Course Description
Pakistan
Studies
Land of Pakistan: Land and people-strategic importance, natural resources. A brief
historical background of creation of Pakistan, government and politics
in Pakistan, languages and cultures of Pakistan.
Islamic
studies
Fundamental of Islam, Tauheed: Arguments for the oneness of God, impact of Tauheed on human life,
Place of man in the universe, purpose of creation, textual study
of Surah al-Rehman and Surah al-Furqan, Prophethood, need for prophet,
characteristics of a prophet, finality of prophethood, seerat; life
of the prophet as embodiment of Islamic ideology, faith in the hereafter
aakhrat, effects of the belief on worldly life.
Ibadah: Concept of Ibadah, major Ibadah, Salat,
Saom, Zakat, Hajj and Jehad.
The Holy Quran: Its revelation and compilation,
The authenticity of the text,
Hadith: Its need, authenticity and importance.
Consensus (Ijma), analogy (Qiyas).
Sources of Knowledge: Islamic approach to institution,
Reason and experience. Revelation Wahi as a source of knowledge.
Moral and Social Philosophy of Islam: The concept
of good and evil, Akhlaq-e-Hasna with special reference to surah
Al-Hujrat, Professional Ethics Kasb-e-Halal.
Islamic Political Principles: Salient features
of the Islamic state, Madina character, Responsibilities of the
Head of the state, Rights and Duties of Citizens.
Economics Order of Islam: Right to property, System
of Taxation, Distribution of Wealth Zakat and Ushar, Interest Free
Economy Shirakat and Muzarabat.
Islam as Living Force: Application of Islam Teaching
to Socio-Economic Development in the 20th Century.
Ethics ( for non-muslim
students)
Nature, Scope and
methods of Ethics, Ethic and Religion, Ethical teaching of world
religions. Basic moral concepts, Rights and wrongs, Good and Evil,
An outline of Ethical systems in philosophy, Heonism, Utilitarianism,
Rationalism and Kant. Self Realization Theories, Intuitionism, Islamic
moral theory: Ethics of Quran and its philosophical basis. Ethical
precepts from Quran and Hadith and promotion of moral values in
society.
Engineering Economics
& Management
Introduction to Economics: Accounting, Cost benefit ratios, Interpretation of financial statements.
Fundamental economic concepts. Supply and demands. Types of market
and forecasting.
The Basic Concepts of Management: Process of
planning. Project Planning. Financial Management. PERT, CPM. Managerial
decision making and its impact on society: with emphasis on the
selection of corporate goals, measures of corporate performance
and concepts of industrial regulations and legal aspects.
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Communication
Skills
Technical report writing
and the study of English to enable the student to express his ideas
verbally and in writing. Presentation Skills.
Business English: Writing formal and business
letters, writing formal memos, drafting notice and minutes of
meetings, drafting tender notice, theoretical knowledge and comprehension
of contracts and agreements, preparing proposals and technical
reports, conducting and writing a project report on a mini research
(sessional work).
Engineering Ethics: Introduction, business laws,
code of conduct.
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General Science
Applied
Calculus
Introduction to Functions: Mathematical and physical meaning of functions, graphs
of various functions. Hyperbolic functions.
Introduction to Limits: Theorems of limits and
their applications to functions. Some useful limits, right hand
and left hand limits, Continuous and discontinuous functions and
their applications.
Derivatives: Introduction to derivatives. Geometrical
and physical meaning of derivatives. Partial derivatives and their
geometrical significance. Application problems (rate of change,
marginal analysis)
Higher derivatives: Leibnitz theorem, Rolles theorem,
Mean value theorem. Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s series.
Evaluation of Limits using L’Hospital’s rule: Indeterminate forms
Applications of derivatives: Asymptotes, tangents and normals, curvature
and radius of curvature, maxima and minima of a function of a single
variable (applied problems) differentials with applications.
Applications of Partial Derivatives: Euler’s
theorem, total differentials, maxima and manima of two variables.
Integral calculus: Methods of integration by substitutions
and by parts. Integration of rational and irrational algebraic functions.
Definite integrals, improper integrals, Gamma and Beta functions,
reduction formulae.
Applications of integral calculus: Cost function
from marginal cost, rocket flights, area under curve.
Vector algebra: Introduction to vectors, Scalar
and vector product of three and four vectors. Volume of parallelepiped
and tetrahedron.
Vector calculus: Vector differentiation, vector
integration and their applications. Operator, gradient, divergence
and curl with their applications.
Suggested Text:
Brief Calculus and its applications by Doniel D. Benice.
Applied Calculus by Raymond A. Barnett.
Calculus by Gerald L. Bradley
Calculus and Analytical Geometry by Dr. S. M. Yusuf.
Linear
Algebra, Differential equations and Solid Geometry
Introduction to matrices, elementary
row operations and vector spaces: Brief introduction to
matrices. Symmetric and Hermitian matrices, Introduction to elementary
row operations, Echelon form and reduced echelon form. Rank of a
matrix. Inverse of a matrix by using elementary row operations.
Vector spaces. Vector subspaces. Linear combination, Linear dependence
and basis, linear transformation.
System of Linear equations: System of non-homogeneous
and homogeneous linear equations, Gaussian elimination method, Gauss
Jardon method, Consistency criterion for solution of homogeneous
and non-homogeneous system of linear equations. Applications of
system of linear equations.
Determinants: Introduction to determinants, Properties
of determinants of order n, Axiomatic definition of a determinant.
Applications of determinants (Cramer’s Rule).
Analytic Geometry of 3-dimensions: Introduction
Coordinates of a point dividing a line segment in a given ratio.
Vector form of a straight line, parametric equations of a straight
line, equation of a straight line in symmetric form, direction ratios
and direction cosines, angle between two straight lines, distance
of a point from a line, Planes: Equation of a plane, angle between
two planes, intersection of two planes, a plane and a straight line,
skew lines, Cylindrical and spherical coordinate: Introduction to
cylindrical and spherical
Coordinates, Surfaces: Quadratic surfaces, degenerate surfaces,
symmetry, traces, intercepts of the surfaces, surface of revolution,
Cylinder and cone: Cylinder, directrix of cylinder, right cylinder,
The cone, Sphere: General equation of sphere, great circle.
Multiple integrals: Definition, double integral
as volume, evaluation of double integral, change of order of integration,
Application of double integrals, area, mass of an element, moment
of inertia, and center of gravity. Triple integrals, evaluation
of triple integrals, application of triple integrals, volume, mass
of an element, center of gravity, moment of inertia by triple integrals,
triple integration in cylindrical and spherical coordinates.
Differential equations of first order: Differential
equations and their classification, formation of differential equations,
solution of differential equations, initial and boundary conditions,
Methods of solution of differential equation of first order and
first-degree: Separable equations, homogeneous equations, equations
reducible to homogeneous, exact differential equations, integrating
factor, linear equations, Bernoulli equations, orthogonal trajectories
in Cartesian and polar coordinates, applications of first order
differential equations.
Non linear first order differential equations: Equations solvable
for p, for y and for x, Clairauts equations.
Higher Order Linear Differential Equations: Homogeneous
linear equations of order n with constant coefficients, auxiliary/
characteristics equations. Solution of higher order differential
equation according to the roots of auxiliary equation. (Real and
distinct, Real and repeated, and Complex). Non-homogeneous linear
equations. Working rules for finding particular integral. Cauchy
Euler equation. Method of variation of parameters for solving y”
+ p(x) y’ + q(x) y = f(x). Applications of higher order linear
differential equations.
Suggested Text:
Brief Calculus and its Applications by Doniel D. Benice.
Applied Calculus by Raymond A. Barnett.
Calculus and Analytical Geometry by Dr. S. M. Yusuf Mathematical
Methods by Dr. S. M. Yusuf.
Complex
Variables and Transforms
Complex numbers system and complex
variable theory: Introduction to complex number systems,
Argand’s diagram, modulus and argument of a complex number,
polar form of a complex number. DeMoivre’s theorem and its
applications, Complex functions, analytical functions, harmonic
and conjugate, harmonic functions, cauchy-Rehmunn equations (in
Cartesian and polar coordinates). Line integrals, Green’s
theorem, Cauchy’s theorem, Chauchy’s integral formula,
singularities, poles, residues and contour integration and applications.
Laplace Transforms: Defination,. Laplace transform
of elementary functions, Properties of Lapace transform, Laplace
transform of derivatives and integrals. Multiplication by t and
division by t properties. Periodic functions and their Laplace transforms.
Inverse Laplace transform and its properties. Convolution theorem,
inverse Laplace transform by integral and partial fraction methods,
Heavisides expansion formula. Solution of ordinary differential
equations by Laplace transform. Applications of Laplace transformation
in various fields of engineering.
Series solution of differential equations: Introduction,
The solution of p0(x)y” + p1(x)y + p2(x)y = 0, when p0(0)=0.
Validity of series solution, Ordinary point, singular, point, Forbenius
method, indicial equation, Bessel’s differential equation,
its solution of first kind and its recurrence formulae, Legendre
differential equation and its solution, Rodrigues formula.
Fourier Transform: Definition, Fourier transform
of simple function, magnitude and phase spectra, Fourier transform
theorems, Inverse Fourier transform, Solution of differential equations
using Fourier transform.
Suggested Text:
Advanced Engineering Mathematics by H.K. Dass
Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Dr. B.S. Grawall
Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Crayzig
Lapace Transform by Schaum Series
Probability
and Stochastic Process
Set theory: Basic concepts of probability. Conditional
probability, Independent events, Baye's formula, discrete and continuous
random variables, distributions and density functions, probability
distributions (Binomial, Poisson, Hyper geometric, Normal, Uniform
and Exponential). Mean, variance, standard deviations, moments and
moment generating functions. Linear regression and curve fitting.
Limits theorems, stochastic processes, First and second order characteristics,
applications.
Suggested Text:
Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th ed., John
Wiley, 1994.
Numerical Analysis
Floating Point number system. Error
analysis. Solutions of equations. Interpolation. Splines. Numerical
differentiation and integration. Numerical methods in linear algebra,
system of linear equations, method of least squares, eigen values,
eigenvectors. Solution of ordinary and partial differential equations.
This subject is to be supplemented with extensive computer exercises.
Suggested Text:
Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th ed., John
Wiley, 1994
Engineering Science
Basic
Mechanical Engineering
Static: Fundamental
concepts and principles of mechanics. Important vector quantities.
Fundamental units. Moments and couples. Resultants of forces and
couples. Laws of equilibrium. Free body diagrams; structures, frames
and machines.
Dynamics: Fundamentals of dynamics. Dynamics of
particles and rigid body including kinematics and kinetics. Applications
of Newton's second law of motion. Analysis of motion in two dimensional
and three dimensional spaces. Methods of energy and momentum. Applications
of Dynamics to the engineering concepts. Strength of material, Fluid
Mechanics, Pulleys, Chains. Design of Flywheel, Bearings, Mechanical
Power Transmission.
