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2012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum43sive Circuits; (O) Integrated Circuits; (P) ComputerSoftware; (Q) Computer Engineering; (R) Microprocessing;(S) Electronics; (T) Electromagnetics; (U)Opt-Electronics; (V) Computer Networks. May berepeated for credit when topic differs. GE credit:SciEng | SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)190C. Research Group Conferences inElectrical and Computer Engineering (1)Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: upper divisionstanding in Electrical and Computer Engineering;consent of instructor. Research group conferences.May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. spring 13)192. Internship in Electrical and ComputerEngineering (1-5)Internship—3-15 hours. Prerequisite: completion of aminimum of 84 units; project approval before periodof internship; consent of instructor. Supervised workexperience in electrical and computer engineering.May be repeated for credit if project is different. (P/NP grading only.) GE credit: SE.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)193A. Senior Design Project (2)Project—6 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing inElectrical or Computer Engineering; course 196(may be taken concurrently); consent of instructor.Team design project for seniors in Electrical or ComputerEngineering. Project involves analysis, design,implementation and evaluation of an Electrical Engineeringor Computer Engineering system. Project issupervised by a faculty member. (Deferred gradingonly, pending completion of sequence.) GE credit:SciEng | SE.—I, II. (I, II.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)193B. Senior Design Project (2)Project—1 hour; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:course 193A. Team design project for seniors inElectrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.Project involves analysis, design, implementationand evaluation of an Electrical Engineering or ComputerEngineering system. Project supervised by afaculty member. (Deferred grading only, pendingcompletion of sequence.) GE credit: SciEng | SE.—II, III. (II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194A. Micromouse Design Project (2)Discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:Course 70 or Computer Science Engineering50; Engineering 17 and course 196 (may be takenconcurrently); course 100 or Engineering 100 recommended(may be taken concurrently); course180A recommended (may be taken concurrently).Design of robotic mouse for the IEEE Micromousecompetition. May be repeated one time for credit.(Deferred grading only, pending completion ofsequence.) Offered irregularly. GE credit:SciEng | SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194B. Micromouse Design Project (2)Discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:course 70 or Computer Science Engineering50, Engineering 17 (may be taken concurrently);course 100 or Engineering 100 recommended (maybe taken concurrently), course 180A recommended(may be taken concurrently). Design of roboticmouse for the IEEE Micromouse competition. Limitedenrollment. May be repeated one time for credit.(Deferred grading only, pending completion ofsequence.) Offered irregularly. GE credit:SciEng | SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)194C. Micromouse Design Project (1)Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 70 or ComputerScience Engineering 50, Engineering 17 (maybe taken concurrently); course 100 or Engineering100 recommended (may be taken concurrently),course 180A recommended (may be taken concurrently).Design of robotic mouse for the IEEE Micromousecompetition. Limited enrollment. May berepeated one time for credit. (Deferred grading only,pending completion of sequence.) Offered irregularly.GE credit: SciEng | SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)195A. NATCAR Design Project (3)Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:courses 110A, 157A (can be taken concurrently);course 170 recommended (taken concurrently) if studentintends to do the project with digital circuits.Pass one restricted to major. Design and construct anautonomous race car. Students work in groups todesign, build and test speed control circuits, tracksensing circuits, and a steering control loop.(Deferred grading only pending completion ofsequence.) GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I. (I.) Spencer(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)195B. NATCAR Design Project (2)Workshop—1 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite:course 195A. Design and construct an autonomousrace car. Students work in groups to design,build and test speed control circuits, track sensingcircuits, and a steering control loop. (Deferred gradingonly pending completion of sequence.) GEcredit: SciEng | SE.—II. (II.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)196. Issues in Engineering Design (1)Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: senior standing inElectrical or Computer Engineering. The course coversvarious electrical and computer engineering standardsand realistic design constraints includingeconomic, manufacturability, sustainability, ethical,health and safety, environmental, social, and political.GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I. (I.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)198. Directed Group Study (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeatedthree times for credit. (P/NP grading only.) GEcredit: SE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Graduate217. Biomedical Electronics (4)Lecture—3 hours; project. Prerequisite: course 210or consent of instructor. Special consideration andaccommodation will be made for biomedical or signalprocessing majors who have not taken 210. Circuitdesign for medical applications including weakinversion amplifiers; integrated ULF filters; chopperstabilization; electrochemical interfaces; neurostimulationpulse generation; wireless powering of andcommunication with implantable devices. Electrophysiologicalsignaling and aspects of signal processingfor biomedical systems.—III. (III.) O'Driscoll(new course—eff. spring 13)237B. Laser Physics II (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive problem solving. Prerequisite:course 237A or Applied Science Engineering265A. Oscillation threshold. Coupled cavity/atomicrate equations, Linear pulse propagation; dispersion,broadening, compression. Nonlinear pulsepropagation. Energy extraction. Optical beams, resonators,eigenmodes, axial/transverse modes.Paraxial ray optics, resonator stability, ABCD matrices.Laser dynamics; transients, spiking, Q-switching,active and passive modelocking. Not open forcredit to students who have completed course 226B.(Same course as Applied Science Engineering265B.) Offered in alternate years.—II. Heritage, Kolner(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)267. Mobile Communications (4)Lecture/laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses260 and 265 (can be taken concurrently). Timevaryingmulti-path fading channel models andreceiver performance in fading channels; multipleaccess techniques and multiple access receiversdesign and performance; optimum design and thecapacity of wireless channels. Offered in alternateyears.—II. Scaglione(change in existing course—eff. spring 13)Engineering: MaterialsScience andEngineeringNew and changed courses inMaterials Science and Engineering(EMS)Lower Division2. Stuff: Diversity of Materials in Our Lives(2)Lecture/discussion—2 hours. Role of materials intechnological societies and their impact on our wayof living. Exploration of how materials are extractedfrom the earth, processed, and shaped into products,including discussion of disposal and re-use ofmaterials. GE credit: SciEng | SE.—I. (I.) Risbud(change in existing course—eff. fall 12)Upper Division147. Principles of Polymer MaterialsScience (3)Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2A-2B;Chemistry 8A-8B or Engineering 45; introductoryphysics. Basic principles of polymer science presentedincluding polymer structure and synthesis;polymerization mechanisms, polymer classes, properties,and reactions; polymer morphology, rheology,and characterization; polymer processing.(Same course as Fiber and Polymer Science 100.)GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE.—II. (II.) Pan(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)160. Thermodynamics of MaterialsProcesses and Phase Stability (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:C- or better in each of the following: Engineering45, Physics 9B, Mathematics 22B; Chemistry 2C(recommended). Review of thermodynamic principlesof interest to materials scientists and engineers.Application of thermodynamics to material processing,phase stability, corrosion. GE credit:SciEng | QL, SE, SL, VL.—I. (I.)(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)162. Structure and Characterization ofEngineering Materials (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in each ofthe following: Engineering 45, Mathematics 22,Physics 9B. Description of the structure of engineeringmaterials on the atomic scale by exploring thefundamentals of crystallography. The importance ofthis structure to materials’ properties. Description ofexperimental determination using x-ray diffractiontechniques. GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE.—II. (II.)(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)162L. Structure and Characterization ofMaterials Laboratory (2)Laboratory—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 162 (concurrent enrollment recommended).Experimental investigations of structure ofsolid materials are combined with techniques forcharacterization of materials. Laboratory exercisesemphasize methods used to study structure of solidsat the atomic and microstructural levels. MethodsQuarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience