Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Electrical Engineering (ELEC)
Rice Course Schedule as of 05/08/2001.
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ELEC 242 FUND OF ELEC ENGINEERING II Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Formulation and solution of equations describing electric circuits and
electromechanical systems. Behavior of dynanic systems in the time and
frequency domains. Basic electronic devices and circuits, including diodes,
transistors, optoelectronics, gates, and amplifiers. Introduction to feedback
control and digital systems.
001 HZ 210 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Wise, James D. Enr: 61 Max: NA
ELEC 243 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS Credits 4.00 Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Introduction to analog and digital circuit analysis and design. Basic circuit
elements, transistors, OP Amps, digital devices and systems. Intended for
non-majors.
Prereq- Math 101, 102 or equivalent.
001 SS 337 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Mittleman, Daniel M. Enr: 24 Max: NA
ELEC 302 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
A study of linear dynamical systems based on state-space representation.
Includes the structural properties of systems such as controllability and
observability. About one third of the course is devoted to the study of linear
algebraic concepts, like range, null space, eigenvalues diagonalizability.
Applications to control problems.
Prereq- ELEC 301.
001 AL A126 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Antoulas, Athanasios C. Enr: 22 Max: NA
ELEC 303 SYSTEMS LAB Credits 2.00 Spring 01
To be taken concurrently with ELEC 302.
Prereq-ELEC 301
001 TBA - TBA Antoulas, Athanasios C. Enr: 4 Max: NA
ELEC 306 ELECTROMAG FIELDS & DEVICES Credits 3.00 Spring 01
A course to introduce students to various electrical engineering aspects and
devices based on electromagnetic field theory. Includes basic concepts of
waveguides, resonators, optical fibers, waveguide devices, a survey of
antennas, and a discussion of radar, lidar, and remote sensing principles.
Prereq- ELEC 305.
001 AL A126 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Tittel, Frank K. Enr: 18 Max: NA
ELEC 320 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Microprocessor architecture, including the memory hierarchy, pipelining, I/O
devices, and interrupts and concurrency. Computer representation of and
operations on basic data such as instructions, integers, floating point
numbers, and pointers. Low-level programming in C and assembly language. Basic
system software. Performance issues.
Prereq- CAAM 210 or COMP 210. Also offered as COMP 320.
001 DH 1064 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Varman, Peter J. Enr: 52 Max: NA
ELEC 322 APPLIED ALGORITHMS AND DATA Credits 4.00 Spring 01
See description of COMP 314.
Prereq- COMP 212 and 280.
001 DH 1064 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Nguyen, Dung Enr: 4 Max: NA
Wallach, Dan Seth
ELEC 326 DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Gates, flip-flops, combinational and sequential switching circuits, registers,
logical and arithmetic operations.
Prereq- COMP 210, or CAAM 210.
001 DH 1064 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Jump, J. Robert Enr: 46 Max: NA
ELEC 327 DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN LAB Credits 2.00 Spring 01
The design, construction and test of projects built from digital integrated
circuits using design techniques presented in Elec 326, Digital Logic Design.
Prereq- ELEC 326, ELEC 241.
001 AL A126 - M 01:00PM - 02:00PM Jump, J. Robert Enr: 18 Max: NA
ELEC 342 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Models of diodes, bipolar and field effect transistors. Biasing methods,
distortion analysis, two-port analysis, single-stage and multistage amplifiers,
frequency domain characteristics, feedback, stability, and power amplifiers.
Lab culminates in the design and testing of a low-distortion audio
frequencypower amplifier.
Prereq- ELEC 242.
001 HZ 118 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Massey, Richard P. Enr: 9 Max: NA
ELEC 361 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS & QUANTUM DEVICES Credits 3.00 Spring 01
This course provides the background in quantum mechanics and solid state
physics necessary for further studies in device physics (ELEC 462) and quantum
Electronics (ELEC 463).
Prereq- PHYS 202.
