Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Electrical Engineering (ELEC)

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ELEC 201   INTRO TO ENGINEERING DESIGN              Credits 4.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
This is a hands on introduction to engineering design.  Using skills developed
in the course, teams of students will design and construct a functional robot,
and program this robot to perform simple tasks.  The course is completely
self-contained, assumes no prerequisites, and is intended for both engineering
majors and non-majors.
Also offered as ENGI 201.
001 DH 1070 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Young, James F.           Enr: 54 Max: 0

ELEC 241   FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING I Credits 4.00  Fall 02
The creation, manipulation, transmission, and reception of information by
electronic means, Elementary signal theory; time-and frequency-domain analysis;
Sampling Theorem.  Digital information theory; digital transmission of analog
signals; error-correcting codes.  Laboratory demonstrating the principles of
information management by electronic means.
Prereq- Math 101, 102.
001 DH 1064 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM     Johnson, Don H.           Enr: 42 Max: 0

ELEC 301   INTRODUCTION TO SIGNALS                  Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Analytical framework for analyzing signals and systems.  Time and frequency
domain analysis of continuous time signals and systems, solution of
differential equations, convolution, and the Laplace transform.  Fourier
analysis.
Prereq- Elec 241
001 DH 1042 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM     Baraniuk, Richard G.      Enr: 40 Max: 0

ELEC 305   INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS     Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Study of transmission lines and pulse propagation: basic semiconductor devices;
waves; and lasers.
Prereq- Elec 241, 242.
001 DH 1070 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM     Wilson, William L.        Enr: 58 Max: 0

ELEC 320   INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION    Credits 4.00  Fall 02
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.
001 DH 1064 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Greiner, John D.          Enr: 7 Max: NA

ELEC 326   DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN                     Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Gates, flip-flops, combinational and sequential switching circuits, registers,
logical and arithmetic operations.
Prereq- COMP 210, or CAAM 210.
001 DH 1064 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Jump, J. Robert           Enr: 52 Max: NA

ELEC 331   APPLIED PROBABILITY                      Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Elementary probability theory, conditional probability, independence, discrete
and continuous random variables, expectation, standard discrete and continuous
distributions, transform techniques, central limit theorems, estimation, and
correlation.  Selected topics such as the Poisson process, Markov chains, and
statistical techniques.  Illustrations from engineering.  Also offered as STAT
331.
Prereq-Math 102.
001 SH 309 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Olofsson, Peter           Enr: 37 Max: 0

ELEC 381   FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY        Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Introduction to the electrophysiology of the cell membrane.  Development of
mathematical models of different types of ionic membrane currents and fluid
compartment models, culminating in the development of functional whole-cell
models for neurons and muscle (cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle) cells.
Characterization of volume conductor boundary value problems encountered in
electrophysiology consisting of the adequate description of the bioelectric
current source and the volume conductor (surrounding tissue) medium.  This
provides a basis for the interpretation of macroscopic bioelectric signals such
as the electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG) and electroencephalogram
(EEG).  Also offered as BIOE 381.
Prereq-Consent of instructor.
001 AL B209 - TTH 02:30PM - 04:00PM     Clark, John W.            Enr: 9 Max: 0

ELEC 383   BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTATION A Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This is an introductory course on fundamentals of biomedical engineering
instrumentation and analysis. Topics will include measurment principles;
fundamental concepts in electronics including circuit analysis, data
acquisition, amplifiers, A/D converters, and electrical safety; temperature,
pressure, flow, and optical sensing techniques in cardiovascular, pulmonary,
and nervous systems; and measurments of molecular and cellular properties.
Additionally, basic methods in statistical inference and linear regression will
be covered. Also offered as BIOE 383.
Prereq: MATH 211 and 212, PHYS 126 or equivalent, CHEM 122, and BIOS 201
001 KH 101 - MW 02:00PM - 03:15PM       Anvari, Bahman            Enr: 2 Max: 0