Suggested Text:
J. L. Meriam & L. G. Kraige, Engineering Mechanics Vol. 2 Dynamics,
John & Wiley Sons, 1987.
Computer Aided Drawing
Types of Lines and usage. Dimensioning. Lettering. Orthographic 1st angle projection. Sheet
Planning. Orthographic 3rd angle projection. Introduction of Computer
Aided Drawing. Isometric Projection. Sectional Drawing and Assembly
Drawing. The course consists of scale drawing only. Drawing sheets
will be prepared on drawing board and on ACAD. Electrical circuit
drawing, Electrical and Electronics CAD’s. Industrial Wiring
Drawing.
Suggested Text:
A.C Parkinson, First Year Engineering Drawing, Latest ed., E.L.B.S.
T. W. Berghauser and P. L. Sclive, Illustrated AutoCAD, Release
10, BPB
Publishers, George Amura, Mastering Autocad 2000
Electrical Workshop
Safety Precautions: The
use and care of tools and measuring instruments. Electric shock
and its treatment, use of megger, wire-guage, phase tester and
other electrician’s tools, Cables, their sizes, current
rating and jointing. Solders and soldering. Main features of domestic
installations and appliances, e.g. D.B. system, fluorescent lamps,
fans etc. Necessity and methods of earthing, faults and remedies,
in wiring circuits. Winding practice of machine coils.
Elementary Machine Shop: Detailed study of center
lathe and accessories. Plain and taper turning, simple screw cutting.
Cutting tools and their grinding. Introduction of shaper, slotter,
planner, pillar and radial drilling machines.
Fitting Shop: The use and care of fitter's tools. Marking out
of jobs. Practice in metal filing, sawing, drilling, Die Sinking,
tapping and reaming. Introduction and use of power jack saw and
arbor press.
Smithy Shop: The use and care of forging tools
and blacksmith tools. Open hearth forge, practice in upsetting,
drawing out spreading, bending, cutting and punching, hardening
and tempering of small cutting tools. Soldering, brazing, electric
and gas welding.
Carpentry Shop: The use and care of timber, its
defects and preservation methods. Practice in planning and sawing.
Different types of wood joints. Study of sawing, planning, turning
and turning machines, pattern making.
Foundry & Pattern Shop: Casting and pattern making.
Computer Shop: Windows XP, Office automation and use of internet.
Foundry & Pattern Shop: Casting and pattern
making.
Computer Shop: Windows XP, Office automation
and use of internet.
Suggested Text:
W.A. Chapman, Workshop Technology, Part 1, Arnold Pub. Latest Edition
Basic Civil Engineering
Basic surveying, Global positioning
system, Map reading, X-Y coordinates, Foundations, Civil Engineering
Drawing.Preparing drawing for planes. Elevation cross section of
single and multi storeyed buildings such as banglow, school, hospital
office, mosque and flates etc. Foundation of electrical poles and
rotating machines.
Applied
Thermodynamics
Basic concepts and definitions, Processes
& Cycles, concept of Thermodynamic Property and definition of
State; First Law of Thermodynamics, Work & Heat as energies
in transition, Interchange-ability of Energy States, Working Fluids
and Steady / Unsteady Flow Energy Equations, Perfect and Real Gases;
Second Law of Thermodynamics. Reversible and Irreversible Processes,
Entropy & Carnot Efficiency, concept of Available Energy.
Suggested Text:
T. D. Eastop & McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics for Engineers
& Technologists, Longman, 7th Edn., 1995
Core Courses of Electrical Engineering
Basic Electrical Engineering
Electrical Elements and Circuits: Energy and Energy transfer, Electric charge, electric current,
potential difference & voltage, Electric power & energy,
Electric circuits, sources, resistance, specific resistance temperature
coefficient of resistance, Ohm’s law, Fundamental circuit
laws, Kirchoff’s laws, Direct applications of fundamental
laws to simple resistive networks, Introduction to node voltage
and loop current methods.
Capacitance: permittivity expression for capacitance,
Charging and discharging, series and parallel connection of capacitors.
Magnetic Circuits and Transformer: Magnetic effects of electric
current, force produced on current carrying conductor placed in
magnetic field LHR, electromagnetic induction, magnitude and direction
of induced emf, Lenz’s law. Magnetic circuit concepts, Magnetization
curves, Characteristics of magnetic materials, Magnetic circuits
with DC excitation, Induced voltages, Self-inductance, inductance
of long solenoid Mutual Inductance. Magnetic circuits with AC excitation,
Hysteresis and eddy current losses, Introduction to transformer,
The ideal transformer e.m.f equation.
A.C Fundamental: Generation of alternating emf
, introduction to periodic functions, RMS or effective, Average
and maximum values of current & voltage for sinusoidal signal
wave forms. Introduction to phasor representation of alternating
current. Power and A.C. circuit, active power, reactive power apparent
power and power factor.
Introduction to
Computing
Office Automation Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point and use of Internet. Computer programming
environments, Algorithm development, Structured and modular computer
programming in C. Selection, Loop, Arrays, Pointers, Sequential
and direct files, and character and pixel graphics. Introduction
to sorting and searching. Applications from Physics, Business, Mathematics
and Humanities.
Suggested Text:
R. P. Halpern, C for Yourself – Learning C Using Experiments,
Oxford
University Press, C Programming Exercises, First Edition, E&ME
College, 1995.
Electrical
Materials and Devices
Conductors, semi conductors
and insulators, Energy bands, Insulators used in electrical systems.
Super conductors, soft magnetic materials, permanent magnet materials.
Semi conductor materials, PN-Junction, Fabrications, epitaxially
grown, diffused and ion implanted junction, Depletion approximation,
Zener, Varator and tunnel diodes, LED, Laser Diode, Fiber Optics.
Suggested Text: Electronics by Grobe
Network Analysis
Network Theorems: Thevenin’s
theorem, Norton’s theorem, Superposition theorem, Reciprocity
theorem, star delta transformation for d.c and a.c circuits. Single-phase
and three phase circuit analysis
Two port network: Introduction, characterization
of linear time-invarient, two ports by six sets of parameters. Relationship
among parameter sets. Inter connection of two ports. Initial condition
determination, Laplace Transform and differential equations, Laplace
transform of signals involving generalized functions. Convolution.
Routh Hurwitz criterion and stability. Poles & zeros. Impedance
functions and network theorems. Two port parameters, Frequency response,
Magnitude and Phase plots. Fourier series and transform. This course
is supplemented with computer simulation of circuits and the study
of responses on computers. It is also coupled with a practical laboratory.
Suggested Text:
S. Franco, Electric Circuits Fundamentals, Oxford University Press,
1995.
J. S. Kang, PSPice Manual for Electric Circuits Fundamentals, Oxford
University Press, 1995.
Electromagnetic
Field Theory
Vector analysis: Static
electric field and scalar potential. Dielectric materials. Electric
force and energy. Potential problems. Steady currents, magnetic
field and vector potential. Magnetic materials and circuits. Magnetic
force and torque. Faraday's Laws. Boundary conditions. Maxwell's
equations. EM energy conservation. Wave equations and EM waves.
Suggested Text:
M. N. O. Sadiku, Elements of Electromagnetics, 2nd edition, Oxford
University Press, 1994.
D.C. Machines and
Drives
Electromechanical Energy Conversion: Forces and torques in magnetic field systems. Energy balance. Singly
excited system. Coenergy. Multiply excited system. Dynamic equations
D.C. Machines Fundamentals: Simple linear machine.
A loop rotating between pole faces. Communication. Armature construction.
Armature reaction. Induced voltage and torque equation. Construction.
Power flow and losses. D.C. Generators: Equivalent circuit Magnetization
curve. Separately existed; shunt, series and compounded generators.
Parallel operation.
D.C. Motors: Equivalent circuit. Separately excited; Shunt, permanent-magnet,
series and compounded motors.
Speed control of DC motors: Starters, speed control
methods for series, shunt and compound motors, series parallel control
for traction motor, multi-voltage control, plugging, Dynamic braking,
testing efficiency and temperature rise, determination of losses,
divert and indirect test, estimation of temperature rise of armature,
commutator and field winding, Efficiency.
Electromechanics and Machines: Transducers Unified Machine Theory.
Suggested Text:
Electric Machinery Fundamentals 2nd ed. 1991 by Stephen J. Chapman,
McGraw-Hill.
Electric Machinery, 5th ed. 1991. Fitzgerald, Kingsley and Umans,
McGraw Hill.
Electrical Machines. Hindmarsh, McGraw Hill.
Instrumentation
and Measurements
Measurement and Errors: Definition, Accuracy, precision, sensitivity, resolution, Decibel.
Bandwidth. Significant figures. Types of errors. Constructional
features. Types of Ammeters, meter, etc.
Electomechanical Instruments: Temperature compensation.
Extension of Instrument ranges by shunts and multipliers. Ohms per
volt and loading effect for voltmeter. Calibration of D.C. Instruments.
Watthour meter. Power-factor meters. Instrument transformers. Frequency
meters. KVAR meters. Recording Instruments. Phase sequence measurement.
Bridges and Potentiometers: Wheatstone bridge.
Kelvin bridge. A.C. bridges and their applications. A.C and D.C.
potentiometers.
Electronic Instruments: Amplified D.C. meters.
Average, peak, and true r.m.s responding A.C. voltmeters. Electronic
multi-meters. Considerations in choosing an analogue voltmeter.
Q meter Dual trace and storage oscilloscopes. Introduction to digital
instruments. Phase angle measurement.
Measurement of Non Electrical Quantities: Classification
of transducers.
Measurement of temprature, pressure, displacement, vibration, speed
and acceleration.
Signal Analysis: Wave analysis. Harmonic distortion
analysis. Spectrum analysis.
Suggested Text:
Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques, W.D. Cooper
& A.D. Helfrical.
Fundamentals of Electrical Measurements, B.S. Gragory.
Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation, Olivar
Electronic Devices
and Circuits
P.N. Junction,
Diode circuits: choppers, clampers and rectifiers. Zener
diode, LED, Laser diode, photo diode, tunnel diode, BJT’s
FET’s and MOS-FET’S, biasing and Amplifier circuits.
Opertional amplifier fundamentals, Multistage amplifier. Feedback
in Amplifiers.
Suggested Text:
Principles of Electronic Devices and Circuits by Malvino.
Logic
Design and Switching Theory
Truth Function: Binary
connectives, Evaluation of truth functions, Physical realizations,
Sufficient set of connectives, Truth functional calculus as Boolean
Algebra, Duality, Fundamental theorems of Boolean Algebra, Switches
and Relays, Logic Circuits, Speed and delays in logic circuits.
