ECE Special Topic Courses & Seminars
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Fall 2011
ECE 410/510 - Fourier Optics
Taught by Don Duncan, PSU
Most electrical engineers are familiar with the idea of characterizing a system in terms of its response to a range of temporal frequencies. Fourier optics is a generalization of this concept to describe an optical device in terms of its effect on a range of spatial frequencies (think of a sinusoidal bar pattern). This field of study represents a melding of 20th century systems theory with geometrical and wave optics concepts traditionally considered to be within the realm of physics. Presented in this course are the mathematical foundations of the discipline and its application to a variety of problems in optics, image processing, radar, and acoustics. Topics treated include diffraction, polarization, coherence, imaging, scattering, tomography, and holography.
Email Dr. Duncan:duncadd1@cecs.pdx.edu
Dr. Duncan's website
ECE 507 - Nuts & Bold Ideas Seminar
Taught by Christof Teuscher, PSU
Wednesday 12:00-12:50 p.m.
The idea of the Nuts and Bold Ideas Seminar is to provide an informal platform for ideas that are worth thinking about. Instigators are asked to present something different from their most recent research, paper, or talk. Ideas that challenge the status quo are of particular interest. The goal is to think big and different. The seminar is designed to foster creativity, innovation, inspiration, and to spur cross-pollination among disciplines.
Email Dr. Teuscher: teuscher@pdx.edu
Dr. Teuscher's website
ECE 507 - Waves and Grains
Taught by Don Duncan, PSU
Friday 3:00-3:50 p.m.
This is a one-credit seminar course with weekly presentations. The theme of the course is wave phenomena, whether electromagnetic or mechanical. As such, topics in optics and acoustics are included.
Dr. Duncan's email: duncadd1@cecs.pdx.edu
Dr. Duncan's website
ECE 510 - Power System Analysis
Taught by Bob Bass, PSU
MW 9:00-10:50 a.m.
Review of power systems components, per-unit representation. Power systems modeling. System admittance matrixes. Positive, negative, zero sequence network modeling. Load flow computational methods; Gauss-Seidel, Newton-Raphson, DC. Optimal power flow algorithms. Symmetric and unsymmetric faults. Power system transients. Voltage, frequency stability. State estimation. Power system analysis using software, emphasizing non-dispatchable resources.
Email Dr. Bass: rbass2@pdx.edu
ECE 510 - System Design with Programmable Logic
Taught by Roy Kravitz
Tuesday/Thursday 5:00-6:50 p.m.
Held at the Willow Creek Center in Beaverton: 241 SW Edgeway Drive
(near SW 185th and Baseline Road)
Programmable logic devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are a major part of digital design. Advances in semiconductor technology have made it possible to implement a complex, high performance system on a single programmable chip. This course discusses tools and techniques for designing, verifying and implementing System-on-Chip (SoC) designs using programmable logic. The course has a both an academic and project orientation: Students take several projects from concept through synthesis and debug on an FPGA development board while exploring the techniques used to optimize the design to meet high speed timing requirements. Mentor Graphics and Xilinx design automation software tools are used. Students must be familiar with Verilog HDL or willing to adjust from VHDL. Knowledge of Assembly language programming would be helpful.
Email Dr. Kravitz: Roy.Kravitz@serveron.com
Winter 2011
ECE 410/510 - Electric Vehicles I
Taught by Dan Hammerstrom, PSU
Day/Time TBA
Introduction to electric drives and drive control, with an emphasis on brushless DC and
permanent magnet synchronous, and induction machines. The topics covered include: switch
mode power electronics, BLDC motors, PMSM motors, induction machines, and an introduction
to battery technology and management. Laboratory: Matlab/Simulink, experiments with the
University of Minnesota Power-pole board and the Arduino microcontroller.
Email Dr. Hammerstrom: strom@cecs.pdx.edu
Dr. Hammerstrom's website
ECE 510 - Embedded System Design & Programming with Programmable Logic
Taught by Roy Kravitz
Tuesday/Thursday 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Held at the Willow Creek Center in Beaverton: 241 SW Edgeway Drive
(near SW 185th and Baseline Road)
Microprocessor-based embedded systems are everywhere. The typical American household uses about 50 microprocessors, not counting personal computers, with the number rising every year. This course builds on the solid hardware-centric base for system-on-chip design gained in ECE 510 – System Design with Programmable Logic by teaching embedded system design and programming. The course has both an academic and project orientation; students take several embedded system projects from concept through debug on an FPGA development board while learning how to design and implement integrated hardware/software applications that interact with "real world" devices. Xilinx synthesis and embedded system software tools and the GNU tool chain are used. Programming is done in C.
Prerequisites: ECE 510 – System Design with Programmable Logic or consent of instructor. You should be comfortable programming in C and/or C++ and using Verilog or VHDL for synthesis.
Email Dr. Kravitz: Roy.Kravitz@serveron.com
ECE 410/510 - Introduction to Signal Integrity
Taught by Edin Sijercic
Monday/Wednesday 4:40-6:30 p.m.
The purpose of Signal Integrity engineering is to ensure reliability of the electronic systems interconnect without unintended variations in the signal quality. The engineering discipline uses mathematical and simulation modeling techniques to ensure that computer system components (especially in networked business systems relying on multiple servers) will work under all conditions, at the highest speeds possible.
Email Dr. Sijercic: sijercic@ece.pdx.edu
Spring 2011
ECE 510 - CMOS Mixed-Signal IC Design
Taught by David H. Chiang
Tuesday/Thursday 7:00-8:50 p.m.
Held at the Willow Creek Center in Beaverton: 241 SW Edgeway Drive
(near SW 185th and Baseline Road)
This class is designed for senior undergraduates, first year graduate students, and practical electrical engineers to analyze and design CMOS mixed-signal ICs such as switched capacitor circuits, continuous-time filters, and A/D & D/A converters used in modern communication systems and consumer electronic products. The required backgrounds for this class are circuit theory, signals and systems, and CMOS analog circuit design.
Email Dr. Chiang: chiang@ece.pdx.edu
ECE 410/510 - Electric Vehicles II
Taught by Dan Hammerstrom, PSU
Tuesday/Thursday 6:40-8:30 p.m.
Study of electric vehicle systems. Topics include vehicle dynamics, weight and power trade-offs, electric drives and electronic control, system design, regenerative braking, hybrid drives, and energy storage technologies, including batteries, ultra-capacitors, and fuel cells. There will be an electric bicycle project, involving the design, implementation, and performance analysis of a Lithium Ion Battery Management System and a BLDC drive system. Tasks include selection of motor and drive and energy storage, hardware and software development of Arduino-based controller, charger and BMS, system implementation and measurement.
Email Dr. Hammerstrom: strom@cecs.pdx.edu
Dr. Hammerstrom's website
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