The request for multiple revisions to the Electrical Engineering Technology program curriculum

Date: December 4, 2012
To: College of Engineering
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: November 19, 2012
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2013

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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ELET 1111. DC Circuits. (3) Corequisites: ELET 1101 and, ELET 1111L. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 11001103. 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. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)

ELET 2121. Electronics I. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212, and ELET 1212L and MATH 1103, all with a grade of C or above, MATH 1103better. Corequisite: ELET 2121L. 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. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)

ELET 2141. Introduction to Power Systems (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212, ELET 1212L, and MATH 1103, all with a grade of C or better. An introduction to electromagnetic fundamentals, power generation and distribution, ac and dc machines. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall)

ELET 2231. Microprocessor Fundamentals. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1231 and ELET 1231L. 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) Cross-listed as ETME 3163. Prerequisites: ELET 1212, ELET 1212L, and MATH 1103, all with a grade of C or better. Corequisite: ELET 2241L. 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. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring)

ELET 2290. Sophomore Practicum (2) Prerequisites: ELET 1231, ELET 1231L, ELET 2121, ELET 2121L and ETGR 1201. Introduction to the design process and project management techniques with an emphasis on Engineering Technology applications. Projects will be completed individually and will provide reinforcement of the design process introduced in ETGR 1201, along with an introduction to project management techniques and technical communication in written and oral formats. Laboratory prototypes will be developed and tested. Selected project(s) will require a formal presentation.

ELET 3113. Network Analysis. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1212 with a grade of C or better, and ELET 1212L and with a grade of C or abovebetter, ETGR 2272 or MATH 1242MATH 1121, and Junior standing in department. 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. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Online)

ELET 3132. Digital Systems. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 1231 and ELET 1231L with a grade of C or above and Junior standing in departmentELET 2231. 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 3191. Junior Practicum I. (1) Prerequisites: ELET 2121 (C or better), ELET 2121L (C or better), ELET 2231, and ELET 2290 or AAS Transfer. Students will address open-ended, but well defined, projects in a team environment. In addition to incorporation of a formal design process, particular emphasis will be placed on project management and planning. Project(s) will require written and/or oral dissemination based on technical communications guidelines provided. The focus of the semester project(s) will encompass topics covered in the ELET curriculum through the sophomore year.

ELET 3232. Microcontroller Systems. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2201 and ELET 22313132. 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 3292. Junior Practicum II. (1) Prerequisites: ELET 3132, ELET 3132L, ELET 3113 and ELET 3191. A continuation of ELET3191, where students will develop requirements and capabilities for open-ended projects encompassing more advanced topics in Engineering Technology. Extensive project planning will be required and a formal design review for selected project(s) will be required.

ELET 42234123. Active Filters. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 3113, ELET 3222 and ETGR 31712272 or MATH 1242. 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 4133. Embedded Systems. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2231 and ELET 31323232. 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 3113. 3222, ELET 3222L, and ETGR 3171. 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. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Online)

ELET 4151L. Communication Systems Laboratory. (1) (W) Prerequisites: ELET 31133222, ELET 3222L, and ETGR 3171. Pre- or cCo-requisite: ELET 4151 or permission of the department. This laboratory course supports concepts and practices covered in ELET 4151. Meets for three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Fall, Summer)

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 appropriate for large and small projects within commercial, academic, or non-profit organizations. Meets for two (2) lecture hours per week. (Fall) (Online)

ELET 4192. Senior Project I. (2) (W) Prerequisite: Senior standing in department. Corequisite: ELET 4191. First of a two semester sequence in senior design. Students utilize previous coursework to creatively investigate and produce solutions for a comprehensive practical engineering technology project. Meets for two (2) lecture hours per week. (On demand) (Online)

ELET 4224. Advanced Filter Design. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 4123. This course involves the design, analysis, simulation and implementation of composite, cascaded and summation filters, extending the material presented in ELET4123. Topics include delay filters; inverse Chebyshev filters; elliptic filters; prototype and transformed ladders; ladder design with simulated elements; leapfrog simulation of ladders; switched-capacitor filters; delay equalization; digital filter design; wavelets and filter banks.

.ELET 4243. Power Networks. (3) Prerequisites: ELET 2141. Study and design of electric power transmission and distribution systems. Power network components design and interconnection. System studies. National grid and microgrid power distribution. Grid monitoring and control.

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. Meets for three (3) lecture hours per week. (Spring) (Online)

ELET 4293. Senior Project II. (2) (O, W) Prerequisites: ELET 4191 with a grade of C or above 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. (On Demand)

ETGR 4100. Engineering Technology Interdisciplinary Industrial Senior Design Project I. (2) (O, W) Prerequisites for MET students: ETME 3143 and ETME 3213. Pre- or corequisite for MET students: ETME 3164 or permission. Prerequisites for ELET students: ELET 3292 Senior standing in department. Corequisite for ELET students: ELET 4191. Prerequisites for CIET students: ETCE 4251. This is the first of a two semester sequence in senior design that utilizes industrial and university sponsored projects to expose engineering technology students in their final year of training to real world project execution and management, in addition to demonstrating abilities as developed by the coursework taken thus far. These projects are usually interdisciplinary in nature, involving students in groups that contain more than one engineering discipline. Projects are defined for the students by statements of work issued by the funding entities. In the first semester, students are exposed to proper project management and planning methodology, along with project documentation. This course meets for one (1) lecture hours and three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Fall)

ETGR 4200. Engineering Technology Interdisciplinary Industrial Senior Design Project II. (2) (O, W) Prerequisite: ETGR 4100 with a grade of C or above. Prerequisite for ELET students: ELET 4191 with a grade of C or above. This is the second of a two semester sequence in senior design that utilizes industrial and university sponsored projects. Students will incorporate Applied Project Management techniques into the capstone project identified in ETGR 4100, in addition to executing the design plans generated in ETGR 4100. This course meets for one (1) lecture hours and three (3) laboratory hours per week. (Spring)