converter, DC-AC inverter, switching realization, converter modeling and analysis, power electronics applications.
EEE5314
4
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or departmental approval. Active and passive filter design, network functions, filters, normalization, magnitude approximation, phase approximation, time-domain considerations, sensitivity. Properties and synthesis of LC driving point functions, properties of transfer functions, synthesis of transfer functions. Single amplifier filters, op-amp parasitics, state-variable filters, universal active filter, bi-quadratic filters, active networks for direct realization, switched capacitor filters.
EEE5324
4
Advanced treatment of the following: OSI model, TCP/IP, encoding and modulation, transmission and signals of digital data: interfaces and modems, transmission media, multiplexing, error detection and correction, data link control and protocols, LANS/MANS/VLANS/VPNS, switching, Point-to-Point Protocal (PPP), network security, hardware including Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, SONET/SDH.
EEE5364
4
State space realization of transfer functions, canonical forms, fundamental and state transition matrices, introduction to optimal control, quadratic performance indices, observers, Liapunov stability theory.
EEE5524
4
This course focus on system design using AI methods in engineering application. Topics in: AI in robotics, electrical equipment design, printed circuit board design, electrical automation control, AI programming languages, intelligent vision and imaging systems, database search methods, logic and deduction using predicate calculus. Expert system design with applications to robots. Substantial programming assignments. Including interactive programming with industrial automation hardware and software.
EEE5553
3
This course focus on system design using AI methods in engineering application. Topic in: shaft encoders, actuators, robot coordinate systems, kinematics, path control, sensors, robot vision, and design of robot interfaces. Substantial programming assignments. Including interactive programming with industrial automation hardware and software.
EEE5563
3
Specification of MOSFETS and CMOS, IC fabrication, mask design, semi-custom and full-custom designs, application-specific integrated circuit design. IC design at the transistor level, design rules, and case studies.
EEE6624
4
Maxwell’s equations, geometrical and physical optics, optical components. Gaussian beams; Fourier transforming properties of lenses. Properties of Lasers, LED’s and detectors. Design of emitter and detector circuits. Design of free space and optical fiber systems.
EEE5634
4
Transmitters and receivers; small signal, high frequency and power transformers; Oscillators; Phase-locked loops; Modulators and demodulators.
EEE5784
4
In-depth study of an Electrical or Computer Engineering topic with written report to the course faculty advisor.
EEE5911
1
In-depth study of an Electrical or Computer Engineering topic with written report to the course faculty advisor.
EEE5912
2
In-depth study of an Electrical or Computer Engineering topic with written report to the course faculty advisor.
EEE5913
3
In-depth study of an Electrical or Computer Engineering topic with written report to the course faculty advisor.
EEE5914
4
Material of a specialized nature not covered in other courses that is of interest to both faculty and students.
EEE5923
3
Material of a specialized nature not covered in other courses that is of interest to both faculty and students.
EEE5924
4
This course addresses critical issues from a smart grid communications stand point. Topics include communication networks in smart grid, demand-side management for smart grid, communications and access technologies for smart grid, wide-area networks for smart grid, wireless networks for smart grid applications, wireless sensor networks for smart grid, sensor techniques and network protocols for smart grid, potential methods for sensor and actuator networks for smart grid, implementation and performance evaluation of wireless sensor networks for smart grid, cyber-attack impact analysis of smart grid, jamming for manipulating the power market in smart grid, power-system state-estimation security, a hierarchical security architecture for smart grid, application-driven design for a secured smart grid, case studies and lessons learned from recent smart grid field trials.
EEE6144
4
This course is designed to give graduate students an overview of SDR systems, and the technologies necessary for successful SDR implementation. The course includes an introduction to Software Radio Concepts, Radio Frequency Implementation Issues, Digital Generation of Signals, Digital Signal Processing Techniques, Analog to Digital (ADC) and Digital to Analog Conversion (DAC), Smart Antennas, Digital Hardware Choices Case Studies in Software Radio Design.
