ENGINEERING ­
ELECTRICAL and
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College of Engineering and Computer Science

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Electrical Engineering (power distribution, motors, generators) and Electronic Engineering (integrated circuits, digital and analog hardware, electromagnetic fields, communications, controls) requires the understanding and application of electrical, electronic, and magnetic phenomena.

The Department offers a comprehensive program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Students receive a thorough grounding in mathematics and the basic sciences during their first four semesters. Engineering design and applications are stressed in upper division courses. Prospective students are urged to discuss their plans as early as possible with their high school or community college counselor and with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department Chair who will advise students individually.

In cooperation with the Department of Computer Science, a separate major in Computer Engineering is offered. Students deciding between Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Engineering as majors should also refer to the Computer Engineering section of this catalog.

The Department offers a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with specialties in control systems, power systems, communications, digital systems, microwaves, and intelligent machines.

• The BS degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202.
• The major strengths of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering program lie in its faculty, whose basic philosophy built the curriculum, and in outstanding laboratory facilities.
• Faculty are active in curriculum development, scholarly and creative activities through funded research projects, and participation in professional technical societies.
• The curriculum provides a sound engineering background with small class sizes.
• The Electric Power Education Institute, housed within the Department and supported by local industry, provides scholarships for students interested in Power. It also provides short courses for local industry.
• The EEE Department Industry Liaison Council (ILC) consists of four members from industry representing the areas of interest to the department. The ILC provides feedback on program direction and our outcomes assessment efforts. The ILC is active in providing professional development opportunities for our faculty.

Program Educational Objectives

The objectives of this program are to prepare graduates to:

• enter professional employment and/or graduate study in several areas of Electrical and Electronic Engineering including, Electronics, Communications, Control, and Electric Power;
• identify, analyze, and solve practical problems, making use of appropriate engineering tools and techniques;
• work with contemporary laboratory instrumentation, design and perform experiments, and analyze and interpret the results;
• communicate effectively through speaking, writing, and using graphics, functioning collaboratively within multi-disciplinary problem-solving teams;
• use their understanding of professional, ethical, and social responsibilities and the importance of life-long learning in the conduct of their careers; and
• adapt successfully to changing technologies, and apply their skills in new contexts to meet the demands of society.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Development and Integration of Design
The field of Electrical Engineering continues to expand rapidly, requiring our graduates to apply their skills in new contexts and manage intelligently the consequences of their technical decisions. Thus, the number of critical topics to which the Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate needs to be exposed is expanding. Our curriculum accommodates this expansion and emphasizes hands-on experience through numerous laboratory courses.

The Electrical and Electronic Engineering program provides breadth (core courses), depth (elective sequence) and a culminating experience to practice the design knowledge gained through the curriculum. The program motivates students to appreciate the connectedness among abstract ideas, applications, their classes and their careers. The electrical engineering core is emphasized, providing students with a broad undergraduate electrical engineering education. At the senior level, the curriculum allows flexibility by offering 13 units of elective course work. Seven of these units must be from within a selected elective area, providing our graduates depth in their area of interest. The four selected areas are: Analog/Digital Electronics, Control Systems, Communication Engineering and Power Engineering. The senior design project is a one-year (two semester) course sequence and serves as the capstone requirement. It allows students to integrate and apply their design knowledge from previous course work, making it consistent with their career goals.

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Student Branch Activities
The Department has a strong IEEE Student Branch. It is among the most active chapters in the Sacramento Section of IEEE. The student branch has an elected core of officers, who plan and execute the programs of the chapter in consultation with the branch faculty advisor.
The primary purpose of the student branch is to develop professional awareness among the students and provide them with opportunities to expand their leadership and communication skills. The specific goals of the branch are to:

• increase student membership and encourage graduating seniors to maintain their membership as professionals;
• foster comradeship between the students by sponsoring technical and social events;
• increase the students' awareness of professional issues through the hosting of presentations by guest speakers from industry and by sponsoring tours.

REQUIREMENTS - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Units required for Major: 57
Units required for Pre-major: 44
Minimum total units required for BS: 134
Note: Additional units may be required to meet the Sacramento State foreign language requirement.
A grade of "C-" or better is required in all courses applied to an Electrical Engineering major.
Courses in parentheses are prerequisites.

A. Required Lower Division Courses (Pre-major 44 units)

B. Required Upper Division Courses (Major 36 units)

Students are not permitted to enroll in upper division courses until they have completed all lower division requirements in Section A and have filed a change of major form for Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It is imperative that students take the University's Writing Proficiency Examination (WPE) during the first semester of the junior year, as it is a prerequisite to all laboratory courses after EEE 117.

