Official Catalogs
Quick Links
Online Resources
Share This Page
Course Listings
The following course descriptions are current as of Fall 2008. The following course descriptions are subject to change without notice. The Ingram School of Engineering is not responsible for any changes to the these descriptions and/or prerequisites. For current changes and catalog descriptions please visit:
Please choose from the following options:
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Courses:
| Electrical Engineering (Click course number to view syllabus) |
|---|
| EE 2300 Introduction to Electrical Engineering (3-2) Introduction to the profession of Electrical Engineering and its specialties, fundamental dc circuit analysis, electrical components, and laboratory skills. Prerequisites: MATH 2471 |
| EE 2320 Digital Logic (3-2) Boolean Logic, combinatorial and sequential circuits, and overview of microcomputer architecture. Corequisites: CS 1428. |
| EE 3300 Circuit Analysis (3-2) Analysis and design of electrical circuits, transient and steady state response, and loop and model analysis. Prerequisites: MATH 3323, PHYS 2425, and EE 2300. |
| EE 3320 Microprocessors (3-3) Introduction to microprocessors, principles of operation, assembly language programming, timing analysis, and I/O interfacing. Prerequisites: EE 2320. |
| EE 3340 Fields and Waves (3-0) Wave propagation, Maxwell’s equations, transmission lines, wave guides, and antennas. Prerequisites: MATH 3373, and PHYS 2435. Corequisites: EE 3300 |
| EE 3350 Electronics I (3-3) Analysis and design of active device equivalent circuits with emphasis on transistors, switching circuits, and operational amplifiers. Prerequisites: EE 3300. |
| EE 3355 Solid State Devices (3-1) Semiconductor materials, principles of carrier motion, operating principles and circuit models for diodes, bipolar transistors and field-effect transistors. Introduction to integrated circuits. Prerequisites: EE 3300. |
| EE 3370 Signals and Systems (3-0) Frequency domain representation of signals and systems and frequency domain concepts for circuit analysis and design. Transfer function and frequency response, Laplace and z-transforms, Fourier series, Fourier transform, and sampling. Prerequisites: EE 3300. |
| EE 4350 Electronics II (3-3) Analysis and design of integrated circuits, feedback, and frequency response. Prerequisites: EE 3350. |
| EE 4352 Introduction to VLSI Design (3-1) Analysis of design of CMOS integrated circuits. Introduction to CAD tools for VLSI design. Corequisites: EE 4350. |
| EE 4355 Analog and Mixed Signal Design (3-2) Operational amplifier design applications, feedback, offset, stability, and compensation. Introduction to random signals and noise, discrete time circuitry analog-to-digital converters, and digital-to-analog converters. Prerequisites: EE 3370 and 4350. |
| EE 4358 Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (3-1) Fabrication techniques for microelectromechanical devices and systems. Introduction to the design of micromechanical transducers. Corequisites: TECH 4392. |
| EE 4370 Communication Systems (3-3) Transmission of signals through linear systems, analog and digital modulation, filtering, and noise. Prerequisites: EE 3300, EE 3370, and IE 3320. |
| EE 4372 Communication Networks (3-1) Data communication concepts, protocols, algorithms, 7-layer OSI model, physical media, LAN architecture and components, Ethernet, FDDI, TCP/IP, and related standards. |
| EE 4374 Introduction to Wireless Communication (3-1) Principles, practice, and system overview of mobile systems. Modulation, demodulation, coding, encoding, and multiple access techniques. Prerequisites: EE 4370. |
| EE 4376 Introduction to Telecommunications (3-1) Fundamentals of telecommunications, telephone networks, switching and transmission systems, circuit and packet switching, cell processing, and queuing theory and applications. Prerequisites: EE 4370. |
| EE 4377 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (3-1) Discrete systems, convolution, spectral analysis, and FIR and IIR filter design. Prerequisites: EE 3300. |
| EE 4378 Data Compression and Error Control Coding (3-2) Introduction to information theory, information content of messages, entropy and source coding, data compression, channel capacity data translation codes, and fundamentals of error correcting codes. Prerequisites: EE 4370. |
| EE 4390 Electrical Engineering Design I (1-3) Team-based design of a system or component, which will include oral presentations and written reports. |
| EE 4391 Electrical Engineering Design II (1-3) Advanced team-based design of a system or component, which will include oral presentations and written reports. Prerequisites: EE 4390. |
| Engineering Courses (ENGR) (Click course number to view syllabus) |
|---|
| ENGR 1413 Engineering Design Graphics (3-3) Fundamentals of graphics and modeling that are used for the communication of engineering design are presented. Sketching, multi-view projections, solid modeling, generation of engineering drawings and rapid prototyping are included with emphasis on design problem solving. |
