IBAIS University

Faculty of Engineering

 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is offering four-year undergraduate degree program. The 4-year degree program is spread over 12 Trimesters with three trimesters per year. The class size has been limited to 40 students in the interest of effective teaching.

The aim of Electrical and Electronic Engineering education is to impart to the students up- to-date theoretical and practical knowledge of the particular branch. The Electrical and Electronic Engineering is designed to produce graduates who are able to practice electrical engineering in one of the following areas: communications computers, controls, power electronic, and power systems; define and diagnose problems, and provide and implement electrical engineering solutions in industry, business, and government; observe engineering ethics in the practice of electrical engineering; communicate effectively with technically diverse audiences; collaborate with others as a member or as a leader in an engineering team; develop their knowledge beyond the undergraduate level and keep current with advancements in electrical, electronic and telecommunication engineering.

The department has already developed its own laboratories in such areas as Electrical Circuits.  Electronics, Electrical Machines. Telecommunication, Control Systems. Switchgear and   Protection.   Power   Systems,   Microwaves   and Microprocessors.

Admission Requirements:

Every applicant, without any exception, must fulfill the admission requirements as laid down by IBAIS University. Admission test and interview for admission into the first trimester will be held three times a year. No interim or supplementary admission test or interview will be arranged.

Minimum 2^nd division in both SSC and HSC with science background or five subjects in O-level and two major subjects (Math/Physics/Chemistry) in A-level education are required. The students who have completed SSC and HSC under GPA system will have to have a minimum GPA of 2.5. The O-level and A-level students must have an average grade of B.

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 156 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 work load will have 12 credit hours per trimester for undergraduate programs. Four years will be required for completion of a Bachelor degree.

List of Courses

i. General Education Courses (GEC): 15 credit hours

ii. Basic Science: 09 credit hours

iii. Mathematics: 15 credit hours

iv. EEE Core Courses: 54 credit hours

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

vi. Technical Electives

Technical Elective I: Power (18 credits)

Technical Elective II: Electronics (18 credits)

Technical Elective III: Communication (18 credits)

Technical Elective IV: Computer Science & Engineering (4.5 credits)

EEE 450 Dissertation (4 credit hours)

All B. Sc. candidates will require to undertake supervised study and research culminating in a dissertation in their field of specialization. The completed dissertation should be bind and printed in accordance with the regulation of the University.

Syllabus:

General Education Courses (GEC):

ENG 101 Freshman English-I

The course aims at developing proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing of English. It 1is generalized as a remedial course for students whose English need considerable repair and as a foundation courses for ENG 106. The contents include parts of speech, count and uncountable nouns and articles, agreement between subject and verb, adverbs of frequency, tense and the sequence of tenses, active and passive voices, types of sentences, prepositions: time, place, action, directions, questions forms, multi-word verbs, capitalization.

BUS 105 Introduction to Business

Business Concepts: Meaning of business, Basic elements of business, Basic Features of business, its branches and their place in the economy of Bangladesh, Business environment, Business size, Location of Business, Efficiency of business enterprises, Social responsibility of business and its implications.

Management: Significance and Definition, Functions of Management, Principles of Management, Objectives and Importance of Management, Levels of Management, Scope of Management, Managerial Responsibility, Skills, Managerial Roles, Concepts of Productivity, Effectiveness and Efficiency.

Business Organization: Forms of Business ownership in Bangladesh, Relative position of each form of ownership, Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Joint-Stock Company, Co-operatives and state Ownership, Formalities and distinguishing features of each form of ownership, Considerations in the choice of specific form of Ownership.

Marketing: Marketing Defined, Core concepts of Marketing, Marketing Management Philosophies, Goals

Finance: Definitions, Functions and Classification of Finance, Business, Finance Functions Goals: Profit Maximization vs. Wealth Maximization, Financial Decisions, Investment, Financing and Dividend Decision, Factors Influencing Financial Decisions.

ENG 106 Freshman English-II

Pre-requisite ENG 101.

A course to provide solid foundation on study skills in English reading writing, listening comprehension and speaking. The course emphasizes the practice of pronunciation, speed-reading, and effective writing and listening. The course contents include the grammar parts of revision of tenses, use of idioms, prepositions, modals, conditional sentence, use of linking words, use of suffixes and prefixes, synonyms and antonyms, words with multi names, reading parts include the skills in skimming, scanning, selecting information, writing parts include planning, outlining, organizing ideas, topic sentences, paragraph writing, essay writing, job applications, writing reports, writing research report.  

ACT 110 Principles of Accounting

Accounting generates reports and communicates them to external decision-makers so that they can evaluate how well the business achieved its goals. These reports to external users are called financial statement. Financial statements report directly on the goals of profitability and liquidity and are used extensively both inside and outside a business to evaluate the business success .The course covers the basic accounting concepts, preparation of trial balance, final statement, accounting for assets and liabilities, accounting system and accounting practices in different type of organization

HIST 114 Bangladesh Studies

Sources of History, History in Nation Building. Ancient Geography and trade links with other world, Pala and Sena Dynasties. Muslim Conquest of Bengal, Socio-economic and cultural changes – Unification of Bengal, the Development of Bengali Language and Literature. The Independent Sultanate in Bengal – Bengal under the Mughals, The Nawabi Rule in Bengal (1700-1765). British Colonial Rule and Response, Introduction of Zamindari System and its decline, changes of socio-economic condition, Resistance movements, English education and its impact, Revival of statehood in Bengal, the Growth of Indian National Congress, the Creation of New Province of East Bengal and Assam, Muslim League (1906), Bengal Pact (1923). Foundation of Awami League, Language Movement of 1952, United Front and Fall of Muslim League, the Military Rule of Ayub Khan, Economic Disparity between the two regions, Cultural suppression of West Pakistan, 6-point Movement, Mass Upsurge in 1969, Rule of Yahya Khan, Election of 1970, the War of Independence and the Emergence of Bangladesh.

Basic Science:

PHY 119 Physics

Electricity and Magnetism: Electric charge and Coulomb’s law, Electric field, concept of electric flux and the Gauss’s law – some application of Gauss’s law, Gauss’s law in vector form, Electric potential, relation between electric field and electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, gradient, Laplace’s and Poisson’s equation, Current, Current density, resistivity, the magnetic field, Ampere’s law, Biot-Savart’s law and their applications, Laws of electromagnetic induction – Maxwee’s equation.

Modern Physics: Galilean relativity and Einstein’s special theory of relativity; Lorentz transformation equation, Length contraction, Time dilation and mass energy relation, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, De Broglie matter waves and its success in explaining Bohr’s theory, Pauli’s exclusion principle. Constituents of atomic nucleus, Nuclear binding energy, different types of radio activity, radio active decay law, Nuclear reactions, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, atomic power plant.

Waves and Oscillation: differential equation of simple harmonic oscillator, total energy and average energy, combination of simple harmonic oscillation, spring mass system, torsional pendulum; two body oscillation, reduced mass, damped oscillation, forced oscillation, resonance, progressive wave, power and intensity of wave, stationary wave, group and phase velocities.

Optics: Defects of images: spherical aberration, astigmatism, coma, distortion, curvature, chromatic aberration. Theories of light, interference of light, Young’s double slit experiment, displacement of fringes and its uses, Fresnel bi-prism, interference in thin films, Newton’s rings, interferometers, Diffraction: diffraction by single slit, diffraction from a circular aperture, resolving power of optical instruments, diffraction at double slit and N slits, diffraction grating; polarization; production and analysis of polarized lights, Brewster’s  law, Malus law, polarization by double refraction, Nicol prism, optical activity, Polarimeters.