Minimization of Boolean Functions: Minterm and Maxterm, Karnaugh
map, Simplification of Boolean function, POS and SOP expressions.
Tabular Minimization: Prime implicants. Sequential
Networks: Latches, Fundamental mode, Synthesis of sequential networks,
Minimization of the number of states, Clocked networks.
Special Realization and Codes: Binary adders, Coding
of numbers, Decoders and code conversation, ROMS, NAND and NOR implementation,
Parity checkers, Counters, shift Registers and Memories, Encoding
and decoding.
A.C.
Machines and Drives
Transformers: Transformer
Fundamentals, Importance of transformers. Types and construction.
Ideal transformer. Theory and operation of real Single-phase transformers
phasor diagrams. Leakage reactance. Losses. Equivalent circuit parameters.
No load and short circuit test per Unit systems. Voltage regulation
and efficiency. Autotransformers. Tapping. Parallel operation and
load division. Inrush current. Exciting current. Three phase transformer.
Per unit system. Three phase connections and harmonic Suppression.
Vector groups. Three phase transformation using two transformers.
Three Phase Induction Motor: Production of rotating
field and torque. Reversal of rotation. Construction. Synchronous
speed. Slip and its effect on rotor frequency and voltage. Equivalent
circuit. Power and torque. Losses, efficiency and power factor.
Torque-speed characteristics. Starting and speed control. Induction
generator.
Single-Phase Induction Motors: Types and performance
Analysis. Heating and cooling of motors
Synchronous Generator: Construction. Excitation
system. Equivalent circuit. Phasor diagram. Power and torque. Measurement
of parameters. Generator operating alone. Capability chart. Synchronization
Parallel operation with infinite bus and power sharing. Parallel
operation of same size generators generating, Loss of field excitation.
Cooling systems. Shut down procedure.
Synchronous Motors: Principle of operation starting,
Shaft load, power angle and developed torque. Counter voltage (CEMF)
and armature reaction voltage, equivalent circuit and phasor diagram.
Power Equation. Effects of changes in shaft load and field excitation.
V-curves. Losses and efficiency. Power factor improvement. Speed
control. Ratings. Design aspects of transformers, Indication motors
and synchronous motors.
Suggested Text:
Electric Machines, 1st Ed. 1991 (chapters 3,4,5,8,9). Charles I.
Hubert, Maxwell Macmillan.
Electric machinery Fundamental, 2nd ed. 1991 (chapter:2,8.9 and
10), Stephen J. Chapman, McGraw Hill.
Power
System Analysis
The Admittance Model and Network
Calculations: Branch and Node admittances; Mutually coupled
Branches in Y-bus; Equivalent Admittance Network; Modification of
Y-bus; Impedance matrix and Y-bus; the method of successive elimination;
Node Elimination (Kron Reduction); Triangular Factorization; The
Impedance Model and Network Calculations: The bus, admittance and
impedance Matrices; Thevenin’s Theorem and Z-bus; Modification
of an existing Z-bus; Direct determination of Z-bus; Calculation
of Z-bus elements from Y bus ; Power Invariant Transformations;
Mutually coupled branches in Zbus.
Symmetrical Faults: Transients in RL circuits;
internal voltages of loaded machines. Under fault conditions; fault
calculations using Z bus; Equivalent circuits; Selection of circuit
breakers.
Symmetrical Components and Sequence Networks: Synthesis
of unsymmetrical phasors; symmetrical components of unsymmetrical
phasors; symmetrical Y and D circuits; power in terms of symmetrical
components; sequence networks of Y and D impedances; sequence networks
of a symmetrical Transmission line; sequence Networks of the synchronous
Machines; Sequence Networks of Y-D Transformers; unsymmetrical services
impedances; sequence networks of Y-D Transformers; unsymmetrical
services impedances; sequence networks; positive, negative and zero
sequence networks;
Unsymmetrical Faults: Unsymmetrical faults on power
systems; single line to ground faults; line to line faults. Double
line to ground faults; Demonstration problems; open conductor faults.
Load Flow Studies: Review of network equations
and solutions, network model equations and their formulation, load
flow problem, Gauss-Siedel iterative method and algorithm for load
flow solution, Netwon-Raphson method, NR-Algorithm for load flow
solution, De coupled load flow methods, comparison of load flow
methods, control of voltage profile. Computer Application.
Steady state and Transient Stability: the swing
equation , Application of swing curve & solution of problems
using digital computers, stability of loads, effects of mechanical
and electrical time lag and delays, Electromechanical behavior of
machine/lines/busbar systems equal criterion in machine dynamics.
Integrated
Circuits and Systems
Differential amplifiers, current source
biasing in integrated circuits. Operational amplifiers. Operational
amplifier circuits, non-inverting, inverting, integrator, differentiator
Schmitt trigger etc. Integrated circuit logic families, LSI, MSI
& VLSI. design basics.
Suggested Text:
A. S. Sedra & K. C. Smith , Microelectronic Circuits, 4rth edition,
Oxford University Press, 1997.
Power
Electronics
Principles of Power Electronics, Converters
and Applications, Circuit Components and their Effects, Control
Aspects Power Electronic Devices: Power diode, Power BJT, Power
MOSFET IGBT’ & SCR’s, GTO, & TRIAC and DIAC:
construction, characteristics, operations, losses, ratings, control
and protection of thyristors.
AC to DC converters/rectifiers: Half wave and full
wave rectifiers with resistive and inductive loads. Un-controlled,
semi controlled and full controlled rectification. 3 Phase rectifiers:
un-controlled, semi controlled and full controlled. 6-pulse, 12-pulse
and 24 pulse rectification, PWM converters.
DC to AC converters/inverters: Single phase DC to AC converters,
3 Phase inverter, 6-pulse, 12 pulse inverters, PWM inverters.
Switch Mode Power Supplies: DC to DC conversation, Buck converter,
Boost converter and Buck-Boost converters. Isolated converters,
Forward converters, Flyback converters.
Suggested Text:
Philip T. Krein, Elements of Power Electronics, Oxford University
Press, 1997.
Communication
Systems
Introduction: Fundamental
terms and definitions, information, message, message, signal, analog
and digital signals, elements of communication systems, modulating
and coding need for modulation, coding methods and benefits.
Signals and spectra: Method of signal representation,
time and frequency domain, mathematical representation of signals,
Fourier series and Fourier transform, power in a signal, Parseval’s
power theorem. Rayleigh energy theorem, properties of Fourier Transform,
convolution of signals, specific signal types as impulse step and
signum function.
Signal Transmission and filtering: Linear time invariant systems,
impulse response and superposition integral, transfer function,
block diagram analysis, distortion and equalizers, transmission
loss and repeater, ideal and real filters, quadature filters and
Hilbert transform, correlation and spectral density. Probability
and Random variables: Probability functions, probability models
and distributions, statistical averages.
Random Signals and Noise: Random process, ensemble
and time average, stationary and ergolic process, noise equivalent
BW, Analog base band transmission. Linear Modulation: Band pass
systems and signals, AM, DSB, SSB, VSB, modulated signals, modulators,
balanced modulator, & witching modulator, SSB generation (method),
demodulators, synchronous, detection, hetrodyne detection, envelope
detection.
Transmission Lines: Fundamentals of Transmission line, characteristics
impedance, losses in T/L. Standing waves, quarter and half wave
lines, reactance properties of T/L fundamentals of smith chart,
double stub, directional couplers bluns.
Exponential CW Modulation: Frequency and phase
modulation, bandwith criteria, generation methods, receivers, de-emphasis
filtering.
Pulse Modulation: Sampling Theory, ideal sampling and reconstruction,
aliasing, PAM, PWM, PPM.
Suggested Text:
Communication Systems by Bruce Carlson
Analog and Digital Communication by Simon Haykin
Control Systems
Examples of electrical, mechanical and
biological control systems. Open and closed-loop control Mathematical
models. Block diagrams. Second order systems. Step and impulse response.
Performance criteria. Steady state error. Sensitivity, s-plane system
stability. Analysis and design with the root locii method. Frequency
domain analysis: Bode plots, Nyquist criterion, gain and phase margins,
Nichols charts. The State-space method: state equations, flow graphs,
stability. Compensation techniques. Sampled-data systems: z-transform,
stability.
Suggested Text:
Linear Control Systems. McGraw-Hill, Katsushiko, Ogata
Microprocessor Based
Systems
Introduction to Microprocessor: Basic concepts, Control unit, Internal registers, ALU,
The microprocessor state, An 8-bit microprocessor (8085A or Z-80
or 6800), Timing and sequencing, Power-on and manual RESET. Memory
and I/O synchronization: The wait state, Hardware single stepping,
Memory speed requirements, Logic levels, Loading and Buffering.
The instruction set: Data transfer Logic operations and branching,
Programmed I/O interrupts and DMA operations, digital data and display,
Analogue data input & output, Microprocessor system design.Program
Assembly and testing, Software development, Assembly source programs,
Manual Assembly of programs, Assembler directives, Pseudo instructions,
Two pass Assemblers, Macros, Software testing.
The Microcontroller: Single-chip microprocessor,
an introduction to microcontrollers, the 8051 internal RAM and registers,
the 8051 interrupts systems, the 8051 instruction set, other microcontrollers
on the 8051 family.
Developing Microprocessor-Based Products: An introduction to the
design process, preparing the specification, developing a design,
implementing and testing the design, regulatory compliance testing,
design tool for microprocessor development.
Digital Signal
Processing
Applications of DSP. Digital signals,
systems and convolution. Fourier transform and frequency response.
Sampling. Discrete time Fourier transforms. DFT and FFT algorithms.
Z-transform. FIR, IIR filters and their implementation. FIR filter
design methods and IIR filter design methods.
Suggested Text:
Digital Signal Processing by J. P. Proakis and D. G. Manolakis.
Elective Courses Electronic Engineering
Power Systems Analysis (3
Credit Hours)
The Admittance Model and Network Calculations: Branch and Node admittances;
Mutually coupled Branches in Y-bus; Equivalent Admittance Network;
Modification of Y-bus; Impedance matrix and Y-bus; the method of
successive elimination; Node Elimination (Kron Reduction); Triangular
Factorization; The Impedance Model and Network Calculations: The
bus, admittance and impedance Matrices; Thevenin’s Theorem
and Z-bus; Modification of an existing Z-bus; Direct determination
of Z-bus; Calculation of Z-bus elements from Y bus ; Power Invariant
Transformations; Mutually coupled branches in Z bus.
Symmetrical Faults: Transients in RL circuits; internal voltages
of loaded machines. Under fault conditions; fault calculations using
Z bus; Equivalent circuits; Selection of circuit breakers.
