Provides the student with a description of optical fibers, lasers, and detectors at a level that allows them to analyze and design optical fiber communication systems. Same as ECEN 4116. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of TLEN 5310 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Leeds School of Business or College of Engineering graduate students only.
2-credit hour senior level lab. Experiments cover analog and digital information transmission on free space and guided wave optical carriers. Automated data acquisition and computer analysis of data are used to investigate transmission efficacy. Same as ECEN 4696.
Exposes students to Unix/Linux systems and network programming with an emphasis on practical programming problems and experience. Covers the unique challenges of programming distributed systems including resolving synchronization, threads, pipes, sockets, and other constructs for building TCP/IP network servers and clients.
Examines the relationships among air, water, and landpollution, water quality, and beneficial uses. Using models, develops the ability to quantify and predict the impacts of pollutants in the aquatic environment, and to develop approaches to minimize unfavorablewater quality conditions. Department consent required.
You will learn lean and agile concepts and tools to improve customer value, processes, and reduce waste. You will examine lean and agile principles in diverse circumstances including hardware/software, product development/ongoing operations, and manufacturing products/providing services. You will apply your learning to improving performance in current responsibilities, whether as an individual contributor or as a manager. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering graduate students only.
Introduces basic data mining concepts and techniques for discovering interesting patterns hidden in large-scale data sets, focusing on issues relating to effectiveness and efficiency. Topics covered include data preprocessing, data warehouse, association, classification, clustering, and mining specific data types such as time-series, social networks, multimedia, and Web data. Same as CSCI 4502. Requisites: Restricted to Computer Science (CSEN) graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree majors only.
Covers digital logic circuits, assembly language programming, and gate-level computer design and architecture. Also discusses computer arithmetic algorithms, I/O, peripheral device performance, networking, and the Internet. Limited to graduatestudents. For ECE/CS majors with nontraditional backgrounds.
Focuses on current topics related to space habitat systems design and research aimed at understanding the effects of spaceflight on living organisms ranging from humans down to microbes. Literature analysis and scientific presentations are expected. Emphasis is on biophysical mechanisms, comprehensive models, and related technology development. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering (ENGR) graduate students or Aerospace Engineering Concurrent Degree (C-ASEN) majors only.
Presents in detail the technologies and architectures employed in cellular and other modern wireless systems and discusses regulatory and other industry issues. Major topics include radio technology, multiple access techniques, analog and digital cellular telephony, and personal communications systems. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of TLEN 5310 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior) or graduate students in the College of Engineering or Leeds School of Business only.
Advanced study on biological processes used to treat toxic organic and inorganic compounds contained in contaminated water, air, and soil; design and evaluation of in situ toxic compound biotransformation; fundaments of phytoremediation; critical reviews of current literature on bioremediation. Recommedned prereq., CVEN 5424. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 4484 or 5484 or instructor consent required.
Focuses on analysis, modeling, design, and testing of electrical energy processing systems in a practical laboratory setting. Studies power electronics converters for efficient utilization of available energy sources, including solar panels and utility. The experimental projects involve design, fabrication, and testing of a solar power system. Same as ECEN 4517 Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 5797 (minimum grade C-).
Reflects upon specialized aspects of aerospace engineering sciences. Course content is indicated in the online Class Search. Recommended prereq., varies. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering (ENGR) graduate students or Aerospace Engineering Concurrent Degree (C-ASEN) majors only.
Examines small-scale wireless networks particularly personal and local area networks. Covers licensed and unlicensed spectrum, indoor and small-scale radio propagation, modulation techniques, network topologies, ad hoc and infrastructure networks, protocol design, TCP/IP-wireless interactions, and protocol standards. Recommended prereq., TLEN 5430. Same as ECEN 5122. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 3810 or APPM 3750 or MATH 4510 (minimum grade D-).
Same as ECEN 4553 and CSCI 5525. Requisites: Restricted to any graduate students or Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering Concurrent Degree majors only.
Provides advanced study on theory-of-treatment processes, including design and operation of municipal water supplies. Department enforced prereq., 4464 or 5464, graduate standing, or instructor consent required.
Introduces the principles and techniques for compiling high-level programming languages to assembly code. Topics include parsing, instruction selection, register allocation, and compiling high-level features such as polymorphism, first-class functions, and objects. Students will build a complete compiler for a simple language. Recommended prereq., CSCI 3155 and CSCI 2400, or ECEN 2120 or ECEN 3350. Same as ECEN 5523, CSCI 4555, and ECEN 4553. Requisites: Restricted to Computer Science (CSEN) graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree majors only.
Examines the critical aspects of network security. a technical discussion of threats, vulnerabilities, detection, and prevention is presented. Issues addressed are cryptography, firewalls, network protocols, intrusion detection, security architecture, security policy, forensic investigation, privacy, and the law. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Considers concepts common to a variety of programming languages--how they are described (both formally and informally) and how they are implemented. Provides a firm basis for comprehending new languages and gives insight into the relationship between languages and machines. Same as CSCI 5535. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course CSCI 3155 (minimum grade D-).
Covers the processes used to treat municipal wastewater, focusing on biological processes. Includes: design of aerobic, anoxic, anaerobic and suspended growth technologies to remove and transform pollutants; design and assessment of treatment approaches that recover energy, nutrients and water from wastewater; application of fundamental concepts of aquatic chemistry, environmental microbiology and computational models. Recommended prereqs., CVEN 5404, CVEN 5484 and CVEN 5464. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
