May 23, 2024

Graduate Catalog 2015 - 2016

Graduate Catalog 2015 - 2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Electrical Eng & Computer Science
	EEC 620 - Solar Cell Theory II (4 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 621 - Internet Software Systems (4 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 622 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521, Software Engineering, or permission of instructor. Software system formal mechanisms, including specification, validation, and verification. Formal specification of concurrent systems using temporal logics. Evolution of formalism to model a certain system. Use of model checking and program verification tools for verification of concurrent software. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 623 - Software Quality Assurance (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521. Software quality, software quality aspects; software quality assurance SQA; SQA components, activities, and infrastructures; cost of software quality; software quality metrics and models; software quality standards. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 624 - Software Testing (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521. Software errors, bug reports, test case design, white box testing, black box testing, unit testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing, test planning and management. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 625 - Software Design & Architecture (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521. An in-depth look at software design. Study of design patterns, frameworks, and architectures. Survey of current middleware architectures. Design of distributed systems using middleware. Component based design. Measurement theory and appropriate use of metrics in design. Designing for qualities such as performance, safety, security, reusability, reliability, etc. Measuring internal qualities and complexity of software. Evaluation and evolution of designs. Basics of software evolution, reengineering, and reverse engineering. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 626 - Software Engineering Project (4 credits) Prerequisite: MSSE core courses (EEC 521, EEC 623, CIS 634, CIS 635). Students will apply software enginnering principles, methods and tools learned in their course work in building realistic software systems. Students work as small teams in solving real world problems. Students will meet regularly in class and teams meet separately. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 640 - Advanced Control System Design (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Systematic approach of applying modern control design methods, such as digital control, adaptive control, and heuristic methods to practical design problems. Practical approaches to typical industrial problems, such as nonlinearity, control saturation, parasitic effects, chattering, etc. Useful stability analysis techniques, such as the Circle Criterion and Popov’s Criterion. Polynomial matrix interpolation and its applications in control and system identification. Design examples and assignments. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 642 - System Identification (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Development of dynamic system models from basic laws of physics and identification of model parameters from system input-output measurements. Frequency and time domain models. Design of persistently exciting input signals. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 643 - Nonlinear Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. State-space and frequency domain analysis and design of nonlinear feedback systems. Methods include Liapunov’s stability analysis, singular perturbations, describing functions, Popov’s and circle criteria. Feedback linearization, variable structure, and sliding mode control. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 644 - Optimal Control Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Introduction to the principles and methods of the optimal control approach: performance measures; dynamic programming; calculus of variations; Pontryagin’s Principle; optimal linear regulators; minimum time and minimum fuel problems; steepest descent; and quasilinearization methods for determining optimal trajectories. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 645 - Intelligent Control Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Artificial intelligence techniques applied to control system design. Topics include fuzzy sets, artificial neural networks, methods for designing fuzzy-logic controllers and neural network controllers; application of computer-aided design techniques for designing fuzzy-logic and neural-network controllers. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 646 - Dynamics and Control of MEMS (4 credits) Prerequisites: EEC 510 and graduate standing. This course provides a comprehensive overview of MEMS technique and MEMS control. Topics include MEMS fabrication processes, MEMS sensors and actuators, Dynamic modeling of MEMS devices, control, signal processing, and electronics for MEMS, and case studies of MEMS. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 647 - Robot Dynamics and Control (4 credits) Prerequisites: MCE 441/541 or EEC 510 or exposure to undergraduate controls, with instructor consent. Study of robotic manipulator systems, with strong emphasis on dynamics and control. Energy-based nonlinear models. Motion control using PD, inverse dynamics and passivity. Geometric nonlinear control applied to robotic manipulators. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 650 - Signal Detection And Estimation (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 512. The classical theory of detection and estimation of signals in noise. Bayesian hypothesis testing, minimax hypothesis testing, Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing, composite hypothesis testing, signal detection in discrete time, sequential detection. Nonparametric and robust detection parameter estimation, Bayesian estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, Kalman-Bucy filtering, linear estimation, Wiener-Kolmogorov filtering, applications to communications. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 651 - Digital Communications (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 512. Basic digital communication techniques, including formatting and baseband transmission, bandpass modulation and demodulation, and synchronization. Advanced modulation techniques, such as power-efficient modulation, spectrally efficient modulation, coded modulation, and spread-spectrum modulation. Introduction to communication link analysis and block codes. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 652 - Error Control Coding (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 651. This course introduces the theory of error control coding for digital transmission in communications. Topics include groups, fields, GF(2), linear block codes, cyclic codes, BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes, convolutional codes, maximum likelihood decoding of convolutional codes, Viterbi algorithm, sequential decoding of convolutional codes, continuous phase modulation codes, trellis coded modulation, and turbo codes. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 653 - Information Theory (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 512. This course presents a coherent and unifying view of the concept of information, conveying a unique understanding of how it can be quantified and measured. Within this context, concepts and principles of information theory as they relate to applications in communication theory, statistics, probability theory, and the theory of investment are introduced. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 654 - Mobile Communications (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 651. Cellular mobile communication concepts and system design fundamentals, mobile radio propagation models, large-scale path loss, small-scale fading, multipath, modulation techniques for mobile radio, equalization, diversity, channel coding, speech coding, multiple access, wireless networking, wireless systems, and standards. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 655 - Satellite Communications (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 651. Satellite channel, satellite link analysis, satellite electronics, frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency-hopped communications, on-board processing, satellite cross-links, VSAT networks, mobile satellite networks. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 660 - Nanoscale Solid State Electronics (4 credits) Prerequisite:EEC 514 or undergraduate course in solid state electronics. The objective of this course is to provide the students with an in-depth understanding of the principles of modern solid state electronic devices. Emphasis is on nanoscale devices and devices made of nanoscale materials. The course begins with a brief review of quantum theory of solids, properties of solid nanostructures, and fundamental principles of conventional electronic devices. In-depth discussion on specific nanoscale devices allows students to gain knowledge in the operational principles of state-of-the-art technology in electronic devices, including hot electron transistors, high electron mobility transistors, resonant tunneling diodes, single electron transistors, and molecular devices. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 670 - Power Systems Operations (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 571. Steady-state control of power flow. Optimal generating unit commitment. Frequency/active-power control, voltage/reactive power control. Automation generation of interconnected power systems. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 671 - Power Systems Control (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 571. Nonlinear dynamic modeling and control of interconnected power systems in a deregulated environment. Voltage collapse, transient phenomena. Power system stability enhancements, flexible FACTS devices. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 673 - Power Electronics and Electric Machines (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 474 or EEC 572. Power electronic converters in combination with electric machines. Field-oriented induction machine control; stability of induction machines under sine-wave supply; voltage source inverter drives and current source inverter drives. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 680 - High Performance Computer Architecture (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Architecture analysis and design from a systems perspective. Topics include memory system design, pipeline design techniques, vector computers, multiple processor systems, and multiprocessor algorithms. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 681 - Distributed Computing Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Overview of distributed computing systems. Topics include networking, interprocess communication, remote procedure calling, name services, distributed time management, and file services. Some new technologies, including ATM networking, internetworks, multicast protocols, microkernel-based distributed operating systems, and distributed-shared memory, are discussed. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 683 - Computer Networks II (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 682. Broadband networks, traffic characterization, admission and access control, switch architectures, congestion control. Emphasis on quantitative analysis and performance modeling. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 684 - Parallel Processing Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Overview of parallel system organizations and parallel algorithms. Topics include memory structures for parallel systems, interconnection networks, SIMD/MlMD processing, parallel programming languages, mapping and scheduling, parallel algorithms, and case studies. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 687 - Mobile Computing (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. This course provides a comprehensive overview of mobile computing, which is likely to become a pervasive part of future computing infrastructures with technical advancements in wireless communication, mobility, and portability. Topics include mobile TCP/IP protocols, mobile ad hoc networks, mobile application architectures, system issues for mobile devices, and some pervasive and ubiquitous computing examples. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 688 - Secure and Dependable Computing (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 584. This course provides an extensive overview of secure and dependable distributed computing systems. Topics include computer and network security, faults models, process and data replication, reliable group communication, message logging, checkpointing and restoration, Byzantine fault tolerance and intrusion tolerance. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 693 - Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (4 credits) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Advanced selected topics in electrical engineering. Offered on sufficient demand. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 696 - Individual Problems In Electrical Engineering (4 credits) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed study on an individual problem under the supervision of a faculty member. Total credits for this course are limited to eight credit hours. Graded S/F. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 699 - Master’s Thesis (9 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 720 - Solar Cell Theory II (4 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 721 - Internet Software Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521. Analyzing, designing, constructing, testing, and maintaining internet-based software systems; hypertext makeup language, Java servlet, Java server pages, Javascript, extensible makeup language (XML), extensible stylesheet language (XSL), XML, schema, document object model. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 722 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521, Software Engineering, or permission of instructor. Software system formal mechanisms, including specification, validation, and verification. Formal specification of concurrent systems using temporal logics. Evolution of formalism to model a certain system. Use of model checking and program verification tools for verification of concurrent software. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 723 - Software Quality Assurance (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 521. Software quality, software quality aspects; software quality assurance SQA; SQA components, activities, and infrastructures; cost of software quality; software quality metrics and models; software quality standards. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 740 - Advanced Control System Design (4 credits) Prerequisites: EEC 440 and EEC 510. Systematic approach of applying modern control design methods, such as digital control, adaptive control, and heuristic methods, to practical design problems. Students learn how to deal with typical industrial problems, such as nonlinearity, control saturation, parasitic effects, chattering, etc. Useful stability analysis techniques, such as the Circle Criterion and the Popov’s Criterion. Polynomial matrix interpolation and its applications in control and system identification. Design examples and assignments. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 742 - System Identification (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Development of dynamical system models from the basic laws of physics and identification of model parameters from system input-output measurements. Frequency and time domain models. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 743 - Nonlinear Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. State-space and frequency domain analysis and design of nonlinear feedback systems. Methods include Liapunov’s stability analysis, singular perturbations, and describing functions. Feedback linearization, variable structure, and sliding mode control. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 744 - Optimal Control Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Introduction to the principles and methods of the optimal control approach; performance measures; dynamic programming; calculus of variations; Pontryagin’s Principle; optimal linear regulators; minimum time and minimum fuel problems, steepest descent, and quasilinearization methods for determining optimal trajectories. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 745 - Intelligent Control Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 510. Artificial intelligence techniques applied to control system design. Topics include fuzzy sets, artificial neural networks, methods for designing fuzzy-logic controllers and neural network controllers; application of computer-aided design techniques for designing fuzzy-logic and neural-network controllers. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 746 - Dynamics and Control of MEMS (4 credits) Prerequisites: EEC 510 and graduate standing. This course provides a comprehensive overview of MEMS technique and MEMS control. Topics include MEMS fabrication processes, MEMS sensors and actuators, Dynamic modeling of MEMS devices, control, signal processing, and electronics for MEMS, and case studies of MEMS. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 747 - Robot Dynamics and Control (4 credits) Prerequisites: MCE 441/541 or EEC 510 or exposure to undergraduate controls, with instructor consent. Study of robotic manipulator systems, with strong emphasis on dynamics and control. Energy-based nonlinear models. Motion control using PD, inverse dynamics and passivity. Geometric nonlinear control applied to robotic manipulators. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 750 - Signal Detection & Estimation (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 512. The classical theory of detection and estimation of signals in noise. Bayesian hypothesis testing, minimax hypothesis testing, Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing, composite hypothesis testing, signal detection in discrete time, sequential detection. Nonparametric and robust detection, parameter estimation, Bayesian estimation, maximum likelihood estimation Kalman-Bucy filtering, linear estimation, Wiener-Kolmogorov filtering, applications to communications. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 751 - Digital Communications (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 512. Basic digital communication techniques, including formatting and baseband transmission, band pass modulation and demodulation, and synchronization. Advanced modulation techniques, such as power efficient modulation, spectrally efficient modulation, coded modulation, and spread-spectrum modulation. Introduction to communication link analysis and block codes. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 752 - Error Control Coding (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 751. Groups, fields, GF(2m), linear block codes, cyclic code, convolutional codes, maximum likelihood decoding of convolutional codes, Viterbi algorithm, sequential decoding of convolutional codes, continuous phase modulation codes, trellis coded modulation. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 753 - Information Theory (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 512 or equivalent. Presents a coherent and unifying view of the concept of information, conveying a unique understanding as to how it can be quantified and measured. Within this context, concepts and principles of information theory as they relate to applications in communication theory, statistics, probability theory, and the theory of investment are introduced. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 754 - Mobile Communications (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 751. Cellular mobile communication concept and system design fundamentals, mobile radio propagation models, large-scale path loss, small-scale fading and multipath, modulation techniques for mobile radio, equalization, diversity, channel coding, speech coding, multiple access, wireless networking, wireless systems and standards. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 755 - Satellite Communications (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 751. Satellite channel, satellite link analysis, satellite electronics, frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency-hopped communications, on-board processing, satellite cross links, VSAT networks, mobile satellite networks. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 760 - Nanoscale Solid State Electronics (4 credits) Prerequisite:EEC 514 or undergraduate course in solid state electronics. The objective of this course is to provide the students with an in-depth understanding of the principles of modern solid state electronic devices. Emphasis is on nanoscale devices and devices made of nanoscale materials. The course begins with a brief review of quantum theory of solids, properties of solid nanostructures, and fundamental principles of conventional electronic devices. In-depth discussion on specific nanoscale devices allows students to gain knowledge in the operational principles of state-of-the-art technology in electronic devices, including hot electron transistors, high electron mobility transistors, resonant tunneling diodes, single electron transistors, and molecular devices. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 770 - Power Systems Operations (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 571. Steady-state control of power flow. Optimal generating unit commitment. Frequency/active-power control, voltage/reactive power control. Automation generation of interconnected power systems. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 771 - Power Systems Control (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 571. Nonlinear dynamic modeling and control of interconnected power systems in a deregulated environment. Voltage collapse, transient phenomena. Power system stability enhancements, flexible FACTS devices. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 773 - Power Electronics & Machines (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 474 or EEC 574. Power electronics converters in combination with electric machines. Field-oriented induction machine control; stability of induction machines under sine-wave supply; voltage source inverter drives and current source inverter drives. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 780 - High Performance Computer Architecture (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Architecture analysis and design from a systems perspective is described in this course. Topics include memory system design, pipeline design techniques, vector computers, multiprocessor systems, and multiprocessor algorithms. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 781 - Distributed Computing Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Overview of distributed computing systems. Topics include networking, interprocess communication, remote procedure calling, name services, distributed time management, and file services. Some new technologies, including ATM networking, internetworks, multicast protocols, microkernel-based distributed operating systems, and distributed shared memory, are discussed. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 783 - Computer Networks II (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 782. Broadband networks, traffic characterization, admission and access control, switch architectures, congestion control. Emphasis on quantitative analysis and performance modeling. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 784 - Parallel Processing Systems (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Overview of parallel system organizations and parallel algorithms. Topics include memory structures for parallel systems, interconnection networks, SIMD/MIMD processing, parallel programming languages, mapping and scheduling, parallel algorithms, and case studies. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 786 - Advanced Digital Design (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 581. Covers advanced topics in digital systems, including verification and simulation, test vector generation, logic synthesis, behavioral synthesis, and design and development of data path and control path. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 787 - Mobile Computing (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 484. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the mobile computing that is likely to become a pervasive part of future computing infrastructures with technical advancement in wireless communication, embeded processors and portability technologies. Topics include mobile TCP/IP protocols, mobile ad hoc networks, mobile application architectures, system issues for mobile devices and some pervasive and sensor computing examples. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 788 - Secure and Dependable Computing (4 credits) Prerequisite: EEC 584. This course provides an extensive overview of secure and dependable distributed computing systems. Topics include computer and network security, faults models, process and data replication, reliable group communication, message logging, checkpointing and restoration, Byzantine fault tolerance and intrusion tolerance. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 793 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering (4 credits) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Advanced selected topics in electrical engineering. Offered on sufficient demand. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 796 - Independent Study in Electrical Engineering (4 credits) Prerequisite: Chair approval. Detailed individual study on a special topic under the guidance of a faculty member. Total credits for this course are limited to eight. Graded S/F. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 802 - Electrical Engineering Internship (1 credits) Prerequisites: Graduate standing, completion of at least one full time academic year in MSEE, MSSE or Doctor of Engineering program, and permission of advisor. Provides students with practical experience in electrical, computer or software engineering. Students will write progress reports on a regular basis in addition to writing a project report at the end of the course. May be taken up to two times for credit. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 895 - Doctoral Research (16 credits) Up to 10 credits may be applied to the dissertation credit requirement. Click here for the schedule of courses