ELEC 420   DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS        Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Methods for designing and analyzing computer algorithms and data structures.
The focus of this course will be on the theoretical and mathematical aspects of
algorithms and data structures. Also offered as COMP 482.
Also offered as COMP 482
001 HB 227 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Kavraki, Lydia            Enr: 3 Max: 0

ELEC 422   VLSI DESIGN I                            Credits 4.00  Fall 02
A study of VLSI technology and design.  MOS devices, characteristics and
fabrication.  Logic design and implementation.  VLSI design methodology,
circuit simulation and verification.  Course includes group design projects.
Prereq- Elec 326.
001 DH 1070 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM     Cavallaro, Joseph         Enr: 32 Max: 0

ELEC 425   COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE            Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Design of advanced uniprocessor system architecture and basics of parallel
architectures.  Advanced pipelining, including dynamic scheduling and precise
interrupt handling.  Advanced techniques for exploiting instruction level
parallelism, including superscalar and VLIW architectures.  Case studies of
several recent high-performance microprocessors.  Vector processors.  Memory
system design--techniques to improve cache performance, virtual memory systems,
main memory enhancements.  I/O systems--disk arrays and graphical interfaces.
An overview of parallel computers.
Prereq- Elec 326, Elec/Comp 320.
Also offered as COMP 425
001 DH 1064 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM     Rixner, Scott             Enr: 31 Max: 0

ELEC 434   DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING LABORATORY     Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Design and implementation of real-time digital signal processing (DSP) systems
using a DSP microprocessor. Includes several structured laboratory exercises,
such as sampling, digital filtering, and FFT , using both fixed-point and
floating-point DSP processors. Requires and extensive DSP project of the
student's choice.
Prereq- ELEC 301 and 320.
001 KH 107 - M 03:00PM - 05:00PM        Choi, Hyeokho             Enr: 12 Max: 0

ELEC 435   ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES & SYSTEMS      Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Introduction to the physical and engineering aspects of electromechanical
sensors and actuators, including underlying physical phenomena, practical
devices, electrical and mechanical interfacing, and control of
electromechanical systems. Also offered as MECH 435.
Prereq- Elec 242 or 243.
001 AL A126 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM     Wise, James D.            Enr: 15 Max: 0

ELEC 439   DIGITAL IMAGE  PROCESSING                Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Modern techniques for image analysis, processing, adn enhancement: Two
dimensional system and transform theory; sampling; linear and non-linear
filtering; feature extraction; compression and coding; imaging systems.
Prereq- ELEC 531 or 431.
001 DH 1042 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Orchard, Michael          Enr: 22 Max: 0

ELEC 444   ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE/COMPATABILI Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Fundamental EMI/EMC principles, development of regulations and requirements,
non-ideal and nonlinear behavior of components, radiated and conducted
emissions and susceptibility, testing techniques to determine compliance,
electrical/mechanical techniques to ensure compliance, modeling and
electrostatic discharge.  Lab is application of principles to analog and/or
digital circuits.
Prereq- Elec 305.
001 TBA - MWF 11:00AM - 12:00PM         Massey, Dick P.           Enr: 3 Max: 0

ELEC 462   SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES                    Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Survey of physical principles and operational characteristics of semiconductor
devices.  Bipolar and MOS transistors.  IC circuit fabrication.
001 AL A126 - TTH 08:00AM - 09:15AM     Wilson, William L.        Enr: 19 Max: 0

ELEC 485   FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL IMAGING I        Credits 3.00  Fall 02
The course will introduce basic medical imaging modalities, such as x-ray, CT,
and MRI, used to identify the anatomy of human organs, as well as other
modalities, such as PET, SPECT, fMRI, and MEG, specifically developed to
localize brain function. The course includes visits to clinical sites. Also
offered as BIOE 485 and COMP 485.
001 AL B209 - T 04:00PM - 07:00PM       Mawlawi, Osama            Enr: 6 Max: 0

ELEC 490   ELEC ENGINEERING PROJECTS                Credits   Fall 02
Theoretical and experimental investigations under staff direction. May be
repeated for a total of 6 credit hours.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 19 Max: 0

