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        Master of                     set to build advanced embedded   Topics covered include Load            medical data, and 4) fundamentals   aspects. There are no formal lectures   a proposal and defend their proposal
                                                                     Characteristics, Steady-state analysis,
                                                                                                                                                                           successfully. While in the second part
                                                                                                              of machine vision and medical data
                                      Linux applications.
                                                                                                                                            associated with the course. Teams of
        Science in                    ECE 510 – Advanced             Distribution Transformers, Electrical    visualization. Students will learn   students will be formed to work as   (ECE691B) students are expected
                                                                                                                                            a unit on each project, and also for
                                                                                                              image restoration, computer vision
                                                                     energy utilization, Power Quality,
                                                                                                                                                                           to get to complete their thesis work
                                      Communication Systems
                                                                     Power factor improvement, and
                                                                                                              and visualization techniques with
                                                                                                                                            the purpose of an oral special topic
                                                                                                                                                                           including defending it successfully
        Electrical and                Credit Hour:  3                voltage regulation. Students connect     applications to medical data through   presentation. Every project is unique   and submit at least one original
                                                                     theoretical concepts learned in the
                                                                                                                                                                           journal paper or multiple quality
                                                                                                                                            and may require additional readings
                                                                                                              examples and reading papers.
        Computer                      Prerequisite Graduate Standing   course to practice using hands-on      Students are expected to work on   to promote self and life-long learning,   conference papers for publication.
                                      The course covers recent advances
                                                                     laboratory experiences covering
                                                                                                                                            and part of the challenge for the
                                                                                                              a team project and write technical
        Engineering                   in today’s communication systems.   Measure the Power using Three       reports. _                    students is to determine the steps      Elective Courses
                                      The course’s main focus is on the
                                                                                                                                            to take.
                                                                     Ammeter or Three Voltmeter
                                      optical communication system,   Method, Measure the Power of an AC,     MEM 501 – Project Management
                                      including different types of fiber   3-phase system using Two Wattmeter   Credit Hour: 3              Typical goals are conducting
                                      used, the advantages and limitations   Method, and Power Factor Correction   Prerequisite: Graduate Standing  feasibility studies, development of   ECE 622 – Embedded Signal
                                      offered, and the internationally   by using Capacitor Bank in parallel                                preliminary designs, creation of   Processing
          Core Courses                implemented standards and design   with Inductive Load.                 This course covers the elements   advanced designs in software and   Credit Hour:  3
                                      procedures. Advanced topics such                                        of project management critical   hardware, final building and testing   Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
                                      as special fibers, high order effects   ECE 611 – Advanced Mixed Mode   to the success of engineering   of the product, and understanding
        ECE 500 – Integrated Circuit   in optical waveguides, dispersion,   Integrated Circuit Design         projects: project management   the impact of the solution in a   This course introduces students to
        Design                        and dispersion management      Credit Hour:  3                          framework, strategic management   global economic, environmental   real-time signal processing systems
        Credit Hour:  3               are thoroughly investigated.   Prerequisite: Graduate Standing          and project selection, project   and societal context. There will be   and their design and implementation
                                                                                                                                            regularly scheduled online class
        Prerequisite:  Graduate Standing  Furthermore, the course offers                                      organization, human aspects of                               using embedded systems. It
                                      examples of communication system   The increasing market demand         project management, conflicts and   sessions every week. All members   introduces students to the Blackfin
        This course introduces students   design, including optical amplification   on integrated system-on-chip   negotiations, scope management,   of the class are expected to attend   processor and its programming and
        to the MOS fabrication processes,   and soliton signaling. The course   applications creates wide demand   time management, cost    these sessions, which are partially   applications in the area of real-time
        modeling of MOSFETs in analog   concludes with the practical design of   for integrated circuits (ICs) that can   management, risk management,   devoted to class discussion, overall   audio, image, and video signal
        and digital modes, including the   ultra-fast fiber optic communication   process both analog signals and   contracts and procurement, project   planning and scheduling of class   processing. It also discusses the
        small signal models, noise models,   systems.                digital logic. This course covers        termination, the project management   activities. Students on the MEngECE   limitations imposed due to use of
        delay and transition times. It also                          electrical system building blocks        office, and modern developments   program are expected to orient their   embedded systems and the influence
        covers the inverters and their noise   ECE 512 - Smart Grids and   working between the analog and     in project management. Integrates   project towards management of   of these limitations on algorithm
        margins, static logic gates, switching   Renewable Energy    digital world that are used in           and clarifies the principles and tools   Electrical and Computer Engineering   utilization and design. The course
        characteristics, biasing of current   Credit Hour:  3        integrated circuits. Such structures     through case studies from a variety   project.               discusses digital signal processing
        mirrors, and the applications of   Prerequisite: Graduate Standing    include e.g. comparators, Nyquist-  of disciplines.                                          principles and filter design before
        MOSFETs as voltage references.                               Rate analog to digital converters,                                          Thesis Option             introducing implementation
        ECE 501 - Advanced Embedded   The objective of this course is to   Nyquist-Rate digital to analog        Project Option                                            techniques using embedded systems.
