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Term: Spring 2024

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EE 110 - Introduction To Digital Logic: Design of digital subsystems using individual components, MSI and LSI circuits, design of state machines. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 188 - Electrical Engineering I: Introduces electrical engineering including DC and AC circuit analysis, operational amplifiers, transducers, transformers, and AC power. Letter grade only.
EE 188L - Electrical Engineering I Lab: Introduces AC and DC circuit analysis concepts, electrical lab instruments, and electrical circuit simulation, construction and testing. Letter grade only.
EE 199 - Special Topics: Foundations of intellectual inquiry. In-depth study of a substantive problem. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
EE 215 - Internet Of Things Design: Theory, design, and applications of microprocessors and microprocessor-based computers and systems; programming techniques for microcomputers; commercial microprocessors and semiconductor memory systems as they relate to design and development of IoT technologies. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 222 - Intermediate Programming: Intermediate programming using C including program design, algorithm design and data structures. Letter grade only.
EE 280 - Introduction To Electronics: Application of diodes, BJTs and MOSFETs in digital and analog circuits. Transient and s-domain analysis including Bode plots. Circuit analysis and testing using computer simulations. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 286 - Electrical Engineering Design: The Process: The process of engineering design. Teamwork, project management, societal impact, and written and oral communications. Letter grade only.
EE 299 - Special Topics: In-depth study of an aspect, concept, or problem. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
EE 310 - Fundamentals Of Computer Engineering: Organization, architecture, and hardware design of digital and computer systems. Digital design using programmable logic. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 348 - Fundamentals Of Signals And Systems: Modeling of continuous-time and discrete-time signals; Fourier analysis and frequency response; analysis of linear systems; sampling and filtering; Laplace and Z transforms; transfer functions. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 364 - Fundamentals Of Electromagnetics: Static electric and magnetic fields. Time varying electromagnetic fields and Maxwell's equations. Application to traditional circuit theory, RF circuit components, transmission lines, electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 364H - Fundamentals Of Electromagnetics - Honors: Static electric and magnetic fields. Time varying electromagnetic fields and Maxwell's equations. Application to traditional circuit theory, RF circuit components, transmission lines, electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 380 - Fundamentals Of Electronic Circuits: Analysis and design of basic linear and nonlinear electronic circuits using discrete and IC elements. Introduction to device models. Circuit design, analysis and testing using laboratory circuits and computer simulations. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 386W - Engineering Design: The Methods: Application of statistics, economics, and modeling in the engineering design process. Team activities, ethics, contemporary issues, writing and oral communications. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EE 399 - Special Topics: In-depth study of an aspect, concept, or problem within a program of study. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
EE 401 - Power Systems: Overview of the electric power system including case studies, mathematical calculations, and simulations of transmission line models, power flow, transformers, faults, system protection, and the stability of power transmission systems. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 501. Letter grade only.
EE 402 - Wind Power Conversion: Introduction to wind energy systems, power converters for wind turbines, wind energy system fundamentals, wind generators, power converters, fixed- and variable-speed induction generator based wind energy systems, doubly fed induction generator based wind turbines, synchronous generator based wind generation systems, control schemes, and transient and steady-state analysis. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab. Co-convened with EE 502. Letter grade only.
EE 403 - Electric Drives: AC/DC electric-machine drives for speed/position control. Integrated discussion of electric machines, power electronics, and control systems; power electronic converters for DC and AC motors, electromechanical energy conversion, design, construction, operation and control of DC, induction, permanent magnet, stepper and switched reluctance motors; feedback controller design for motor drives and applications in electric transportation, robotics, process control, and energy conservation. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab. Co-convened with EE 503. Letter grade only.
EE 404 - Photovoltaic Energy: Introduction to photovoltaic (PV) energy systems; power converter configurations for PV energy; safety standards, guidance and regulation; design, dynamic modelling, analysis and control of DC-DC and DC-AC converters; voltage regulation and digital control from single-phase and three-phase PV energy, maximum power point tracking, battery energy storage; standalone and grid-connected PV energy; transient and steady-state analysis; and computer simulations of PV energy. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 504. Letter grade only.
EE 405 - Electric Vehicles: Architectures and technologies for electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Specific topics include electric and hybrid electric drivetrains, energy storage, electromechanical energy conversion and power-electronic drives, vehicle-level modeling and control, batteries, and charging technologies. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 505. Letter grade only.
EE 406 - Power Electronics I: Introduction to power electronics; applications of power electronics for motor drives, power systems, renewable energy, uninterruptible power supplies, induction heating and compact fluorescent lamps; semiconductor devices; analysis and design of non-isolated and isolated DC-DC converters; design of feedback controllers for DC-DC converters; design of high-frequency inductors and transformers; soft-switching in DC-DC converters; analysis and design of AC-DC diode and thyristor converters and DC-AC inverters. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 506. Letter grade only.
