Research Engineering and Education Facility (REEF)

SUMMER 2006
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April 10-May12
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Material Science Engineering

No MAE course information available at this time.

 

Material Science Engineering

EMA 6625 Advanced Metals (3 Cr)
Prerequsite: EMA 4125 or equivalent. Advanced treatment of solidification phenomena during metals processing. Topics to include nucleation, kinetics, solidification structure, segregation, and effects of processing variables on structure and properties.
Text: TBA.
Instructor: TBA   Time: Taped

 

Civil  & Coastal Engineering

CGN 6905 Engineering Project Management (3)
Engineering management skills in support of engineering project development and management.
Text: TBA.
Instructor: TBA   Time: Taped

 

Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering

 

CEN 5501C  Computer Networks (3 Cr)

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Instructor: Xia   Time: Taped

COP 5555  Programming Language Principles (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: COP 3530. History of programming languages, formal models for specifying languages, design goals, run-time structures, and implementation techniques, along with survey of principal programming language paradigms.
Instructor: Bermudez   Time: Taped

COT 5405  Analysis of Algorithms (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: COP 3530. Introduction and illustration of basic techniques for designing efficient algorithms and analyzing algorithm complexity.
Instructor: Ranka   Time: Taped

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 5182 State Variable Methods in Linear Systems (3)
Prerequisite: EEL 4657. Linear algebra and state variable methods for design and analysis of discrete and continuous linear systems.
Text: T. Kailath, Linear Systems, Prentice Hall, 1980, 0135369614.
Instructor: TBA   Time: TBA

EEL 5544 Noise in Linear Systems (3 Cr)  
 Passage of electrical noise and signals through linear systems. Statistical representation of random signals, electrical noise, and spectra.
Text: TBA
Instructor: TBA   Time: TBA

EEL 5718 Computer Communications (3)
Design of data communication networks; modems, terminals. Error control, multiplexing, message switching, and data concentration. EE.

Text: TBA.
Instructor: Dr. McNair   Time: Taped

EEL 5701  Foundations of Digital Signal Processing (3 Cr)
Analysis and design of digital filters for discrete signal processing; spectral analysis; fast Fourier transform.
Computer Support Required: TBA.
Text: A. Oppenheim and R. W. Schafer, "Discrete-Time Signal Processing," 2nd , Prentice Hall, 1999, 0137549202.
Instructor: Dr. Taylor   Time:  Taped

EEL 5934f  Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: Introduction to High-Power Microwaves (3 Cr) Syllabus
Prerequisite: This course surveys the broad range of applications, principles of operation, device performance, and research issues of high-power microwaves (HPM). It traces the technological trends that form the historical foundations of the field and compares the capabilities of HPM to those of conventional microwaves.
Text: James Benford, "High Power Microwaves," 1992, Arthec House, 0890064156
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Instructor: Dr. H. Zmuda   Time:  T 4:00-6:30

EEL 6537  Spectral Estimation  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: EEL 5544, 5701.  Measurement and analysis of signals and noise. Digital filtering and spectral analysis; fast Fourier transform.
Text: P. Stoica and R. Moses, "Introduction to Spectral Analysis ," 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000, 0132584190.
Instructor: TBA   Time:  MW 11:15-12:45

 

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Undergraduate Courses:

STA 4322  Mathematical Statistics 2  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: STA 4321 or equivalent. Sampling distributions, central limit theorem, estimation, properties of point estimators, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, common large sample tests, normal theory small sample tests, uniformly most powerful and likelihood ratio tests, linear models and least squares, correlation. Introduction to analysis of variance.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA
Text: D. Wackerly, W. Mendenhall, and R. Schaeffer, "Mathematical Statistics with Applications," 6th edition, PWS-Kent, 2001, 0534377416.
Instructor: TBA   Time:  MW 4:30-6:00

Graduate Courses:

EIN 6905  Special Problems: Managerial Economics for Engineers  (3 Cr)
Prerequisite: MAC 3312 or equivalent. A survey of the economic aspects of management decision-making from an engineering viewpoint. Includes both macro- and micro-economic models and optimization techniques. Topics include the role of cost, price, time uncertainty, and risk in decision-making; forecasting, technological change and productivity growth. (Note: Cannot receive credit for this course and ESI 6912 or EIN 7933 taught previously by Dr. Carlton under the same title.)
Computer Support Requirements: TBA.
Text: Mansfield, "Microeconomics: Theory/Applications," W. Norton & Co., 11th edition, 2003, 0393979180.
Instructor: Dr. P. Carlton   Time:  TR  11:15-12:45   Room: 123

ESI 6552  Systems Architecture  (3 Cr) Syllabus
Prerequisite: Calculus/linear algebra; suggested prerequisite: EIN 6905 Systems Design. The course provides the foundations for developing and evaluating architectures for systems of systems. The process for generating a functional, physical and operational architecture from a top level operations concept is presented.
Computer Support Requirements: TBA.
Text: D. M. Buede, The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods, 488 pp, 2000, Wiley-Interscience; ISBN: 0471282251; instructor notes.  Ref: A. P. Sage, Systems Engineering, 624 pp. 1992, Wiley-Interscience (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management). ISBN: 0-471-536-39-3; B. S. Blanchard and W. J. Fabrycky, Systems Engineering and Analysis, 3rd edition,  738 pp., 1998 Prentice Hall, Inc. ISBN: 0-13-135047-1.
Instructor: Dr. H. Pfister   Time: M 11:00-1:30   Room: 110

ESI 6912  Special Problems:  Principles of Test and Evaluation II  (3 Cr) Syllabus 
Prerequisite: Principles of Test and Evaluation I. Principles of test and evaluation with emphasis on overall test process evolution for complex engineering systems from concept testing to production testing. Design, adaptation, validation and utilization of simulation in all phases of the test process.
Text: M. Reynolds, "Test and Evaluation of Complex Systems," Wiley, 1996, 047196719X; R. Mason, J. Hess and R. Gunst, "Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments: With Applications to Engineering and Science," Wiley, 1989,047185364X; Instructor handouts.
Instructor: Dr. D. Thornton   Time:  MW 8:00-9:30   Room: 116

STA 6207  Basic Design and Analysis of Experiments  (3 Cr) Syllabus
Prerequisite: STA 4321, 4322. Principles of experimental design, completely randomized design (analysis, contrasts, diagnostics), random effects models, factorial experiments (fixed, random, and mixed effect), block designs, Latin squares, split plots, and full and fractional factorial experiments.
Text: R. Kuehl, "Statistical Principles of Research Design and Analysis," 2nd edition, Brooks/Cole/Duxbury, 1999, 0534368344. Ref: Rao, "Statistical Methods w/SAS Companion Pkg," ITP, ISBN: 0534827217.
Instructor: Dr. D. Polk   Time:  MW 4:45-6:15   Room: 119

 

 

 

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