ECE 5241 - Optics and Lasers
OA - Online Asynchronous
Joe Campbell - jcc7s@virginia.edu
Reviews the electromagnetic principles of optics; Maxwell's equations; reflection and transmission of electromagnetic fields at dielectric interfaces; Gaussian beams; interference and diffraction; laser theory with illustrations chosen from atomic, gas and semiconductor laser systems; detectors including photomultipliers and semiconductor-based detectors; and noise theory and noise sources in optical detection. Prerequisite: ECE 3103, 3209, 3750.
ECE 6163 Solid State Devices
OA - Online Asynchronous
Avik Ghosh - ag7rq@virginia.edu
Introduces semiconductor device operation based on energy bands and carrier statistics. Describes operation of p-n junctions and metal-semiconductor junctions. Extends this knowledge to descriptions of bipolar and field effect transistors, and other microelectronic devices. Related courses: ECE 5150, 6155, and 6167. Prerequisite: ECE 3103 or equivalent, or solid state materials/physics course.
ECE 6501 Special Topics - Machine Learning in Image Analysis
OA - Online Asynchronous
Miaomiao Zhang - mz8rr@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6501 Special Topics - RF Circuit Design & Wireless Systems
OA - Online Asynchronous
Robert Weikle - rmw5w@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6501 Special Topics - Semiconductor Devices: Design & Characterization
OA - Online Asynchronous
Nikhil Shukla - ns6pf@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6501 Special Topics - Convex Optimization for Engineering & Data Science
OA - Online Asynchronous
Jundong Li - jl6qk@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6501 Special Topics - Geometry of Data
OA - Online Asynchronous
Tom Fletcher - ptf8v@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6501 Special Topics - Advanced Embedded Computing Systems
OA - Online Asynchronous
Homa Alemzadeh - ha4d@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6502 Special Topics - Statistical Learning and Graphical Models
OA - Online Asynchronous
Farzad Hassanzadeh - ffh8x@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6502 Special Topics - Advanced Thin-Film Optoelectronics
OA - Online Asynchronous
Kyusang Lee - kl6ut@virginia.edu
A first-level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. The topic will usually reflect new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ECE 6660 Analog Integrated Circuits
OA - Online Asynchronous
Steven Bowers - smb9cz@virginia.edu
Design and analysis of analog integrated circuits. Topics include feedback amplifier analysis and design including stability, compensation, and offset-correction; layout and floor-planning issues associated with mixed-signal IC design; selected applications of analog circuits such as A/D and D/A converters, references, and comparators; and extensive use of CAD tools for design entry, simulation, and layout. Includes an analog integrated circuit design project. Prerequisite: ECE 3103 and 3632, or equivalent.
ECE 6711 Probability and Stochastic Processes
OA - Online Asynchronous
Nikolaos Sidiropoulos - nds5j@virginia.edu
Topics include probability spaces (samples spaces, event spaces, probability measures); random variables and vectors (distribution functions, expectation, generating functions); and random sequences and processes; especially specification and classification. Includes detailed discussion of second-order stationary processes and Markov processes; inequalities, convergence, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem, ergodic, theorems; and MS estimation, Linear MS estimation, and the Orthogonality Principle. Prerequisite: APMA 3100, MATH 3100, or equivalent.
ECE 6750 Digital Signal Processing
OA - Online Asynchronous
Scott Acton - sa4e@virginia.edu
A first graduate course in digital signal processing. Topics include discrete-time signals and systems, application of z-transforms, the discrete-time Fourier transform, sampling, digital filter design, the discrete Fourier transform, the fast Fourier transform, quantization effects and nonlinear filters. Additional topics can include signal compression and multi-resolution processing.
ECE 6851 Linear Automatic Control Systems
OA - Online Asynchronous
Gang Tao - gt9s@virginia.edu
Provides a working knowledge of the analysis and design of linear automatic control systems using classical methods. Introduces state space techniques; dynamic models of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and other systems; transfer functions; block diagrams; stability of linear systems, and Nyquist criterion; frequency response methods of feedback systems design and Bode diagram; Root locus method; System design to satisfy specifications; PID controllers; compensation using Bode plots and the root locus. Powerful software is used for system design. Cross-listed as MAE 6610. Prerequisite: ECE 3750 or instructor permission.
ECE 6852 Linear State Space Control Systems
OA - Online Asynchronous
Gang Tao - gt9s@virginia.edu
Studies linear dynamical systems emphasizing canonical representation and decomposition, state representation, controllability, observability, stability normal systems, state feedbacks and the decoupling problem. Representative physical examples. Cross-listed as MAE 6620. Prerequisite: APMA 6150, ECE 6851, or instructor permission.
ECE 7501 Special Topics - Physics of Materials
OA - Online Asynchronous
Jon Ihlefeld - jfi4n@virginia.edu
A second level graduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the graduate course offerings. Topics usually reflect new developments in electrical and computer engineering and are based on student and faculty interests. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.