Thermal Physics: heat and work – the first law of thermodynamics and its applications; kinetic theory of gases – kinetic interpretation of temperature, specific heats of ideal gases, equi-partition of energy, mean free path, Maxwell’s distribution of molecular speeds, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot’s cycle, second law thermodynamics, Carnot’s theorem, entropy, Thermodynamic function, Maxwell relations, Clausius and Clapeyron equation.

PHY 120 Physics Laboratory

Laboratory experiments based on PHY 127.

CHEM 161 Chemistry

Atomic structure, quantum numbers, electronic configuration, periodic table; Properties and uses of noble gases; Different types of chemical bonds and their properties; Molecular structure of compounds; Selective organic reactions; Different types of solutions and their compositions; Phase rule, phase diagram of monocomponent system; Properties of dilute solutions; Thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibria; Ionization of water and pH concept; Electrical properties of Solution.

CHEM 162 Chemistry Lab

Laboratory work based on CHEM 162

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 (EEE)

EEE 101 Electrical Circuit I

Pre-requisite PHY 117

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 Circuits II

Pre-requisite EEE 101

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

Pre-requisite PHY 117

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.

CSE 111 Computer Fundamentals & Programming Techniques

Introduction to Computer: Brief History and Generations of Computers, Types of computers, Basic Organization of Computers

Number System: Introductory concepts of Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number systems & their arithmetic operations, conversion of different number systems.

Codes: BCD, ASCII and EBCDIC codes, Data representation

Hardware: Organization and architecture, Motherboards and Micro-processors

Memory Units:  Primary memory, secondary memory, I/O devices, Peripheral devices: AT, XT, ISA, ESA, PCI Bus Architecture

Software: Classification, system software, operating system concept.  Importance, components and basic functions of DOS, Windows and UNIX operating systems, Application software’s

Software Programming: Basic Programming Concepts, Types/levels of languages, Introduction to C, Program format, Identifiers and keywords. Data types, constant, variable and arrays, declarations, expressions, data input and output, writing complete programs in C. Looping, flow control, if statement, flags, conditional expression operation

Maintenance: Power supply stability, grounding, effect of surge current and its protection. Stabilizer and UPS, Handling of computer cards and chips, computer virus and protections

CSE 112 Computer Fundamentals & Programming Techniques 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 111. In the second part, students will learn program design.

EEE 201 Electronics I

Pre-requisite EEE 101

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

Pre-requisite EEE 101, MECH 129

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 205 Digital Electronics

Pre-requisite EEE 201

Introduction to number systems and codes. Logic Gates and Logic Families: DTL, ECL, IIL and CMOS. Analysis and synthesis of digital logic circuits: Basic logic functions, Boolean algebra, combinational logic design, minimization of combinational logic. Implementation of basic static logic gates in CMOS and BiCMOS: DC characteristics, noise margin and power dissipation. Power optimization of basic gates and combinational logic circuits. Modular combinational circuit design: pass transistor, pass gates, multiplexer, demultiplexer and their implementation in CMOS, decoder, encoder, comparators, binary arithmetic elements and ALU design. Programmable logic devices: logic arrays, field programmable logic arrays and programmable read only memory. Sequential circuits: different types of latches, flip-flops and their design using ASM approach, timing analysis and power optimization of sequential circuits. Modular sequential logic circuit design: shift registers, counters and their applications.

EEE 206 Digital 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 205. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 205.

EEE 207 Electronics II

Pre-requisite EEE 201

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 207. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 207.

EEE 209 Electromagnetic Engineering

Pre-requisite PHY 117, MAT 315

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.