Symmetrical Components and Sequence Networks: Synthesis of unsymmetrical
phasors; symmetrical components of unsymmetrical phasors; symmetrical
Y and D circuits; power in terms of symmetrical components; sequence
networks of Y and D impedances; sequence networks of a symmetrical
Transmission line; sequence Networks of the synchronous Machines;
Sequence Networks of Y-D Transformers; unsymmetrical services impedances;
sequence networks of Y-D Transformers; unsymmetrical services impedances;
sequence networks; positive, negative and zero sequence networks;
Unsymmetrical Faults: Unsymmetrical faults on power systems; single
line to ground faults; line to line faults. Double line to ground
faults; Demonstration problems; open conductor faults. Load Flow
Studies: Review of network equations and solutions, network model
equations and their formulation, load flow problem, Gauss-Siedel
iterative method and algorithm for load flow solution, Newton-Raphson
method, NR-Algorithm for load flow solution, De coupled load flow
methods, comparison of load flow methods, control of voltage profile.
Computer Application.
Steady state and Transient Stability: the swing equation , Application
of swing curve & solution of problems using digital computers,
stability of loads, effects of mechanical and electrical time lag
and delays, Electromechanical behavior of machine/lines/bus bar
systems equal criterion in machine dynamics.
Power Systems
Protection and Control (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to power system control and its importance: Modes of
Power system operation. Major tasks of operation.
SCADA (Supervisory control and Data Acquisition): System-Remote
terminal unit, Control Centers, Communication Sub System, remote
terminal unit, Control centers, Communication aspects.
Economic Dispatch: Characteristics of power generation units. Economic
dispatch problems with and without consideration of losses. Incremental
fuel cost, penalty factor, economic power interchange, Static and
dynamic analysis of a one-area system. Evaluation of effect of speed
change on droop characteristics. Causes of Over Voltages. Propagation
of surges. Insulation coordination. Determination of system voltages
produced by traveling wave surges. Protection against lightning.
Surge arrestors and directors. Interference with Communication circuits.
Types, performance and selection of Fuses. Purpose, type, selection
and location of Reactors. Static, electromagnetic and electromechanical
relays. Microprocessor controlled relays. Short Circuit calculations.
Initiation of arc. Recovery voltage and re-striking voltage. Classification
of circuit breakers. Protection Schemes.
Power System
Design (3 Credit Hours)
Review of single-phase and three-phase steady-state A.C. circuit
analysis Power system representation and per unit system Transformer
model and circuit representation Three-phase transformer connections
and ASA convention Transmission line steady state operation Optimal
fuel selection for generation Analysis and design of interconnected
power systems Transmission line parameters .
Introduction
to ASIC Design (3 Credit Hours)
Modern digital design practices based on Hardware Description Languages
(Verilog, VHDL) and CAD tools, particularly logic synthesis. Emphasis
on design practice and the underlying algorithms. Introduction to
deep submicron design issues, particularly interconnect and low
power and to modern application, including multimedia, wireless
telecommunications and computing. Future
Introduction
to Robotics (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to robotics with emphasis on the mathematical tools
for kinematics and dynamics of robot arms. Geometry and mathematical
representation of rigid body motion; forward and inverse kinematics
of articulated mechanical arms; trajectory generation, splines,
interpolation; manipulator dynamics; position sensing and actuation;
mobile robots, manipulators, effectors, actuators, sensors, interfaces;
Cartesian coordinates, bi dimensional and tri dimensional transformation
matrices, reference frames, relative and general transformations,
orientation, inverse transformations, graphs ;position and motion
kinematics; Sensors hierarchy, interfaces, data merging, classification,
internal and external sensors; Robot language hierarchy, action-level
planning, motion planning and topics in manipulator control.
Introduction
and Design of VLSI (4 Credit Hours)
VLSI Design and Design Tools, Fabrication of VLSI Devices: Concepts
and Techniques used in the Fabrication of VLSI Integrated Circuits,
Basic Semiconductor and MOSFET Theory, Integrated Circuit Fabrication,
Integrated Circuit Layout, NMOS & CMOS Logic Design, Simulation
of Circuit, Analog Circuit Design, Memory and Processor Design,
Testing of VLSI System Architecture. VLSI Designing Using Hardware
Description Languages: Programming in Verilog and VHDL, Net listing,
Simulation and Testing.
Industrial
Process Control (4 Credit Hours)
Monitoring and control of volume, flow and temperature. Vibration
monitoring and control. Weight, width, thickness control. Automatic
gauge control. Combustion/burner management in boilers, furnaces
etc. Pneumatic electronics and PID Controllers, control Valves,
advance control techniques, microprocessor based implementation,
three level and time delay method of tambura, decentralized control
Industrial
Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
Time Delay Action. Resistance Welding with Solid State Circuits.
High Frequencies and Shorter Wavelengths (Ultrasonic, Induction
Heating, Light, Color, Infra-red or Heat-rays Ultra-violet-Rays,
Lasers, X-Rays, Gamma rays).Programmable Logic Controllers and Distributed
Control Systems. Temperature Recorders. Non-electronic Devices.
Industrial
Instrumentation (3 Credit Hours)
Meters and measurements. Strain gauges and bridge circuits. Thermistors
and thermocouples: Operational amplifiers. Digital circuits. Interface
circuits. Noise reduction and filters. Data paths in a personal
computer. A/D and D/A conversion. Programmable logic controllers.
Solenoids and small motors. Pressure and flow measurements
Electromagnetics
(3 Credit Hours)
Electromagnetic Model, Vector Analysis. Coulomb’s law. Gauss’s
law and applications. Electric potential Conductors and dielectrics
in static electric field Electric flux density and dielectric constant
Boundary conditions for electrostatic fields Capacitance and Capacitors
Electrostatic energy and forces. Poisson’s and Laplace’s
equations and uniqueness. Method of images. Boundary-value problems.
Current density and ohm’s law. Kirchhoff’s voltage and
current laws. Joule’s law, boundary conditions, resistance.
Magneto-statics in free space. Vector magnetic potential, Biot-Savart
law. Magnetic dipole, magnetization. Magnetic field intensity, magnetic
circuits. Magnetic materials, boundary conditions, inductance. Magnetic
energy, magnetic forces, torque. Time varying fields and Maxwell’s
equations introduction
Antenna
Design (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction – Examples of antenna systems, radiation patterns,
directivity, polarization, impedance, Friiis’ equation, the
radar equation, antenna temperature and noise. Antenna radiation
– the antenna as a source of radiation, duality and reciprocity,
near and far-field form a dipole, image theory, mutual coupling.
Aperture antennas and Babinet’s principle, micro strip antennas.
Linear and planar antenna arrays, synthesis of radiation patterns.
Physical limits – Super directivity, bandwidth vs. size, mutual
resistance and correlation. Practical design – High gain,
conformal, low frequency, and terminal antennas. System aspects
– Radar, radar cross-section of antennas, radio propagation,
link budget, fading space and polarization diversity. Cellular and
sector systems, adaptive and multi-beam antennas.
Applied
Fuzzy Logic (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction. Benefits of Fuzzy Technology with emphasis on its
Engineering Applications. Classical Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Membership
Functions. Fuzzy Rule Based Systems, Fuzzy Control Systems, Fuzzy
Logic Fuzzification and De-Fuzzification. Fuzzy to Crisp Conversions.
Fuzzy Logic Control. Fuzzy Arithmetic. Other Engineering Applications
Digital Communication
Systems (4 Credit Hours)
Binary Transmission and the Concept of time: Bits, Baud, words per
minute, Timing, Distortion and Channel Capacity. Digital Input and
Output Devices, Data. Input and Output Devices. Digital Transmission
on an Analog Channel. OOK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, BPSK, QAM, PCM, DPCM,
Delta Modulation, Ciompanding. Multiplexing and De-multiplexing
Systems. TDM, Framing, Synchronization, Pulse Stuffing, PCM Switching,
Data Switching and Computer Communication, Packet Switching, Optional
Fiber Transmission OSI Reference Model.
Digital Control Systems (4 Credit Hours)
Sampled Data Systems. Discrete Signals and Sampling, Discrete Transfer
Functions. Digital to Analog Conversion. Discrete Equivalents for
Continuous Controller, Discrete Models for Sampled Data Systems,
Pulse Transfer Functions for Feedback Systems. Stability of Digital
Control Systems. Direct Digital Design by Transform Methods.
Digital System
Design (4 Credit Hours)
Basic Hardware Modeling, Hierarchical Modeling Concepts, Verilog
Constructs, Gate-level Modeling, Dataflow Modeling, Behavioral Modeling,
Switch-level Modeling. Timing and Delays. Programming Languages
Interface, Logic Synthesis and Verilog.
Communications
Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction. Radio Frequency Circuits. Amplitude Modulation, Transmitters
and Receivers.
Suppressed-Carrier AM Systems. Angle Modulation. Phase Locked Loops
and Frequency Synthesis. FM Equipment. Television. Telephone Systems.
Digital Communications and Transmission. Modems, LAN and WAN. Transmission
Lines, Wave Propagation, and Antennae
Microwave Devices. Terrestrial Systems and Satellite Communications.
Fiber Optics. Mobile and Personal Communications Systems
Real-Time
Systems (3 Credit Hours)
Examples of real-time applications. Types of timing constraints.
Scheduling and resource management paradigms. Periodic-task model.
Cyclic, executive, priority- driven approach, Schedulability conditions,
validation methods Complex workload model: well known scheduling
algorithms, scheduling anomalies, methods for deriving worst-case
performance bounds Concurrency control and temporal consistency
of real-time data Real-time facilities of programming languages
(e.g., Ada, Ada9x) Operating systems and hardware support for real-time
applications. Posex real-time extensions; features of well-known
real-time operating systems; guaranteeing timely message delivery
in FDDI networks; etc. Formal methods for specifying and reasoning
about timing constraints
Data Acquisition
Systems (3 Credit Hours)
Concepts of linear systems, impedance and transforms. Ideal operational
amplifiers and their use, summing, integrating, and differentiating.
Properties of real operational amplifiers, I/O impedance, offset,
drift, common mode gain, noise, limiting, finite frequency response
and gain. Non-linear analog elements, comparators, absolute value,
phase-locked loops, and voltage-to-frequency converters. Analog
switching, Sample and hold, track and hold, multiplexing. Digital
to analog (D/A) conversion, ladders, voltage, and current switching,
codes. Analog to digital (A/D) conversion, characteristics of types
of A/D converters in use. Data acquisition systems, sampling, quantization,
encoding, multiplexing. Interfacing to digital systems, timing,
bussing, and driving considerations. Digital signal processing,
discrete Fourier transform, digital filters. Communication theory,
compaction codes, multiplexing.