ELEC 491   SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT                    Credits 3.00  Fall 02
A capstone design experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering.  This
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. Must complete ELEC 492 to receive credit for ELEC 491.
001 AL A126 - M 04:00PM - 05:00PM       Wise, James D.            Enr: 14 Max: 0

ELEC 501   APPROXIMATION OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS       Credits 3.00  Fall 02
In this course, dynamical systems described by sets of linear, differential or
difference equations will be considered.  The goal is to approximate the
behavior of such systems by that of simpler ones, the complexity being measured
by the number of state variables needed to describe them.  For such
approximations to be useful they need to preserve certain properties of the
original system and lead to a quantification of the approximation error. Most
existing methods fail to satisfy these requirements.  The major difficulty is
that the problem is non-convex.  We will present the theory of approximation in
the so-called Hankel norm, which addresses both issues.
Prereq- ELEC 301, 302 or equivalents.
001 AL B209 - MWF 03:00PM - 03:50PM     Antoulas, Athanasios C.   Enr: 3 Max: NA

ELEC 519   PARALLEL ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURE     Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Parallel architectures: shared memory, VLSI, message-passing. Structure and
relation between architectures. Parallel time, work, and efficiency. Parallel
algorithms for fundamental computational problems and applications. Network
routing.
Also offered as COMP 583.
Prereq- Elec 322.
001 TBA - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM         Varman, Peter J.          Enr: 0 Max: 0

ELEC 520   DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS                      Credits 4.00  Fall 02
See description of COMP 520.
Prereq- Elec 421, 425. Also offered as COMP 520/
001 DH 1075 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM     Cox, Alan L.              Enr: 3 Max: 0

ELEC 526   HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE   Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Design of high performance computer systems, including shared-memory and
message-passing multiprocessors and vector systems. Hardware and software
tecniques to tolerate and reduce memory and communication lathcy. Case studies
and performance simulation of high-performance systems. Also offered as COMP
526.
Prereq- Elec 425.
001 DH 1075 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM     Pai, Vijay                Enr: 4 Max: 0

ELEC 531   STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Analysis of discrete-time signals and systems.  Design and implementation of
digital filters.  Efficient algorithms for the discrete Fourier transform and
for convolution.
Prereq- Caam 382, a senior-level course in signals and linear systems.
001 DH 1046 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM     Nowak, Rob                Enr: 19 Max: 0

ELEC 533   INTRO RANDOM PROCESSES AND APPL          Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Review of basic probability; Sequence of random variables; Random vectors and
estimation; Basic concepts of random processes; Random processes in linear
systems, expansion of random processes; Wiener filtering; Spectral
representation of random processes; White-noise integrals.
Also offered as CAAM
583.
001 AL A126 - WF 08:45AM - 10:00AM      Riedi, Rudolf H.          Enr: 24 Max: 0

ELEC 534   WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS                  Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This is a graduate course on wireless and mobile communication systems, with an
emphasis on understanding the unique characteristics of these systems--their
analysis and design. Topics include: cellular principles, mobile radio
propagation and path loss, characterization of multipath fading channels,
modulation and equalization techniques for mobile radio systems, multiple
(media) access, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system design, and
cellular system capacity.
Prereq- ELEC 430.
001 DH 1075 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Aazhang, Behnaam          Enr: 33 Max: 0

ELEC 537   DESIGN AND CONTROL OF COMPUTER NETWORKS  Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Graduate-level introduction to fundamental concepts for the design and control
of computer networks. Topics include resource allocation, routing, traffic
modeling, congestion control, service disciplines, and multicasting. Concepts
are applied to state- of-the-art systems and protocols such as current and
futrue Internet architectures.
Prereq- Elec 533 recommended but not required. Also offered  as MECH 537.
001 BL 123 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      Knightly, Edward          Enr: 15 Max: 0

