Faculty of Engineering

 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Evening)

Admission Requirements:

SSC with three/four years diploma in Engg. or HSC with one year Diploma in EEE/ECE/CSE/CSIT/CS.

For all foreign certificates, the University as per rules of Bangladesh Government will determine equivalence.

Degree Requirements:

The B. Sc. degree requirements will be as follows:

(a) Completion of 117 credit hour courses

(b) Completions of the dissertation with at least a ‘C⁺’ grade (4.0 credit hours).

(c) Passing of all courses individually and maintaining a minimum CGPA of 2.5.

Duration:

A student under normal workload will have 12-15 credit hours per trimester for undergraduate programs. Three years will be required for completion of a Bachelor degree.

Course Outline

i. Mathematics: 15 credit hours

ii. ECE Core Courses: 55.5 credit hours

iii. Interdisciplinary Engineering Courses (IEC): 4.5 credit hours

iv. Technical Electives (Area of Concentration)

Technical Elective I: Electrical (21 credits)

Technical Elective II: Computer (21 credits)

ECE 450 Dissertation (4 credits)

Syllabus:

Mathematics:

MAT 115 Calculus & Coordinate Geometry

Differential Calculus: Limit, Continuity and differentiability, Successive Differentiation of various types of function, Liebnitz’s theorem, Rolle’s theorem, Mean value theorem, Taylor’s theorem in finite and infinite form, Maclaurine’s theorem’s in finite and infinite form, Lagrange’s form of remainders, Cauchy’s form’s of remainder’s, Expansion of function, Evaluation of function of L’Hospitals rule, Partial Differentiation, Euler’s theorem, Tangent & Normal, Subtangent and subnormal in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates, Determination of minimum and maximum values of function and point of inflexion, Applications, Curvature, Radius of Curvature, Center of curvature.

Integral Calculus: Definitions of integration, Integration of method of substitution, Integration by parts, Standard integrals, Integration by the method of successive reduction, Definite integrals, its properties and use in summing series, Walli’s formula, Improper integrals, Beta function and Gamma function, Area under a plane curve in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates, Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s rule, arc lengths of curves in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates, parametric and pedal equation, Intrinsic equation, Volumes of solids of revolutions by shell method, Area of surface revolution.

Co-ordinate Geometry: Transformation of co-ordinates axes and its uses; Equation of conics and its reduction to standard forms; Pair of straight lines; Homogeneous equations of second degree; Angle between a pair of straight lines; Pair of lines joining the origin to the point of intersection of two given curves, circles; System of circles; Orthogonal circles; Radical axis, radical center, properties of radical axes; Coaxial circles and limiting points; Equations of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in cartesian and polar co-ordinates; Tangents and normals, pair of tangents; Chord of contact; Chord in terms of its middle points; Pole and polar parametric co-ordinates; Diameters; Conjugate diameters and their properties; Director circles and asymptotes.

MAT 125 Deferential Equations

Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE): Degree and order of ordinary differential equations; Formation of differential equations; Solution of first order differential equations by various methods; Solution of first order but higher degree ordinary differential equations; Solution of general linear equations of second and higher orders with constant coefficients; Solution of homogeneous linear equations and its applications; Solution of differential equations of higher order when dependent and independent variables are absent; Solution of differential equation by the method based on factorization of operators.

Partial Differential Equations (PDE): Four rules for solving simultaneous equations of the form R dz Q dy P dx = ; Lagrange’s method of solving PDE of order one; Integral surfaces passing through a given curve; Nonlinear PDE of order one (complete, particular, singular and general integrals): standard forms f(p,q) = 0, z = px + qy + f(p,q), f(p,q,z) = 0, f1(x,p) = f2(y, q); Charpit’s method; Second order PDE: its nomenclature and classifications to canonical (standard)- parabolic, elliptic, hyperbolic; Solution by separation of variables. Linear PDE with constant coefficients.

Series Solution: Solution of differential equations in series by the method of Frobenius; Bessel’s functions, Legendre’s polynomials and their properties.

MAT 215 Matrix & Linear Algebra

Definition of linear (vector) space, sub space, Linear dependence and independence, basis and dimension, linear transformation, rank and nullity, representation of linear transformation by matrices, change matrix, determinant and trace, Eigen vector, Eigen value and Eigen space, normal and canonical form of matrices, matrix polynomials.

MAT 235 Statistics & Probability

Frequency distribution. Mean median, mode and other measures of central tendency. Standard deviation and other measures of dispersion. Moments, skewness and kurtosis. Elementary probability theory and discontinuous probability distribution, e.g. binomial, Poisson and negative binomial. Continuous probability distribution, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression analysis. Sampling methods.