Wireless
Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Multi-access methods (TDMA, FDMA, CDMA), antennas, signal propagation,
signal encoding and propagation, spread spectrum and CDMA with frequency
hopping or direct sequence, error-correcting codes (convolution
codes, block codes, trellis decoding, turbo decoding), satellite
communication, mobile telephones including both older standards
and 3G, cordless telephones (DECT), wireless access nets, mobile
IP, WAP, wireless LAN, Bluetooth. Orientation of research in wireless
communication systems at the university
Digital Communications
(3 Credit Hours)
Digital communications at the block diagram level, data compression,
Lempel-Ziv algorithm, scalar and vector quantization, sampling and
aliasing, the Nyquist criterion, PAM and QAM modulation, signal
constellations, finite-energy waveform spaces, detection, and modeling
and system design for wireless communication
Satellite
Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to Satellite Communication, Satellite Link Design,
Propagation Characteristics of Fixed and Mobile Satellite Links,
Channel Modeling, Access Control Schemes, System Performance Analysis,
System Design, Mobile Satellite Services, Global Satellite Systems,
National Satellite Systems, Mobile Satellite Network Design, Digital
Modem Design, Speech Code Design, Error Control Codec Design, Low
Earth Orbit Communication Satellite Systems
Mobile Communications
(3 Credit Hours)
Need for Mobile System Basic Cellular System. Performance Criteria,
Operation of Cellular System. Analog and Digital Cellular Systems.
Elements of Cellular System Design Specifications of Analog System.
Cell Coverage for Signal and Traffic, Cell Site and Mobile Antennas,
Co Channel Interference Reduction
Microwave
Engineering (3 Credit Hours)
Microwave Components; Waveguides, Waveguide Junctions, Directional
Couplers, Isolators, Circulators, Resonators. Microwave Generators:
Microwave Tubes, two Cavity Klystron, Reflex Klystron, TWT, and
Magnetron. Microwave Semiconductor Devices. Gunn Diode, Impact Diode,
PIN Diode, Mixers, Detectors. Microwave Measurements, Measurement
of Frequency, VSWR, Power, Noise and Impedance.
Lasers and
Applications (4 Credit Hours)
Introduction to light and lasers. Basic Optical Engineering. Introduction
to lasers. Laser Safety. Laser Surface Treatment. Lasers in Microelectronics.
Photonics, Fiber optics and Integrated Optics. Consumer, Entertainment
and Holography Applications, Laser Automation and In Process Sensing.
Future laser applications
Opto-Electronics
(3 Credit Hours)
Basic Physics of Light. Light Sources; Natural Light Sources, Gas
Discharge Lamps, Light Emitting Diodes, Photodiodes, Solar Cells,
Photo-Transistor, Infrared Detectors. Opto-isolators. Displays;
Digital Display Technology, LED Displays and Liquid Crystal Displays.
Gas and Ruby Lasers, Semiconductor Injection Lasers. Fiber Couplers.
Wavelength Division Multiplexers
Optical Communication
& Computing (3 Credit Hours)
Optical Sources, Optical Detectors, Complete Optical Communication
system, Optical Amplifiers, Wavelength Division Multiplexing. Electromagnetic
concepts. Concepts of modes and single mode fibers. Dispersion and
Attenuation in Fibers. Comparisons, Laser Principles. Laser Diodes.
Noise Detection. System Design
Artificial
Intelligence and Decision (4 Credit Hours)
Types of Intelligence, Cognitive Models, Knowledge Representation,
Pattern Matching, Functional Programming in LISP (or Prolog), Goal-based
Systems, Heuristic Search and Games, Expert Systems. Language Understanding,
Robotics and Computer Vision, Theorem Proving and Deductive Systems
and Learning. Applications Using Commercially Available Expert Systems
Artificial
Neural Networks (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction, Benefits of Neural Network Technology. Biological
Neuron. Model of a Single Artificial Neuron. Neural network architectures.
Learning paradigms; supervised learning, reinforcement learning,
Hebbian learning, BoltzMann learning, un-supervised learning. Early
neuron models; Mc Cluchpitt’s model, perceptron, ADALINE.
Feed forward neural networks; multilayer perceptron networks, radial
basis Function networks. Hopfield’s network simulated annealing.
Introduction to modular neural networks.
Digital
Image Processing (4 Credit Hours)
Image formation process, types of images (Infrared, Thermal and
Video range etc.), image segmentation, Hough transform, shape from
stereo, motion and shading. Image acquisition techniques, digitization,
acquisition flaws, image storage, compression techniques, image
transformation (translation, scaling, rotation, stereo, 3D modeling
, discrete time description of signals , fast Fourier transform
image enhancement image histogram, contrast enhancement, histogram
manipulation , thresh holding, binarization, Grey scale and color
images, smoothing, sharpening, edge detection, morphological operators
( erosion, dilation, opening, closing)medical axis transform, skeletonization,
thinning.
Voice and
Audio Processing (3 Credit Hours)
Digital audio background and issues in sound and event programming.
Digital sound formats and quality Coding style and techniques for
digital audio. The software development cycle. Software development
tools and IDEs. File formats and I/O for sound and event data. Dimensions
of sound I/O APIs. Using Sound I/O APIs on several platforms MIDI.
Introduction MIDI I/O API examples Compression formats, codec, and
players. Real-time I/O and Internet streaming Browser and OS Plug-in
architectures Audio and media plug-in API examples. Speech recognition
- knowledge-based approaches, stochastic, connectionism; phoneme
recognition, lexical access, prosody. Speech synthesis - formants,
concatenation, linguistic knowledge; TTS, SSC, dialogue, speaker
characteristics etc
Automatic
Speech Recognition (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to automatic speech recognition by computers, including
digital sampling, Introduction to biophysics of human ear. Fourier
transformation, Phonemic classification by neural networks and Viterbi
search. Wave files, phonetics, artificial neural networks.
Computer
Graphics (4 Credit Hours)
Introduction to computer graphics; fundamentals of input and display
devices geometrical transformations; homogeneous co-ordinates; representing
curves and surfaces; solid modeling; 2D transformations, translation,
rotation, scaling, shear etc; clipping, windowing techniques; modeling
hierarchies; 3D transformations; viewing in 3D; planar projections,
3D curves and surfaces; perspective viewing; 3D clipping; geometric
algorithms for graphics problems, with applications to ray tracing,
hidden surface elimination, algorithms etc. Architecture and implementation
of display and interaction devices
Parallel
and Distributed Computing Systems (3 Credit Hours)
History and Current Practices. Data Parallelism, Multi-Processor
Architecture, Process Communication, Data Sharing, Synchronous Parallelism,
Multi-Computer Architecture, Data Partitioning, Distributed Memory,
Scheduling Parallel Program; Object Oriented Parallel Program. Numerous
issues surrounding hardware and software. Research and Development
Directions
Data Network
Design (3 Credit Hours)
Review of Basic Data Communications. Switching. Virtual LANs and
Design IGRP, ACL, IPX. Communication Devices, IP Addressing Media
and Design Structured Cabling WAN Design Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Frame Relay (FR)
The OSI 7-Layer Internetworking Model The Media Layers: Ethernet
& TCP/IP The Host Layers: Application, Presentation, & Session
Introduction to WAN Technologies The Networking Layer & Routing
The Router User Interface & Modes Displaying Router Configuration
Information Router Setup & Setup Configuration Router Configuration
Sources for Cisco IOS Software Fundamentals of TCP/IP Configuration
IP Addresses & Router Interfaces Router Configuration and Routing
Protocols Access Lists and Firewalls
Networking
with TCP/IP (3 Credit Hours)
Networking Basics (An Overview).Protocols & Communications Channels:
The OSI model, Protocol variations, Importance of layer distinctions,
Communications channels. IP Addresses, Configuration and Routing.
Repeaters, Routers, Gateways, Bridges Domain Name System (DNS) Berkeley
Internet Name Domain (BIND). TCP/IP Troubleshooting: Basic approach
to troubleshooting, Tools: ping, netstat, nslookup, dig, traceroute.
Testing connectivity and network access: Testing routing and name
service. Network Applications and Servers. Client/Server Model Telnet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)
Network File System (NFS)
Network Programming
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction, terminology, OSI and TCP/IP reference Models, layered
architecture, data link layer: protocols, Ethernet, bridges. Protocols:
IP, TCP, UDP, FTP, PPP, ARP, RARP, ICMP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, NFS. Networking
Commands: netstat, ifconfig, ping, traceroute, tcpdump, sock, telnet,
rlogin Berkeley sockets: C/C++, Java, NT. Application Layer: security,
SNMP, mail, WWW. UNIX programming.
Network Security
(3 Credit Hours)
Overview of network
security Cryptography Authentication Real-world protocols using
cryptography Gaining access Maintaining access Maintaining access
Covering tracks Intrusion detection systems Denial-of-service DDoS
Viruses Worms Honeypots Anonymization IP spoofing Infrastructure
attacks Social engineering
Network Management
(3 Credit Hours)
Overview of Network Management. Network Technology as Related to
Network Management. N.M. Foundations (OSI model, ASN.1). SNMP Information
model (SNMPv1, MIB model). SNMP Communication model. SNMP Remote
Monitoring (RMON) Management of Broadband Services (DSL, ATM) Management
of Telecommunication Networks (TMN) CORBA Network Management. Network
Management Tools & Applications.
Fault Tolerant
Computing (3 Credit Hours)
The techniques used in design and analysis of fault-tolerant digital
systems. The study and investigation of existing fault-tolerant
systems. Both Hardware and software methods will be studied and
new research topics will be investigated. The topics to be covered
include Faults and their manifestations, Fault/error modeling, Reliability,
availability and maintainability analysis, System evaluation, performance--reliability
trade-offs, System level fault diagnosis, Hardware and software
redundancy techniques, Fault--tolerant system design methods, Mobile
computing and Mobile communication environment, Fault injection
methods, Software fault-tolerance, Case studies of fault-tolerant
systems, Current research issues etc.
Elective Courses Computer Engineering
Introduction
to Robotics (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to robotics with emphasis on the mathematical tools
for kinematics and dynamics of robot arms. Geometry and mathematical
representation of rigid body motion; forward and inverse kinematics
of articulated mechanical arms; trajectory generation, splines,
interpolation; manipulator dynamics; position sensing and actuation;
mobile robots, manipulators, effectors, actuators, sensors, interfaces;
Cartesian coordinates, bi dimensional and tri dimensional transformation
matrices, reference frames, relative and general transformations,
orientation, inverse transformations, graphs ;position and motion
kinematics; Sensors hierarchy, interfaces, data merging, classification,
internal and external sensors; Robot language hierarchy, action-level
planning, motion planning and topics in manipulator control.
