Courses

Advanced electrical instruction and skill building in installation and servicing of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment including detailed instruction in motors and power distribution and introduction to solid state devices.

This course teaches the principles and analysis of electromechanical systems. Students will develop analytical techniques for predicting device and system interaction characteristics as well as learn to design major classes of electric machines.

Advanced machine modeling, including Kron's generalized machine theory, Park's transformation, and generalized coordinate transformations. Derivation of traditional machine models. Machine non-linearities, including finite element analysis.

Review of basic electromagnetics. Electromagnetic wave propagation in infinite and bounded media. Equivalence Principle, Uniqueness Theorem, Reciprocity, Green's functions and Plane wave functions.

Cylindrical wave functions. Spherical wave functions. Scattering by cylinders and spheres. Perturbational and variational techniques.

Solution of Laplace’s equation in two dimensions, circular harmonics, cylindrical harmonics, method of finite differences; wave propagation, perfect dielectrics, conductors, lossy dielectrics, transmission line analogy, Smith chart solutions; and computer applications are covered.

This course includes low and high power RF amplifier design techniques, oscillators, FM demodulators, limiters, and mixer design. Additional topics include circuit design to minimize intermodulation and other forms of distortion, and RD and high-speed analog circuits with emphasis on digital-friendly applications.

Semiconductor electronics; semiconductor diode circuit analysis; bipolar and field effect transistors; analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog circuits and active filters. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400-level course (EE 431).

This course introduces students to modern fabrication techniques, properties, and applications of conventional and emerging electronic materials. Topics include thin film deposition techniques and modern fabrication concepts, heterointerfaces, and structural, electronic, thermal, magnetic, and optical properties of electronic materials.

Principles and practices for gathering, writing, reporting and producing news for electronic media. Requires out-of-class assignments. This is a capstone course - a culminating experience that integrates coursework, knowledge, skills and other experiences in broadcast journalism. Major subjects include diversity in communication. It serves as a venue for the learning outcomes assessment.