001 AL A126 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Kono, J. Enr: 5 Max: NA
ELEC 391 SEMINAR ON PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ELECTR Credits 1.00 Spring 01
Issues related to engineering professional practice and other career choices
for electrical engineers. Topics will include intellectual property rights and
patents, engineering ethics, politics and engineering, entrepreneurship and
venture capitalism, professional licensing, graduate study, and environmental
issues.
001 HZ 210 - W 03:00PM - 03:50PM Jump, J. Robert Enr: 62 Max: NA
Sinclair, James B.
Wilson, William L.
ELEC 421 OPERATING SYSTEMS & CONCURRENT PROGRAMS Credits 4.00 Spring 01
See description of COMP 421.
Prereq- COMP 212, ELEC 320.
001 DH 1070 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Johnson, David B. Enr: 3 Max: NA
ELEC 423 VLSI DESIGN II Credits 2.00 Spring 01
Testing and evaluation of VLSI circuits designed in VLSI Design I, ELEC 422.
Efficient test methodologies. Topics in computer aided design.
Prereq- ELEC 422
001 BL 131 - W 04:00PM - 05:00PM Cavallaro, Joseph Enr: 50 Max: NA
ELEC 424 HIGH-SPEED SYSTEMS DESIGN Credits 4.00 Spring 01
The specification, design, and implementation of high-speed DSP and
microcontroler-based systems, taking into account cost constrants available
technology, and other factors. Includes instruction on high-speed design
theory, hardware/software interface, and approaches to designing practical
hardware systems. Major hardware design project required. Enrollment limited to
25.
Prereq- Elec 320 and 326.
001 DH 1046 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Frantz, Patrick Enr: 45 Max: 50
ELEC 428 COMPUTER SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Analytical models of computer systems. Queueing theory and Markov chains.
Simulation and analysis of simulation results. Operational analysis. Course
will include a project
Prereq- ELEC 331.
001 HB 453 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Sinclair, James B. Enr: 6 Max: NA
ELEC 429 INTRO TO COMPUTER NETWORKS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Network architectures and basic protocols. Routing flow control. Access
methods. Transmission media, error management. Network performance. The
course will cover several types of networks, including CSMA/CD, token ring, and
ATM. Also offered as COMP 429.
Prereq- ELEC 331.
001 HZ 210 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Knightly, Edward William Enr: 53 Max: NA
ELEC 430 COMMUNICATION THEORY&SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Review of applied probability theory. Introduction to stochastic processes.
Complex-signal analysis. AM and FM. Digital communication, PCM, signal
transmission, optimum receiver theory, information theory and coding.
Prereq- ELEC 331.
001 DH 1046 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Aazhang, Behnaam Enr: 45 Max: NA
ELEC 436 CONTROL SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Representation, analysis, and design of simple control systems in the time and
frequency domain. Also offered as Mech 420.
Prereq- ELEC 302.
001 TBA - MW 10:50AM - 12:05PM Ghorbel, Fathi Enr: 5 Max: NA
Pearson, J. Boyd
ELEC 437 MULTITIER WIRELESS NETWORKS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Topics in multitier wireless networks. Lectures from a range of faculty from
ECE and CS. Focused team projects. Appropriate for both undergraduate and
graduate students of all levels.
001 AL A126 - WF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Baraniuk, Richard G. Enr: 14 Max: NA
ELEC 440 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Credits 4.00 Spring 01
See description of COMP 440.
Prereq- COMP 210.
001 DH 1070 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Subramanian, Devika Enr: 4 Max: NA
ELEC 443 POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Minimization of power consumption in electronic circuits with the required
system performance Design of high-efficiency power amplifiers. Electronic
circuits used in power systems, including the principles of phase-controlled
rectification, high-frequency inversion, and DC-DC conversion, with emphasis on
design and lab project.
Prereq- ELEC 342.
001 TBA - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Massey, Richard P. Enr: 1 Max: NA
ELEC 463 LASERS & PHOTONICS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Introduction to the physics and technology of lasers and related devices. The
course consists of lectures, homework, and student presentations on particular
topics.
Prereq- PHYS 202.