EE 406H - Power Electronics I - Honors: Introduction to power electronics; applications of power electronics for motor drives, power systems, renewable energy, uninterruptible power supplies, induction heating and compact fluorescent lamps; semiconductor devices; analysis and design of non-isolated and isolated DC-DC converters; design of feedback controllers for DC-DC converters; design of high-frequency inductors and transformers; soft-switching in DC-DC converters; analysis and design of AC-DC diode and thyristor converters and DC-AC inverters. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 408 - Fieldwork Experience: Individualized supervised field experience in an appropriate agency or organization. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
EE 410 - Embedded Control: Introduces real-time programming, interfacing analog systems and digital computers, and interrupt handling procedures. Practical exercises using microcontrollers. Letter grade only.
EE 412 - Digital Systems Design: Top-down design methods using hardware descriptive languages (HDL), logic synthesis and timing analysis, FPGA design from high-level specification prototype. Letter grade only.
EE 414 - Computer Architecture: Processor architecture taxonomies and building blocks. Examples of system architectures, instruction sets, processors, I/O, memories, computer busses, and peripheral devices. Applications to microcontrollers used in embedded and real-time systems, including discussion of power management and cybersecurity. Fundamental laws limiting processor design. Co-convened with EE 514. Letter grade only.
EE 430 - Communications Systems: Theory and applications of electronic communications; spectral analysis, modulation, and demodulation techniques, transmitting and receiving systems. 3 hrs. lecture. Letter grade only.
EE 435 - Error Correcting Codes: Linear block codes, decoding and encoding. Hamming distance, error correction capabilities, convolutional codes, maximum-likelihood decoding and the Viterbi algorithm. Iterative decoding and design of turbo codes and low-density parity-check codes. Co-convenes with EE 535. Letter grade only.
EE 436 - Communications And Wireless Sensing: This course reviews advanced topics in wireless networking including: communication protocols modeling and abstraction, physical layer design, medium access control, error correction methods, wireless network operations, and data compression techniques. Co-convenes with EE 536. Letter grade only.
EE 436H - Communications And Wireless Sensing - Honors: This course reviews advanced topics in wireless networking including: communication protocols modeling and abstraction, physical layer design, medium access control, error correction methods, wireless network operations, and data compression techniques. Letter grade only.
EE 442 - Image Processing: Surveys digital image-processing techniques. Topics include image representation, contrast manipulation, spatial filtering, edge detection, shape description, texture, noise suppression, warping, clustering, classification, and color image processing. Co-convenes with EE 542. Letter grade only.
EE 443 - Foundations Of Intelligent Systems: Survey of techniques for identifying patterns present in noisy signal and image data. Includes classifiers, discriminant functions, Bayesian decision theory., maximum likelihood, K-means, relaxation, neural networks, and machine learning. Letter grade only.
EE 448 - Digital Signal Processing: Sampling and reconstruction. Digital filter design, analysis, and realization. The Z transform. Fast algorithms and the fast Fourier transform. Co-convened with EE 548. Letter grade only.
EE 458 - Automatic Controls: Automatic control is central to operation of most electrical and mechanical applications, many that we interact with on a daily basis. From the thermostat that controls the heater in your house, to the cruise control on your car, to the advanced and numerous controls that support flight, automatic control is crucial for the safe and efficient operation of these systems. This course develops an understanding of the theory of automatic control and its applications. The focus is on modeling, analysis, design, and simulation of linear feedback control systems in the frequency domain. The course introduces students to such topics as: the principles, advantages and limitations of feedback control; and widespread application areas of automatic control, especially in electrical and mechanical systems. Upon completion of the course, students will: understand and have practiced developing linear models of physical systems, linearization, Laplace transforms, transfer functions, and manipulating block diagrams; understand the concept of and learn methods for stability and performance analysis of feedback control systems, steady-state error analysis, Routh-Hurwitz stability analysis; have learned and practiced the root locus method for analyzing and designing feedback control systems, PID controller and PID tuning, and lead-lag compensators; have learned and practiced frequency response method for analyzing and designing feedback control systems, Bode plots, and the Nyquist criterion; and have learned to use Matlab, Simulink, and the Matlab's Control System Toolbox for modeling, analysis, and design of feedback control systems. Students will apply this learned knowledge and develop practical skills in modeling, analyzing, and designing automatic control systems through several real-world design examples in computer labs. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Lab emphasizes electrical and mechanical applications. Co-convened with EE 558. Letter grade only.
