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Work with a design team of undergraduate students. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisites: not open to students
who have had CE 192, CE 193, CE 292. Instructor: Schaad. 3 units.
399. Special Readings in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Special individual readings in a specific area of study
in civil and environmental engineering. Approval of director of graduate studies required. 1 to 3 units. Instructor:
Graduate faculty. Variable credit.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Collins, Chair; Associate Professor Board, Associate Chair; Associate Professor Cummer, Director of
Graduate Studies (3455 CIEMAS); Professors Brady, Brown, Carin, Chakrabarty, Fair, Glass, Joines, Jokerst,
Katsouleas, Krolik, Liu, Massoud, Nolte, Smith, Trivedi; Associate Professors Board, Brooke, Cummer, Kedem,
Nowacek, Sorin, Teitsworth; Assistant Professors Dwyer, George, Lebeck, Kim, Reynolds, Roy Choudhury, Stiff-
Roberts, Willett, Yoshie; Professors Emeriti Casey, Marinos, Owen, Wang and Wilson; Professor of the Practice
Ybarra; Associate Professor of the Practice Huettel; Assistant Professor of the Practice Gustafson; Assistant Research
Professors Degiron, Liao, Morizio, Remus, Tantum, Wolter; Adjunct Professors Derby and Lampert; Adjunct Associate
Professor Janet, Ozev, Pitsianis, Vu; Visiting Professors Kaiser and McCumber
Graduate study in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is intended to prepare students
for leadership roles in academia, industry, and government that require creative technical problem solving skills. The
department offers both PhD and MS degree programs with options for study in a broad spectrum of areas within
electrical and computer engineering. Research and course offerings in the department are organized into five areas of
specialization: computer engineering, sensing and waves, micro/nano systems, photonics, and signal processing and
communications. Detailed descriptions of course offerings, faculty research interests, and degree requirements may be
found on the department's Web Site, http://www.ece.duke.edu/. Interdisciplinary programs are also available that
connect the above areas with those in other engineering departments, computer science, the natural sciences, and the
Medical School. Students in the department may also be involved in research conducted in one of Duke's Centers (e.g.
the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics and Communications). Recommended prerequisites for graduate study in
electrical engineering include knowledge of basic mathematics, statistics, and physics, electrical networks,
electromagnetics, and system theory. Students with non-electrical and/or computer engineering undergraduate degrees
are welcome to apply but should discuss their enrollment and course requirement options with the Director of
Graduate Studies. The MS degree program includes thesis, project, or courses-only options. A qualifying examination
is required for the PhD degree program and must be taken by the beginning of the third semester of enrollment. The
exam is intended to assess the student's potential for success as a researcher in their chosen sub-discipline. To ensure
breadth of study, PhD students are required to take at least three courses in two areas outside their area of specialization.
There is no foreign language requirement.
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
211. Quantum Mechanics. Discussion of wave mechanics including elementary applications, free particle dynamics,
Schrödinger equation including treatment of systems with exact solutions, and approximate methods for time-dependent
quantum mechanical systems with emphasis on quantum phenomena underlying solid-state electronics and physics.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 107 or equivalent. Instructor: Brady, Brown, or Stiff-Roberts. 3 units.
214. Introduction to Solid-State Physics. Discussion of solid-state phenomena including crystalline structures, X-ray
and particle diffraction in crystals, lattice dynamics, free electron theory of metals, energy bands, and superconductivity,
with emphasis on understanding electrical and optical properties of solids. Prerequisite: quantum physics at the level
of Physics 143L or Electrical and Computer Engineering 211. Instructor: Teitsworth. 3 units.
215. Semiconductor Physics. A quantitative treatment of the physical processes that underlie semiconductor device
operation. Topics include band theory and conduction phenomena; equilibrium and nonequilibrium charge carrier
distributions; charge generation, injection, and recombination; drift and diffusion processes. Prerequisite: Electrical and
Computer Engineering 211 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
216. Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits. Basic semiconductor properties (energy-band structure, effective
density of states, effective masses, carrier statistics, and carrier concentrations). Electron and hole behavior in
semiconductors (generation, recombination, drift, diffusion, tunneling, and basic semiconductor equations). Currentvoltage,
capacitance-voltage, and static and dynamic models of PN Junctions, Schottky barriers, Metal/Semiconductor
Contacts, Bipolar-Junction Transistors, MOS Capacitors, MOS-Gated Diodes, and MOS Field-Effect Transistors.
SPICE models and model parameters. Prerequisites: ECE 162. Instructor: Massoud. 3 units.
217. Analog Integrated Circuits. Analysis and design of bipolar and CMOS analog integrated circuits. SPICE device
models and circuit macromodels. Classical operational amplifier structures, current feedback amplifiers, and building
blocks for analog signal processing, including operational transconductance amplifiers and current conveyors. Biasing
issues, gain and bandwidth, compensation, and noise. Influence of technology and device structure on circuit
performance. Extensive use of industry-standard CAD tools, such as Analog Workbench. Prerequisite: Electrical
Engineering 216. Instructor: Richards. 3 units.
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