Courses

ECE 370 - Engineering Electromagnetics

Review of vector calculus, Electrostatics and magnetostatics, Electric and magnetic fields in material media, including polarization mechanisms and general boundary conditions, Solutions to static field problems, Maxwell's equations and waves in free space, dielectrics and conducting media, Reflection and refraction, Standing waves. Prerequisites: Math 102, 209, and Phys 230.

 ECE 494 Engineering Physics Design Project I

*2.5 (fi 5) (first term, 1-0-3). The first of two design courses that must be taken in the same academic year. Students research and propose a design project to enhance or create an engineering system, process or device; they exercise creativity and make assumptions and decisions based on technical knowledge. This first course includes project definition, planning, and initial prototyping or design. Formal reports and presentation of the project proposal is required. Prerequisite: Completion of at least three years of study in the program or by consent of the Instructor. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 494 or EE 494.

This course is the first in a series of two design courses that provide the opportunity for students to actively engage in engineering design research as a capstone experience. The course must be taken by all Engineering Physics students. Students are divided into design groups and may be assigned to one or more faculty members as a client (who can also be a supervisor) to carry out a research project under the client’s directions. Student teams will research, propose, design, develop, document, prototype, and present a practical engineering system or a device. The design team is expected to exercise creativity and make assumptions and decisions based on their technical knowledge. This first course includes project definition, comprehensive design review of a state-of-the-art topic, planning, purchase of components, and initial design prototyping. A formal report and a formal presentation of the project proposal are required from each design group.

ECE 495 Engineering Physics Design Project II

2*4 (fi 8) (second term, 1-0-6). The second of two design courses that must be taken in the same academic year, in which students implement an engineering system, process or device. Emphasis is placed on continued execution of the project plan developed in ECE 494. Prerequisite: ECE 494 in the preceding Fall Term. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 495 or EE 495.

This course is the second design course that will provide the students with the opportunity to actively engage in engineering design research as a capstone experience. The course must be taken by all Engineering Physics students. The ECE 495 course builds upon the design concepts proposed and investigated in ECE 494. Students are expected to put their learned knowledge into practice by delivering a working prototype device or a design process and demonstrate their acquired engineering skills beyond what is learned in the classroom. Emphasis is placed on continued execution and implantation of the project plan developed in ECE 494. A formal report and a formal presentation are required from each design group.

EE 571 - Optical and Quantum Electronics

Optical resonators, mode stability criteria, resonance frequency, interaction of radiation and atomic systems, homogeneous and inhomogeneous gain media, spontaneous emission, induced transitions, amplification, gain saturation, Fabry-Perot laser, specific laser systems, modelocking (active and passive), Q-switching, cavity dumping, pulse length measurement, chirped pulses, pulse compression, second harmonic generation and parametric oscillation, phase matching, parametric amplification, frequency up conversion, electro-optic modulation of light beams, traveling wave modulators, electro-optic beam deflection, interaction of light with sound, Bragg diffraction, semiconductor lasers-theory and applications, ultrafast lasers and ultrafast phenomena.