ELEC 541   ERROR CORRECTING CODES                   Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Introductory course on error correcting codes. Topics covered include linear
block codes, convolutional codes, turbo codes and space-time codes.
Prereq- ELEC 430.
001 DH 1075 - TTH 08:00AM - 09:15AM     Sabharwal, Ashutosh       Enr: 14 Max: NA

ELEC 563   INTRO TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS I           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Introduction to the fundamental concepts of crystalline solids, including the
Drude theory of metals, crystal structures, Bloch's theorem, band structure,
effective mass approximation, phonons, plasmons, excitons, and polaritons.
Also
offered as PHYS 563.
001 AL A126 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Kono, J.                  Enr: 8 Max: 0

ELEC 566   PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS PROJECTS            Credits 1.00  Fall 02
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: 1 Max: 0

ELEC 568   LASER SPECTROSCOPY                       Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Introduction to the theory and practice of laser spectroscopy as applied to
atomic and molecular systems.  The course covers fundamentals of spectroscopy,
lasers and spectroscopic light sources, high resolution and time resolved laser
chemistry,enviromental science and medicine.
001 AL A126 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Tittel, Frank K.          Enr: 9 Max: 0

ELEC 569   ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PHENOMENA              Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course covers the generation, propagation, and measurement of short laser
pulses, of duration less than one picosecond. Concepts include mode locking,
the effects of dispersion, optical pulse amplification, and time-domain
non-linear optical phenomena. Intended as an introduction to ultrafast
phenomena for graduate students or advanced undergraduates; a basic
understanding of electromagnetic waves and of quantum mechanics is assumed.
Also offered as PHYS 569.
001 TBA - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM         Mittleman, Daniel M.      Enr: 11 Max: 0

ELEC 581   CARDIOVASCULAR DYNAMICS                  Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Analysis of the properties and function of the cardiovascular system, including
a detailed study of the hemodynamics; ventricular mechanics; neural regulation
of blood pressure, heart rate, and myocardial contractility; conduction system
defects, cardiovascular-pulmonary-renal system interactions; mechanical
circulatory-assist and total replacement devices; x-ray and ultrasonic methods
for cardiac imaging.
Prereq- ELEC 401, 436 481 and permission of instructor
Also offered as BIOE 581
001 DH 1046 - MW 04:00PM - 05:30PM      Clark, John W.            Enr: 2 Max: NA

ELEC 590   ELECTRICAL PROJECTS                      Credits 1.00  Fall 02
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: 6 Max: 0

ELEC 599   FIRST YEAR GRAD STUDENT PROJECTS         Credits 6.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: 0

ELEC 602   NEURAL NETWORKS AND INFORMATION THEORY I Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Advanced topics in ANN theories, with a focus on Self-Organizing Maps and
unsupervised learning. The course will be a mix of lectures and seminar
discussions with active student participation, based on most recent research
publications. Students will have access to professional software environment to
implement theories. Enrollment is limited to 10. Also offered as COMP 602
Prereq- ELEC/COMP 502 or  instructor's permission.
001 DH 1046 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM     Merenyi, Erzsebet         Enr: 2 Max: 10

ELEC 603   NANO-OPTICS                              Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This is a seminar-based course for seniors and graduate students where a
variety of currently hot areas in subwavelength optics will be studied. The
main topics include: near field optics, microscopy and sensing, single molecule
spectroscopy, nanoparticles and thier optical properties, and photonic crystals
and arrays. Format will include a combination of lectures and student
presentations.
001 AL A126 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:30PM     Halas, Naomi J            Enr: 8 Max: 0

ELEC 694   FUTURE PERSONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES    Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Survey of the component and standards trends that are the basis of personal
computers and digital appliances with the aim of predicting technologies,
solutions, and new products five years into the future. May be repeated for
credit.
001 TBA - W 10:00AM - 12:00PM           Cutler, Scott             Enr: 24 Max: NA

ELEC 760   BAYLOR/RICE MD/PHD PROGRAM               Credits 1.00  Fall 02
Departmental permission required.
Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA                           Clark, John W.            Enr: 0 Max: 0

ELEC 800   RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits 1.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 69 Max: 0