MAT 315 Vector Analysis, Complex Variable and Fourier Analysis

Vectors Analysis: Scalars and vectors, equality of vectors, Addition and subtraction of vectors, Multiplication of vectors by scalars, Scalar and vectors product of two vectors and their geometrical interpretation, Triple products and multiple products, Linear dependence and independence of vectors together with elementary application, definition of line, surface and volume integrals, Gradient, divergence and curl of point function, Various formulae, Gauss’s theorem, Stroke’s theorem, Green’s theorem.

Complex Variable: Complex number system, General functions of a complex variable, Limit and continuity of a function of complex variable and related theorems, Complex differentiation & the Cauchy-Rieman equations, Mapping by elementary functions, Line integral of a complex function, Cauchy’s integral theorem, Tailor’s & Laurrent’s theorems, Singular points, Residue, Cauchy’s residue theorem, Evaluation of residue, Contour integration, Conformal mapping.

Fourier Analysis: Real and complex form, Finite transform, Fourier integral, Fourier transform and their uses in solving boundary value problems.

Core Courses (ECE)

EEE 101 Electrical Circuit I

Circuit variables and elements:  Voltage, current, power, energy, independent and dependent sources, and resistance.

Basic laws: Ohm's law, Kirchoff’s current and voltage laws.

Simple resistive circuits: Series and parallel circuits, voltage and current division, wye-delta transformation.

Techniques of circuit analysis:  Nodal and mesh analysis including supernode and supermesh. Network theorems:  Source transformation, Thevenin's, Norton's and superposition theorems with applications in circuits having independent and dependent sources, maximum power transfer condition and reciprocity theorem.

Energy storage elements: Inductors and capacitors, series parallel combination of inductors and capacitors.

Responses of RL and RC circuits: Natural and step responses.

Magnetic quantities and variables: Flux, permeability and reluctance, magnetic field strength, magnetic potential, flux density, magnetization curve.

Laws in magnetic circuits: Ohm's law and Ampere's circuital law.

Magnetic circuits: series, parallel and series-parallel circuits.

EEE 103 Electrical Circuit II

Sinusoidal functions: Instantaneous current, voltage, power, effective current and voltage, average power, phasors and complex quantities, impedance, real and reactive power, power factor.

Analysis of single phase ac circuits: Series and parallel RL, RC and RLC circuits, nodal and mesh analysis, application of network theorems in ac circuit, circuits simultaneously excited by sinusoidal sources of several frequencies, transient response of RL and RC circuits with sinusoidal excitation.

Resonance in ac circuits: Series and parallel resonance. Magnetically coupled circuits.

Analysis of three phase circuits: Three phase supply, balanced and unbalanced circuits, and power calculation.

EEE 104 Electrical Circuit Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts based in EEE 101 and EEE 103. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 101 and EEE 103.

EEE 105 Solid State & Physical Electronics

Semiconductors in equilibrium: Energy bands, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Fermi levels, electron and hole concentrations, temperature dependence of carrier concentrations and invariance of Fermi level.

Carrier transport processes and excess carriers: Drift and diffusion, generation and recombination of excess carriers, built-in-field, Einstein relations, continuity and diffusion equations for holes and electrons and quasi-Fermi level.

PN junction: Basic structure, equilibrium conditions, contact potential, equilibrium Fermi level, space charge, non-equilibrium condition, forward and reverse bias, carrier injection, minority and majority carrier currents, transient and ac conditions, time variation of stored charge, reverse recovery transient and capacitance.

Bipolar junction transistor: Basic principle of pnp and npn transistors, emitter efficiency, base transport factor and current gain, diffusion equation in the base, terminal currents, coupled-diode model and charge control analysis, Ebers-Moll equations and circuit synthesis.

Metal-semiconductor junction: Energy band diagram of metal semiconductor junctions, rectifying and ohmic contacts.

MOS structure: MOS capacitor, energy band diagrams and flat band voltage, threshold voltage and control of threshold voltage, static C-V characteristics, qualitative theory of MOSFET operation, body effect and current-voltage relationship of a MOSFET.

Junction Field-effect-transistor:  Introduction, qualitative theory of operation, pinch-off voltage and current-voltage relationship.

EEE 201 Electronics I

P-N junction as a circuit element: Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, operational principle of   p-n junction diode, contact potential, current-voltage characteristics of a diode, simplified dc and ac diode models, dynamic resistance and capacitance.

Diode circuits: Half wave and full wave rectifiers, rectifiers with filter capacitor, characteristics of a zener diode, zener shunt regulator, clamping and clipping circuits.

Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) as a circuit element, Bipolar junction transistor: current components, BJT characteristics and regions of operation, BJT as an amplifier, biasing the BJT for discrete circuits, small signal equivalent circuit models, BJT as a switch.

Single stage mid-band frequency BJT amplifier circuits: Voltage and current gain, input and output impedance of a common base, common emitter and common collector amplifier circuits. Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) as circuit element: structure and physical operation of an enhancement MOSFET, threshold voltage, Body effect, current-voltage characteristics of an enhancement MOSFET, biasing discrete and integrated MOS amplifier circuits, single-stage MOS amplifiers, MOSFET as a switch, CMOS inverter.