EE 458H - Automatic Controls - Honors: Automatic control is central to operation of most electrical and mechanical applications, many that we interact with on a daily basis. From the thermostat that controls the heater in your house, to the cruise control on your car, to the advanced and numerous controls that support flight, automatic control is crucial for the safe and efficient operation of these systems. This course develops an understanding of the theory of automatic control and its applications. The focus is on modeling, analysis, design, and simulation of linear feedback control systems in the frequency domain. The course introduces students to such topics as: the principles, advantages and limitations of feedback control; and widespread application areas of automatic control, especially in electrical and mechanical systems. Upon completion of the course, students will: understand and have practiced developing linear models of physical systems, linearization, Laplace transforms, transfer functions, and manipulating block diagrams; understand the concept of and learn methods for stability and performance analysis of feedback control systems, steady-state error analysis, Routh-Hurwitz stability analysis; have learned and practiced the root locus method for analyzing and designing feedback control systems, PID controller and PID tuning, and lead-lag compensators; have learned and practiced frequency response method for analyzing and designing feedback control systems, Bode plots, and the Nyquist criterion; and have learned to use Matlab, Simulink, and the Matlab's Control System Toolbox for modeling, analysis, and design of feedback control systems. Students will apply this learned knowledge and develop practical skills in modeling, analyzing, and designing automatic control systems through several real-world design examples in computer labs. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Lab emphasizes electrical and mechanical applications. Letter grade only.
EE 460 - Semiconductor Memories: The purpose of this course is to give the students the ability to solve problems, design, analyze, simulate and layout memory circuits. The student should also be able to select the correct memory chip for an application and be able to understand the specifications on the data sheet. Letter grade only.
EE 476C - Project Design Procedures: Proposal phase for the capstone, industry-sponsored, team design project. Proposal includes design and build documentation. Topics include teaming, sponsor negotiations, proposal writing, documentation, and computer design and management tools. 1 hr. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 485 - Undergraduate Research: Original research under the supervision of a research adviser. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit. Department consent. Pass-fail or letter grade.
EE 486C - Capstone Design: Team implementation of a sponsor-accepted proposal culminating in an oral presentation, demonstration, final product, and formal report. Topics include teaming, project control and management, simulation, budget control, negotiations, and implementation. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 486CH - Capstone Design - Honors: Team implementation of a sponsor-accepted proposal culminating in an oral presentation, demonstration, final product, and formal report. Topics include teaming, project control and management, simulation, budget control, negotiations, and implementation. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EE 490 - Advanced Topics In Electrical Engineering: Advanced topics in electrical engineering that are not regularly offered. Topics depend on regular or visiting faculty expertise and student demand. Letter grade only.
EE 490H - Advanced Topics In Electrical Engineering - Honors: Advanced topics in electrical engineering that are not regularly offered. Topics depend on regular or visiting faculty expertise and student demand. Letter grade only.
EE 497 - Independent Study: Individualized approach to selected topics by guided reading and critical evaluation. Department consent. Pass-fail or letter grade. May be repeated for credit. Please complete the Independent Study Proposal form and obtain signatures of approval BEFORE registering. https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/Independent_Study_Form_FINAL-3.pdf
EE 497H - Independent Study - Honors: Individualized approach to selected topics by guided reading and critical evaluation. Department consent. Pass-fail or letter grade. May be repeated for credit. Please complete the Independent Study Proposal form and obtain signatures of approval BEFORE registering. https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/Independent_Study_Form_FINAL-3.pdf
EE 499 - Contemporary Developments: Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area of a particular major field of study. Letter grade only. No repeat limit.
EE 501 - Advanced Power Systems: Topics to be covered in this course are overview of the electric power system including case studies, mathematical calculations, and simulations of transmission line models; power flow; transformers; faults; system protection; and the stability of power transmission systems. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 401. Letter grade only.
EE 502 - Advanced Wind Power Conversion: Advanced coverage of wind energy systems, power converters for wind turbines, wind energy system fundamentals, wind generators, power converters, fixed- and variable-speed induction generator based wind energy systems, doubly fed induction generator based wind turbines, synchronous generator based wind generation systems, control schemes, and transient and steady-state analysis. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab. Co-convened with EE 402. Letter grade only.
EE 503 - Advanced Electric Drives: Advanced AC/DC electric-machine drives for speed/position control. Integrated discussion of electric machines, power electronics, and control systems; power electronic converters for DC and AC motors, electromechanical energy conversion, design, construction, operation and control of DC, induction, permanent magnet, stepper and switched reluctance motors; feedback controller design for motor drives, and applications in electric transportation, robotics, process control, and energy conservation. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab. Co-convened with EE 403. Letter grade only.
EE 504 - Advanced Photovoltaic Energy: The topics include introduction to photovoltaic (PV) energy systems; power converter configurations for PV energy; safety standards, guidance and regulation; design, dynamic modelling, analysis and control of DC-DC and DC-AC converters; voltage regulation and digital control from single-phase and three-phase PV energy, maximum power point tracking, battery energy storage; standalone and grid-connected PV energy; transient and steady-state analysis; and computer simulations of PV energy. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 404. Letter grade only.