EEE 301 Electrical Properties of Materials

Pre-requisite PHY 117, EEE 207

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 307 Continuous Signals and Linear Systems

Pre-requisite MAT 115, EEE 207

Brief introduction to analogous systems. Classification of signals and systems. Basic operation on signals, elementary signals, representation of signals using impulse function. Properties of Linear Time Invariant (LTI) systems: Linearity, causality, time invariance, memory, stability, invertibility. Time domain analysis of  LTI systems: Differential equations - system representation,  order of the system, solution techniques, zero state and zero input response, system properties; impulse response -  convolution integral, determination of system properties;  state variable - basic concept, state equation and time domain solution. Frequency domain analysis of LTI systems: Fourier series- properties, harmonic representation, system response, frequency response of LTI systems; Fourier transformation- properties, system transfer function, system response and distortion-less systems. Applications of time and frequency domain analyses: solution of analog electrical and mechanical systems, amplitude modulation and demodulation, time-division and frequency-division multiplexing. Laplace transformation: properties, inverse transform, solution of system equations, system transfer function, system stability and frequency response and application.

EEE 309 Communication Theory

Pre-requisite EEE 307

Overview of communication systems: Basic principles, fundamental elements, system limitations, message source, bandwidth requirements, transmission media types, bandwidth and transmission capacity. Noise: Source, characteristics of various types of noise and signal to noise ratio. Information theory: Measure of information, source encoding, error free communication over a noisy channel, channel capacity of a continuous system and channel capacity of a discrete memory less system. Communication systems: Analog and digital. Continuous wave modulation: Transmission types - base-band transmission, carrier transmission; amplitude modulation, introduction, double side band, single side band, vestigial side band, quadrature; spectral analysis of each type, envelope and synchronous detection; angle modulation - instantaneous frequency, frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM), spectral analysis, demodulation of FM and PM. Pulse modulation: Sampling - sampling, theorem, Nyquist criterion, aliasing, instantaneous and natural sampling; pulse amplitude modulation - principle, bandwidth requirements; pulse code modulation (PCM) – quantization principle, quantization  noise,  non- uniform quantization,  signal  to quantization error  ratio, differential PCM, demodulation of PCM;  delta modulation (DM) - principle, adaptive DM; line coding - formats and bandwidths. Digital modulation: Amplitude-shift keying - principle, ON- OFF keying, bandwidth requirements, detection, noise performance; phase-shift keying  (PSK)  - principle, bandwidth requirements, detection, differential PSK, quadrature PSK, noise performance; frequency-shift Keying (FSK) - principle, continuous and discontinuous phase FSK, minimum-shift keying, bandwidth requirements, detection of PSK. Multiplexing: Time-division   multiplexing   (TDM) - principle, receiver   synchronization, frame synchronization, TDM of multiple bit rate systems; frequency-division multiplexing - principle, de-multiplexing; wavelength-division multiplexing, multiple-access network - time-division   multiple-access, frequency-division multiple-access; code-division multiple- access  (CDMA)  - spread spectrum multiplexing, coding techniques and constraints of CDMA. Communication system design:  design parameters, channel selection criteria and performance simulation.

EEE 310 Communication Theory 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 309. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 309.

EEE 313 Microprocessor and Interfacing

Pre-requisite EEE 205

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

Pre-requisite EEE 207

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 402. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 402.

Interdisciplinary Engineering Course (IEC)

MECH 129 Mechanical Engineering

Pre-requisite PHY 117

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.

EEE 323 Measurements and Instrumentation

Introduction: Applications, functional elements of a measurement system and classification of instruments. Measurement of electrical quantities: Current and voltage, power and energy measurement. Current and potential transformer. Transducers: mechanical, electrical and optical. Measurement of non-electrical quantities: Temperature, pressure, flow, level, strain, force and torque. Basic elements of dc and ac signal conditioning: Instrumentation amplifier, noise and source of noise, noise elimination compensation, function generation and linearization, A/D and D/A converters, sample and hold circuits. Data Transmission and Telemetry: Methods of data transmission, dc/ac telemetry system and digital data transmission. Recording and display devices. Data acquisition system and microprocessor applications in instrumentation.   

MECH 361 Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Pre-requisite MAT 115

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.

