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2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

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Electrical and Computer Engineering387ECE 546 Microwave Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 340 or PH 332.Guided waves, scattering matrix description <strong>of</strong> microwave circuit elements, computeranalysis, and optimization <strong>of</strong> cascaded two-ports microwave integrated circuits.ECE 547 Electromagnetic Laboratory. (0-3) One hour.Prerequisite: ECE 340 or PH 332.Electrical measurements <strong>of</strong> electromagnetic waves and phenomena in the microwaveregion; slotted line techniques; and measurement <strong>of</strong> frequency, wavelength, power,im ped ance, VSWR, and antenna radiation patterns.ECE 548 Radar Systems. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 340 or PH 332.<strong>The</strong> radar equation; detection <strong>of</strong> radar signals in noise; extraction <strong>of</strong> information andwaveform design, CW, MTI, and pulse Doppler radar; and tracking radar.ECE 553 Electric Machines and Drives. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: ECE 326 and ECE 350.Detailed study on the theory and operation <strong>of</strong> rotating electric machines. Introduction topower electronics and machine drives.ECE 557 Power Systems II. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 456. Not open to students who have earned credit for ECE 457.Economic operation, fault analysis, symmetrical com po nents, system protection. Specialprojects are required.ECE 561 Quantum Electronics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 340 or PH 332.Matrix for mu la tion <strong>of</strong> quantum mechanics; quantization <strong>of</strong> lattice vibrations and elec tro -mag net ic radiation; diamagnetism and paramagnetism; para mag net ic resonance andpara mag net ism in crystals; and interaction <strong>of</strong> radiation and atoms.ECE 575 Stochastic Processes. (3-0) Three hours. Same as GES 575.Prerequisite: GES 500.Engineering applications <strong>of</strong> probability theory. Problems on sequences <strong>of</strong> random variables,convergence, stochastic processes, stationarity, ergodicity, correlation func tion,spectral densities, linear systems with random inputs, design <strong>of</strong> fi lters and pre dic tors,and Markov processes.ECE 577 Advanced Linear Control. (3-0) Three hours. Same as AEM/ME 577.Prerequisite: ECE 475.Modern techniques for the analysis and design <strong>of</strong> linear control systems. Matrix formulation;multivariable control systems; state-variable concepts; discrete-time sys tems;op ti mi za tion; and statistical design methods.ECE 579 Digital Control Systems. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: ECE 370, ECE 475, and either GES 451 or MATH 237.Frequency and time domain methods in discrete time control systems; sampling <strong>of</strong>continuous-time signals, stability, transform design tech niques, state variable analysis,and design techniques.ECE 580 Introduction to Computer Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 383.Corequisite: ECE 581.Basic computer organization, register transfer languages and micro-operations, centralpro ces sor organization, microprogramming, and memory organization.ECE 581 Introduction to Computer Engineering Laboratory. (0-3) One hour.Prerequisite: ECE 383.Corequisite: ECE 580.Logic design and simulation via hardware description lan guag es, use <strong>of</strong> electronic designautomation tools, and CPU design.ECE 582 Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: MATH 355 and CS 124, or permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.Introduction to computer vision and digital image processing with an emphasis on imagerepresentation, transforms, fi ltering, compression, boundary detection, and patternmatching.

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