EE 505 - Advanced Electric Vehicles: The topics include architectures and technologies for electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Specific topics include electric and hybrid electric drivetrains, energy storage, electromechanical energy conversion and power-electronic drives, vehicle-level modeling and control, batteries, and charging technologies. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 405. Letter grade only.
EE 506 - Advanced Power Electronics I: The topics include introduction to power electronics; applications of power electronics for motor drives, power systems, renewable energy, uninterruptible power supplies, induction heating and compact fluorescent lamps; semiconductor devices; analysis and design of non-isolated and isolated DC-DC converters; design of feedback controllers for DC-DC converters; design of high-frequency inductors and transformers; soft-switching in DC-DC converters; analysis and design of AC-DC diode and thyristor converters and DC-AC inverters. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 406. Letter grade only.
EE 514 - Computer Architecture: Processor architecture taxonomies and building blocks. Examples of system architectures, instruction sets, processors, I/O, memories, computer busses, and peripheral devices. Applications to microcontrollers used in embedded and real-time systems, including discussion of power management and cybersecurity. Fundamental laws limiting processor design. Co-convened with EE 414. Letter grade only.
EE 526 - Random Signals And Systems: Characterization of random phenomena in engineered systems. Discrete- and continuous-parameter probabilistic models. Electrical noise. Detection and estimation. Applications is signal/image processing, communication, networking and control. Requires knowledge of signals and systems. Letter grade only.
EE 536 - Advanced Communications And Wireless Sensing: This course reviews advanced topics in wireless networking including: communication protocols modeling and abstraction, physical layer design, medium access control, error correction methods, wireless network operations, data compression techniques, scheduling and routing algorithms, queuing theory, localization and topology management. Co-convenes with EE 436. Letter grade only.
EE 542 - Image Processing: Surveys digital image-processing techniques. Topics include image representation, contrast manipulation, spatial filtering, edge detection, shape description, texture, noise suppression, warping, clustering, classification, and color image processing. Co-convenes with EE 442. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: EE 448 and one of EE 222, CS 122, or CS 126.
EE 543 - Pattern Recognition: Survey of techniques for identifying patterns present in noisy signal and image data. Includes classifiers, discriminant functions, Bayesian decision theory, maximum likelihood, K-means, relaxation, neural networks, and machine learning. Co-convened with EE 443. Letter grade only.
EE 558 - Advanced Automatic Controls: This course develops an understanding of the theory of automatic control and its applications. The focus is on modeling, analysis, design, and simulation of linear feedback control systems in the frequency domain. The course introduces students to such topics as: the principles, advantages and limitations of feedback control; and widespread application areas of automatic control, especially in electrical and mechanical systems. Upon completion of the course, students will: understand and have practiced developing linear models of physical systems, linearization, Laplace transforms, transfer functions, and manipulating block diagrams; understand the concept of and learn methods for stability and performance analysis of feedback control systems, steady-state error analysis, Routh-Hurwitz stability analysis; have learned and practiced the root locus method for analyzing and designing feedback control systems, PID controller and PID tuning, and lead-lag compensators; have learned and practiced frequency response method for analyzing and designing feedback control systems, Bode plots, and the Nyquist criterion; and have learned to use Matlab, Simulink, and the Matlab's Control System Toolbox for modeling, analysis, and design of feedback control systems. Students will apply this learned knowledge and develop practical skills in modeling, analyzing, and designing automatic control systems through several real-world design examples in computer labs. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Lab emphasizes electrical and mechanical applications. Co-convened with EE 458. Letter grade only.
EE 587 - Circuit Simulation Algorithms: Covers the algorithms of integrated circuit simulation. Topics include device models, equation formulation, and simulation methods such as DC, AC, and transient. Letter grade only. No repeat limit.
EE 599 - Contemporary Developments: Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area of a particular field of study. May be offered no more than three times before being submitted for a permanent course number. Letter grade only. No repeat limit.
EE 608 - Fieldwork Experience: Supervised field experience in an appropriate agency, organization, or situation. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
EE 685 - Graduate Research: Individualized directed research on selected topics. Pass-fail or letter grade. May be repeated for credit.
EE 697 - Independent Study: Individualized directed study on selected topics. Note that no more than 3 units may be included on a master's plan in education. Department consent required. Pass-fail or letter grade, depending on departmental policy. No repeat limit. Please complete the Independent Study Proposal form and obtain signatures of approval BEFORE registering. https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/Independent_Study_Form_FINAL-3.pdf
EE 698 - Graduate Seminar: Reading and discussion on selected advanced topics. Letter grade or pass-fail, depending on department policy. No repeat limit.
EE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.