Junction field-effect-transistor (JFET): Structure and physical operation of JFET, transistor characteristics, pinch-off voltage.

Differential and multi-stage amplifiers: Description of differential amplifiers, small-signal operation, differential and common mode gains, RC coupled mid-band frequency amplifier.

EEE 203 Energy Conversion

Electromechanical energy conversion fundamentals: Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, Flemming's rule and Lenz's law.

Elementary generator:  Commutation, electromagnetic force, left hand rule, counter emf and comparison between generator and motor action.

Transformer: Ideal transformer - transformation ratio, no-load and load vector diagrams; actual transformer - equivalent circuit, regulation, short circuit and open circuit tests.

Three phase induction motor: Rotating magnetic field, equivalent circuit, vector diagram, torque-speed characteristics, effect of changing rotor resistance and reactance on torque-speed curves, motor torque and developed rotor power, no-load test, blocked rotor test, starting and braking and speed control.

Single phase induction motor: Theory of operation, equivalent circuit and starting.

DC generator: Types, no-load voltage characteristics, build-up of a self excited shunt generator, critical field resistance, load-voltage characteristic, effect of speed on no-load and load characteristics and voltage regulation.

DC motor: Torque, counter emf, speed, torque-speed characteristics, starting and speed regulation.

Synchronous Generator: excitation systems, equivalent circuit, vector diagrams at different loads, factors affecting voltage regulation, synchronous impedance, synchronous impedance method of predicting voltage regulation and its limitations.

Parallel operation: Necessary conditions, synchronizing, circulating current and vector diagram.

Synchronous motor: Operation, effect of loading under different excitation condition, effect of changing excitation, V-curves and starting. Construction and basic characteristics of solar cells. Introduction to wind turbine generators.

EEE 204 Energy Conversion Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 203. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 203.

EEE 207 Electronics II

Frequency response of amplifiers: Poles, zeros and Bode plots, amplifier transfer function, techniques of determining 3 dB frequencies of amplifier circuits, frequency response of single-stage and cascode amplifiers, frequency response of differential amplifiers.

Operational amplifiers  (Op-Amp):  Properties of ideal Op-Amps, non-inverting and inverting amplifiers, inverting integrators, differentiator, weighted summer and other applications of Op-Amp circuits, effects of finite open loop gain and bandwidth on circuit performance, logic signal operation of Op-Amp, dc imperfections.

General purpose Op-Amp: DC analysis, small-signal analysis of different stages, gain and frequency response of 741 Op-Amp. Negative feedback: properties, basic topologies, feedback amplifiers with different topologies, stability, frequency compensation.

Active filters: Different types of filters and specifications, transfer functions, realization of first and second order low, high and bandpass filters using OP-Amps.

Signal generators: Basic principle of sinusoidal oscillation, Op-Amp RC oscillators, LC and crystal oscillators.

Power Amplifiers: Classification of output stages, class A, B and AB output stages.

EEE 208 Electronics Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 201 and EEE 207. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 201 and EEE 207.

EEE 209 Electromagnetic Engineering

Static electric field:  Postulates of electrostatics. Coulomb's law for discrete and continuously distributed charges, Gauss's law and its application, electric potential due to charge distribution, conductors and dielectrics in static electric field, flux density-boundary conditions; capacitance-electrostatic energy and forces, energy in terms of field equations, capacitance calculation of different geometries; boundary value problems-Poisson's and Laplace's equations in different co-ordinate systems.

Steady electric current:  Ohm's law, continuity equation. Joule's law, resistance calculation.  Static Magnetic Field: Postulates of magnetostatics, Biot-Savart's law. Ampere's law and applications, vector magnetic potential, magnetic dipole, magnetization, magnetic field intensity and relative permeability, boundary conditions for magnetic Field, magnetic energy, magnetic forces, torque and inductance of different geometries.

Time varying fields and Maxwell's equations: Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. Maxwell's equations-differential and integral forms, boundary conditions, potential functions; time harmonic fields and Poynting theorem.

Plane electromagnetic wave: plane wave in loss less media - Doppler effect, transverse electromagnetic wave, polarization of plane wave; plane wave in lossy media low-loss dielectrics, good conductors; group velocity, instantaneous and average power densities, normal and oblique incidence of plane waves at plane boundaries for different polarization.

CSE 131 Object Oriented Programming

Introduction:  Object Orientation Development Themes

Modeling Concepts: Modeling as a design Technique; Object modeling; Advanced Object modeling; Dynamic Modeling; Functional Modeling; Design Methodology - Analysis, System design; Object design;  Comparison of Methodologies; Implementation.