	EEC 899 - Doctoral Dissertation (16 credits) Prerequisite: Successful completion of candidacy examination and Dissertation Proposal Approval Form on file with the College of Graduate Studies. Click here for the schedule of courses
Engineering Mechanics
	MME 500 - Mathematical Methods In Engineering Mechanics (4 credits) Partial differential equations, integral equations, complex variables, integral transforms, and variational calculus as applied to the areas of elasticity, plasticity, fracture mechanics, materials science, and structural engineering. Cross-listed with CVE 500. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 504 - Continuum Mechanics (4 credits) General discussion of cartesian tensors. Application to the mechanics of linear and nonlinear continua. Unified analysis of stress and deformations in solids and fluids. Cross-listed with MCE 504. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 510 - Structure of Materials (4 credits) Basic principles which determine the atomic, and crystal structures of materials are studied. Topics include instrumental and structural analysis techniques, evolution of microstructures (phases/phase diagram), processing (diffusive, solidification, and mechanical working) techniques, and the influence of processing on microstructure. Cross-listed with CHE 510. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 511 - Matrix Methods Of Structural Analysis (3 credits) Energy methods approach to matrix structural analysis, including the development of element material stiffness, geometric stiffness, and mass matrices of basic structural elements; emphasis on the displacement method with computer program solutions of truss and frame problems. Cross-listed with CVE 511. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 512 - Finite Element Anlys I (4 credits) Techniques in the formulation and application of the Finite Element method. Calculus of variation, potential energy and Galerkin formulations of element stiffness equations. Uniaxial, biaxial element, Isoparametric element formulations. Applications to plane stress, plane strain, and axisymmetric problems; solutions of engineering problems using computer software. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 513 - Advanced Strength of Materials (4 credits) Prerequisite: ESC 211. This course fosters an understanding of a number of advanced concepts in the field of engineering mechanics. Topics include three-dimensional stress-strain relationships: failure theories; bending of non-symmetrical members; curved beam theory; beams on elastic foundations torsion of non-circular shafts using the thin membrane analogy, and plate theory. Cross-listed with CVE 513. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 524 - Nondestructive Evaluation (4 credits) Methods of nondestructive evaluation are studied. Topics include ultrasonics, acoustic emissions, penetrants, eddy current, X-ray and neutron radiography, digital radiography, computed tomography, and thermography. Cross-listed with CVE 524. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 565 - Advanced Machine Analysis (4 credits) Prerequisite: MCE 362 or MME 513. Finite Element analysis of stresses and deflections in complex mechanical systems under static and dynamic loading. Integrating modeling techniques with 2D and 3D CAD systems for inputting geometric data. Comparison of finite element results with theoretical and empirical results. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 604 - Elasticity (4 credits) Prerequisite: MME 513. Elasticity topics include tensor algebra, fundamentals of stress analysis, fundamentals of deformation theory, thermo-elastic constitutive relationships, uniqueness of solution, Airy’s stress function, and various solution techniques for two-dimensional problems. Cross-listed with CVE 604. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 609 - Energy/Variational Methods In Engineering Mechanics (3 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 611 - Finite Element Analysis I (3 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 612 - Finite Element Analysis II (4 credits) Prerequisite: MME 512 or MCE 580. Advanced techniques in the formulation of the Finite Element with applications. Development of three dimensional elements, tetrahedrals and hexahedrals. Formulation of thin and moderately thick plate bending elements and shell elements. 3D isoparametric beam, plate and shell elements; solutions of engineering problems using computer software. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 613 - Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (3 credits) Prerequisites: MME 511 and MME 604. Isoparametric finite element discretization, incremental equations of motion. Total and updated Lagrangian formulations. Nonlinear geometry, nonlinear material problems in two and three dimensions. Computer solution of problems. Cross-listed with CVE 613. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 614 - Elastic Instability (3 credits) Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 619 - Advanced Plasticity With Applications (3 credits) Prerequisite: MME 620. Solution techniques of plasticity problems that are amenable to computer solutions. Numerical treatment includes slab method, upper and lower bound on power, and finite element methods. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 620 - Fracture Mechanics and Plasticity Theory (4 credits) The stress and deformation field in the region of a crack are derived using linear elastic analysis. Topics include analyzing the change in potential energy due to crack propagation (Griffith’s analysis), understanding the origin of critical fracture toughness parameters, and developing fundamental fracture criteria. In addition the course focuses on time-dependent plastic deformation analysis. Relationships between stress and strain that agree with experimental observations beyond the yield stress are constructed . Application of these inelastic constitutive relationships in predicting plastic deformations in simple components are presented. Drucker’s stability postulates are discussed, and the principles of slip-line theory are given. General theorems of limit analysis and their application in structural analysis are highlighted. The J-integral and fundamentals of elastic-plastic fracture analysis are presented. Cross-listed with CVE 620 . Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 622 - Fatigue Analysis (2 credits) Prerequisite: MME 620. The fundamental concepts of crack growth in the presence of cyclic stress are considered. The fracture mechanics approach is adopted. Similitude concepts, common empirical and semi-empirical equations, variable amplitude loading, and rain fall analysis are discussed. Cross-listed with CVE 622. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 625 - Viscoelasticity (2 credits) Prerequisite: MME 604. Modeling of continua as a viscoelastic material in which stress and strain fields in deformable bodies are time and spatially dependent. Viscoelastic models include Maxwell fluids and Kelvin solids. Creep phenomena, stress relaxation, hereditary integrals, viscoelastic beams, beams on continuous supports, vibration, and wave propagation in viscoelastic materials are studied. Cross-listed with CVE 625. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 693 - Special Problems In Engineering Mechanics (4 credits) Detailed study of a special topic under the guidance of a faculty member. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 697 - Master’s Research (6 credits) Prerequisite: Graduate standing in engineering mechanics. Up to eight credits may be considered toward thesis credit requirements. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 698 - Master’s Project In Engineering Mechanics (3 credits) Preparation of a paper involving design and analysis or theoretical investigation of a topic in structural mechanics/materials selected by mutual agreement between student and department. A written report and an oral presentation are required. Click here for the schedule of courses
	MME 699 - Thesis (6 credits) A research problem under the guidance of a faculty member, culminating with the writing of a thesis. Click here for the schedule of courses
English
	ENG 506 - Composition Theory (3 credits) Advanced study in expository writing: writing processes, reading and writing, rhetoric, evaluation, and pedagogy. Offered fall semester. Required of beginning teaching assistants, except for those who took ENG 308 Composition Theory as undergraduates. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 507 - Workshop In Teaching (1 credits) Relation of composition theory to the practice of tutoring and teaching. Required for teaching assistants, except for those who took ENG 309 Writing Center Practicum as undergraduates. Meets once a week during fall and spring semesters. If credits are taken in fall semester, they will be graded T, with the grade assigned at the end of spring semester. Students may, if they wish, begin participating in ENG 507 in fall semester and register for ENG 507 credits in spring semester rather than in fall. May be taken S/F. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 509 - Technical Writing (3 credits) Preparation of reports, scientific papers, and other genres of technical writing, with emphasis on audience, voice, the proper formatting of data, and the integration of text with graphic and visual material. When offered for three credits, the course includes a major writing project as well as shorter assignments. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 510 - Literary Analysis (4 credits) Essentials of practical criticism with emphasis on close reading of selected masterworks that represent various genres and historical contexts. Core course required of all M.A. candidates. Offered fall semester. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 511 - Critical Approaches To Literature (4 credits) Critical approaches to literature and the theories that underlie them, including formalist, reader response, deconstructionist, new historicist, feminist, and other post-structuralist approaches. Core course required for M.A. candidates in the literature concentration. Offered spring semester. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 512 - Craft of Literature (4 credits) Genres of fiction, poetry, and drama studied with an emphasis on the craft of the practitioner. Literary texts are used to demonstrate the formal range of the genres studied. Craft exercises are used to explicate the operations and assumptions underlying literary techniques. Core course required for M.A. candidates in the creative writing concentration. Offered spring semester. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 514 - Studies In Linguistics (3 credits) Topics include historical linguistics, history of the English language, grammar, sociolinguistics, or analysis of an uncommonly taught language such as Sanskrit or Armenian. May be repeated with change of topic. Courses count as TESOL endorsement electives. Note: when the topic is Modern English Grammar, ENG 514 counts as an introductory linguistics course in the TESOL endorsement program. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 531 - Studies In Medieval Literature (3 credits) Topics include Arthurian tradition, women and writing in the Middle Ages, Chaucer, Malory, or courses in medieval genres or themes. May be repeated with change of topic. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 532 - Studies In Renaissance Literature (3 credits) Sixteenth- and 17th-century authors, genres, themes, or movements including humanism, the Reformation, metaphysical and cavalier poetry, scientific empiricism, and neo-classicism. May be repeated with change of topic. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 533 - Studies In 18Th-Century Literature (3 credits) Authors, genres, themes, or movements in 18th-century poetry and fiction. Topics include the Enlightenment, satire, rise of the novel, and neo-classical and pre-Romantic poetry. May be repeated with change of topic. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 534 - Studies In 19Th-Century Literature (3 credits) Authors, genres, themes, or movements in 19th-century poetry, fiction, and drama. Possible topics include Romantic-era women writers, the literature of British imperialism, and the fiction of Jane Austen. May be taken up to three times with change of topic. Click here for the schedule of courses
	ENG 535 - Studies In 20Th-Century Literature (3 credits) Modern and contemporary authors, genres, themes, or movements. May be repeated with change of topic. Click here for the schedule of courses