| ENGR 2300 Materials Engineering (3-0) Structure, properties and behavior of engineering materials including metals, polymers, composites and ceramics. Mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal, and optical properties are covered. Prerequisites: MATH 1315 and CHEM 1341. |
| ENGR 3190 Cooperative Education (0-1) Completion of technical/engineering practice-related special projects. Projects must relate to students' major and result in a term paper. Prerequisite: Approval of program coordinator. |
| ENGR 3311 Mechanics of Materials (3-1) This course covers the principles of mechanic materials and includes the following topics: stress and strain; elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio; constitutive equations; torsion; bending; axial, shear and bending moment diagrams; deflection of beams; and stability of columns. Prerequisite: MATH 3375. |
| ENGR 3315 Engineering Economic Analysis (3-0) Interest formulas, economic equivalence, rate of return analysis, techniques of economic analysis for engineering decisions and an introduction to cost estimation. Prerequisites: MATH 1315. |
| ENGR 3316 Computer Aided Design (3-1) Applications of modern computer hardware and software systems to the product design and development processes. Topics include: material selection; tolerancing practices; machine elements; geometric modeling; finite element analysis; engineering standards; ethical aspects of design safety, risk and liability; and rapid prototyping. Prerequisites: ENGR 1413, ENGR 3311 and TECH 2332. |
| ENGR 3360 Structural Analysis (3-1) Structural engineering fundamentals to include design loads, reactions, force systems, functions of a structure, and the analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures by classical and modern techniques. Prerequisites: ENGR 3311. |
| ENGR 3373 Circuits and Devices (3-1) DC and AC circuit analysis, network theorems, electromechanical devices, electronic devices and an introduction to amplifiers, oscillators, and operational amplifiers. Prerequisite: PHYS 2425. |
| Industrial Engineering (IE) (Click course number to view syllabus) |
|---|
| IE (WI) 3310 Project Planning, Scheduling, and Management (3-0) Basic principles governing the efficient and effective management of engineering projects. Topics include project planning, scheduling, and cost estimation procedures. |
| IE 3320 Engineering Statistics (3-0) Fundamentals of probability and statistical inference for engineering applications, probability distributions, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, and analysis of variance. Prerequisite: MATH 2472 . |
| IE 3330 Quality Engineering (3-0) Quality assurance systems, quality costs, statistical quality control, and approaches for engineering quality into products and processes. Prerequisite: IE 3320. |
| IE 3340 Operations Research (3-0) This course teaches models in operations research including linear programs, the simplex method, duality theory, sensitivity analysis, integer programs, and network flows. The emphasis is in learning to recognize, formulate, solve, and analyze practical industrial problems. The course also teaches commercial mathematical programming languages. Prerequisites: CS 1428 and MATH 2472. |
| IE 3360 Methods Engineering and Ergonomics (3-0) Survey of methods for assessing and improving performance of individuals and groups in organizations. Techniques include various basic industrial engineering tools, work analysis, data acquisition and application, performance evaluation and appraisal, and work measurement procedures. Prerequisite: IE 3320 or TECH 3364. |
| IE 4310 Design of Industrial Experiments (3-0) Experimental design for engineering applications. Topics include factorial designs, fractional factorial designs, response surface methodology, evolutionary operations, and the design of robust products and processes. Prerequisite: IE 3320. |
| IE 4320 Integrated Production Systems (3-0) Basic concepts in the design and control of integrated production systems to include forecasting, inventory models, material requirements planning, scheduling, planning, and shop floor control. Coverage will include both traditional and kanban systems. Prerequisite: IE 3340. |
| IE 4330 Reliability Engineering (3-0) Reliability of components and systems, reliability models, life testing, failure analysis, and maintainability. Prerequisite: IE 3320. |
| IE 4340 Optimization Techniques (3-0) Mathematical modeling and computational methods for linear, integer, and nonlinear programming problems. Prerequisite: IE 3340. |
| IE 4350 Supply-Chain Engineering (3-0) The analysis of supply chain problems to include facility location, customer assignment, vehicle routing, inventory management, and the role of information and decision support systems in supply chains. Prerequisite: IE 3340. |