(3)	EEE 108	Electronics I (EEE 117, EEE 166; Corequisite: EEE 108L)
(1)	EEE 108L	Electronics I Laboratory (EEE 117, EEE 117L, EEE 166. Corequisite: EEE 108)
(3)	EEE 117#	Network Analysis (ENGR 17, EEE 64; EEE 64 may be taken concurrently. Corequisite: EEE 117L)
(1)	EEE 117L	Network Analysis Laboratory (Corequisite: EEE 117)
(3)	EEE 130	Electromechanical Conversion (EEE 117)
(4)	EEE 161	Applied Electromagnetics (MATH 32, MATH 45, PHYS 11C, ENGR 17 and CSC 25)
(3)	EEE 166	Physical Electronics (EEE 117, EEE 117L, either may be taken concurrently)
(4)	EEE 174	Introduction to Microprocessors (EEE 64; junior status)
(3)	EEE 180	Signals and Systems (EEE 117)
(3)	EEE 184	Introduction to Feedback Systems (EEE 180)
(3)	EEE 185	Modern Communication Systems (EEE 180, ENGR 120)
(3)	ENGR 120	Probability and Random Signals (EEE 180, may be taken concurrently)
(2)	ENGR 140	Engineering Economics (ENGR 17, ENGR 30 or MET 30, or instructor permission)
C. Required Design Project Series (8 units)
(3)	EEE 141	Power System Analysis (EEE 130, may be taken concurrently) AND
(1)	EEE 143	Power System Laboratory (EEE 130, EEE 141 passing score on the WPE) AND
(2)	EEE 192A*	Electrical Power Design Project I (EEE 143, EEE 143 may be taken concurrently and any two of the following courses: EEE 141, EEE 142, EEE 144) AND
(2)	EEE 192B*	Electrical Power Design Project II (EEE 192A, EEE 142, EEE 144; EEE 142 or EEE 144 may be taken concurrently--but not both) OR
(4)	EEE 109	Electronics II (EEE 108, EEE 108L, EEE 117, EEE 117L, passing score on the WPE) AND
(2)	EEE 193A*	Product Design Project I (EEE 108, EEE 109, EEE 130, EEE 161, EEE 174, EEE 180, passing score on the WPE; EEE 109 may be taken concurrently) AND
(2)	EEE 193B*	Product Design Project II (EEE 193A)
D. Required Electives (13 units)
(7)	EEE	Depth Requirement: Select two lecture courses (6 units) and one lab course (1 unit) from one of the Depth Requirement Areas listed below.
(6)	EEE	Electives Requirement: Select two additional 3-unit lecture courses from any of the four areas listed below.

* Indicates course which can also be used to meet General Education (GE) requirements. The designation "General Education course" denotes a course which meets GE requirements other than those which also serve as prerequisites to courses in the major. Students are expected to satisfy the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as well as the University's GE requirements. Consult the Department Chair for specific GE requirements. Students should take ENGL 1A as early as possible since it is required for admission to the upper division.

#Workshops (EEE 64W, ENGR 17W, and ENGR 117W) are available to augment understanding of material, however, they cannot be used to satisfy graduation requirements.

 *Students planning to complete EEE 193A / EEE 193B series may not use EEE 109 to meet depth/elective requirement.

**Students planning to complete EEE 192A / EEE 192B series may not use EEE 141 and EEE 143 to meet depth/elective requirement.

Sequencing Course Work for Undergraduate Major

The Engineering Electrical and Electronic Department strongly recommends that EEE majors sequence their courses as outlined in the EEE Curriculum Pattern Guide, available at the Department office, RVR 3018.

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM
(work experience)

The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department encourages students to participate in the University's Cooperative Education Program (Co-op). They will complete one or two six-month periods of full-time, off-campus work in their field during their upper division years. Employment with private industry or government agencies is arranged by the University's Cooperative Education Program Office. Students are paid by the employer. Participating students must enroll in EEE 195A, B, C, or D, but units earned for Co-op work cannot be used to satisfy the requirements for a major. Students who satisfactorily complete two work periods are awarded a certificate. The Co-op experience will enhance the student's employment prospects after graduation. Students interested in the Cooperative Education Program should apply in the satellite office in Riverside Hall 2004 or the main office in Lassen Hall Room 2000 (http://www.csus.edu/careercenter/). For information, call (916) 278-7234.

GRADUATE PROGRAM

The Master of Science degree program in Electrical and Electronic Engineering is designed to provide students with advanced study in a variety of electrical and electronic engineering topics, and opportunities to conduct independent research to broaden their professional scope.

