Electrical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering offers a four-year Bachelor of Science degree program in Electrical Engineering. The BS EE program prepares its students for industry and graduate study with the expectation of eventual leadership responsibilities. To that end, its faculty and facilities emphasize design and industrial experience, student-faculty-industry cooperative projects, teamwork, the adoption of new technologies, and the hands-on student utilization of laboratories and computing systems. The Electrical Engineering program maintains professional accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (ABET, 415 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201; Telephone: (410) 347-7700).
The EE program is designed to achieve a balance among the major areas of Communication Systems, Microelectronics, and Computer Systems. Descriptions of program objectives and outcomes are publicly posted in the department and on the department's webpages.
The Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) is also available. This degree program is described in the Graduate Bulletin.
Electrical Engineering B.S Degree - Required Courses and Recommended Course Sequence
First Semester
MTH-111 Calculus I |
4 |
CHM-117 Chemistry Lab for Engineers |
1 |
CHM-118 Chemistry for Engineers |
3 |
ME-180 CADD Lab |
1 |
ENG-101 Composition |
4 |
FYF-101 First-Year Foundations |
3 |
|
16 |
Second Semester
MTH-112 Calculus II |
4 |
PHY-201 General Physics I |
3 |
PHY-204 General Physics I Lab |
1 |
EE-140 Scientific Programming |
3 |
EE-216 Circuit Analysis I |
3 |
General Education |
3 |
|
17 |
Third Semester
MTH-211 Intro. to Differential Equations |
4 |
PHY-202 General Physics II |
3 |
PHY-205 General Physics II Lab |
1 |
EE-217 Circuit Analysis II |
3 |
EE-285 Electrical Circuits Lab |
1 |
ME-231 Statics |
3 |
|
15 |
Fourth Semester
MTH-212 Multivariable Calculus |
4 |
EE-251 Electronics I |
3 |
EE-222 Mechatronics |
3 |
EE-241 Digital Design |
4 |
General Education |
3 |
|
17 |
Fifth Semester
EE-252 Electronics II |
4 |
EE-271 Semiconductor Devices |
4 |
EE-381 Microfabrication Lab |
3 |
Technical Elective* |
3 |
General Education |
3 |
|
17 |
Sixth Semester
EE-399 Cooperative Education** OR |
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Technical Electives* |
3 |
PHY-203 Modern Physics |
3 |
PHY-206 Modern Physics Lab |
1 |
EGR-201 Professionalism and Ethics |
1 |
PHY-214 Applied Physics |
3 |
General Education |
3 |
EGM-320 Engineering Project Management |
3 |
|
17 |
Seventh Semester
EE-314 Control Systems |
3 |
EE-337 Electromagnetics I |
3 |
EE-391 Senior Projects I |
1 |
EE-325 Energy Conversion Devices |
3 |
General Education |
6 |
|
16 |
Eighth Semester
EE-339 Electromagnetics II |
4 |
EE-382 Modern Communication Systems |
4 |
EE-392 Senior Projects II |
2 |
Technical Elective* |
3 |
Free Elective*** |
2 |
|
15 |
*Two technical elective courses must be taken from Electrical Engineering and Physics courses; the third technical elective course may be from EE or other engineering departments. All technical electives must be advisor approved.
**Students must consult with the Cooperative Education Coordinator to determine availability and proper scheduling of the Cooperative Education experience.
*** Free elective may be chosen from any course numbered 101 or above.
Electrical Engineering
EE-140. Scientific Programming
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EE-211. Electrical Circuits and Devices
Basic DC and sinusoidal AC analysis of circuits. Introductory principles of electronic circuits, operational amplifiers, filters, digital logic, energy conversion devices, and energy conversion schemes.
EE-216. Circuit Analysis I
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EE-217. Circuit Analysis II
EE-222. Mechatronics
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EE-241. Digital Design
Boolean Algebra. Numbering Systems. Combinational logic design and minimization. Sequential
system fundamentals, state machine and programmable logic. Three hours of lectures
and one two-hour lab per week.
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EE-247. Programming for Embedded Applications
Microcontroller hardware structures. Basic software concepts such as constants, variables,
control structures and subroutine calls, based on the 'C' language and as translated
to machine language. Mapping of compiled software to the memory of a microcontroller.
Embedded programming principles. Basic interactions with peripherals. Interrupts and
their use. Debugging. Three hours of lecture and lab per week.
EE-251. Electronics I
Circuit concepts involving nonideal components, particularly diodes, bipolar transistors, and MOS transistors. Bias, load line and signal amplification principles. Analysis and design of power supply and amplifier circuits, including power amplifiers. Simulation of circuits for design and analysis.