Theory
of Semiconductor Devices (3 Credit Hours)
Quantum mechanics of semiconductors. Energy bands. Dynamics of Block
electrons in static and high-frequency electric and magnetic fields;
equilibrium statistics; transport theory, diffusion, drift and thermoelectric
effects; and characteristics of p-n junctions, hetero-junctions,
and transistor devices. Course topics include review of basic quantum
mechanics, Lattice vibrations, Symmetry of crystal and band theory,
Carrier statistics, Scattering theory and Boltzmann equation, Generation
Recombination, Device equations, Hetero-junction, Diodes, Transistors,
Electron dynamics, Kinetics of selected mechanisms, thermal, optical,
inter-band, band-impurity transitions, Auger processes etc
Introduction and
Design of VLSI (4 Credit Hours)
VLSI Design and Design Tools, Fabrication of VLSI Devices: Concepts
and Techniques used in the Fabrication of VLSI Integrated Circuits,
Basic Semiconductor and MOSFET Theory, Integrated Circuit Fabrication,
Integrated Circuit Layout, NMOS & CMOS Logic Design, Simulation
of Circuit, Analog Circuit Design, Memory and Processor Design,
Testing of VLSI System Architecture. VLSI Designing Using Hardware
Description Languages: Programming in Verilog and VHDL, Net listing,
Simulation and Testing.
Computer System Analysis
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to Computer System and Network Evaluation, Combinatorial
Modeling Methods, State-Based Methods, Stochastic Activity Networks,
Case Studies in Modeling Using Stochastic Activity Networks, Introduction
to Queuing Theory (Notation, Single Queues, Little's Result) , Symbolic
State-space Exploration and Numerical Analysis of State-sharing
Composed Models , Simulation Basics, Fault Injection Methods and
Mechanisms ,Fault Removal and Benchmarking using Fault Injection
,Conclusions and the Art of Assessment Revisited.
Applied Fuzzy Logic
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction. Benefits of Fuzzy Technology with emphasis on its
Engineering Applications. Classical Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Membership
Functions. Fuzzy Rule Based Systems, Fuzzy Control Systems, Fuzzy
Logic Fuzzification and De-Fuzzification. Fuzzy to Crisp Conversions.
Fuzzy Logic Control. Fuzzy Arithmetic. Other Engineering Applications
Fault Tolerant Computing
(3 Credit Hours)
The techniques used in design and analysis of fault-tolerant digital
systems. The study and investigation of existing fault-tolerant
systems. Both Hardware and software methods will be studied and
new research topics will be investigated. The topics to be covered
include Faults and their manifestations, Fault/error modeling, Reliability,
availability and maintainability analysis, System evaluation, performance--reliability
trade-offs, System level fault diagnosis, Hardware and software
redundancy techniques, Fault--tolerant system design methods, Mobile
computing and Mobile communication environment, Fault injection
methods, Software fault-tolerance, Case studies of fault-tolerant
systems, Current research issues etc.
Array Processing
(3 Credit Hours)
Conventional Beam forming Line array beam forming (plane wave beam
forming, spatial transfer function, grating lobes and visible/invisible
space, ocean acoustics examples). FFT beam forming (plane wave beam
forming, FFT as a spatial transform, normalization for absolute
values, ocean acoustics examples). Adaptive Beam forming Constrained
and unconstrained adaptation (adaptive spatial filtering and relationship
to adaptive filtering, incorporation of look direction constraints,
ocean acoustics examples). Matched Field Processing Incorporation
of full-wave field propagation models (comparison with plan-wave
signal models, replica vector generation, generalization of beam
forming equations, ocean acoustics examples). The wave equation
and representations of simple solutions. Phase velocity. Useful
expansions and transforms. Impulse response. Array output maximization.
Waves in a homogeneous space. Beam forming in Geophysics Response
of simple linear and planar arrays. Sub arrays. Arrays as spatial
filters. Estimation of signal and noise fields, the cross-spectral
matrix and its properties. Implications of array design. Sparse
array techniques. Kinds of horizontal wave functions. Algorithms
in Array Processing
Parallel Processing
(3 Credit Hours)
The design, implementation, analysis, correction of efficient parallel
programs and to become familiar with existing parallel computers
and programming environments for parallel computation. This course
covers the architecture, performance, availability, security, and
applications of multiprocessors, multi-computer clusters, national
grids, distributed firewalls, intrusion response systems, Internet
and wireless security, and network-based computing systems. Topics
include The Scope of Parallel Computing, Parallel Architecture:
Basic issues and its influence on programming, Performance Evaluation,
Algorithm Design and Analysis, Parallel Programming: MPI, Cluster
and Distributed Network Computing, Other Current Trend of Parallel
Processing. Both performance and security issues will be greatly
emphasized.
Distributed Processing
(3 Credit Hours)
The overview of business data communications and the impact of distributed
systems on the business enterprise, to analyze the features of centralized,
decentralized, and distributed systems; and technology implications
as they relate to analysis, design, and development of distributed
processing systems. Topics include Shared-Variable Programming,
processes and synchronization ,locks and barriers, semaphores, monitors,
implementations; Distributed Programming, message passing, RPC and
rendezvous ,paradigms for process interaction ,implementations ,
Remote Procedure Calls, Inter-process Communication, Synchronization,
Service Replication, Group Communication, Distributed Shared Memory,
Distributed File Services, Distributed Naming Services etc
System Software
(3 Credit Hours)
Physical Introduction to UNIX, system administration, Database management
systems and web severs, System programming. Purpose of operating
systems. Typical system structure, virtual machines. Multiple processes,
Scheduling, Multiprogramming, mutual exclusion and synchronization.
Polling and interrupt based device scheduling; buffering. Memory
management: Need for and use of virtual memory, segmented and paged
systems, performance issues. Resource allocation, deadlock management.
File systems, directory structures. Protection and security. Client
Server computing: The microkernel as message passer. The remote
procedure call paradigm. Client server examples such as the Network
File System and X windows.
Writing Device Drivers
(3 Credit Hours)
C language Review. Coding techniques for writing system programs.
Pentium protected mode architecture. Study of the Implementation
of Minix 2.0. Micro kernel. Processes, Interrupts handling, Inter
Process communication. Device drivers. Clock driver, ram disk driver
etc Memory manager. All system calls. File System: Brief study of
file system implementation. Linux Programming in Kernel
Real-Time Systems
(3 Credit Hours)
Examples of real-time applications. Types of timing constraints.
Scheduling and resource management paradigms. Periodic-task model.
Cyclic, executive, priority- driven approach, Schedulability conditions,
validation methods Complex workload model: well known scheduling
algorithms, scheduling anomalies, methods for deriving worst-case
performance bounds Concurrency control and temporal consistency
of real-time data Real-time facilities of programming languages
(e.g., Ada, Ada9x) Operating systems and hardware support for real-time
applications. Posex real-time extensions; features of well-known
real-time operating systems; guaranteeing timely message delivery
in FDDI networks; etc. Formal methods for specifying and reasoning
about timing constraints
Digital Instrumentation
(3 Credit Hours)
Study of conventional Electronics. Test and Measurement instruments.
Review of sensors and transducers. Automatic Testing and Measurement
instruments. Applications of computers in automatic testing and
in day to day applications such as Biomedicine, Radars etc.
Communications Electronics
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction. Radio Frequency Circuits. Amplitude Modulation, Transmitters
and Receivers. Suppressed-Carrier AM Systems. Angle Modulation.
Phase Locked Loops and Frequency Synthesis. FM Equipment. Television.
Telephone Systems. Digital Communications and Transmission. Modems,
LAN and WAN. Transmission Lines, Wave Propagation, and Antennae
Microwave Devices. Terrestrial Systems and Satellite Communications.
Fiber Optics. Mobile and Personal Communications Systems
Data Acquisition
Systems (3 Credit Hours)
Concepts of linear systems, impedance and transforms. Ideal operational
amplifiers and their use, summing, integrating, and differentiating.
Properties of real operational amplifiers, I/O impedance, offset,
drift, common mode gain, noise, limiting, finite frequency response
and gain. Non-linear analog elements, comparators, absolute value,
phase-locked loops, and voltage-to-frequency converters. Analog
switching, Sample and hold, track and hold, multiplexing. Digital
to analog (D/A) conversion, ladders, voltage, and current switching,
codes. Analog to digital (A/D) conversion, characteristics of types
of A/D converters in use. Data acquisition systems, sampling, quantization,
encoding, multiplexing. Interfacing to digital systems, timing,
bussing, and driving considerations. Digital signal processing,
discrete Fourier transform, digital filters. Communication theory,
compaction codes, multiplexing.
Artificial
Intelligence and Decision (4 Credit Hours)
Types of Intelligence, Cognitive Models, Knowledge Representation,
Pattern Matching, Functional Programming in LISP (or Prolog), Goal-based
Systems, Heuristic Search and Games, Expert Systems. Language Understanding,
Robotics and Computer Vision, Theorem Proving and Deductive Systems
and Learning. Applications Using Commercially Available Expert Systems
Digital Control
Systems (4 Credit Hours)
Sampled Data Systems. Discrete Signals and Sampling, Discrete Transfer
Functions. Digital to Analog Conversion. Discrete Equivalents for
Continuous Controller, Discrete Models for Sampled Data Systems,
Pulse Transfer Functions for Feedback Systems. Stability of Digital
Control Systems. Direct Digital Design by Transform Methods.
Programmable Logic
Devices (3 Credit Hours)
Overview and introduction of Verilog; Data types, behavioral description,
Combinational and Sequential Logic, Switch level Modeling. FPGA,
SRAM programmable FPGA, Anti-Fuse programmed FPGAs, Commercial FPGAs,
Erasable Programmable Logic Devices, Advance topics
Intelligent Systems
(3 Credit Hours)
Definition of systems. Modeling and Control. Continuous and Discrete
Dynamic models. Markov decision processes Foundations of intelligent
systems and controls. Numerical optimization using Newton-Raphson
methods, Linear programming, Dynamic programming, Genetic algorithms
Graphical models Expert systems, Bayesian networks, Neural networks
Complex systems: Hybrid, distributed, and uncertain systems Definition
of stable, robust, and Fault-tolerant performance Adaptation and
learning
Artificial
Neural Networks (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction, Benefits of Neural Network Technology. Biological
Neuron. Model of a Single Artificial Neuron. Neural network architectures.
Learning paradigms; supervised learning, reinforcement learning,
Hebbian learning, BoltzMann learning, un-supervised learning. Early
neuron models; Mc Cluchpitt’s model, perceptron, ADALINE.
Feed forward neural networks; multilayer perceptron networks, radial
basis Function networks. Hopfield’s network simulated annealing.
Introduction to modular neural networks.