EEE6444
4
Nonlinearity analysis with second order systems by phase plane, Lyapunov stability criteria; Describing functions; Feedback linearization; Performance measures in optimal control, dynamic programming, Hamilton-Jacobi- Bellman equation, Calculus of variations, Minimization principles, numerical techniques.
EEE6524
4
Theory and design of adaptive identification and control methods for automatically identifying and compensating for unknown plant parameters in dynamical systems. Deterministic finite-dimensional continuous-time linear and non-linear dynamical systems, identification and control of mechanical systems possessing unknown parameters (e.g. mass, inertia, friction). Stability of linear and non-linear dynamical systems, Lyapunov stability, input-output stability, adaptive identification, and direct adaptive control techniques for linear and nonlinear plants and systems.
EEE6534
4
Linear optimization, constraints, slack variables, feasibility, basic solutions, the Simplex method, duality. Non-linear optimization, existence, feasible directions, unconstrained problems, convex and concave functions, basic descent methods, conjugate direction methods, quasi-Newton methods. Constrained minimization, Lagrange multipliers, Kuhn-Tucker conditions.
EEE6074
4
Modern communication systems. Probability and random variables. Computer communications. Random process and spectral analysis. Performance of communication systems. Optimum digital receivers.
EEE6784
4
The student designs or analyzes an electronic, electrical, or computer system and reports the results to his/her Committee via a written report an an oral defense.
EEE6901
1
The student designs or analyzes an electronic, electrical, or computer system and reports the results to his/her Committee via a written report an an oral defense.
EEE6902
2
The student designs or analyzes an electronic, electrical, or computer system and reports the results to his/her Committee via a written report an an oral defense.
EEE6903
3
The student designs or analyzes an electronic, electrical, or computer system and reports the results to his/her Committee via a written report an an oral defense.
EEE6904
4
One credit hour of a course sequence adding to a total of six credit hours to fulfill the thesis option in the MSECE program. The student works in collaboration with a faculty advisor (or advisors) and, optionally and industrial advisor, and is expected to meet regularly with his or her advisors. Upon completion of the six credit hours of thesis research, the student makes an oral defense of the thesis, and submits the thesis to the University for publication.
EEE6911
1
Two credit hours of a course sequence adding to a total of six credit hours to fulfill the thesis option in the MSECE program. The student works in collaboration with a faculty advisor (or advisors) and, optionally and industrial advisor, and is expected to meet regularly with his or her advisors. Upon completion of the six credit hours of thesis research, the student makes an oral defense of the thesis, and submits the thesis to the University for publication.
EEE6912
2
Three credit hours of a course sequence adding to a total of six credit hours to fulfill the thesis option in the MSECE program. The student works in collaboration with a faculty advisor (or advisors) and, optionally and industrial advisor, and is expected to meet regularly with his or her advisors. Upon completion of the six credit hours of thesis research, the student makes an oral defense of the thesis, and submits the thesis to the University for publication.
EEE6913
3
Material of a specialized nature not covered in other courses that is of interest to both faculty and students.
EEE6994
4
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Course #
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MCS5023
3
Course not found.
MCS5103
3
Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Design and implementation of relational, hierarchical and network database system. Query/update data language, conceptual data model, physical storage methods, database system architecture and normal forms. Database security and integrity. Relational database system are emphasized. A project involving an on-line database system is normally assigned. No credit given after MIS6113. Lecture 3 hrs.
MCS5303
3
Course not found.
MCS5503
3
Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Introduction to communications, network models, topologies and structures. Includes the OSI model, transport mediums (routers, bridges, gateways), and an overview of communication protocols, particularly TCP/IP. Lecture 3 hrs.
MCS5703
3
Architecture of software environments. Syntax directed editors. Tools for programming-in-the-large. Tools to support the assessment of partial design. Expert systems for software development. Lecture 3 hrs.
MCS6123
3
Course not found.
MCS6323
3
Course not found.
MCS6513
3
Course not found.
MCS6723
3
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