2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Electrical Engineering, M.S.E.E.
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The Electrical Engineering Department emphasizes the following major areas of interest:
- Communications. Detection and estimation theory, digital communications, computer and communication networks, cellular communications, coding, encryption, data compression, and wireless and optical communications.
- Signal Processing and Control. Digital filter design, system identification, spectral estimation, adaptive filters, neural networks and digital signal processing implementations. Digital image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition. Linear and nonlinear systems, robotics, and computer and robot vision.
- Computer Engineering. Electronic circuits, computer-aided design, VLSI design, neural network implementations, parallel array architectures and memory interfaces.
- Electromagnetics. Electromagnetic theory including microwave electronics, classical optics, metallic and dielectric wave-guides, antennas and transmission lines.
- Semicondutors, Materials and Photonics. Theory, fabrication and characterization of devices, processing and materials, device physics, ultrafast electronics and photonics, semiconductor lasers and detectors, active optical fibers and switches, integrated optics, fiber optics, photonic integrated circuits, optical waveguides, optical backplanes and silicon photonics.
Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering admission requirements for an M.S. degree, applicants are required to satisfy this additional requirement: a B.S. degree in electrical engineering or a closely related discipline.
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Degree Requirements
In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering degree requirements for an M.S. degree, candidates are required to satisfy additional requirements. The plan of study involves these requirements:
Articulation Courses
Articulation courses, if necessary, are used to prepare a student for graduate study in electrical engineering (to bring the student’s knowledge to the required level). Students must complete any required articulation courses with a GPA of 3.000 prior to entering the program.
Required Courses
A total of 30 credit hours must be taken, of which 24 must be in ECE. A minimum of four ECE courses must be taken from one of the tracks listed below.
Communication and Networking
Signaling Processing and Control
Semiconductors, Materials and Photonics
Additional Courses
The remaining courses may be taken from different tracks. Of these, two can be from outside the ECE department. Non-ECE courses are restricted to Biology, Business, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering Telecommunications (with the exception of EETS 7301 ), Engineering Management and Information Sciences, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Statistics. At least two of the ECE courses (six credit hours) must be graduate courses numbered 8000. EETS courses do not count toward this requirement.
ECE Courses
At least two of the ECE courses (six credit hours) must be graduate courses numbered 8000. EETS courses do not count toward this requirement.
Optional Master’s Thesis
An M.S. thesis can be used in place of 6 hours of ECE courses, including 8000 level courses, provided the four course track requirement is met.
Degree Plan of Study
The student should file a degree plan of study with the help of his or her adviser as soon as possible after admission, but no later than the end of the second term after matriculation. Courses not listed on the degree plan of study should not be taken without the approval of the adviser. Any revision or alteration of the degree plan must be approved by the student’s adviser, the Department Chair, and the Director of the Graduate Division.
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