Virtual Reality
(3 Credit Hours)
Movies, Virtual Reality, Input Devices, Output Devices. Computing
Architectures for Virtual Reality, Modeling Programming in Virtual
Reality. Toolkits. Human factors; Traditional Applications. Emerging
Applications of Virtual Reality. Emerging Applications of Virtual
Reality
Industrial
Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
Time Delay Action. Resistance Welding with Solid State Circuits.
High Frequencies and Shorter Wavelengths (Ultrasonic, Induction
Heating, Light, Color, Infra-red or Heat-rays Ultra-violet-Rays,
Lasers, X-Rays, Gamma rays).Programmable Logic Controllers and Distributed
Control Systems. Temperature Recorders. Non-electronic Devices.
Digital Signal
Processing (3 Credit Hours)
Fundamentals, Theory and Applications. Discrete time signals. The
Z-transform. Input Output relationship. Discrete time networks.
Discrete Fourier transforms. Basic programming considerations, Digital
filters. IIR filters. FIR filter. Design techniques. Filter design
by modeling. Quantization effects. Signal processing algorithms.
DSP system design. DSP chips. Digital filters implementations. Filter
and system examples.
Information
Theory & Coding (3 Credit Hours)
Analog and Amplitude Modulation, DSB-SC and SSB Modulation and Demodulation,
Types of Amplitude Modulators. VSB Modulation. Angle Modulation,
Frequency and Phase Modulation, Narrow-Band FM, Wide-Band FM, Modulators
and Demodulators of FM .Pulse, Pulse Amplitude, Pulse-Width, Pulse
Position and Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM), Differential PCM, Delta
Modulation. Digital Modulation Technique PSK, FSK, QPSK, QAM, Digital
Multiplexing, Clock Synchronization, Bit/Byte Interleaving Information
Theory. Information Contents of a Message, Average Information per
Symbol and Source Information Rate, Discrete and Continuous Channels.
Channel Capacity, Shannon Hartley Theorem, Huffman, Coding.
Data
Compression Methods (3 Credit Hours)
Current techniques in image and video compression. Basic theory
and performance of compression algorithms. Information Theory; Scalar
quantization; Vector quantization - LBG algorithm, structured VQs;
Transform Coding - KLT, DCT LOT, wavelets; Sub band Coding; Bit
allocation techniques ; Video compression - Motion estimation and
compensation; Image and Video Coding standards: JPEG, MPEG, H.263.
Data
Network Design (3 Credit Hours)
Review of Basic Data Communications. Switching. Virtual LANs and
Design IGRP, ACL, IPX. Communication Devices, IP Addressing Media
and Design Structured Cabling WAN Design Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Frame Relay (FR)
The OSI 7-Layer Internetworking Model The Media Layers: Ethernet
& TCP/IP The Host Layers: Application, Presentation, & Session
Introduction to WAN Technologies The Networking Layer & Routing
The Router User Interface & Modes Displaying Router Configuration
Information Router Setup & Setup Configuration Router Configuration
Sources for Cisco IOS Software Fundamentals of TCP/IP Configuration
IP Addresses & Router Interfaces Router Configuration and Routing
Protocols Access Lists and Firewalls
Networking
with TCP/IP (3 Credit Hours)
Networking Basics (An Overview).Protocols & Communications Channels:
The OSI model, Protocol variations, Importance of layer distinctions,
Communications channels. IP Addresses, Configuration and Routing.
Repeaters, Routers, Gateways, Bridges Domain Name System (DNS) Berkeley
Internet Name Domain (BIND). TCP/IP Troubleshooting: Basic approach
to troubleshooting, Tools: ping, netstat, nslookup, dig, traceroute.
Testing connectivity and network access: Testing routing and name
service. Network Applications and Servers. Client/Server Model Telnet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)
Network File System (NFS)
Network Programming
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction, terminology, OSI and TCP/IP reference Models, layered
architecture, data link layer: protocols, Ethernet, bridges. Protocols:
IP, TCP, UDP, FTP, PPP, ARP, RARP, ICMP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, NFS. Networking
Commands: netstat, ifconfig, ping, traceroute, tcpdump, sock, telnet,
rlogin Berkeley sockets: C/C++, Java, NT. Application Layer: security,
SNMP, mail, WWW. UNIX programming.
VLSI Design
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to Hardware Modeling Languages. CAD tools for logic
synthesis and simulation. Design methodology. Rapid Prototyping
using field programmable gate arrays. IC chip design.
Analog
Integrated Circuits (3 Credit Hours)
Laboratory and lecture course on the physical theory, design, and
fabrication of devices suitable for integrated circuitry; includes
the electronic properties of semiconductors and techniques (epitaxial
growth, oxidation, photolithography diffusion, ion implantation,
metallization, characterization) for fabricating integrated circuit
devices such as p-n junction diodes, bipolar transistors and field-effect
transistors
Multimedia
Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to technologies for multimedia communications. Efficient
representation of multimedia data, including video, image, and audio,
Compression technologies: H.26x, MPEG, and JPEG. Deliverance a variety
of networks: Sending multimedia over ATM, wireless, and IP networks,
Error resilience and quality of service The H.32x series, standards
for audiovisual communication systems in various network environments.
Current research results in multimedia communication.
Elective Courses Telecom Engineering
Digital
Signal Processing (3 Credit Hours)
Fundamentals, Theory and Applications. Discrete time signals. The
Z-transform. Input Output relationship. Discrete time networks.
Discrete Fourier transforms. Basic programming considerations, Digital
filters. IIR filters. FIR filter. Design techniques. Filter design
by modeling. Quantization effects. Signal processing algorithms.
DSP system design. DSP chips. Digital filters implementations. Filter
and system examples
Information
Theory & Coding (3 Credit Hours)
Analog and Amplitude Modulation, DSB-SC and SSB Modulation and Demodulation,
Types of Amplitude Modulators. VSB Modulation. Angle Modulation,
Frequency and Phase Modulation, Narrow-Band FM, Wide-Band FM, Modulators
and Demodulators of FM .Pulse, Pulse Amplitude, Pulse-Width, Pulse
Position and Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM), Differential PCM, Delta
Modulation. Digital Modulation Technique PSK, FSK, QPSK, QAM, Digital
Multiplexing, Clock Synchronization, Bit/Byte Interleaving Information
Theory. Information Contents of a Message, Average Information per
Symbol and Source Information Rate, Discrete and Continuous Channels.
Channel Capacity, Shannon Hartley Theorem, Huffman, Coding.
Digital Communications
(3 Credit Hours)
Digital communications at the block diagram level, data compression,
Lempel-Ziv algorithm, scalar and vector quantization, sampling and
aliasing, the Nyquist criterion, PAM and QAM modulation, signal
constellations, finite-energy waveform spaces, detection, and modeling
and system design for wireless communication
Image &
Video Processing (3 Credit Hours)
Image formation process, types of images (Infrared, Thermal and
Video range etc.), image segmentation, Hough transform, shape from
stereo, motion and shading. Image acquisition techniques, digitization,
acquisition flaws, image storage, compression techniques, image
transformation ( translation, scaling, rotation, stereo, 3D modeling
, discrete time description of signals , fast Fourier transform
image enhancement image histogram, contrast enhancement, histogram
manipulation , thresh holding, binarization, Grey scale and color
images, smoothing, sharpening, edge detection, morphological operators
( erosion, dilation, opening, closing) medical axis transform, skeletonization,
thinning.
Voice &
Audio Processing (3 Credit Hours)
Digital audio background and issues in sound and event programming.
Digital sound formats and quality Coding style and techniques for
digital audio The software development cycle. Software development
tools and IDEs. File formats and I/O for sound and event data. Dimensions
of sound I/O APIs. Using Sound I/O APIs on several platforms MIDI.
Introduction MIDI I/O API examples Compression formats, codec, and
players. Real-time I/O and Internet streaming Browser and OS Plug-in
architectures Audio and media plug-in API examples. Speech recognition
- knowledge-based approaches, stochastic, connectionism; phoneme
recognition, lexical access, prosody. Speech synthesis - formants,
concatenation, linguistic knowledge; TTS, SSC, dialogue, speaker
characteristics etc
Multimedia
Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to technologies for multimedia communications. Efficient
representation of multimedia data, including video, image, and audio,
Compression technologies: H.26x, MPEG, and JPEG. Deliverance a variety
of networks: Sending multimedia over ATM, wireless, and IP networks,
Error resilience and quality of service The H.32x series, standards
for audiovisual communication systems in various network environments.
Current research results in multimedia communications
Electromagnetics
(3 Credit Hours)
Electromagnetic Model, Vector Analysis. Coulomb’s law. Gauss’s
law and applications. Electric potential Conductors and dielectrics
in static electric field Electric flux density and dielectric constant
Boundary conditions for electrostatic fields Capacitance and Capacitors
Electrostatic energy and forces. Poisson’s and Laplace’s
equations and uniqueness. Method of images. Boundary-value problems.
Current density and ohm’s law. Kirchhoff’s voltage and
current laws. Joule’s law, boundary conditions, resistance.
Magneto-statics in free space. Vector magnetic potential, Biot-Savart
law. Magnetic dipole, magnetization. Magnetic field intensity, magnetic
circuits. Magnetic materials, boundary conditions, inductance. Magnetic
energy, magnetic forces, torque. Time varying fields and Maxwell’s
equations introduction
Antenna Design
(3 Credit Hours)
Introduction – Examples of antenna systems, radiation patterns,
directivity, polarization, impedance, Friiis’ equation, the
radar equation, antenna temperature and noise. Antenna radiation
– the antenna as a source of radiation, duality and reciprocity,
near and far-field form a dipole, image theory, mutual coupling.
Aperture antennas and Babinet’s principle, micro strip antennas.
Linear and planar antenna arrays, synthesis of radiation patterns.
Physical limits – Super directivity, bandwidth vs. size, mutual
resistance and correlation. Practical design – High gain,
conformal, low frequency, and terminal antennas. System aspects
– Radar, radar cross-section of antennas, radio propagation,
link budget, fading space and polarization diversity. Cellular and
sector systems, adaptive and multi-beam antennas.
Mobile Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Need for Mobile System Basic Cellular System. Performance Criteria,
Operation of Cellular System. Analog and Digital Cellular Systems.
Elements of Cellular System Design Specifications of Analog System.
Cell Coverage for Signal and Traffic, Cell Site and Mobile Antennas,
Co Channel Interference Reduction
Power
Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to the Scope of Power Electronics Solid State Device
used in Power Electronics, Power Diode, Power BJT, Power MOSFET,
SCR. GTO, IGBT, TRIAC, DIAC. Semi-Controlled , Full Controlled and
Uncontrolled Rectifiers: Single Phase and 3 Phase, Sin Pulse, Twelve
Pulse & Twenty four Pulse Rectifiers, Single Phase and three
Phase Invertors, UPS. DC to DC Converters. Switched Mode Power.