Object Oriented Languages: Non-object oriented Languages, Relational Databases; Applications-object diagram computer; computer Animation

Beginning with C + + / Java:  C++ :Tokens, Expressions and control Structures; Functions in C + + ;  Classes and objects; Constructors and Destructors; Operator Overloading and  Type Conversions; Inheritance - Extending Classes; Pointers - Virtual Functions and Polymorphism; Managing Console I/O Operations; Working with Files; Object Oriented Systems Development. Java :  Java  fundamentals, Java application, Java applets, Methods, Arrays, String & characters, Graphics & java 2D, Basic graphical user interface components, Multithreading, Multimedia, Files & streams, JDBC, Servlets, RMI, Networking, Java beans. 

CSE 132 Object Oriented Programming Lab

Laboratory work based on CSE 131

EEE 301 Electrical Properties of Materials

Crystal structures: Types of crystals, lattice and basis, Bravais lattice and Miller indices. Classical theory of electrical and thermal conduction: Scattering, mobility and resistivity, temperature dependence of metal resistivity, Mathiessen's rule, Hall effect and thermal conductivity. 

Introduction to quantum mechanics:  Wave nature of electrons, Schrodinger's equation, one-dimensional quantum problems - infinite quantum well, potential step and potential barrier; Heisenbergs's uncertainty principle and quantum box.

Band theory of solids: Band theory from molecular orbital, Bloch theorem, Kronig-Penny model, effective mass, density-of-states.

Carrier statistics: Maxwell-Boltzmann and Fermi-Dirac distributions, Fermi energy.

Modern theory of metals: Determination of Fermi energy and average energy of electrons, classical and quantum mechanical calculation of specific heat.

Dielectric properties of materials: Dielectric constant, polarization-electronic, ionic and orientational; internal field, Clausius-Mosotti equation, spontaneous polarization, frequency dependence of dielectric constant, dielectric loss and piezoelectricity.

Magnetic properties of materials: Magnetic moment, magnetization and relative permitivity, different types of magnetic materials, origin of ferromagnetism and magnetic domains. Introduction to superconductivity:  Zero resistance and Meissner effect, Type I and Type II superconductors and critical current density.

EEE 303 Digital System Design

1.                  Memory Devices: Memory Basics; RAM characteristics; Bipolar RAM; MOS static & MOS Dynamic RAM; ROM; EPROM; EEPROM; Flash memory.

2.                  Processor Logic Design: Processor organization; Arithmetic Logic Unit; Design o Arithmetic Circuit; Design of Logic circuit; Design of ALU; Design of Shifter & Accumulator;

3.                  Control Logic Design: Control organization; Hard-wired control; Micro program Control; Control of processor unit; PLA control; Micro program Sequencer;

4.                  Computer Design: System of configuration; Computer instructions; timing and control; Execution of Instruction; Design of computer Registers; Design of control; Computer console.

5.                  Microcomputer system Design: Microcomputer & microprocessor organization; Instruction & addressing mode; Stack, subroutines & interrupts; memory organization; Direct memory address; Microprocessor based designs.

EEE 304 Digital System Design Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 303. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 303.

EEE 305 Power System

Line representation: Equivalent circuit of short, medium and long transmission line.

Network representation: Single line and reactance diagram of power system and per unit representation.

Load flow: Gauss-Seidel method.

Power flow control: Tap changing transformer, phase shifting, booster and regulating transformer and shunt capacitor.

Fault analysis: Short circuit current and reactance of a synchronous machine. Symmetrical fault calculation methods: symmetrical components, sequence networks and unsymmetrical fault calculation.

Protection: Introduction to relays, differential protection and distance protection. Circuit breakers.

Load curves: Demand factor, diversity factor, load duration curves, energy load curve, load factor, capacity factor and plant factor.

Transmission lines and cables: Overhead and underground.

Stability: Swing equation, power angle equation, equal area criterion, multi-machine system, step by step solution or swing equation, transient and steady state stability and factors effecting-stability.

Reactive power compensation: Theory, steady-slate and dynamic VAR compensation. Generation and Load Modeling, Harmonics, Flexible ac transmission system, High voltage dc transmission system, Electrical power policy.

EEE 306 Power System Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 305. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 305.

EEE 313 Microprocessor and Interfacing

General structure of Microprocessor: Microprocessor Architecture, Pipelining; Detail study of a standard microprocessor system, its instructions sets, Data Format, Addressing modes and programming, Memory sub-system, Bus timing and standards, input/output interfacing, Polling and Interrupts.

Processor Study: Detail study of 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit processors, study of associated chips of microprocessor systems, Comparative study of a few popular microprocessors.

Assembly Languages: Machine, assembly language, assembly instruction types and their formats, instruction sets and application, addressing modes; Modifications, Macros and subroutines, Assembler, Cross-assemblers, interrupt processing.