EEE 461 Biomedical Electronics

Human body: Cells and physiological systems. Bioelectricity: genesis and characteristics. Measurement of bio-signals: Ethical issues, transducers, amplifiers and filters. Electrocardiogram: electrocardiography, phono cardiograph, vector cardiograph, analysis and interpretation of cardiac signals, cardiac pacemakers and defibrillator. Blood pressure: systolic, diastolic mean pressure, electronic manometer, detector circuits and practical problems in pressure monitoring. Blood flow measurement: Plethymography and electromagnetic flow meter. Measurement and interpretation: electroenccphalogram, cerebral angiograph and cronical X-ray. Brain scans. Electromayogram (EMG). Tomograph:  Positron emission tomography and computer tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasonogram. Patient monitoring system and medical telemetry. Effect of electromagnetic fields on human body. 

Technical Electives:

Power:

EEE 305 Power System

Pre-requisite EEE 103

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 413 Advanced Electrical Machines

Pre-requisite EEE 203

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

Pre-requisite EEE 207

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 419 Power System Operation & Control

Pre-requisite EEE 401

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

Pre-requisite EEE 315

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.

Electronics:

EEE 303 Digital System Design

Pre-requisite EEE 205

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 302. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in EEE 302.

EEE 315 Analog Integrated Circuits

Pre-requisite MAT 115, EEE 101

Review of BJT and FET amplifiers: Passive and active loads and frequency limitation. Current mirror: Basic, cascode and active current mirror. Operational Amplifiers: Introduction, large and small signal analysis, common mode analysis and differential amplifier with active load. Noise:  Introduction to noise, types, representation in circuits, noise in single stage and differential amplifiers and bandwidth. Band-gap references: Supply voltage independent biasing, temperature independent biasing, proportional to absolute temperature current generation and constant transconductance biasing. Switch capacitor circuits: Sampling switches, switched capacitor circuits including unity gain buffer, amplifier and integrator. Phase Locked Loop (PLL):  Introduction, basic PLL and charge pumped PLL.

EEE 405 Processing and Fabrication Technology

Substrate materials: Crystal growth and wafer preparation, epitaxial growth technique, molecular beam epitaxy, chemical vapor phase epitaxy and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Doping techniques: Diffusion and ion implantation. Growth and deposition of dielectric layers: Thermal oxidation, CVD, plasma CVD, sputtering and silicon-nitride growth. Etching: Wet chemical etching, silicon, and GaAs etching, anisotropic etching, selective etching, dry physical etching, ion beam etching, sputtering etching and reactive ion etching. Cleaning: Surface cleaning, organic cleaning and RCA cleaning. Lithography:  Photo-reactive materials, pattern generation, pattern transfer and metallization.  Discrete device fabrication:  Diode, transistor, resistor and capacitor. Integrated circuit fabrication: Isolation - pn junction isolation, mesa isolation and oxide isolation. BJT based microcircuits, p-channel and n-channel MOSPETs, complimentary MOSPETs and silicon on insulator devices. Testing, bonding and packaging.

EEE 409 Microwave Communication Engineering

Pre-requisite EEE 309

1.      Maxwell’s Equation: The equations of stationary electric and magnetic field; continuity of charge and concept of displacement current; Maxwell’s equation in differential, integral and time periodic case and their derivations; formulation of circuit concept consistent with Maxwell’s equation; Maxwell’s equation and plane wave; pointing theorem; continuity conditions for ac fields; penetration of electromagnetic fields into a good conductor; internal impedance of a plane conductor; skin effect; power loss in a plane conductor; a possible set of potentials for time varying fields; the retarded potentials as integral over charges and currents; the retarded potentials for the time periodic case.

2.      Microwave devices: Microwave triodes, Multi-cavity Klystron, Reflex Klystron; Magnetron, Traveling wave tube; other microwave tubes.

3.      Wave guide: Introduction, solution of wave equation in rectangular coordinate, TE and TM modes in rectangular wave guides, Power transmission and power loss in rectangular wave guides, solution of wave equation in cylindrical coordinates, TE, TM and TEM modes in circular wave guides, Power transmission and power loss in circular wave guides.

