Course Descriptions ECED 5210   Biomedical Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Analysis
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This hands-on course is an introduction to computer-based acquisition and analysis of physiological signals relevant to biomedical engineering. In an integrated series of lectures and laboratory projects, students will construct and use instrumentation systems to acquire signals of physiological importance (e.g. temperature, electrophysiological signals, pressure, force, flow and sound). Issues such as filtering, sensor properties, sampling, aliasing, and frequency analysis will be explored. The first part of the course is structured as a hands-on workshop introducing students to the National Instruments Labview programming language and Labview is used throughout the course to explore signal acquisition and processing topics. Students are expected to complete a final project in which they develop and characterize a biomedical instrument.
FORMAT:
  • Lecture
  • Lab
  • Experiential Learning

LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
LAB HOURS PER WEEK: 3
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 0
CROSS-LISTING: BMNG 5210.03

ECED 5260   Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Biology
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course will discuss the basic principles behind modern medical imaging modalities including the mathematical foundations of image process and image reconstruction from projections. the specific imaging modalities that the course covers are X-ray, CT, PET, MRI, and Ultrasound imaging. Fundamentals of ionizing radiation along with the interaction of radiation with tissue is also described. Students will all be required to perform one Magnetic resonance Imaging lab/report using a bench-top Earth field MRI system.
FORMAT:
  • Lecture
  • Lab

CROSS-LISTING: BMNG 5260.03

ECED 6070   Modern Integrated Filters
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course deals with the design and implementation of modern analog integrated filters. It covers the following topics: fundamentals of continuous-time and sampled-data active filters, behavioural modeling and design of operational and transconductance (Gm) amplifiers, advanced design techniques for switched-capacitor filters (including multiple-loop feedback structures), current-mode filters (switched-current filters and log-domain filters).

ECED 6130   Advanced Topics in Power Systems
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Basic concepts. Review of optimization techniques. Linear and non-linear programming. Pontryagin's maximum principle. Fletcher-Powell method, etc. Systems security monitoring. State estimation. Optimal power flow. Real and reactive power optimization. On-line optimization. Load dispatching. Generator scheduling, maintenance scheduling in hydro, thermal and hydrothermal systems. Some case studies.

ECED 6150   Power System Operation and Control
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Power system load forecasting, contingency evaluation, static state estimation, security assessment, automatic generation control, optimal operation of power systems.

ECED 6190   Energy Systems Analysis
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course applies systems analysis techniques to assess the major global issues and their relationships with energy, the resources and technologies available to meet future energy needs, potential sustainable energy futures, and the transformative changes needed to achieve these futures.
FORMAT: Seminar
PREREQUISITES: Permission of the instructor

ECED 6221   Analog MOS Design
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The objective of this course it to provide the basic design concepts and tradeoffs involved in MOS analog integrated circuit design. Design issues associated with MOS devices will be explored while emphasizing quantitative measures of performance and circuit limitations. Topics will be selected from the following: modeling of MOS transistor, operational amplifier, comparator designs, bandgap, Sample and hold, and A/D and D/A converters.
PREREQUISITES: IC Design or by permission of instructor.

ECED 6240   Complementary Metal-Odide-Semiconductor (CMOS) MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course is intended for graduate students in the field of microelectronics and MEMS. In CMOS-MEMS, the combination of the globally established, standard CMOS technology with the commercially promising MEMS and its advantages over a hybrid solution are introduced. Other topics include the fabrication technology, design techniques, material and device characterization and CMOS based MEMS applications.
PREREQUISITES: IC design or approval of instructor

ECED 6250   Environmental Sensors and Instrumentation
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course addresses the design of sensors and instruments that rely on interdisciplinary efforts, integrating physics, chemistry and molecular biology with electrical engineering to realize a complete sensor system. Topics covered include multiphysics simulation, embedded electronics, optical measurement approaches, micro- and nano-fabrication methods and structures, biogeochemistry and system-level integration considerations.
FORMAT: Lecture
FORMAT COMMENTS: Lecture
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
PREREQUISITES: none

ECED 6260   Computer Vision
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course will discuss early vision processing including image formation, early processing, edge detection, range determination, determination of surface orientation, optical flow, resolution pyramids for grey-level segmentation, and context dependent edge detection. Scene segmentation, edgel aggregation, the Hough transform, edge following, contour following, region growing and split-and-merge algorithms will be discussed. Motion determination will be covered, including optical flow, motion-based surface orientation and motion-based edge detection, and motion-based segmentation.