Study the Characteristics of SCR, Control Power through load using
Thyristors (SCR, TRIACS), Study of Series Inverter and Chopper Circuits,
Study of Single Phase and Three Phase Rectifications, Three Phase
controlled rectifications
Industrial
Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
Time Delay Action. Resistance Welding with Solid State Circuits.
High Frequencies and Shorter Wavelengths (Ultrasonic, Induction
Heating, Light, Color, Infra-red or Heat-rays Ultra-violet-Rays,
Lasers, X-Rays, Gamma rays).Programmable Logic Controllers and Distributed
Control Systems. Temperature Recorders. Non-electronic Devices
Feedback Control System (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to Control Systems, Open-Loop and Closed- Loop Systems,
Transfer Function. Importance of Modeling. Formation of Differential
Equations of Electrical, Mechanical Electromechanical and other
Systems. Block Diagram, Signal Flow Graph. Poles and Zeros of a
Transfer Function, Stability, Standardized Inputs, Steady- State
and Transient Response of First – Order, Second Order and
Higher Order Systems. Transient Response Specification in Time and
Frequency Domain. Introduction to State – Space Concepts and
Terminology, Formation of State and Output Equations for Physical
Systems. Roulth’s Stability Criterion, Types and Analysis
of Feedback Control Systems Based on Steady – State Error
Coefficients, Sensitivity Functions. Root Locus Method. Bode Plots,
Polar Plots, Nyquist Stability Criterion, Gain and Phase Margin,
Nichol’s Chart.
Microwave
Theory & Devices (3 Credit Hours)
Dielectric heating and microwave ovens, safety standards. Guided
wave propagation in rectangular and circular waveguides and guides
of arbitrary cross section. Passive microwave components and scattering
matrices. Microwave resonators. Strip line and micro strip components
and circuits. Microwave active devices. Ferrites and nonreciprocal
devices. Microwave systems and demonstrations (Doppler radar, microwave
relay systems, microwave network analyzer, etc.).
Optical Fiber
Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Optical beams and resonators including ray tracing, Gaussian beam
propagation, stable and unstable resonators; classical theory of
spontaneous and stimulated emission including a discussion of homogeneous
and inhomogeneous line broadening; laser pumping and population
inversion in three level and four level systems; fundamentals of
laser oscillation, dynamics and threshold; laser cavity equations;
laser spiking and mode competition; Q-switching; active and passive
mode locking; injection locking; single frequency operation; introduction
to fiber lasers and active optical fiber devices. Design Considerations
of a Fiber Optics Communication Systems: Analog and Digital Modulator,
Noise in Detection Process, BIT Error Rate (BER). System design.
Maximum Transmission distance due to attenuation and dispersion.
Satellite
Communications (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to Satellite Communication, Satellite Link Design,
Propagation Characteristics of Fixed and Mobile Satellite Links,
Channel Modeling, Access Control Schemes, System Performance Analysis,
System Design, Mobile Satellite Services, Global Satellite Systems,
National Satellite Systems, Mobile Satellite Network Design, Digital
Modem Design, Speech Code Design, Error Control Codec Design, Low
Earth Orbit Communication Satellite Systems
Communication
System Engineering (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction: Fundamental terms and definitions, information,
message, message, signal, analog and digital signals, elements of
communication systems, modulating and coding need for modulation,
coding methods and benefits.
Signals and spectra: Method of signal representation,
time and frequency domain, mathematical representation of signals,
Fourier series and Fourier transform, power in a signal, Parseval’s
power theorem. Raleigh energy theorem, properties of Fourier Transform,
convolution of signals, specific signal types as impulse step and
signum function.
Signal Transmission and filtering: Linear time
invariant systems, impulse response and superposition integral,
transfer function, block diagram analysis, distortion and equalizers,
transmission loss and repeater, ideal and real filters, quadature
filters and Hilbert transform, correlation and spectral density.
Probability and Random variables: Probability functions, probability
models and distributions, statistical averages.
Random Signals and Noise: Random process, ensemble
and time average, stationary and ergolic process, noise equivalent
BW, Analog base band transmission. Linear Modulation: Band pass
systems and signals, AM, DSB, SSB, VSB, modulated signals, modulators,
balanced modulator, & witching modulator, SSB generation (method),
demodulators, synchronous, detection, heterodyne detection, envelope
detection.
Transmission Lines: Fundamentals of Transmission
line, characteristics impedance, losses in T/L. Standing waves,
quarter and half wave lines, reactance properties of T/L fundamentals
of smith chart, double stub, directional couplers bluns.
Exponential CW Modulation: Frequency and phase
modulation, bandwidth criteria, generation methods, receivers, de-emphasis
filtering.
Pulse Modulation: Sampling Theory, ideal sampling and reconstruction,
aliasing, PAM, PWM, PPM.
Data Compression
Methods (3 Credit Hours)
Current techniques in image and video compression. Basic theory
and performance of compression algorithms. Information Theory; Scalar
quantization; Vector quantization - LBG algorithm, structured VQs;
Transform Coding - KLT, DCT LOT, wavelets; Sub band Coding; Bit
allocation techniques ; Video compression - Motion estimation and
compensation; Image and Video Coding standards: JPEG, MPEG, H.263
Data Network
Design (3 Credit Hours)
Review of Basic Data Communications. Switching. Virtual LANs and
Design IGRP, ACL, IPX. Communication Devices, IP Addressing Media
and Design Structured Cabling WAN Design Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Frame Relay (FR)
The OSI 7-Layer Internetworking Model The Media Layers: Ethernet
& TCP/IP The Host Layers: Application, Presentation, & Session
Introduction to WAN Technologies The Networking Layer & Routing
The Router User Interface & Modes Displaying Router Configuration
Information Router Setup & Setup Configuration Router Configuration
Sources for Cisco IOS Software Fundamentals of TCP/IP Configuration
IP Addresses & Router Interfaces Router Configuration and Routing
Protocols Access Lists and Firewalls
Digital
System Design (4 Credit Hours)
Basic Hardware Modeling, Hierarchical Modeling Concepts, Verilog
Constructs, Gate-level Modeling, Dataflow Modeling, Behavioral Modeling,
Switch-level Modeling. Timing and Delays. Programming Languages
Interface, Logic Synthesis and Verilog. Advance State Machines Concepts.
Asynchronous Design, Hardware Description Language, Bus interfacing,
and DSP architecture.
Networking
with TCP/IP (3 Credit Hours)
Networking Basics (An Overview).Protocols & Communications Channels:
The OSI model, Protocol variations, Importance of layer distinctions,
Communications channels. IP Addresses, Configuration and Routing.
Repeaters, Routers, Gateways, Bridges Domain Name System (DNS) Berkeley
Internet Name Domain (BIND). TCP/IP Troubleshooting: Basic approach
to troubleshooting, Tools: ping, netstat, nslookup, dig, traceroute.
Testing connectivity and network access: Testing routing and name
service. Network Applications and Servers. Client/Server Model Telnet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)
Network File System (NFS)
Network
Programming (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction, terminology, OSI and TCP/IP reference Models, layered
architecture, data link layer: protocols, Ethernet, bridges. Protocols:
IP, TCP, UDP, FTP, PPP, ARP, RARP, ICMP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, NFS. Networking
Commands: netstat, ifconfig, ping, traceroute, tcpdump, sock, telnet,
rlogin Berkeley sockets: C/C++, Java, NT. Application Layer: security,
SNMP, mail, WWW. UNIX programming.
Network
Security (3 Credit Hours)
Overview of network security Cryptography Authentication Real-world
protocols using cryptography Gaining access Maintaining access Maintaining
access Covering tracks Intrusion detection systems Denial-of-service
DDoS Viruses Worms Honeypots Anonymization IP spoofing Infrastructure
attacks Social engineering
Network Management
(3 Credit Hours)
Overview of Network Management. Network Technology as Related to
Network Management. N.M. Foundations (OSI model, ASN.1). SNMP Information
model (SNMPv1, MIB model). SNMP Communication model. SNMP Remote
Monitoring (RMON) Management of Broadband Services (DSL, ATM) Management
of Telecommunication Networks (TMN) CORBA Network Management. Network
Management Tools & Applications.
Intelligent
Systems (3 Credit Hours)
Definition of systems. Modeling and Control. Continuous and Discrete
Dynamic models. Markov decision processes Foundations of intelligent
systems and controls. Numerical optimization using Newton-Raphson
methods, Linear programming, Dynamic programming, Genetic algorithms
Graphical models Expert systems, Bayesian networks, Neural networks
Complex systems: Hybrid, distributed, and uncertain systems Definition
of stable, robust, and Fault-tolerant performance Adaptation and
learning
Communications
Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction. Radio Frequency Circuits. Amplitude Modulation, Transmitters
and Receivers. Suppressed-Carrier AM Systems. Angle Modulation.
Phase Locked Loops and Frequency Synthesis. FM Equipment. Television.
Telephone Systems. Digital Communications and Transmission. Modems,
LAN and WAN. Transmission Lines, Wave Propagation, and Antennae
Microwave Devices. Terrestrial Systems and Satellite Communications.
Fiber Optics. Mobile and Personal Communications Systems
Artificial
Intelligence and Decision (4 Credit Hours)
Types of Intelligence, Cognitive Models, Knowledge Representation,
Pattern Matching, Functional Programming in LISP (or Prolog), Goal-based
Systems, Heuristic Search and Games, Expert Systems. Language Understanding,
Robotics and Computer Vision, Theorem Proving and Deductive Systems
and Learning. Applications Using Commercially Available Expert Systems
Artificial
Neural Networks (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction, Benefits of Neural Network Technology. Biological
Neuron. Model of a Single Artificial Neuron. Neural network architectures.
Learning paradigms; supervised learning, reinforcement learning,
Hebbian learning, BoltzMann learning, un-supervised learning. Early
neuron models; Mc Cluchpitt’s model, perceptron, ADALINE.
Feed forward neural networks; multilayer perceptron networks, radial
basis Function networks. Hopfield’s network simulated annealing.
Introduction to modular neural networks.
Automatic Speech
Recognition (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to automatic speech recognition by computers, including
digital sampling, Introduction to biophysics of human ear. Fourier
transformation, Phonemic classification by neural networks and Viterbi
search. Wave files, phonetics, artificial neural networks.
Sensor
Networks (3 Credit Hours)
Basic Concepts of Sensor Networks. Deployment. Application. Networking
Basic concepts. Directed Diffusion. Data Aggregation and Other methods
Energy Efficiency: Coding, MAC, Routing. Capacity, Signal Processing,
Reliability: Capacity estimation, Collaborative signal processing,
Fault Tolerance. Link Layer, Transport Layer, and Security Issues
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