ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

Course Descriptions
ECE 464 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
AND ORGANIZATION
(Class 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)
Prerequisite: ECE 371
Design of computer systems with emphasis on computer architecture.
Topics discussed include: Fundamentals of Computer
Design, Instruction set principles and Examples, Pipelining,
Advanced Pipelining and Instruction-Level Parallelism,
Memory-Hierarchy Design, I/O Systems, Buses and Arbitration
Techniques, Interconnection Networks, and Multiprocessors.
ECE 468 DESIGN OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 371
The design of systems programs, in particular, operating systems,
assemblers, loaders, and compilers. The role of systems
programs as the link between computer hardware and software
is emphasized. Topics include: problems of assembling
and loading microcomputer codes, macroprocessors, memory
management, implementation of high level language features
and special purpose language compilers. Projects illustrating
the applications of the fundamental concepts to the design
and construction of working systems programs are required.
ECE 476 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
(Class 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 301 and ECE 233
Theory and implementation of real time digital signal processing.
Survey or continuous filter design using Butterworth,
Chebychev, inverse Chebychev, elliptic, and Bessel approximations;
type transformations; review of sampling theory,
discrete time signals and systems, and Z-transforms; design
of IIR filters using impulse invariance, bilinear transform,
and a survey of direct techniques; design of FIR filters using
Fourier series and windows, least squares error, and optimal
equiripple techniques; properties and applications of discrete
and fast Fourier transforms. Overview of spectual estimation
techniques. Laboratory includes implementation of lecture
topics.
ECE 483 DIGITAL CONTROL
SYSTEMS-ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 382 or ME 485
An introduction to computer-controlled systems from both
the state variable and z-transform points of view, along with
sampling theory and its effect on digital control design.
Design of digital controllers from the state space and frequency
domain points of view.
ECE 532 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
FOR POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 432
System modeling and matrix analysis of three-phase power
networks. Applications of numerical methods and computers
to the solution of a variety of problems related to the planning,
design and operation of electric power systems.
ECE 544 DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 448
Introduction to digital Communication systems and spread
spectrum communications. Topics include analog message
digitization, signal space representation of digital signals,
binary and M-ary signaling methods, detection of binary and
M-ary signals, comparison of digital communication systems
in terms of signal energy and signal bandwidth requirements.
The principal types of spread spectrum systems are analyzed
and compared. Application of spread spectrum to multiple
access systems and to secure communication systems is discussed.
ECE 547 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
A qualitative and quantitative study of the issues in design,
analysis, and operation of computer communication networks
as they evolve toward the integrated networks of the future,
employing both packet and circuit switching technology. The
course covers packet and circuit switching, the OSI standards
architecture and protocols, elementary queuing theory for
performance evaluation, random access techniques, local area
networks reliability and error recovery, and integrated networks.
ECE 554 ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION
AND CONTROL CIRCUITS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 335 and ECE 301
Analysis and design of special amplifiers, pulse circuits,
operational circuits, d-c amplifiers, and transducers used in
instrumentation, control, and computation.
ECE 589 STATE ESTIMATION & PARAMETER ID
OF STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Introduction to point estimation, least squares, Bayes risk and
maximum likelihood. Optimum mean-square recursive estimation
for non-dynamic stochastic systems. State estimation
for discrete-time and continuous-time dynamic systems.
Parameter identification of stochastic approximation, least
squares, and random search algorithms.
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ECE 495 SELECTED TOPICS
IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(Class 1 to 4, Lab. 1 to 4, Cr. 1 to 4)
Special topics in electrical engineering
ECE 496 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS
Special project will vary. Hours and credits to be arranged.
ECE 519 CONTROL THEORY II
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 382 or ME 485
The approximation of common non-linearities by describing
functions and the analysis of resultant system behavior.
Review of matrix analysis. Statespace formulation, representation,
solution and design. Introduction to optimization and
computational methods.
Course Descriptions
ECE 595 SELECTED TOPICS IN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
(Class 0 to 3, Cr. 1 to 3)
Formal classroom or individualized instruction on topics of
current interest.
ECE 602 LUMPED SYSTEM THEORY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: ECE 301
An investigation of the basic theory and techniques of modern
system theory, emphasizing linear state model formulations
of continuous and discrete time systems in the time
domain and frequency domain. Coverage includes notions of
linearity, time invariance, discrete and continuous time state
models, canonical forms, associated transfer functions and
impulse response models, the state transition matrix, the Jordan
form, controllability, observability, and stability. stability.