| IE 4355 Facilities Planning (3-0) Planning, design, and analysis of facilities. Emphasizes the principles and methods used for solving plant layout, facility location, material handling, automation, computer integration, and warehouse operations. |
| IE (WI) 4360 Human Factors Design (3-1) Capstone course emphasizing the applications of human factors engineering to systems design. Prerequisites: IE 3320; TECH 4345. |
| IE 4370 Probabilistic Operations Research (3-0) Probabilistic models in operations research to include queuing theory, simulation, and Markov chains. Emphasis will be placed on modeling applications to solve problems in industry and computing. Prerequisite(s): IE 3320 or MATH 3305, CS 1428. |
| IE 4380 Industrial Safety (3-0) This course is a survey of occupational safety and hazards control. Topics include the history of occupational safety; hazard sources related to humans, environment, and machines; and engineering management of hazards. |
| Manufacturing Engineering (MFGE) (Click course number to view syllabus) |
|---|
| MFGE 2332 Material Selection and Manufacturing Processes (3-1) Overview of material processing, material selection and process parameter determination. Processes covered include: material removal, forming, casting, polymer processing, semiconductor manufacturing and assembly processes. Laboratory activities provide opportunities for applying the design through manufacture activities of the product cycle. Prerequisite: ENGR 2300. |
| MFGE 3316 Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (3-1) Topics include: material selection; tolerancing practices; machine elements: geometric modeling; finite element analysis; engineering standards; electrical discharge machining, precision grinding, tool behavior analysis, tool cost evaluation, and numerical control programming. Prerequisites: ENGR 1413 and MFGE 2332. |
| MFGE (WI) 4363 Concurrent Process Engineering (2-3) Integrated design and development of products and processes; impact of ethical issues on design; the discussion of real-world engineering problems and emerging engineering issues with practicing engineers; preparation of reports; plans or specifications; cost estimation; project management, communication and the fabrication of an engineered product/system. Prerequisite: ENGR 3316 or MFGE 3316 or TECH 4362. |
| MFGE 4365 Tool Design (3-1) Design of single and multi-point cutting tools, jig and fixture design, gage design, and the design of tooling for polymer processing and sheet metal fabrication. Laboratory projects will involve the use of computer aided design and rapid prototyping. Prerequisites: ENGR 3316 or MFGE 3316. |
| MFGE 4367 Polymer Properties and Processing (3-1) Structure, physical & mechanical properties, design considerations and processing methods for polymer-based materials are presented. Processing methods include: injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, compression molding, extrusion, filament winding, lay-up methods, vacuum bag molding and poltrusion. Prerequisite: MFGE 2332. |
| MFGE 4376 Control Systems and Instrumentation (3-0) The theory of automated control systems and its applications to manufacturing systems are covered in this course. Topics covered include: modeling of systems, time and frequency domain feedback control systems, stability analysis, transducer and sensor technology and digital control. Prerequisites: MATH 3323, PHYS 1430 and MFGE 2332. |
| MFGE 4392 Microelectronics Manufacturing I (3-0) Provides an overview of integrated circuit fabrication including crystal growth, wafer preparation, epitaxial growth, oxidation, diffusion, ion-implantation, thin film deposition, lithography, etching, device and circuit formation, packaging and testing. The laboratory component involves production and testing of a functional semiconductor device. Prerequisites: CHEM 1141 and CHEM 1341. |
| MFGE 4394 Microelectronics Manufacturing II (3-0) Topics include: atomic models for diffusion, oxidation and ion implantation; topics related to thin film processes i.e. CVD, PVD; planarization by chemical-mechanical polishing and rapid thermal processing; and process integration for bipolar and MOS device fabrication. Students will design processes and model them using a simulation. Prerequisite: MFGE 4392. |
| MFGE (WI) 4395 Computer Integrated Manufacturing (3-1) An overview of computer integrated manufacturing is presented. Topics include control strategies for manufacturing systems, automated material handling systems, production planning, shop floor control, manufacturing execution systems, manufacturing databases and their integration, data communication and protocols and man/machine interfaces. Prerequisite: ENGR 3316 or MFGE 3316 or TECH 4375. |
| MFGE (WI) 4396 Manufacturing Systems Design (3-2) Applications of simulation modeling to the design and analysis of manufacturing systems are presented in this course. Topics covered include queuing theory and discrete event simulation methods. Design projects will involve the use of current simulation language for modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. Prerequisites: IE 3320. |