Interfacing: Design and operation of interface between computer and the outside world, sensors, transducers and signal conditioning circuits, interfacing memory, and I/O devices such as monitors, printers disk drivers, optical displays, some special interface cards, stepper motors and other peripheral devices. IEEE488, RS-232 and other buses; Study and applications of peripheral chips including 8212, 8155, 8255, and 8251.

Character Peripherals: Key boards, printers (dot-matrix, laser, link-jet) VDUS, computer graphics hardware, plotters, disc-drivers, CD-ROM.

Microprocessor Peripheral Chips: Application to peripheral sub-systems PPI, DMAC, PCI; Interfacing data converters, general purpose programmable peripheral devices, serial I/O and data communication.

EEE 314 Microprocessor and Interfacing Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 313. In the second part students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 313.

EEE 401 Control System Engineering

Introduction to control systems.

Linear system models: Transfer function, block diagram and signal flow graph (SFG).

State variables: SFG to state variables, transfer function to state variable and state variable to transfer function.

Feedback control system: Closed loop systems, parameter sensitivity, transient characteristics of control systems, effect of third pole and zero on the system response and system types and steady state error. Routh stability criterion.

Analysis of feedback control system: Roof locus method and frequency response method. Design of feedback control systems: Controllability and observability, root locus, frequency response and state variable methods.

Digital control system: introduction, sampled data systems, stability analysis in Z-domain.

EEE 402 Control System Engineering Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 401. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 401.

EEE 403 Digital Signal Processing

Introduction to digital signal processing (DSP): Discrete-time signals and systems, analog to digital conversion, impulse response, finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) of discrete-time systems, difference equation, convolution, transient and steady state response.

Discrete transformations: Discrete Fourier series, discrete-time Fourier series, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and properties, fast Fourier transform (FFT), inverse fast Fourier transform, Z transformation - properties, transfer function, poles and zeros and inverse Z transform. Correlation: circular convolution, auto-correlation and cross correlation.

Digital Filters: FIR filters - linear phase filters, specifications, design using window, optimal and frequency sampling methods; IIR filters - specifications, design using impulse invariant, bi-linear Z transformation, least-square methods and finite precision effects.

EEE 404 Digital Signal Processing Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 403. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 403.

Interdisciplinary Engineering Course (IEC)

MECH 129 Mechanical Engineering

Source of energy: Conventional and renewable; Introduction to IC engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning systems.

Static’s of particles and rigid bodies: Forces in trusses and frames; Relative motion; Kinematics of particles; Newton's Second Law of Motion; Kinematics of rigid bodies.

Introduction to Robotics; Plane, rotational and spatial motion with application to manipulators; geometric configurations: Structural elements, linkage, arms and grippers; Motion characteristics.

MECH 361 Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Thermodynamic System: Basic concept of system, state of system, process, cycle, phase, energy, equation of state, Thermal Equilibrium, concept of temperature, concept of Heat, Quasi-static process, work, comparison of heat and work.

First Law of Thermodynamics:  First Law of Thermodynamics for a change in state of a close system, applications of first law of thermodynamics, Isothermal process, Adiabatic process, Isochoric process, Isobaric process, Gas equation during adiabatic process, slopes of adiabatic and Isothermal, work done during an Isothermal and adiabatic process, Irreversible process and reversible process.

Second Law of Thermodynamics: Second Law of Thermodynamics, Carnot’s Reversible engine, Carnots Engine and Refrigerator, Carnot’s Theorem, Absolute Zero on wok scale, Ranking cycle, Otto cycle, Thermonic emission, Clausius Inequality.

Entropy and second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy changes of a closed system during Irreversible process, Change in entropy in a Reversible process.

Third Law of Thermodynamics: Third Law of Thermodynamics, Temperature-Entropy dioagram, Entropy of a perfect gas, Zero point Energy, Negative temperature Maxwell’s Thermodynamical Relations, Helmholtz function, Gibb’s function, Enthalphy, first and second order phase transitions.

Fluid Statics: Basic equations of fluid mechanics, study of flow in closed conduits and over immersed bodies, compressible flow, turbo-machinery, and measurements in fluid mechanics.

Basic Concepts of Continuum:  No-Slip Condition, Viscosity, Newtonian Fluids  Pressure; Measurement of Pressure; Hydrostatic Forces, Bernoulli Equation; Static, Dynamic, and Stagnation Pressures; Flow rate Measurements.

Fluid Kinematics: Descriptions of Fluid Flow; Control Volume and Control System, Conservation of Mass, Momentum and Energy. The differential equations of Conservation of Mass and Momentum, Similitude, Dimensional Analysis, and Modeling (Buckingham’s - theorem).

Fluid Motion: Equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem, viscosity, Stokes law, Surface energy and surface tension, capillary & determination of surface tension.

CSE 441 Optical Fiber Communications

Optical Fiber: Types and characteristics, transmission characteristics, Block diagram of an optical communication system, Optical Fibers; Structures and wave guide fundamentals, Basic optical laws. Optical fiber modes and configuration, Mode theory for circular wave guide.