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Course Descriptions

EEC 620 - Solar Cell Theory II

EEC 621 - Internet Software Systems

EEC 622 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering

EEC 623 - Software Quality Assurance

EEC 624 - Software Testing

EEC 625 - Software Design & Architecture

EEC 626 - Software Engineering Project

EEC 640 - Advanced Control System Design

EEC 642 - System Identification

EEC 643 - Nonlinear Systems

EEC 644 - Optimal Control Systems

EEC 645 - Intelligent Control Systems

EEC 646 - Dynamics and Control of MEMS

EEC 647 - Robot Dynamics and Control

EEC 650 - Signal Detection And Estimation

EEC 651 - Digital Communications

EEC 652 - Error Control Coding

EEC 653 - Information Theory

EEC 654 - Mobile Communications

EEC 655 - Satellite Communications

EEC 660 - Nanoscale Solid State Electronics

EEC 670 - Power Systems Operations

EEC 671 - Power Systems Control

EEC 673 - Power Electronics and Electric Machines

EEC 680 - High Performance Computer Architecture

EEC 681 - Distributed Computing Systems

EEC 683 - Computer Networks II

EEC 684 - Parallel Processing Systems

EEC 687 - Mobile Computing

EEC 688 - Secure and Dependable Computing

EEC 693 - Special Topics In Electrical Engineering

EEC 696 - Individual Problems In Electrical Engineering

EEC 699 - Master’s Thesis

EEC 720 - Solar Cell Theory II

EEC 721 - Internet Software Systems

EEC 722 - Formal Methods in Software Engineering

EEC 723 - Software Quality Assurance

EEC 740 - Advanced Control System Design

EEC 742 - System Identification

EEC 743 - Nonlinear Systems

EEC 744 - Optimal Control Systems

EEC 745 - Intelligent Control Systems

EEC 746 - Dynamics and Control of MEMS

EEC 747 - Robot Dynamics and Control

EEC 750 - Signal Detection & Estimation

EEC 751 - Digital Communications

EEC 752 - Error Control Coding

EEC 753 - Information Theory

EEC 754 - Mobile Communications

EEC 755 - Satellite Communications

EEC 760 - Nanoscale Solid State Electronics

EEC 770 - Power Systems Operations

EEC 771 - Power Systems Control

EEC 773 - Power Electronics & Machines

EEC 780 - High Performance Computer Architecture

EEC 781 - Distributed Computing Systems

EEC 783 - Computer Networks II

EEC 784 - Parallel Processing Systems

EEC 786 - Advanced Digital Design

EEC 787 - Mobile Computing

EEC 788 - Secure and Dependable Computing

EEC 793 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering

EEC 796 - Independent Study in Electrical Engineering

EEC 802 - Electrical Engineering Internship

EEC 895 - Doctoral Research

EEC 899 - Doctoral Dissertation

MME 500 - Mathematical Methods In Engineering Mechanics

MME 504 - Continuum Mechanics

MME 510 - Structure of Materials

MME 511 - Matrix Methods Of Structural Analysis

MME 512 - Finite Element Anlys I

MME 513 - Advanced Strength of Materials

MME 524 - Nondestructive Evaluation

MME 565 - Advanced Machine Analysis

MME 604 - Elasticity

MME 609 - Energy/Variational Methods In Engineering Mechanics

MME 611 - Finite Element Analysis I

MME 612 - Finite Element Analysis II

MME 613 - Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis