Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
Electrical Engineering (ELEC)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
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ELEC 242 FUND OF ELEC ENGINEERING II Credits 4.00 Spring 02
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: 52 Max: 0
ELEC 243 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
* 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 106 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Mittleman, Daniel M. Enr: 11 Max: 0
ELEC 302 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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 DH 1042 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Antoulas, Athanasios C. Enr: 25 Max: 0
ELEC 303 SYSTEMS LAB Credits 2.00 Spring 02
To be taken concurrently with ELEC 302.
Prereq-ELEC 301
001 TBA - TBA Antoulas, Athanasios C. Enr: 2 Max: 0
ELEC 306 ELECTROMAG FIELDS & DEVICES Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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: 15 Max: 0
ELEC 320 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION Credits 4.00 Spring 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. Also offered as COMP 320.
Prereq- CAAM 210 or COMP 210.
001 CL LEC - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Varman, Peter J. Enr: 71 Max: 0
ELEC 322 APPLIED ALGORITHMS AND DATA Credits 4.00 Spring 02
See description of COMP 314.
Prereq- COMP 212 and 280.
001 DH 1064 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Wallach, Dan Seth Enr: 5 Max: 0
ELEC 326 DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Gates, flip-flops, combinational and sequential switching circuits, registers,
logical and arithmetic operations.
Prereq- COMP 210, or CAAM 210.
001 ML 251 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Jump, J. Robert Enr: 31 Max: 0
ELEC 327 DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN LAB Credits 2.00 Spring 02
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: 0
ELEC 342 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
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 AL A126 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Massey, Richard P. Enr: 17 Max: 0
ELEC 361 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS & QUANTUM DEVICES Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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: 2 Max: 0
ELEC 391 SEMINAR ON PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ELECTR Credits 1.00 Spring 02
Issues related to engineering professional practice and other career choices
for electrical engineering graduates. Topics will include intellectual
property rights, engineering ethics, technical presentations, entrepreneurship,
venture capitalism, career paths, and graduate study.
001 DH 1064 - W 03:00PM - 03:50PM Jump, J. Robert Enr: 51 Max: 0
Sinclair, James B.
Wilson, William L.
ELEC 421 OPERATING SYSTEMS & CONCURRENT PROGRAMS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Introduction to the design, construction, and analysis of concurrent programs
with an emphasis on operating systems, including filing systems, schedulers,
and memory allocators. Specific attention is devoted to process
synchronization and communication within concurrent programs. Also offered as
COMP 421.
Prereq- COMP 212, ELEC 320.
001 DH 1070 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Johnson, David B. Enr: 5 Max: 0
ELEC 423 VLSI DESIGN II Credits 2.00 Spring 02
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 DH 1064 - W 04:00PM - 05:00PM Cavallaro, Joseph Enr: 52 Max: 0
ELEC 424 HIGH-SPEED SYSTEMS DESIGN Credits 4.00 Spring 02
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 1042 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Frantz, Patrick Enr: 18 Max: 25
ELEC 428 COMPUTER SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Analytical models of computer systems. Queueing theory and Markov chains.
Queueing networks. Simulation and analysis of simulation results. Operational
analysis. Course will include programming projects in c or C++.
Prereq- ELEC 331 or permission of instructor.
001 HB 453 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Sinclair, James B. Enr: 8 Max: 0
ELEC 429 INTRO TO COMPUTER NETWORKS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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: 36 Max: 0
ELEC 430 COMMUNICATION THEORY&SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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 1070 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Aazhang, Behnaam Enr: 46 Max: 0
ELEC 431 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Analysis of discrete-time signals and systems. Inlcudes filter design and
implementation, an introduction to least squares and statistical signal
processing, and applications in speech and image processing.
Prereq- Elec 301.
001 BL 131 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Nowak, Rob Enr: 66 Max: NA
ELEC 436 CONTROL SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Linear systems and the fundamental principles of classical feedback control,
state variable analysis of linear dynamic systems, stability of linear control
systems, time-domain analysis and control of linear systems, root-locus
analysis and design and pole-xero synthesis, frequency domain techiniques for
the analysis and design of control systems. Also offered as MECH 420.
Prereq- ELEC 302.
001 HZ 118 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Ghorbel, Fathi Enr: 5 Max: NA
ELEC 440 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Credits 4.00 Spring 02
See description of COMP 440.
Prereq- COMP 210.
001 SH 305 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Subramanian, Devika Enr: 1 Max: 0
ELEC 445 WIRELESS ELECTRONICS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Fundamental radio frequency electronic principles; government regulations on
noninterference, nonlinear and nonideal behavior of electronic components,
positive and negative feedback inlcuding ac stability, basic dipole antenna
theory, wireless receiver and transmitter architectures and circuits. The lab
project is a protable transceiver design for maximum range while satisfying
government regulations.