Optical Communication System: Principles of light wave propagation through fiber, material and types of fiber, attenuation, dispersion and pulse spreading, short and long wave lengths, Receiver amplifiers, fiber optic components and cables, fiber optic communication systems, high bit rate electronics.

Fiber Optic Technology: Common glasses, optical glasses, optical fiber materials, fiber perform making reaction kinetics and efficiency, instrumentation, fiber fabrication processes, fiber drawing and cooling, jacketing and cabling, splicing.

Light Source: Light sources, principles & technology, characteristics and modulation, Attenuation, Signal distortion,  Light emitting diodes and laser diodes External and internal efficiency.

Receiver: Photo detectors: Physical principles of photo diodes, PIN photo detectors, Avalanche photo diodes, Photo detector noise, noise and limitations, Transmission Limitations.

Detectors: PIN photo-detector and avalanche photo-detectors.

Optical Amplifier: Laser and fiber amplifiers, applications and limitations.

Optical Fiber Cables: Splices and connectors, Couplers, Introduction to unguided optical communication systems, optical ether.

Multi-Channel Optical System: Frequency division multiplexing, wavelength division multiplexing and co-channel interference. The course includes lab works based on the concepts introduced

Technical Electives (Area of Concentration):

Electrical:

EEE 414 Advanced Electrical Machines

Special machines, series universal motor, permanent magnet dc motor, unipolar and bipolar brush less dc motors, synchronous single and three phase reluctance motors synchronous hysteresis motor and its drive circuits, switched reluctance motor, electro static motor, synchros and control transformers.  Elements of electrical machine design, design of electrical, magnetic, thermal and mechanical circuits of electrical machines, application of computer in optimum design of electrical machine.

EEE 415 Power Electronics

Power semiconductor switches and triggering devices: BJT, MOSFET, SCR, IGBT, GTO, TRIAC, UJT and DIAC.

Rectifiers: Uncontrolled and controlled single phase and three phase.

Regulated power supplies:  Linear-series and shunt, switching buck, buckboost, boost and Cuk regulators.

AC voltage controllers: single and Multi phase. Choppers, DC motor control, Single phase cyclo-converter.

Inverters: Single phase and three phase voltage and current source. AC motor control; Stepper motor control; Resonance inverters; Pulse width modulation control of static converters.

EEE 416 Power Electronics Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 415. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 415.

EEE 418 Power System Reliability

Introduction to unit commitment, contingency evaluation and security assessment; Automatic generation control; Reliability concepts; general reliability functions, exponential distribution, mean time to failure, series- parallel systems, Markov’s process; Generation model; Load model; Reliability evaluation of a power system; LOLP, LOEP.

Power system stability involving two-machine systems, swing equation. Equal area criterion of stability and its applications, solution of swing equation factors affecting transient stability.

EEE 419 Power System Operation & Control

Principles of power system operation, operation in conventional and competitive environment, economic dispatch with non-linear and piece-wise linear cost curves, generator scheduling, static security analysis, state estimation, voltage security analysis, optimal power flow, generation control, supervisory control and data acquisition, optimal power now, generation control, supervisory control and data acquisition, dynamic security analysis and ancillary services.

EEE 421 High Voltage Engineering

High voltage dc: Rectifier circuits, voltage multipliers, Van-de-Graff and electrostatic generators.

High voltage ac: Cascaded transformers and Tesla coils.

Impulse voltage: Shapes, mathematical analysis, codes and standards, single and multi-stage impulse generators, tripping and control of impulse generators. Breakdown in gas, liquid and solid dielectric materials. Corona.

High voltage measurements and testing: Over-voltage phenomenon and insulation coordination. Lightning and switching surges, basic insulation level, surge diverters and arrestors.

EEE 422 High Voltage Engineering Laboratory

Tills course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 421. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 421.

EEE 473 Power Plant Engineering

Power plants: general layout and principles, steam turbine, gas turbine, combined cycle gas turbine, hydro and nuclear. Power plant instrumentation.

Selection of location: Technical, economical and environmental factors. Load forecasting. Generation scheduling: deterministic and probabilistic. Electricity tariff: formulation and types. 

EEE 474 Power Plant Engineering Laboratory

Tills course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 473. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 473.

EEE 475 Power System Protection

Purpose of power system protection. Criteria for detecting faults: over current, differential current, difference of  phase angles, over and under voltages, power direction, symmetrical components of current and voltages, impedance, frequency and temperature.  Instrument transformers: CT and PT. Electromechanical, electronic and digital Relays: basic modules, over current, differential, distance and directional. Trip circuits.  Unit protection schemes: Generator, transformer, motor, bus bar, transmission and distribution lines. Miniature circuit breakers and fuses. Circuit breakers: Principle of arc extinction, selection criteria and ratings of circuit breakers, types - air, oil, SF6 and vacuum.