                                      cover smart grids, renewable power
        System Design                 generation technologies and their   converters, and oversampling                                                                     ECE 630 – Advanced Low-Power
                                                                     converters.
        Credit Hour:  3               integration into power systems. It   The students will learn the                                      ECE 691- Thesis in ECE         Integrated Circuit Design
        Prerequisite: Graduate Standing  includes analysis, challenges for the   methodologies to carry out a design   ECE 690 - Electrical and   Credit Hour: 3           Credit Hour:  3
        This course introduces students to   construction and operation of various   of a mixed-mode IC, and related   Computer Engineering Project   Prerequisite: 15 credit hours  Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
                                      power plants including hydroelectric
        advanced embedded systems design   and emerging renewable energy   computer-aided design (CAD)        Credit Hour: 3                This course is amendatory      In recent years, with the development
        techniques and their applications.                           software tools to improve the quality    Prerequisite: 15 credit hours  requirement for all Masters’ students.
        Students learn and experiment with   technologies including solar, wind,   and optimality of mixed-signal IC   The objective of this course is to   The thesis consists of two successive   of applications such as mobile
                                      biomass, marine and geothermal
                                                                                                                                                                           systems, sensor networks, and
        building their own microcontroller                           designs.                                 provide guided experience in wide   courses A and B. The purpose of
        printed circuit board and interface   energy in Europe and North America.  ECE 621 – Computer and     areas of Electrical and Computer   the thesis is to complete individually   biomedical applications, power
                                                                                                                                                                           consumption has become the most
        it to external hardware such as   ECE 520 – Advanced Power                                            Engineering to student teams   a research capstone project in the   compelling constraint in designing
        different sensors and actuators. They   System Analysis      Machine Vision                           working on design projects. The   field of electrical engineering to
        then move to discuss networking   Credit Hour:  3            Credit Hour:  3                          projects will integrate various   culminating the student experience   integrated circuits (ICs). This course
                                                                                                                                                                           introduces in depth the theme
        aspects of embedded systems at the                           Prerequisite: Graduate Standing          Electrical and Computer Engineering   and validate them as Masters
        low-level using USART, SPI, and I2C,   Prerequisite: Graduate Standing                                skills into operational prototypes.  Practitioners. Moreover, the student   of low-power analog and digital
                                                                                                                                                                           integrated circuits. At first, energy-
        and the high-level using HTTP over   This course builds on the concepts   This course covers: 1) The                                should implement and use their   constrained applications and system
        WiFi. They experiment with RTOS   and skills acquired in EEN345 Power   fundamentals of 2-D and 3-D image   The projects will emphasize problem   gained experience to complete and
        for microcontroller. Finally, students   Systems. It introduces students   computing, 2) the application of   definition, design conceptualization,   publish research work. In the first   requirements are introduced. In the
                                                                                                                                                                           second section, MOSFET modeling
        study Linux for embedded system   to concepts, techniques, and   image computing algorithms to        implementation and system     part (ECE691A) the students are
        design and use its powerful feature   applications of power distribution.   medical images, 3) enhancement   integration in software and hardware   expected to select and advisor, write   in weak inversion is presented.
                                                                     and restoration of 2-D and 3-D                                                                        The second section of the course
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