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~~489 Control Systems
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE384 Electrical Power and
Machines, EE389 Linear Systems and Control,
SM394 Engineering Mathematics
Instruction: lectures/laboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
A fourth-year subject in all streams of the degree of
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical).
Subject aims
To introduce the analytical technique of state variable
analysis and to use that and classical techniques to design
control systems, linear and non linear to meet a set of
specifications. To introduce a concept of discrete time control
systems.
Subject description
Discrete time systems: introduction to sampling and discrete
data. Analysis of discrete time feedback control systems
using z-transform techniques. Stability and the effect of
sampling time. A review of transducers amendable to digital
signal measurement.
State variable method of analysis of continuous and discrete
time systems. Multivariable control systems. State models
output equation feedback equations and de-coupling.
Design of control systems from a classical approach using
compensators P.I.D. controllers and state feedback.
lntroduction to non linearities and their effect on the system.
Describing functions.
TextsIReferences
D'Azzo Houpis. Linear Control Systems Analysis and Design. 3rd ed.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988
Dorf, R.C. Modern Control Systems. 6th ed, Reading, Mass.: Addison
Wesley, 1992
Ogata. Modern Control Engineering. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
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EE502 Management Practice
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE402 Management Fundamentals
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Instruction: lectures/tutoria~s/seminars
$ Assessment: examination/assignments/class
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A final-year subject in all streams of the degree of Bachelor
of Engineering (Electrical).
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To provide students with a satisfactoty understanding of the
subject material in so far as it affects the practice of
management.
Subject description
Business strategy and plans.
Managing communications.
Planning, leading and controlling.
Ethics, professionalism and the engineering manager.
Organisation theory.
Industrial relations and enterprise bargaining.
Total quality management.
Achieving a quality culture.
Using quality as a competitive strategy:
supervision and leadership.
project teams and task forces.
References
Meredith, J.R. and Mantel, 5.1. Project Management, a Managerial
Approach. 2nd ed, Nwv York: Wiley. 1989
Nicholas, J.M. Managing Business and Engineering Projects. 1st ed,
Prentice Hall, 1990
Samson, D. ed. Management for Engineers. Melbourne: Longman
Cheshire, 1989
Samuelson. M. Supervision and Management. Brisbane: Wiley. 1990
Additional references will be provided by the lecturers for their topics
EE544 Electronic Communication Systems
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE383 Electromagnetic Fields,
EE388 Communications, EE465 Engineering
Systems Software
Instruction: lectures
Assessment: examinationlassignment
A final-year subject in the communications and electronic
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical).
Subject aims
To introduce students to the concepts of spectral analysis,
classical and modern spectrum estimation techniques, high
resolution algorithms for array processing and performance
studies of spectrum estimators.
Subject description
Spectral analysis problems and applications
Approaches of spectrum estimation
Random processes
High resolution algorithms for array processing
Computer simulation studies
Performance studies of spectrum estimators.
TextslReferences
Kay, S.M. Modern Spectral Estimation - Theory and Application.
Prentice Hall, 1988
Kung, S.Y., Whitehouse, W.J. and Kaileth, T. VLSI and Modern Signal
Processing. Prentice Hall, 1985
Roberts, R.A. and Mullis, C. Digital Signal Processing. Reading, Mass.:
Addison-Wesley, 1987
Lecturer's handouts
EE545 Electronics
No. of hours per week: four houn
Prerequisites: EE483 Electronics
Instruction: lectures/laboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
A final-year subject in the communications and electronics
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical).
Subject aims
To introduce students to algorithmic state machine, the
design and synthesis of modern integrated digital systems
including VLSl design rules and performance estimation.
Subject description
Part A
Digital system design with programmable logic.
Synthesis of algoithmic state machines using PLD's and
FPGA's. Array logic bussed cellular array, array logic
structures, use of synthesis and verification tools in digital
design.
Part B
VLSI Design.
Basic CMOS circuit blocks, layout design rules, circuit
characterisation and performance estimation, system design.
TextslRef erences
Green, D. Modern Logic Design. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
1986
Mukherjee, A. Introduction to NMOS and CMOS VLSI System Design.
Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1986
Weste, N. and Eshraghian. K. Principles of CMOS VLSI Design - A
Systems Perspective. Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1985