Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Undergraduate Courses

ECE 101 Intro to Electrical & Computer
               Engineering
ECE 222 Intro to Digital Computation
ECE 225 Intro to Discrete Logic & Digital
               Systems
ECE 235 Electric Circuits
ECE 315 Mathematical Methods in
               Engineering
ECE 321 Intro to Software Engineering
ECE 327 Digital Circuit Design
ECE 329 Computer Organization & Design
ECE 345 Electronics
ECE 355 Signals & Systems
ECE 356 Systems & Control
ECE 375 Intro. to Electromagnetic Fields
ECE 385 Electromechanical Energy
               Conversion
ECE 421 Synthesis w/ Hardware
               Description Languages
ECE 422 Intro. to Data Communications
               Networks
ECE 423 Digital VLSI Design
ECE 424 Microprocessor-Based Systems
ECE 425 VLSI Design & Test Automation
ECE 428 Programmable ASICs Design
ECE 429 Computer Systems Architecture
ECE 440 CMOS Radio-Frequency
                Integrated Circuit Design I
ECE 441 Photonics I
ECE 446 Electronic Circuit Design
ECE 447 Electronic Devices
ECE 448 Photonics II
ECE 456 Embedded Control &
               Mechatronics
ECE 459 MEMS & Micro-Engineering
ECE 468 Digital Signal Processing
ECE 471 Wireless & Personal
               Communication Systems
ECE 472 Antennas I
ECE 476 Intro. to Broadband
               Communication Systems
ECE 477 Fields & Waves I
ECE 478 Analog & Digital Communication
ECE 479 Microwave Engineering I
ECE 483 Power Electronics
ECE 484 Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis
ECE 486 Electric Energy Sources
ECE 487 Power System Analysis
ECE 488 Power System Engineering
ECE 489 Electric Power Distribution
ECE 495a Electrical & Computer
               Engineering Design
ECE 495b Electrical & Computer
               Engineering Design
ENGR 101 Introduction to Engineering
ENGR 222 Computational Methods for
               Engineers & Tech
ENGR 304I History of American
               Technology
ENGR 335 Electric Circuits

ECE 483 Power Electronics

Power semiconductor devices. Line commutation diode and thyristor rectifiers. DC choppers. Switch mode power supplies. Forced commutation voltage sourced inverters. DC Drives. AC Drives.

Credit Hours: 4 (3 Lecture, 1 Project)

Prerequisites: ECE 385

Textbooks:

"Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices & Applications, 3rd Edition", M. Rashid, Prentice Hall, 2004, ISBN: 0-13-101140-5.