ECED 6265   Advanced Computer Vision and Image Processing
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course will cover modern techniques in computer vision and image processing, including but not limited to statistical pattern recognition, determination of pose from multiple views, velocity-based scene segmentation, determination of depth from monocular views and both space- and time-diversity stereo, uni-modal and multi-modal image registration, feature detection using feature-space clustering, and segmentation and recognition by invariants. Students will be required to prepare papers for presentation in a weekly seminar. This course will meet once weekly for 3 hours. Enrollment is restricted to 7 students.

ECED 6324   RF/Microwave System Design for Telecommunications
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course provides essential design techniques for radio/microwave links in telecommunication systems. Major topics include: review of general radio propagation in free space, over obstacles and in the Earth's atmosphere; the design principles of broadband radio/microwave communication links; design and sizing of satellite earth stations; development of hardware configurations for line-of-sight radio links.
PREREQUISITES: Permission of the instructor.

ECED 6330   Computational Electromagnetics
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces the theory and applications of numerical techniques employed to solve various electromagnetic structure problems in both time and frequency-domains. Major topics include: review of electromagnetic theory, variational approach, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, transmission line matrix (TLM) method, finite element method (FEM), method of moment (MoM), method of line (MoL) and boundary element method (BEM). Projects include applications of different computational techniques to solve electromagnetic problems.

ECED 6360   Fiber and Integrated Optics
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces the principles and devices of photonics. Major topics include: optical waveguides and fibers, light sources, modulation and detection techniques, optical wavelength functionalities, fiber-optic communications, integrated optics and sensors, various applications.

ECED 6400   Fundamentals on Nonlinear Optics
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Introduction covering the following topics: nonlinear refractive index, nonlinear wave equations, some indifference frequency generation, second harmonic generation, optical solitons and their propagation in nonlinear fibres, resonant matter interaction, self-induced transparency, electromagnetically induced transparency, quantum theory of nonlinear optical susceptibility.
PREREQUISITES: ECED 3300 and ECED 4502 or equivalent; ENGM 2062 recommended; or instructor approval
CROSS-LISTING: PHYC 6401.03

ECED 6410   Integration of Renewable Energy in Electric Power Systems
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course presents an introduction to the integration of renewable energy resources into the electric power systems grid. This course will discuss different challenges and solutions of renewable energy resources for different levels: substation, grid, and utilities using power electronics, modern control systems and different forecasting techniques. Different renewables models and inverters topologies will be introduced for renewables integration.
FORMAT:
  • Lecture
  • Seminar
  • Other (explain in comments)

FORMAT COMMENTS: Case Studies
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3

ECED 6530   Random Processes
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Probability theory: mathematical model, conditional probabilities, random variables, pdf, transformation of random variables, conditional densities, statistical averages. Random processes concept; ensemble, stationarity, ergodicity, correlation and covariance, power spectral density, calculation and measurement of ACF, AVF and PSD, Gaussian random processes, noise. Transmission of random processes through linear systems: time-invariant systems, multiple terminals, Gaussian processes, non-stationary processes.

ECED 6550   Digital Signal Processing
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The course provides an introductory treatment of the theory and principles of digital signal processing, with suitable supporting work in linear system concepts and digital filter design. More specifically, the course deals with the following topics: General concepts of digital signal processing, continuous-time system analysis, Fourier analysis and sampled-data signals, discrete-time system analysis, realization and frequency response of, discrete-time systems, infinite impulse response digital filter design, discrete and fast Fourier transforms, and general properties of the discrete Fourier transform.

ECED 6560   Data Communications
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides a structured introduction to data communications through an examination of existing and proposed data link and network layer protocols. Topics include a brief history of data communications, protocol design for reliable communications, addressing (unicast, multicast, broadcast, and anycast), routing algorithm design, Internet protocols, and IPv6.

ECED 6575X/Y    Underwater Acoustics Engineering
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The objective of this course is the analysis and development of modern underwater acoustic processing techniques. Signal processing techniques will be studied to recover signals subject to underwater propagation. The techniques and theory will also take into account hardware impairments and will be geared to satisfy today’s ocean technology demands.
FORMAT: Lecture
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
PREREQUISITES: Approval from the instructor.