Prereq- ELEC 342
001 AL A126 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Massey, Richard P. Enr: 12 Max: 0
ELEC 463 LASERS & PHOTONICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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 HZ 118 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Young, James F. Enr: 2 Max: 0
ELEC 465 PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS PRACTICUM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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: 6 Max: 0
ELEC 482 PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEM Credits 4.00 Spring 02
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 12:30PM - 02:00PM Clark, John W. Enr: 4 Max: 0
ELEC 486 FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL IMAGING II Credits 3.00 Spring 02
This course is directed towards graduate and senior undergraduate students
interested in acquiring an in depth knowledge of Positron Emission Tomography
(PET). The course will focus on PET physical prinicples, image formation, and
processing. The course will also cover the various correction techniques used
to quantify PET images as well as lay the foundations for understanding tracer
kinetic modeling. A field trip to MD Anderson's PET facility will be organized
to provide the students with hands on experience of PET imaging and data
analysis. The use of PET imaging in various medical applications will also be
covered. Also offered as BIOE 486 and COMP 486.
001 AL B209 - T 04:00PM - 07:00PM Mawlawi, Osama Enr: 4 Max: NA
ELEC 490 ELEC ENGINEERING PROJECTS Credits Spring 02
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: 0
ELEC 492 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
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: 2 Max: 0
ELEC 502 NEURAL NETWORKS AND INFORMATION THEORY I Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Review of major Artificial Neural Network paradigms. Analytical discussion of
supervised and unsupervised learning. Emphasis on state-of-the-art Hebbian
(biologically most plausible) learning paradigms and their relation to
information theoretical methods. Applications to data analysis such as pattern
recognition, clustering, classification, blind source separation, non-linear
PCA, projection pursuit, independent component analysis. Also offered as COMP
502. Enrollment is limited to 20. More at
http://www.ece.rice.edu/~erzsebet/ANNcourse.html.
Pre-req- ELEC 431 and ELEC 430 or equivalent, or instructor's consent.
001 DH 1046 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Merenyi, Erzsebet Enr: 21 Max: 20
ELEC 522 ADV VLSI DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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: 9 Max: 0
ELEC 525 ADVANCED MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Exploration of the current trends and future directions of microprocessor
architecture. Includes topics such as technology trends that affect
microprocessor architecture, modern microprocessor design, techniques for
statically and dynamically maximizing parallelism, memory system issues, and
proposed future microprocessor architectures. Also offered as COMP 525.
Prereq- Comp/Elec 425.
001 HB 22 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Rixner, Scott Enr: 5 Max: 0
ELEC 527 ADVANCED HIGH-SPEED AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS Credits Spring 02
Specification, design, and implementation of complex high-speed DSP and
microcontroller-based systems, with an emphasis on mixed-signal and
communications hardware. Includes instruction in advanced circuit design and
analysis (analog, digital and mixed-signal). Emphasis on good design practices.
Major hardware design project required. Limited enrollment.
Prereq- ELEC 424 and instructor's approval for enrollment.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Frantz, Patrick Enr: 6 Max: NA
ELEC 535 INFORMATION AND CODING THEORY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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 A126 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Choi, Hyeokho Enr: 22 Max: 0
ELEC 561 TOPICS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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: 8 Max: 0
ELEC 564 SOLID-STATE PHYSICS II Credits 3.00 Spring 02
See description of PHYS 564.
001 HZ 118 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Rimberg, Alexander J. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ELEC 566 PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS PROJECTS Credits 1.00 Spring 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: 0 Max: 0
ELEC 590 ELECTRICAL PROJECTS Credits 1.00 Spring 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: 1 Max: 0
ELEC 599 FIRST YEAR GRAD STUDENT PROJECTS Credits 6.00 Spring 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 20 Max: 0
ELEC 632 ADVANCED TOPICS IN IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCE Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Seminar on topics of current research interest in image and video processing.
Students participate in selecting and presenting papers from technical
literature. Discussions aim at identifying common themes and important trends
in the field.
Prereq- ELEC 431
001 HZ 117 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Orchard, Michael Enr: 8 Max: NA
ELEC 694 FUTURE PERSONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES Credits 2.00 Spring 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 02:00PM - 02:50PM Cutler, Scott Enr: 11 Max: 0
ELEC 696 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SEMINAR Credits 1.00 Spring 02
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 - M 04:00PM - 05:00PM Pai, Vijay Enr: 6 Max: 0
Rixner, Scott
ELEC 760 BAYLOR/RICE MD/PHD PROGRAM Credits 1.00 Spring 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 Spring 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 62 Max: 0
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