The scheduling of courses and the Culminating Experience options in the program are designed to provide flexibility for working professionals. All students complete a three-unit general core course and at least two of the designated elective area core courses. This requirement is designed to provide a strong academic foundation. In consultation with the Graduate Coordinator and faculty advisors, students then focus their studies in one or more of the following areas, adapting to the needs and interests of the practicing engineer or post-graduate candidate:

• Control Systems
• Communication Systems
• Power Systems
• Microelectronic Design
• Computer Architecture & Digital Design

Coordinated courses are offered in advanced microprocessors, electromagnetic theory and microwaves, lasers and fiber optics, semiconductor devices, robotics and intelligent machines, systems and control, networks, and communication systems. Other coordinated courses facilitate the study of estimation and stochastic control, advanced communications and signal processing, large interconnected power systems, power systems reliability and planning, advanced design and organization of digital computer systems, and advanced integrated circuit design. The program is also sufficiently flexible to allow special independent studies of problems of current interest.

The Department has a strong relationship with the local engineering community. Students of the program have access to Department laboratories and facilities and to University computer services.

Admission as a classified graduate student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering requires:

• a BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent;
• at least a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 units of the BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent; and
• at least a 3.25 GPA in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering major or equivalent major.

Under special circumstances, a student who does not satisfy the Admission Requirements may be admitted as a conditionally classified graduate student. Deficiencies will be specified in the acceptance letter to the student and must be removed by the student before the student can become a classified graduate student.

A student registered as an unclassified graduate student should carefully note that graduate courses taken as an unclassified graduate or as an open university student cannot be used to improve the student's grade point average for admittance to the Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate program. Only undergraduate Electrical and Electronic Engineering courses can be taken or retaken to improve the GPA of the student for admittance to the graduate program.

Applications are accepted as long as room for new students exists. However, students are strongly urged to apply by April 1^st for the following fall or October 1^st for the following spring. All prospective graduate students, including Sacramento State graduates, must file the following with the Office of Graduate Studies, River Front Center 206, (916) 278-6470:

• an online application for admission; and
• two sets of official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, other than Sacramento State.

At the same time, students not meeting the above admission requirements should submit to the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate Coordinator two letters of recommendation, Graduate Record Examination scores, and/or other evidence of their potential for successful graduate study in this program.

Approximately six weeks after receipt of all items listed above, a decision regarding admission will be mailed to the applicant.

By the end of the first semester, after admission to the program, each student in the EEE Department is required to have a program of study approved by an elective area core faculty advisor and the Graduate Coordinator. Students will fill out a form (contract) outlining what courses they plan to take to complete the MS degree. This contract will be signed by the student and the faculty advisor, and filed in the EEE Department Office.

Each student must satisfy the university Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE) requirement, or register for an appropriate remedial English class, before registering for the seventh course in the program of study.

In addition, each student must file an application for Advancement to Candidacy with the Office of Graduate Studies indicating a proposed program of graduate study for the completion of the MSEE. This procedure should begin as soon as the classified graduate student has:

• removed any deficiencies in Admission Requirements;
• completed a minimum of 12 units in the graduate program with a minimum 3.0 GPA; at least nine units of the 12 units must be EEE 200 level courses; and
• passed the Writing Proficiency Examination (WPE) or secured approval for a WPE waiver.

Each student must be advanced to candidacy prior to registering for EEE 500.

Advancement to Candidacy forms are available in the Office of Graduate Studies and in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department Office.