EE-252. Electronics II
Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits at the transistor level. Single-stage,
multistage amplifiers, and cascode stage; differential amplifier analysis; operational
amplifiers & applications; feedback structures, output stages, and power amplifiers.
Three hours of lecture and 3-hour lab per week.
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EE-271. Semiconductor Devices
Basic properties of semiconductors and their conduction processes, with special emphasis
on silicon and gallium arsenide. Physics and characterizations of p-n junctions..
Homojunction and heterojunction bipolar transistors. Unipolar devices including MOS
capacitor and MOSFET. Microwave and photonic devices. Three hours of lecture and one
two-hour lab per week.
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EE-283. Electrical Engineering Lab
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EE-285. Electrical Circuits Lab
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EE-298. Topics in Electrical Engineering
Selected topics in the field of electrical engineering. Requirements: Sophomore standing
and permission of the instructor.
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EE-314. Control Systems
Laplace transforms and matrices. Mathematical modeling of physical systems. Block
diagram and signal flow graph representation. Time-domain performance specifications.
Stability analysis, Routh-Hurwitz criterion. Steady state error analysis. Root-locus
and frequency response techniques. Design and compensation of feedback systems. Introductory
state space analysis. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week.
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EE-325. Energy Conversion Devices
Magnetic circuit calculations. Principle of operation and applications of transformers, DC machines, synchronous machines, and induction motors. Applications of power electronics. Energy conversion schemes.
EE-337. Engineering Electromagnetics I
Waves and phasors; concepts of flux and fields; transmission line, Smith chart, and
impedance matching; vector calculus; Maxwell’s equations for electrostatic and magnetostatic
fields.
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EE-339. Engineering Electromagnetics II
Obtain an understanding of Maxwell’s equations and be able to apply them to solving practical electromagnetic field problems. Fundamental concepts covered will include laws governing electrodynamics, plane wave propagation in different media, power flow, polarization, transmission and reflection at an interface, microwave networks, waveguides, radiation, and antennas. Experiment and computer simulation based laboratories are used to reinforce the course material. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
EE-342. Embedded System Design
Principles of embedded computing systems: architecture, hardware/software components, interfacing, hardware/software co-design, and communication issues. Three hours of lecture and project per week.
EE-345. Computer Organization
Computer architecture and design, CPU, memory system, cache, data, input/output devices,
bus architecture and control units. Processor types, instruction set and assembly
language programming. Three hours of lecture and project per week.
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EE-381. Microfabrication Lab
The theoretical and practical aspects of techniques utilized in the fabrication of
bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). Includes crystal characteristics, wafer cleaning,
oxidation, lithography, etching, deposition, diffusion, metallization, process metrics,
and device characterization. One-and-a-half hour lecture and one three-hour lab per
week.
EE-382. Modern Communication Systems
Fundamentals of analog and digital modulation, modeling random signals and noise in
communication systems, and elements of digital receivers. Laboratory exercises provide
hands-on experience with circuits and measurement instruments as well as an introduction
to communication system simulation. Three hours of lecture and 3-hour lab per week.
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EE-391. Senior Projects I
Design and development of selected projects in the field of electrical engineering
under the direction of a staff member. Technical as well as economic factors will
be considered in the design. A professional paper and detailed progress report are
required.Requirement: Senior standing in engineering.
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EE-392. Senior Projects II
Design and development of selected projects in the field of selected projects in the field of electrical engineering under the direction of a staff member. Technical as well as economic factors will be considered in the design. This is a continuation of the EE-391. A professional paper to be presented and discussed in an open forum is required.
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EE-398. Topics in Electrical Engineering
Requirement: Junior standing in engineering.
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EE-399. Cooperative Education-Electrical Engineering
Physics
PHY-198-298-398. Topics in Physics
Selected topics in the field of physics. These may include one or more of the following: astronomy; geophysics; biophysics; nuclear power and waste; relativity; quantum mechanics; semi-conductors; cryogenics; health physics. May be repeated for credit.
PHY-395-396. Independent Research
PHY-105. Concepts in Physics
Basic concepts of physical science, including the scientific method, will be studied.
Theories, laws, and experiments from mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics,
optics, and atomic and nuclear physics may be included. Viewpoints will be classical
and modern, including quantum and relativistic. Class meets for four hours per week:
two hours of lecture and one two-hour lab each week.
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PHY-140. Scientific Programming
PHY-171. Principles of Classical and Modern Physics
An introductory course designed to promote and understanding of the more important fundamental laws and methods of mechanics and electricity and magnetism. Laboratory work to emphasize basic principles and to acquaint the student with measuring instruments and their use, as well as the interpretation of experimental data. Three hours of demonstration and lecture, one hour of recitation, and two hours of lab per week. Co-requisite: MTH-111
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PHY-174. Application of Classical and Modern Physics
An introductory course designed to promote an understanding of the more important fundamental laws and methods of heat, optics, and modern physics. Laboratory work to emphasize basic principles and to acquaint the student with measuring instruments and their use, as well as the interpretation of experimental data. Three hours of demonstration and lecture, one hour of recitation, and two hours of lab per week. Co-requisite: MTH-111
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PHY-201. General Physics I
A thorough grounding in the concepts, principles, and laws of mechanics, and wave
motion. Instruction by demonstration and lecture, recitation, and problem solving.
Four hours of demonstration and lecture per week.
PHY-202. General Physics II
A thorough grounding in the concepts, principles, and laws of Electricity and magnetism, optics and light. Instruction by demonstration and lecture, recitation, and problem solving. Four hours of demonstration and lecture per week.
PHY-203. Modern Physics
Modern physics including the experimental basis, concepts, and principles of atomic and nuclear physics. Three hours of demonstration and lecture per week.
PHY-204. General Physics I Lab
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PHY-205. General Physics II Lab
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PHY-206. Modern Physics Lab
This intermediate level laboratory course offers a modern view of some of the famous
experiments in the history of physics leading to the development of relativity and
quantum theory. Additionally, the experiments are designed to prepare students to
conduct experiments in contemporary physics labs. In doing so, this course presents
a hands-on experience to reinforce the learning of fundamental concepts in EM theory,
relativity, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, solid state physics, atomic
physics, and nuclear physics.
PHY-214. Applied Physics
Modeling of various problems in physical, chemical, biological, and environmental
sciences, particularly physical dynamical systems; Includes application of ordinary
differential equations, and Laplace, Fourier, and Z transforms to continuous and discrete
processes, matrix mechanics and eigenvalue problems, statistics and probability, random
processes and distribution functions.
2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week.
PHY-311. Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
This course focuses on the laws of thermodynamics and other thermodynamic concepts including entropy, free energy, equilibrium, and fluctuations as well as their pivotal role in physics and other scientific disciplines. Topics in statistical mechanics will be covered including partition functions, ensembles, kinetic theory, and phase transitions. Three hours of lecture per week.
PHY-312. Analytical Mechanics
Employs advanced mathematical tools to study applications in complex mechanical systems. It offers an advanced differential reformulation of Newton's laws to study dynamical systems in multiple dimensions, conservative force fields, damped and driven oscillations, two-body problem, central forces and planetary motion, and the rotational dynamics of rigid bodies. Additionally, the course delivers a thorough grounding on the calculus of variations, Lagrange's formalism and Hamiltonian mechanics, all being the essential foundations for the development of modern physics (relativity, quantum mechanics, and quantum field theory). Three hours of lecture per week.
PHY-314. Quantum Mechanics
This course presents an intermediate level of Quantum Mechanics using the abstract formulation of linear vector spaces in the Dirac formalism. Topics covered include: spin, addition of angular momentum, scattering and bound particles, the harmonic oscillator, two-body problem and central potential wells in 3D, H-atom and H-like atoms, time-independent perturbation theory, identical particles and the He-atom. In addition to the foundations of Quantum Mechanics, the course offers a selection of advanced and modern topics like entanglement and quantum teleportation. Three hours of lecture per week.
PHY-374. Imaging in Biomedicine
This course will cover different aspects of imaging important to medicine and biomedicine
including optical microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, scanning electron microscopy,
magnetic resonance, ultrasound X-ray, nuclear radiation, microwave and electro-/magneto-encephalographic
techniques as well as image processing. Three hours of lecture and three hours of
lab per week.
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PHY-377. Biophysics
This course presents an overview of the important physical principles governing the behavior of cells and macromolecules. Upper-level mathematics that are useful to understand these phenomena are introduced in a way that is comprehensible to biology majors lacking background beyond basic calculus. In addition to the physical models governing the most ubiquitous molecular and cellular processes, the physics behind the most common experimental techniques used in biology, bioengineering, and biophysics are covered. Three hours of lecture and two hours of lab per week.
PHY-391. Senior Project I
Students will plan and execute a research project in the field of physics or at the
intersection of physics and another related discipline. Projects can be theoretical,
experimental or both and can include the design of unique experiments and simulations.
A detailed progress report and presentation are required. Students pursuing a dual
degree or double major may be eligible to combine this project with the capstone project
of another program (subject to the approval of their advisors in both programs).
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PHY-392. Senior Project II
Students will plan and execute a research project in the field of physics or at the
intersection of physics and another related discipline. This is a continuation of
PHY 391. A professional paper and progress report are required. Students will present
the results of their work in an open-forum. Students pursuing a dual degree or double
major may be eligible to combine this project with the capstone project of another
program (subject to the approval of their advisors in both programs).
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