EEE 476 Power System Protection Laboratory

Tills course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 475. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 475.

Computer

CSE 309 Advanced Logic Design

Review of Arithmetic Circuits; Flip-Flops; Register; Counters and D/A and A/D Conversions and Semiconductor Memories.

Design of combinational logic circuit with programmable logic devices, implementation of high speed multipliers; Design of modular sequential logic circuit,  implementation of digital fractional rate multipliers;  Design of State machine  Mealy and Moore machines; 

Asynchronous circuit design; Design, modeling and verification of complex digital systems; Modem design methodologies for logic design; Data path and control design, algorithmic state machines integration of data and control.

Test and testable design of Logic circuits. Modern Tools for the design and testing of digital systems.

Case study of Digital design.

CSE 313 Computer Architecture

Introduction: Generation and types of computer, languages, virtual machines, multilevel machines, hardware and software, milestones in computer architecture.

Computer Organization: Processors architecture, functions, operations, instruction formats, addressing, instruction  types, control flow, comparison between  Intel and Motorola; memory - functions, classification of memory; Input/Output - keyboard, terminals, disk-drive, modem, mouse, printers; computer buses: control bus, data bus, address bus, synchronous bus, asynchronous bus, bus arbitration, interrupt handling, system bus - IBM PC XT/AT bus, VME bus, VESA bus, PCI bus

Microprocessor: Types, overview of Intel and Motorola processor, instruction and addressing mode of Intel 8086 microprocessor, assembly language programming (any 8086 processor)

Microcomputer/Interfacing Support Chips: Interfacing technique, different support chips, bus controller, interrupt controller, DMA controller, key-board controller

Micro Programmed Control: Basic concepts. Micro-instruction sequencing and execution; Grouping of signals; Bit-slice architecture. RISE & CISC machines, Parallel processing, multiprocessing, Vector computation. Fault tolerant systems: Instruction, execution Characteristics; Use of large register file; RISC architecture, RISC pipe lining, machine.

CSE 314 Computer Design Lab

Laboratory work based on CSE 313

CSE 315 Data Communication

Introduction: Communication model, data communication task, data communication network, standard and organization, OSI and TCP/IP models

Data Communications: Analog and digital data, Spectrum and bandwidth, Transmission impairments, Data rate and channel capacity. Different techniques of modulation, Asynchronous and synchronous communications, Hardware interfaces, multiplexers, concentrators and buffers

Transmission Media: Characteristics and applications of twisted pair, coaxial and fiber optic cables, Satellite, microwave, radio wave, VSAT; Data Encoding, data and signal, NRZI, Manchester and differential Manchester encoding, ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, QAM encoding, modems, Error detection techniques, Parity check and CRC, Error Correction and Hamming code, Interfacing and ELA 232D, null modem; Flow control and error control techniques, Sliding Window, stop and wait ARQ, Selective-Reject ARQ

Frequency Division : multiplexing, international FDR carrier standards, synchronous TDM and international TDR carrier standards, statistical TDR and wavelength division multiplexing; Circuit switching, single node networks, digital private branch exchange, Packet switching, Diagram and virtual circuits.

CSE 323 Computer Networks

Introduction to Computer Networks: Basic concept of Computer networks and distributed systems; Goals of networking; General approaches of communication within a network. Network classification; Uses & Network Software’s

Network Topology: Bus, tree, ring, and star topology, transmission

Network Protocol: OSI model, TCP/IP protocol and the Internet, LAN and MAN-topologies, optical fiber bus, MAC protocols, LAN/MAN standards, FDDI and Fast Ethernet, LAN and bridges; Geosynchronous and 1ow orbit satellites, VSATS, protocols for multiple access unlink channel, digital cellular radio, GSM, personal communication services.

Network Interconnections: bridges and gateway, connectionless and connection oriented internetworking, routing and fragmentation, firalls, IP protocol and IP addresses, internet Control Protocols - ICMP, ARP, RARP, Domain name and Name servers; Overview of internet applications; Electronic Mail Systems and protocol SMIP and MIME, world wide web, URLS; ISDN user interface and channels, Broadband ISDN, Frame Relay services and protocols, ATM virtual Channels and paths, ATM cells, header error control, ATM switches.

Network Security: Introduction to network security authentication protocols and digital signatures, simple network, management protocol

Network Applications: Client/server programming, RPC techniques; applications - file server, print server, e-mail, directory services, remote login, HTTP, HTML, World Wide Web, web browser, applications server

Network Management: Internet management - management information base (MIB), simple network management protocol (SNMP)

The Network Layer: The Physical Layer - The Data Link Layer - The Medium Access Control Sub-layer. Transport layer and the application of layers.

