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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ELET)
(see also ETEE)

 

ELET 1101. Simulation and Schematic Capture. (1) This course introduces computer-aided design and engineering (CAD/CAE) with an emphasis on applications in the electronics field. Topics include electronics industry standards (symbols, schematic diagrams, and layouts); drawing electronic schematics; simulating electronic circuits and printed circuit board layout of electronic circuits.  Techniques for capturing CAD/CAE output to include with reports are also covered.  This course meets for three (3) lab hours per week in a computer lab. (Fall)

 

ELET 1111. DC Circuits. (3)  Corequisites: ELET 1101, ELET 1111L.  Prerequisite or Corequisite:  MATH 1100. This course is an introduction to electric circuits with an emphasis on DC circuit analysis and design. Topics include fundamental electrical and magnetic principles, circuit analysis laws and theorems, and component characteristics and behaviors. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)

 

ELET 1111L. DC Circuits Laboratory.  (1)  Corequisites: ELET 1101 and ELET 1111.  This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 1111. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Fall)

 

ELET 1212. AC Circuits. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1101, ELET 1111 and ELET 1111L with a grade of C or better. Corequisites: ELET 1212L and MATH 1103. This course is the continuation of an introduction to electric circuits with an emphasis on AC circuit analysis and design. Topics include application of electrical and magnetic principles, analysis laws and theorems in AC circuits, an introduction to frequency response and circuit behaviors under AC excitation. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 1212L. AC Circuits Laboratory. (1) Prerequisites: ELET 1111 and ELET 1111L with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: ELET 1212. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 1212. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 1231. Digital Circuits. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1101, ELET 1111 and ELET 1111L with a grade of C or better. Corequisites: ELET 1231L. This course covers fundamental digital concepts including number systems, logic gates, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh Maps, and combinational logic. Topics include combinational digital circuit design and analysis, minimization methods, and hardware descriptor languages such as VHDL. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 1231L. Digital Circuits Laboratory. (1) Prerequisites: ELET 1111 and ELET 1111L with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: ELET 1231. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 1231. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 2121. Electronics I. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212 and ELET 1212L with a grade of C or better, MATH 1103. Corequisite: ELET 2121L. This course is an introduction to semiconductor electronic devices and circuits. Topics include semiconductor diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), field-effect transistors (FETs), ideal operational amplifiers and the application of these solid state devices in basic circuits and systems. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)

 

ELET 2121L. Electronics I Laboratory. (1) Prerequisites: ELET 1212 and ELET 1212L with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: ELET 2121. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 2121. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Fall)

 

ELET 2141. Introduction to Power Systems (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212, ELET 1212L, and MATH 1103. This course is an introduction to electromagnetic fundamentals, power generation and distribution, ac and dc machines. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)

 

ELET 2201. C Programming. (3) This course is an introduction to the C programming language with an emphasis on applications in Electrical Engineering Technology. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 2231. Microprocessor Fundamentals. (3) Prerequisite: ELET 1231. Corequisite: ELET 2201. This course covers application and design assembly and C language programming for AVR microprocessors. Topics include system timing, bus cycles, interrupts, stacks and subroutines. Upon completion, students should be able to design, program, verify, analyze, and troubleshoot AVR assembly and C language programs. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 2241. Instrumentation and Controls. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212, ELET 1212L, and MATH 1103. Corequisite: ELET 2241L. This course is an introduction to instrumentation for measurement and control of physical variables, with an emphasis on electronic systems. Topics include a review of basic circuit analysis, electrical instruments, sensors and measurement principles and a survey of automatic controls from a systems point of view. This course is cross-listed as ETME 3163 and meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring)

 

ELET 2241L. Instrumentation Laboratory. (1) Prerequisites: ELET 1212 and ELET 1212L. Corequisite: ELET 2241. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 2241. This course is cross-listed as ETME 3251 and meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Spring)

 

Upper division engineering courses (3000 level and above) used to satisfy degree requirements within the College of Engineering are restricted to majors and minors of the College of Engineering.

 

ELET 3113. Network Analysis. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212 and ELET 1212L and with a grade of C or better, MATH 1121, and junior standing in department. This course is an introduction to frequency domain analysis through Laplace Transforms and Fourier Analysis. Topics include a review of circuit analysis fundamentals in the time domain, circuit transformations, waveform analysis and synthesis and first order natural and forced response with extensive utilization of circuit simulation software. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Internet)

 

ELET 3132. Digital Systems. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1231 and ELET 1231L with a grade of C or better and junior standing in department. This course covers the design and implementation of digital systems. Topics include combinational and sequential digital circuits, minimization methods, state machine design and state assignment techniques, hardware descriptor languages such as VHDL, circuit implementation using MSI integrated circuits and programmable logic devices. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)(Internet)

 

ELET 3132L. Digital Systems Laboratory. (1) (W) Prerequisites: ELET 1231 and ELET 1231L with a grade of C or better and junior standing in department. Corequisite: ELET 3132 or permission of the department. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 3132. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Fall, Summer)

 

ELET 3222. Electronics II. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2121 and ELET 2121L with a grade of C or better and junior standing in department. This course is a continuation of the study of solid state devices begun in ELET 2121. Topics include frequency response of single and multistage amplifiers, feedback and stability, linear and nonlinear operational amplifier circuits, and CMOS and BiCMOS circuits with extensive utilization of circuit simulation software. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring) (Internet)

 

ELET 3222L. Electronics II Laboratory. (1) (W) Prerequisites: ELET 2121 and ELET 2121L with a grade of C or better and junior standing in department. Corequisite: ELET 3222 or permission of the department. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 3222. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Spring, Summer)

 

ELET 3232. Microcontroller Systems. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2201 and ELET 2231. This course covers application and design of ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) systems. Topics include assembly and C language programming and an introduction to the control and interfacing of ARM based systems. Upon completion, students should be able to design, construct, program, verify, analyze and troubleshoot ARM assembly and C language programs and supporting hardware. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring) (Internet)

 

ELET 4133. Embedded Systems. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2231 and ELET 3132. This course covers the external characteristics of digital and analog integrated circuits and their applications when interfaced to embedded digital systems. Design constraints and considerations due to device limitations and device selection based upon application requirements will be discussed. Upon completion, students should be able to design, program, verify, analyze, and troubleshoot hardware and software in embedded systems. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (On demand) (Internet)

 

ELET 4142. Power Electronics/Networks. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2141, ELET 3222 and ELET 3222L. This course is an introduction to power electronic devices in electrical systems, including their characteristics, operation and application.  It also introduces topics on transmission of electric power with emphasis on modeling of power network components and systems, power flow studies and calculations. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Internet)

 

ELET 4151. Communication Systems. (3)  Prerequisites: ELET 3222, ELET 3222L, and ETGR 3171. This course covers basic principles and concepts underlying modern communication systems.  Topics include systems, signals, modulations (AM, FM, PM, FSK, PSK, QAM, PCM), transmission, reception, cellular, caller ID, and networks.  This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Internet)

 

ELET 4151L. Communication Systems Laboratory. (1) (W)  Prerequisites: ELET 3222, ELET 3222L, and ETGR 3171. Corequisite: ELET 4151 or permission of the department. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 4151. This course meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Fall, Summer)

 

ELET 4152. Digital Signal Processing. (3)  Prerequisite: ELET 3113. Discrete-time signals; discrete-time systems; Linear constant-coefficient difference equations; Periodic sampling; reconstruction from samples; changing the sampling rate; the z-transform; z-transform properties; transform analysis of linear time-invariant systems; digital filter design techniques; discrete Fourier Transform and the FFT algorithm. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (On demand) (Internet)

 

ELET 4191. Applied Project Management. (2)  Prerequisite: MATH 1100 and senior standing in department. Corequisite: ELET 4192. Statement of work, activity decisions, timelines, scheduling, and resource allocation methods. Techniques will be appropriate for large and small projects within commercial, academic, or non-profit organizations. This course meets for two (2) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Internet)

 

ELET 4192. Senior Project I. (2) (W)  Prerequisite: Senior standing in department. Corequisite: ELET 4191. This is the first of a two semester sequence in senior design. Students will utilize previous coursework to creatively investigate and produce solutions for a comprehensive practical engineering technology project. This course meets for two (2) lecture hours per week. Graded on a Pass/No Credit basis.   (Fall) (Internet)

 

ELET 4223. Active Filters. (3)  Prerequisites: ELET 3222 and ETGR 3171.  This course involves the design, analysis, simulation and implementation of composite, cascaded and summation filters. Topics include bilinear transfer functions; cascade design with first-order circuits; biquad circuits; Butterworth lowpass circuits; Butterworth bandpass circuits; the Chebyshev response; sensitivity; frequency transformations; highpass and band-elimination filters. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring) (Internet)

 

ELET 4242. Control Systems. (3)  Prerequisites: ELET 3113 and ETGR 3171. Automatic control systems concepts, system modeling, control system components, state space model, transfer function model, time responses, poles and zeros, closed loop, reduction of multiple subsystems, stability analysis, Routh-Hurwitz, performance analysis, design techniques, root locus, Bode, Nyquist, PID, and MATLAB control tool box. This course meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring) (Internet)

 

ELET 4293. Senior Project II. (2) (W, O)  Prerequisites: ELET 4191 with a grade of C or better and a passing grade in ELET 4192. This is the second of a two semester sequence in senior design. Students will incorporate Applied Project Management techniques into the capstone project identified in ELET 4192 to finalize project analysis, development and implementation. This course meets for two (2) lecture hours per week. (Spring, Summer)

 

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