2011–2012 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

from the laboratory into widespread use through evidence-based
arguments (such as empirical studies) that objectively support the
efficacy of the techniques in question. Issues related to technology
adoption are necessarily a part of this effort. An example of recent
work is the investigation of the impact of test-driven development
(TDD) techniques, such as Extreme Programming (XP), on longterm
software maintenance costs.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
Samuel P. Kozaitis, Ph.D., Head
Degree Programs
Computer Engineering, B.S..
Computer Engineering, M.S..
Area of Specialization:
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Engineering, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering, B.S.
Electrical Engineering, M.S.
Areas of Specialization:
Biomedical Engineering
Electromagnetics
Photonics
Systems and Information Processing
Wireless Systems and Technology
Electrical Engineering, Ph.D.
Professors
Barry G. Grossman, Ph.D., fiber-optic sensor systems and smart structures,
fiber-optic communications.
John Hadjilogiou, Ph.D., P.E., switching theory, computer organization.
Fredric M. Ham, Ph.D., Harris Professor, digital signal processing, neural
networks.
Samuel P. Kozaitis, Ph.D., automated feature extraction, image fusion.
Syed H. Murshid, Ph.D., photonics, fiber-optic sensors, acoustic and
fiber-optic communications, power electronics, instrumentation.
Robert L. Sullivan, Ph.D., University Professor, power systems, power
electronics.
Lynn E. Weaver, Ph.D., nuclear energy, control systems.
Associate Professors
Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D., machine learning, pattern recognition.
Susan K. Earles, Ph.D., semiconductor modeling, processing and fabrication,
microelectronics, solid-state device physics.
Veton Z. Këpuska, Ph.D., human-machine interaction and communication,
speech recognition.
Ivica Kostanic, Ph.D., telecommunications, wireless telecommunications.
Brian A. Lail, Ph.D., antenna-coupled sensors, computational and applied
electromagnetics, EMI, EMC.
Assistant Professor
Stéphane Bucaille, Ph.D., free space optical communications, humanmachine
interfaces.
Adjunct Faculty
T.L. Crandell, Ph.D.; B.A. Myers, Ph.D.; T. Young, Ph.D.
Professors Emeriti
Charles D. Beach, Ph.D.; Rufus H. Cofer, Ph.D.;
Raghvendra Deshmukh, Ph.D., P.E.; Andrew W. Revay Jr., Ph.D.;
Thomas J. Sanders, Ph.D.; M. Mehdi Shahsavari, Ph.D.; H.P. Weber, D.Sc.
Student Coordinator
Cheryl Mitravich
Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering is to prepare students to become successful professionals
in a dynamic global environment. By fostering a desire
for lifelong learning through a broad-based interdisciplinary core
education, both electrical and computer engineering programs
provide opportunities for undergraduate research that reflects the
expanding world around us, and gives students the tools to advance
the state-of-the-art in a chosen specialization area.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Computer Engineering, B.S. ___________________
Major Code: 7042 Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science
Age Restriction: N Admission Status: undergraduate
Delivery Mode/s: classroom only Location/s: main campus
The goal of the computer engineering program is to provide the
student with a total learning experience. The program is designed
to expose the entire spectrum of computer engineering concepts
from the basic building blocks of transistors and gates, through the
progression of embedded controllers, computer architectures and
high-performance digital signal processors. Students develop an
extensive knowledge of hardware, along with a strong education in
programming techniques to provide them with a complete understanding
of computer systems. In the senior year, they design, build
and test computer systems as part of their senior design course.
The educational objectives for computer engineering are to create
in our students the passion for engineering that will allow them to
understand and correct the increasingly diverse problems facing
modern society; to graduate quality engineers who are forwardthinking
and equipped with the leadership skills needed to make
tomorrow’s world a better place through their desire for lifelong
learning; to provide our students with the broad-based interdisciplinary
education that will allow them to excel in the global
marketplace; to prepare our students for hands-on research for
advancement and knowledge growth in their field; and to ingrain in
our students the desire to better serve society’s needs, to search for
better ways to solve the world’s problems and give them the tools to
raise the standards of engineering worldwide.
A major component of the computer engineering program at
Florida Tech involves hands-on learning. The computer engineering
student begins taking computer engineering courses during
the Freshman year. The freshman-level courses include programming
and interfacing an embedded microcontroller. Laboratory
experience is integrated into most of our classes. In the junior year
students are introduced to interfacing with a high-performance
digital signal processor.
In computer engineering, a strong focus is on the mastery principle.
It is assured that computer engineering students not only know the
material critical to engineering, but also can demonstrate mastery
of the material, which is the goal of everyone in the program.
During the freshman and sophomore years, students learn the
basics of computer engineering along with college-level mathematics
and physics. In addition, courses in computer design with
hands-on laboratory experience are taken both terms of the freshman
year. In these courses, students program and create an interface
to an embedded microcontroller.
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