CSE 324 Computer Networks Lab

Laboratory work based on CSE 323

CSE 415 Multimedia and Internet

Multimedia Technology: Overview of Audio, video,  text, and graphics, data, different formats of data storage, hardware and software requirements; Digital Image fundamental, 2 & 3 Dimensional Graphics, Image data compression, Special effect to graphics; Basic concepts of Color Display; Color Management, Graphics input device; Graphics editing & drawing software.

Audio Signal: Analog & Digital signal; Configuring the sound card, Mono & Stereo channeling, Audio file size, Audio file formats; Audio recording techniques, Audio Editing terminology, Special effect to audio file, MIDI fundamentals, Audio editing software; Data compression.

Data Compression and Transmission Techniques: Audio and video compression, synchronization. multimedia networking and protocols, QOS principles. Video streams on ATM. Mobile multimedia computations. Operating system support for multimedia. Hypermedia system. Standard for multimedia. Multimedia database and multimedia applications

Internet Technology: Electronic Mail, Mailbox Names and Aliases, Alias Expansion and Mail, Forwarding and the relationship of Internetworking and Mail, TCP/IP standards for Electronic Mail services, Electronic mail address, Pseudo Domain Addresses, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, MX Record in DNS systems, POP3, IMPA. The MIME Extension for Non-AscII data, MIME Multipart Messages

Internet Security: Protecting Resources, the need for an information Policy, IPsec (IP security), IPsec Authentication Header and Encapsulating Security Payload, IPsec Tunneling, Secured Sockets.

Features of TCP/IP: TCP/IP and the internet, features of IPv4, Client-Server Model, Time and Data service.

Web Technology: The Internet and Worldwide web, HTTP, HTTP GETrequest, Persistent connection and length, Web browsers, Web servicing

CSE 416 Real Time Computer Systems

Basic concept; Hardware concept; system concepts; types of real time computer systems, processing nodes; framework of an adaptable distributed real-time computer system; adaptable real-time system (ARTS) using imprecise technique (IT), controller area network (CAN) based distributed system.

Digital computer interfaces; multiprogramming; bus structure, interrupt, and time sharing consideration, digital data transfer, remote consoles, sampling, quantizing, multiplexing and data reconstruction.

Real time and its performances; real time operating systems; External link with different Technical committee, Scientific conferences and Research groups.

CSE 417 Microprocessor System Design

Design of digital computer sub-systems, flow of information and logical flow diagram in timing and control signals, System Organization and Hardware structures. Introduction to microprogramming; Multiprogramming, time-sharing and real time computer systems; Data and instructions; Data systems, addressing of operative memory. Machine Instructions. Channel programs. Assembler program. Program execution. Interrupt systems. I/O systems.

Hardware design of 16 and 32 bit single board computers. Chip select equations for memory board design. Serial and parallel I/O interfacing, ROM and RAM. Assembly language programming, stack models, sub-routines and I/O processing.

CSE 418 Microprocessor System Design Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in CSE 417. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in CSE 417.

CSE 448 Cryptography and Network Security

Cryptography

Basic Concept: Introduction and the purpose of Cryptography;

Types of Cryptographic Algorithms: Secret Key Cryptography, Public Key Cryptography, Hash Functions, Three Encryption Techniques and the significance of Key length;

Trust Model: PGP Web of Trust, Kerberos, Public Key Certificates and Certificate Authorities.

Cryptographic Algorithms in Action: Password Protection, Diffie-Hellman Exchange, RSA Public Key Cryptography, DES, Breaking DES and DES Variants, Pretty Good Privacy(PGP), IP Security(IPsec) Protocol, The SSL Family of Secure Transition Protocols for World Wide Web, Elliptic Curve Cryptography;

The Advanced Encryption Standard and Rijndael, Sisco’s Stream Cipher

Network Security

Basic Concept: Introduction to Network and Networking;

Reference Model: ISO/OSI, Popular Networking of UUCP and the Internet;

The Language of the Internet: Open Design, IP, Understanding IP, Attacks against IP, TCP, Guaranteed Packet delivery, UDP, Lower Overhead then TCP;

Risk Management: The game of Security

Types and Sources of Network Threats: Denial of Service, Unauthorized Access, Executing commands Illicitly, Confidentiality breaches, destructive behavior

Firewalls: Different types of Firewalls, Application Gateways, Packet Filtering, Hybrid systems; Secured Network Devices: Secure Modems, Dial-back systems, Crypto-capable Routers, Virtual private Networks.  

CSE 449 Embedded System Design

Integration of microprocessors/microcontrollers into digital systems. Includes hardware interfacing, bus protocols and peripheral systems, digital control systems, real-time constraints, networking, and distributed process control.

Design considerations include cost, performance, safety, power, robustness, and maintainability.

CSE 450 Embedded System Design Laboratory

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in CSE 449. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in CSE 449.

ECE 450 Dissertation

All B. Sc. candidates should complete supervised study and research culminating in a dissertation in their field of specialization. The completed dissertation should be well-bound and printed in accordance with the regulation of the University.