001 AL A126 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Halas, Naomi J Enr: 7 Max: NA
ELEC 465 PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS PRACTICUM Credits 3.00 Spring 01
A laboratory course, with lecture, to introduce students to a variety of
experimental techniques, methods, and instruments of current interest. The
content will generally correspond to the ideas and concepts introduced in the
Physical Electronics courses, Elec 305, 306, 461, and 463, including: general
optics; lasers and fiber optics; spectroscopy, computer control of equipment
and data collection; acousto, electro, and nonlinear optics; vaccum systems,
cryogenics, etc.
Prereq- PHYS 201.
001 TBA - TBA Wilson, William L. Enr: 8 Max: NA
ELEC 482 PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEM Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Nervous system control of biological systems can be represented utilizing
techniques common to the field of linear, nonlinear or adaptive control theory.
This course begins with a review of the basic aspects of control theory,
followed by detailed discussion of the structure of several biological systems
including the visual, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Specific examples
of neurol control are developed for each system utilizing modeling and
simulation techniques. Parameter sensitivity analysis and parameter estimation
techniques are likewise brought to bear on some of these models to achive good
least-squares fits to experimental data.
001 AL B209 - MW 01:00PM - 02:20PM Clark, John W. Enr: 5 Max: NA
ELEC 483 INTRO OF BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENT MEASUREME Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Review of basic sensors and measurement principles. Includes design problems
using operational amplifier circuits (e.g. instrumentation and isolation
amplifiers, comparators, timer circuits). Introduction to development of
virtual instruments (VIs) using LabView TM. Discussion of micro- and
macro-biopotential electrodes, cell cytometry, the measurement of blood
pressure, blood flow, and heart sounds, temperature, and the principles of
electrical safety (e.g., micro- and macro shock hazards in the clinical
environment). Includes discussion of pulmonary instrumentation and medical
applications of ultrasound. Two lab exercises and a term project required.
001 AL B209 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Clark, John W. Enr: 3 Max: NA
Ghorbel, Fathi
ELEC 490 ELEC ENGINEERING PROJECTS Credits Spring 01
Theoretical and experimental investigations under staff direction. May be
repeated for a total of 6 credit hours.
Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 8 Max: NA
ELEC 492 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS Credits 4.00 Spring 01
A capstone design experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering. tThis
course provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge and skills
acquired in previous courses to the solution of a realistic engineering
problem. Teams of students will specify, design, and build a system to meet a
prescribed set of requirements. The topics covered in this course will include
design methodology, effective teamwork, project management, documentation, and
presentation skills.
001 AL B209 - MWF 04:00PM - 04:50PM Wise, James D. Enr: 13 Max: NA
ELEC 495 SENIOR SEMINARS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERIN Credits 1.00 Spring 01
One hour seminar course in which senior ECE majors will present talks of
geneval interest in electrical engineering.
001 TBA - M 03:00PM - 04:00PM Johnson, Don H. Enr: 4 Max: NA
Sinclair, James B.
Wilson, William L.
ELEC 522 ADV VLSI DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Design and analysis of algorithm-specific VLSI processor architectures. Topics
include the implementation of pipelined and systolic processor arrays.
Techniques for mapping numerical algorithms onto custom processor arrays.
Course includes design project using high-level VLSI synthesis tools.
Prereq- ELEC 422, 423.
001 AL A126 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Cavallaro, Joseph Enr: 10 Max: NA
ELEC 525 ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Credits 4.00 Spring 01
Design of parallel architectures, including shared-memory
multiple-instruction-multiple-data (MIMD), message passing MIMD, and
single-instruction-multiple-data (SIMD) architectures. Specific topics include
interconnection networks, techniques to reduce and tolerate communication
latency (e.g., cache coherence protocols, memory consistency models,
multithreaded architectures, and dataflow architectures), synchronization, and
software involvement for improving performance. The course will include case
studies of several parallel machines.
Prereq- Elec 425.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Rixner, Scott Enr: 4 Max: NA
ELEC 530 DETECTION THEORY Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Classic and modern methods of optimal decisions in communications and signal
processing. Continuous- and discrete-time methods. Gaussian and non-Gaussian
problems.
Prereq- ELEC 430 or Stochastic Processes.
001 DH 1042 - TTH 02:30PM - 04:00PM Johnson, Don H. Enr: 14 Max: NA
ELEC 532 WAVELET AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Classical and modern techniques for characterizing the frequency content of
signals. Review of random processes and linear algebra; fourier
transform-based methods and the periodogram; parametric techniques, including
autoregressive (AR) and autoregressive moving average (ARMA) modeling;
nonparametric techniques, including minimum variance and eigenspace methods;
and time-varying spectral analysis.
Prereq- Elec 401, 430
Also offered as STAT 586
001 DH 1075 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Nowak, Rob Enr: 20 Max: NA
ELEC 535 INFORMATION AND CODING THEORY Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Introduction to information theory concepts; basic theorems of channel coding
and source coding with a fidelity criterion. Techniques of channel coding,
parity check codes, introduction to algebraic coding theory, introduction to
convolutional codes. Variable-length source coding.
Prereq- ELEC 331.
001 AL B209 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Choi, Hyeokho Enr: 10 Max: NA
ELEC 540 SOURCE CODING AND COMPRESSION Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Review of information theory, scalar quantization, vector quantization,
quantizer Design Algorithms, Entropy coding, transform coding, rate-distortion
optimization application to image and video coding, wavelet and
multi-resolution compression algorithms.
Prereq- ELEC 533.
001 AL B209 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Orchard, Michael Enr: 9 Max: NA
ELEC 561 TOPICS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Advanced methods for simulation and control of the fabrication of modern
integrated circuits. Quality and reliability assurance.
Prereq- ELEC 462
001 AL A126 - W 07:00PM - 09:00PM Wilson, William L. Enr: 9 Max: NA
ELEC 564 SOLID-STATE PHYSICS II Credits 3.00 Spring 01
See description of PHYS 564.
001 HZ 118 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Rimberg, Alexander J. Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 566 PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS PROJECTS Credits Spring 01
Includes standard experiments, development of new experiments, and special
projects undertaken in collaboration with a faculty member. Permission of
instructor required.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 590 SPECIAL PROJECTS Credits Spring 01
Theoretical and experimental investigations under staff direction. May be
repeated for up to a total of 6 credit hours.
Course may be repeated for
credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 595 MICROLITHOGRAPHY Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Graduate level introduction to fundamental concepts of optical
microlithography. Topics include imaging and wavefront engineering techniques,
wafer stepper technologies, photomask fabrication procedures and limitations,
metrology methods, optical lithgraphy modeling.
001 TBA - TBA Tittel, Frank K. Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 599 FIRST YEAR GRAD STUDENT PROJECTS Credits 6.00 Spring 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 18 Max: NA
ELEC 630 MULTITIER WIRELESS NETWORKS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Topics in multitier wireless networks. Lectures from a range of faculty from
ECE and CS. Focused team projects. Appropriate for both undergraduate and
graduate students of all levels.
Pre-req-Consent of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Baraniuk, Richard G. Enr: 13 Max: NA
ELEC 694 ADV TOPICS - COMPUTER SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Permission of instructor required.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 695 ADV TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS & STATISTIC Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Advanced topics in digital image processing. Permission of instructor required.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 696 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SEMINAR Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Discussion of recent research papers in computer architecture and current
computer architecture at Rice. Permission of instructor required. May be
repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 697 INTRO TO FRACTAL PROCESSES Credits 3.00 Spring 01
In this course we try to balance an introduction to the mathematical background
of fractals and multifractals with applications of theoretical and practical
importance, e.g., in Internet traffic modeling and in image processing.
Thereby, we will keep things as simple as possible, making the course
accessible to a wide audience.
Prereq- Elec 533 or basic course probability.
001 AL B209 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Riedi, Rudolf H. Enr: 5 Max: NA
ELEC 760 BAYLOR/RICE MD/PHD PROGRAM Credits Spring 01
Departmental permission required.
Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Clark, John W. Enr: 0 Max: NA
ELEC 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits Spring 01
No description.
001 TBA - M 03:00PM - 05:30PM Staff Enr: 51 Max: NA
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