Units required for MS: 30
Minimum required GPA: 3.0

A. Required Core Courses (9 units)
(3)	EEE 244	Electrical Engineering Computational Methods and Applications (EEE 180)
(6) Select two of the following elective area core courses:
	EEE 211*	Microwave Engineering (EEE 161; EEE 108 or instructor permission)
	EEE 230	Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design (EEE 109 and instructor permission)
	EEE 241	Linear Systems Analysis (EEE 180 or equivalent)
	EEE 250	Analysis of Faulted Power Systems (EEE 130 or equivalent)
	EEE 260*	Statistical Theory of Communication (EEE 185)
	EEE 285	Micro-Computer System Design I (EEE 174 or CPE 185)
* Only one of these two courses will be counted as a core requirement. The other may be taken as an elective. B. Electives (15-21 units)
Select 15-21 units from the following fields of study and other areas, in consultation with the elective area faculty advisor and Graduate Coordinator. A maximum of 6 units of undergraduate technical electives in electrical and electronic engineering or computer engineering may be applied to this requirement if approved by the Graduate Coordinator and if they have not been used to satisfy the BS program requirements or MSEE admission requirements.
Communication Systems
	EEE 211	Microwave Engineering (EEE 161; EEE 108 or instructor permission)
	EEE 215	Lasers (EEE 180, EEE 161; or instructor permission)
	EEE 233	Advanced Digital Signal Processing (EEE 174, EEE 181 or equivalent)
	EEE 260	Statistical Theory of Communication (EEE 185)
	EEE 261	Information Theory, Coding, Detection (EEE 185)
	EEE 262	Wireless Communications Systems (EEE 185)
	EEE 267	Fiber Optic Communications (EEE 185 or instructor permission)
Control Systems
	EEE 221	Machine Vision
	EEE 225	Advanced Robot Control (EEE 184 or equivalent)
	EEE 241	Linear Systems Analysis (EEE 180 or equivalent)
	EEE 242	Statistical Signal Processing
	EEE 246	Advanced Digital Control (EEE 241)
	EEE 249	Advanced Topics in Control and Systems
Power Systems
	EEE 250	Analysis of Faulted Power Systems (EEE 130 or equivalent)
	EEE 251	Power System Economics and Dispatch (EEE 141 or equivalent)
	EEE 252	Power System Reliability and Planning (EEE 142 or equivalent)
	EEE 254	Large Interconnected Power Systems (EEE 142)
	EEE 256	Advanced Power Systems Protection (EEE 141; EEE 145 or instructor permission)
	EEE 259	Advanced Topics in Power Systems (EEE 142)
Microelectronic Design
	EEE 230	Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design (EEE 109 and instructor permission)
	EEE 236	Advanced Semiconductor Devices
	EEE 238	Advanced VLSI Design-For-Test I (CPE 151, CPE 166)
Computer Architecture & Digital Design
	EEE 272	High Speed Digital System Design (EEE 161)
	EEE 273	Hierarchical Digital Design Methodology (EEE 64 or equivalent)
	EEE 280	Advanced Computer Architecture (CSC 205 or instructor permission)
	EEE 285	Micro-Computer System Design I (EEE 174 or CPE 185)
	EEE 286	Micro-Computer System Design II (EEE 285 or CPE 186)

C. Culminating Requirement (0, 3 or 6 units)
	EEE 201	Research Methodology
	EEE 500	Culminating Experience (Advancement to Candidacy)

Notes:

• The student cannot register for the Culminating Experience until the student passes the Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE), and advances to candidacy. In subsequent semesters, students will enroll in EEE 599, Continuous Enrollment, after qualifications for enrollment are verified.
• Before registering for EEE 500, students choosing Plan A, Master Thesis (5 units), or Plan B, Master Project (2 units), must submit an approved Topic Form to the Graduate Coordinator. Note: Selection of Plan A or Plan B requires the completion of EEE 201, Research Methodology (1 unit), in the program of graduate study.
• Students opting for Plan C, Comprehensive Exam, must have that option approved by their elective area advisor. They will not receive degree credit for either EEE 201 or EEE 500. They must complete a total of 30 units of approved course work, including core, elective core, and elective courses. They must advance to candidacy for the degree, and take a written comprehensive exam that will cover all of the material in their MS Program of Study. Students who fail may be permitted to retake the exam at its next offering; however, those who fail the exam a second time will not be allowed to continue with the Plan C option. NB: It should be recognized that industry puts a high value on project and thesis problem-solving experience, and the demonstration of technical writing skill that these options require. Graduating under Plan C option will not provide that experience. Students taking this option should consider, with their elective area advisors, other ways of gaining that valuable experience, such as through an EEE 299 Special Problems course.
• As soon as possible after the student has registered for EEE 500, it is expected that the student will select a committee appropriate to the chosen plan of study. The Thesis Committee is to consist of the student's Thesis Advisor, who is the Chairperson of the student's Thesis Committee, and two other faculty members. The Project Committee is to consist of the student's Project Advisor, who is the Chairperson of the student's Project Committee, and one other faculty member. The committee members selected by the student must be approved by the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department's Graduate Coordinator.
• The Thesis (Plan A) must be orally presented and defended, approved by the student's Thesis Committee, and approved by the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate Coordinator prior to submittal of the Thesis to the Office of Graduate Studies.
• The Project (Plan B) is to culminate in a report and a device or simulation, which is to be demonstrated to the student's Project Committee. The Project Report must be approved by the student's Project Committee and approved by the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate Coordinator prior to its submittal to the Office of Graduate Studies.

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FACULTY John Balachandra, Jean-Pierre Bayard, Cynthia Colinge, Steve de Haas, Turan Gonen, Perry Heedley, Mahlon Heller, Preetham Kumar, Milica Markovic, Miroslav Markovic, Thomas W. Matthews, John Oldenburg, Jing Pang, S.K. Ramesh, Pradeep Setlur, Warren Smith, Suresh Vadhva, Salah Yousif CONTACT INFORMATION S.K. Ramesh, Department Chair Suzanne Abshire, Administrative Support Coordinator Riverside Hall 3018 (916) 278-6873 www.ecs.csus.edu/eee

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