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Electrical Engineering

Catalog pages 247-248

Subject abbreviation: EE The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering

Jay A. Farrell, Ph.D., Chair Department Office, Winston Chung Hall, Suite 343

  • (951) 827-2484; www.ee.ucr.edu

Professors Alexander Balandin, Ph.D. Matthew J. Barth, Ph.D. Bir Bhanu, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Jie Chen, Ph.D. Ilya Dumer, Ph.D. Jay A. Farrell, Ph.D. Susan Hackwood, Ph.D. Yingbo Hua, Ph.D. Alexander Korotkov, Ph.D. Roger Lake, Ph.D. Jianlin Liu, Ph.D. Mihri Ozkan, Ph.D. Sheldon Tan, Ph.D. Albert Wang, Ph.D. ;IFOHZVBOi%BOJFMw9V 1I% Professor Emeritus Gerardo Beni, Ph.D. Associate Professors Ping Liang, Ph.D. Amit Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D. Wei Ren, Ph.D. Ertem Tuncel, Ph.D. Assistant Professors Elaine D. Haberer, Ph.D. Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, Ph.D. Anastasios I. Mourikis, Ph.D. Qi Zhu, Ph.D. ** Adjunct Professors Hossny El-Sherief, Ph.D. Bahram Parvin, Ph.D. Associate Adjunct Professor Gang Chen, Ph.D. Aleksander Khitun, Ph.D. Cooperating Faculty Guillermo Aguilar, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Ludwig Bartels, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Laxmi Bhuyan, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Phillip Brisk, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Paulo C. Chagas, Ph.D. (Music) Michalis Faloutsos, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Keh-Shin Lii, Ph.D. (Statistics) Julia Lyubovitsky, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Mart Molle, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Ashok Mulchardani, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) Walid Najjar, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Hyle Park, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Frank Vahid, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Affiliated Emeritus J. Keith Oddson, Ph.D. (Mathematics) Lecturers Feras Abou-Galala, Ph.D. Roman Chomko, Ph.D.

Major

The Department of Electrical Engineering offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering.

The Electrical Engineering program objectives are to produce graduates able to:

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6. VLSI Design and Systems Theory, design and methodologies of very large scale, nanometer integrated circuits. Example applications include microprocessors, analog and mixed signal circuits, RF circuits for cell phones and wireless networks, system-on-chip (SOC), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC).

All undergraduates in the College of Engineering must see an advisor at least annually. For details, visit student.engr.ucr.edu.

University Requirements

See Undergraduate Studies section.

College Requirements

See The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, Colleges and Programs section.

The Electrical Engineering major uses the following major requirements to satisfy the college’s Natural Sciences and Mathematics breadth requirement.

  • 1. One course in the biological sciences chosen

from an approved list

Major Requirements

  • 1. Lower-division requirements (74 units)
  • a) One course in the biological sciences

chosen from an approved list

MATH 009C, MATH 010A, MATH 010B, MATH 046

  • 2. Upper-division requirements (82 units)

EE 141, EE 175A, EE 175B

  • d) Twenty (20) units of technical electives

(chosen with the approval of a faculty advisor) from CS 122A, CS 130, CS 143/ EE 143, CS 161, CS 168; EE 117, EE 128, EE 133, EE 134, EE 135, EE 136, EE 137, EE 138, EE 139, EE 140, EE 144, EE 146, EE 150, EE 151, EE 152, EE 160

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t XPSLFGGFDUJWFMZJOBUFBNFOWJSPONFOU communicate well, attain professional growth, and provide leadership in engineering

t FYFSDJTFQSPGFTTJPOBMSFTQPOTJCJMJUZBOE sensitivity to a broad range of social concerns, such as ethical, environmental, economic, regulatory, and global issues

All undergraduates in the College of Engineering must see an advisor at least annually. Visit student.engr.ucr.edu for details.

The Electrical Engineering B.S. degree at UCR is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012; (410) 347-7700. For more details see ee.ucr.edu.

Undergraduate Program Focus Areas

The electrical engineering undergraduate program offers the following focus areas:

1. Communications, Signal Processing and Networking Fundamental and state-of-the-art theory and applications of communications, networking of devices, and related signal processing, involving information sources in the form of audio, video, image and text messages and transmission media of wire, wireless (radio frequency), fiber optics, etc.

2. Computer Engineering The Electrical Engineering department offers a Computer Engineering program in conjunction with the Computer Science and Engineering department. Example applications are embedded system design, reconfigurable systems, parallel and high-performance computing, microprocessors, nanometer integrated circuit design, and computer- aided design (CAD) techniques. See detailed descriptions in the Computer Engineering Program.

3. Control and Robotics Theory and design of control of systems and robots. Example applications include control systems in automotive, satellite, aircraft, computer hard drive, robotic manufacturing, autonomous robots, cell phone signal tracking, among others.

4. Intelligent Systems Theory, design and development of systems capable of intelligent decisions. Example applications include video surveillance systems, medical imaging devices, intelligent transportation systems, and manufacturing automation.

5. Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials and Devices Synthesis and characterization of advanced materials at nanometer scale, theory, design and fabrication of electronic Education Abroad Opportunities / Electrical Engineering 248 / Programs and Courses

  • (3) electrical engineering courses to ensure

depth in one area of electrical engineering. Example course sequences are available through the Student Affairs Office in the College of Engineering or student.engr.ucr.edu.