4.      Antenna: The radiation mechanism; systemization of calculation of radiating fields and power from current on an antenna; antenna gain; antenna resistance, bandwidth, beam width and polarization; long straight wire antenna; half wave dipole; antenna above earth of conducting plane; Loop antenna; linear arrays; Yagi-uda arrays.

EEE 410 Microwave Communication Engineering Lab

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.

EEE 417 Optoelectronics

Optical properties in semiconductor: Direct and indirect band-gap materials, radioactive and non-radioactive recombination, optical absorption, photo-generated excess carriers, minority carrier lifetime, luminescence and quantum efficiency in radiation.

Properties of light: Particle and wave nature of light, polarization, interference, diffraction and blackbody radiation.

Light emitting diode (LED): Principles, materials, for visible and infrared LED, internal and external efficiency, loss mechanism, structure and coupling to optical fibers.

Stimulated emission and light amplification: Spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein relations, population inversion, absorption of radiation, optics feedback and threshold conditions, Semiconductor Lasers: Population inversion in degenerate semiconductors, laser cavity, operating wavelength, threshold current density, power output, hetero-junction lasers, optical and electrical confinement. Introduction to quantum well lasers.

Photo-detectors: Photoconductors, junction photo-detectors, PIN detectors, avalanche photodiodes and phototransistors. Solar cells: Solar energy and Spectrum, silicon and Schottkey solar cells. Modulation or light: Phase and amplitude modulation, electro-optic effect, acoustics-optic effect and magneto-optic devices. Basic concept of  integrated Optics.

Communication:

TE 407 Digital Communication

Pre-requisite EEE 309, CSE 315

Introduction: Communication channels, mathematical model and characteristics. Probability and Stochastic processes.

Source coding: Mathematical models of information, entropy, Huffman code and linear predictive coding.

Digital transmission system: Base band digital transmission, inter-symbol interference, bandwidth, power efficiency, modulation and coding trade-off.

Receiver for AWGN channels: Correlation demodulator, matched filter demodulator and maximum likelihood receiver.

Channel capacity and coding: Channel models and capacities and random selection of codes. Block codes and conventional codes: Linear block codes, convolution codes and coded modulation. Spread spectrum signals and system.

TE 408 Digital Communication Lab

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in TE 407. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in TE 407.

TE 413 Telecommunication Engineering

Pre-requisite EEE 309

Introduction: Elements of a communication systems; Rotary dialing telephone, pulse and mid-frequency dialing, Communication model, data communication tasks, data communication network standards and organization; Design parameters of a switching system; cross bar switching, stored program control, enhanced services, two-stage and three stage networks, n-stage networks, time division switching, introduction to OSI and TCP/IP models, exchange and international regulator bodies.

Data Transmission Basics: Analog and digital data spectrum and bandwidth, transmission impairments, data rate and channel capacity.

Transmission Media: Characteristics and applications of twisted pairs, coaxial cables and optical fibers, terrestrial and satellite microwave, radio waves, VSAT; Data encoding and signals.

Telephone Apparatus: Microphone, speakers, ringer, pulse and tone dialing mechanism, side-tone mechanism, local and central batteries and advanced features.

Switching System: Introduction to analog system, digital switching systems – space division switching, blocking probability and multistage switching, time division switching and two dimensional switching.

Traffic Analysis: Traffic characterization, grades of service, network blocking probabilities, delay system and queuing.

Modern Telephone Services and Network: Internet telephony, facsimile, integrated services digital network, asynchronous transfer mode and intelligent networks. Introduction to cellular telephony.

TE 414 Telecommunication Engineering Lab

This course consists of two parts. In the first part, students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in TE 413. In the second part, students will design simple systems using the principles learned in TE 413.

CSE 417 Optical Fiber Communication

Pre-requisite PHY 117, EEE 309

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

CSE 433 Cellular Mobile Communications

Pre-requisite EEE 309

Introduction: Concept, evolution and fundamentals. Analog and digital Cellular Systems. Cellular Radio System: Frequency reuse, co-channel interference, cell splitting and components.

Mobile Radio Propagation: Propagation characteristics, models for radio propagation, antenna at cell site and mobile antenna.

Frequency Management and Channel Assignment: Fundamentals, spectrum utilization, fundamentals of channel assignment, fixed channel assignment, non-fixed channel assignment, traffic and channel assignment.

Handoffs and Dropped Calls: Reasons and types, forced handoffs, mobile assisted handoffs and dropped call rate. Diversity Techniques: Concept of diversity branch and signal paths, carrier to noise and carrier to interference ratio performance.

Digital Cellular Systems: Global system for mobile, time division multiple access and code division multiple access.

TE 453 Wireless, Mobile & Satellite Communications

Pre-requisite EEE 309

Wireless

Introduction: Introduction to wireless communication systems: fixed wireless access, cellular, paging, turnkey mobile systems. Basics of wireless access: Overview of wireless access networks, base and subscriber stations, frequency planning, multiple access, Noise and interference in wireless communication systems.

Mobile

Accessing: Introduction, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA

Cordless Telephone: CTO, CT1, CT2, DECT, Cellular mobile communication, Cellular network architecture, Radio network planning, C-network, D-network, GSM, Personal communication network (PCN), DCS L800, E1.

Paging System: Beam communication (Tracking systems), Mobile data transmission, Modacom, IRIDIUM, NMARSAT, GPS, and EMC - F

Cellular Systems: Evolution of cellular systems, operation, Capacity considerations, Standards. Propagation and System Planning: Radio wave propagation in the mobile environment- fading, interference, Mobile radio link design.

Mobile Satellite Systems: Introduction to mobile satellite system operation, Illustrative systems.

Satellite Communication

Evaluation and growth of Communication satellite, Kepler’s Laws of motion, orbits, altitude control, Satellite lunch vehicles, sub-systems of communication satellite, spectrum allocation and bandwidth, propagation characteristics, satellite transponders and earth station technology, link design, multi access techniques.

Digital Satellite Communication: Satellite channel, frequency, switch, time slot, frame, scanning, use of orbit and spectrum, satellite switching, speech interpolation, echo and delay cancellation, tracking integrated satellite networks.

TE 455 Telecommunications Transmission and Switching

Pre-requisite EEE 309, CSE 315, TE 407

1. Tele-traffic Theory: Statistical characterization of telecommunications traffic. The Erlang C formula and its applications. Circuit efficiency, grade of service and measurement of congested circuits. Dimensioning of telephone circuits and switches.

2. Switching: Evolution of circuit switching systems. Space switching, time switching, and stored program control (SPC) switching. Blocking and non-blocking switches. Packet switching with comparison to circuit switching.

3. Signaling: Evolution of signaling systems. The CCITT no. 7 signaling system

4. Transmission: Multiplexing hierarchies – PCM and time division multiplexing,  SONET, SDH and WDM techniques and networks.

5. Data Transmission: Transmission in LANS. Transmission in WANS – X.25, Frame Relay. Asynchronous Transfer  Mode (ATM). Congestion control in data transmission

6. Convergence of Technologies: Voice and video over packet switching networks. Integrated networks. Applications in multimedia communications

TE 457 Broadcast Technologies

Pre-requisite TE 455

1. Sound Broadcasting Technologies: Conventional FM Broadcasting, MPEG and MP3 audio layers, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) techniques

2. Audio-Visual Production Technologies: Sound and video production techniques, Lighting techniques, MPEG source  coding, HDTV production techniques, News Gathering techniques (ENG and SNG)

3. Post Production Processing Technologies: Conventional Editing, Non-Linear Editing (NLE), Digital Video Effects (DVE)

4. Transmission Technologies: Analog TV transmission (PAL, NTSC, SECAM), NICAM Audio, MPEG transmission layer, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing(OFDM), Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting (DTTB) techniques (DVB-T, ISDB, ATSC), Single Frequency Networking (SFN),Digital Satellite TV Broadcasting (DVB-S and ISDB), Digital Cable TV  transmission.

5. New Developments in Television Broadcasting: Interactive TV, 3D-TV, Teletext,  Data Services.

TE 459 Radar & Navigation

Pre-requisite TE 455

1. Air Traffic Management: Air Traffic Management (ATM) concepts, En-route and Terminal Guidance, Supporting technology, Types of Navigational Aids, An introduction to ICAO

2. Radar Systems: Introduction & early history, Classification of Radars, Basic concepts &  measurements, The Radar Equation, Propagation effects of atmospheric refraction, Properties of radar targets, Radar detection in the presence of noise, Introduction to Radar Signal Processing, Radar Antennas CW Radar, Frequency-Modulated CW Radar, MTI and Pulse Doppler Radar, Tracking Radar Introduction to Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR).

3. En-Route Navigational Aids: Rho-Theta Navigation, VHF Omni-Range (VOR), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Radio altimeter. Introduction to Doppler Navigation and Satellite based navigation.

4. Navigational Aids for Landing: Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Approach and Terminal Radars, Use of Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI).

5. Automatic Dependant Surveillance (ADS) system.

TE 461 Information Theory & Coding

Pre-requisite TE 407

Basic concept: principles of information theory and coding, Special emphasis on applications to the communication, storage and retrieval of digital information.

Characterization of information sources: Data compression; Error detection and correction; and Encryption for information security. Imposing information onto a communication channel and retrieving.

Understanding information systems: Digital communications (the Internet, wireless networks), storage of audio and video content (MP3 players, digital cameras and digital video), and embedded systems for sensing and control.

Information transmission via noisy medium: Channel capacity, capacity computation for some simple channels, channel coding theorem, converse to the channel coding theorem, channels with feedback

Entropy and source coding:  Data compression; channel capacity; detection and error correction; linear block and convolution codes; trellis-coded modulation.

Lossless source coding: Block coding, entropy and its properties, fixed-to-variable coding, uniquely decodable codes, Huffman code, Kraft inequality, arithmetic coding, variable-to-fixed coding.

Typical sequences: Method of typical sequences as a combinatorial approach for bounding error probabilities, additional applications.

Lossy source coding: Rate-distortion function and its properties, computation of the rate-distortion function, quantization, lossy source coding theorem, converse to the coding theorem.

Joint source-channel coding: Data processing, separation theorem.

Gaussian channel: Capacity of channels with colored Gaussian noise, water filling.

Computer Science & Engineering

CSE 313 Computer Architecture

Pre-requisite EEE 205

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

Pre-requisite EEE 205

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 321 Software Engineering

The Software Process: Generic view of process, process models, an agile view of  process. Software Engineering Practice: Software engineering, system engineering, requirement engineering, building the analysis model, design engineering, creating an architectural design, modeling component –level design, performing user interface design, testing strategies, testing tactics, product metrics. Applying Web Engineering: web engineering, initiating a Web App project, Analysis for Web App project, Design for Web App project, Testing Web App project. Managing Software Projects: Project management, metrics for process and project, estimation, project scheduling, risk management, quality management, change management. Advanced Topics in Software Engineering: formal methods, clean room software engineering, component-based development, reengineering, the root ahead.

CSE 322 Professional Software Design Lab

Laboratory work based on CSE 321

CSE 335 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 336 Computer Networks Lab

Laboratory work based on CSE 335

CSIT 447 Multimedia Systems Design

Concept of Multimedia: Overview of Audio, video, text, and graphics, data, different formats of data storage, hardware and software requirements

Overview of Graphics: 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

CSIT 448 Multimedia Systems Design Lab

Laboratory work based on CSIT 447

ECE 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. 

EEE 450 Dissertation

All B. Sc. candidates must complete supervised study and research culminating in a dissertation in their fields of specialization. The completed dissertation should be bind and printed in accordance with the regulation of the University.