Electrical and Computer Engineering

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.ece.ucr.edu

Professors

Alexander Balandin, Ph.D. Matthew J. Barth, Ph.D. Bir Bhanu, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Amit Roy Chowdhury, 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. Wei Ren, Ph.D. Sheldon Tan, Ph.D. Ertem Tuncel, Ph.D. Albert Wang, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus

Gerardo Beni, Ph.D. Associate Professors

Elaine D. Haberer, Ph.D. Ping Liang, Ph.D. Anastasios I. Mourikis, Ph.D. Assistant Professors

Zak Kassas, Ph.D. Ming Liu, Ph.D. Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, Ph.D. Shaolei Ren, Ph.D. Daniel Wong, Ph.D. Nanpeng “Eric” Yu, Ph.D. Qi Zhu, Ph.D.

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Adjunct Professors

Hossny El-Sherief, Ph.D. Sakhrat Khizroev, Ph.D. Bahram Parvin, Ph.D. Associate Adjunct Professors

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) Walid Najjar, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Cengiz Ozkan, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Hyle Park, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Frank Vahid, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Affiliated Emeritus

J. Keith Oddson, Ph.D. (Mathematics) Lecturers

Nissim Amos, Ph.D. Roman Chomko, Ph.D. Tofigh Heidarzadeh, Ph.D.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering jointly offers B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering. For more information on the Computer Engineering degree programs, see Computer Engineering in this catalog.

Graduates of UCR’s B.S. program in Electrical Engineering will meet high professional, ethical, and societal goals as demonstrated by:

success in post-graduation studies as evidenced by:

• • satisfaction with the decision to further

their education

• • advanced degrees earned

• • professional visibility (e.g., publications,

presentations, patents, inventions, award)

• • professional responsibilities (e.g.,

professional mentoring, professional society membership and offices, reviewing and editorial work for professional journals)

success in a chosen profession or vocation as evidenced by:

• • career satisfaction

• • promotions/raises (e.g., management

leadership positions, or distinguished technical positions)

• • professional visibility (e.g., publications,

presentations, patents, inventions, award)

• • professional responsibilities (e.g.,

professional registration, professional mentoring, professional society membership and offices)

• • entrepreneurial activities

• • consulting activities

contributions to society as evidenced by:

• • leadership roles

• • public service

• • mentoring/outreach activities

• • volunteer service

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 program at UCR is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, abet.org. For more details see ee.ucr.edu.

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. 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. 3. 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.

4. Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials and

Devices Synthesis and characterization of advanced materials at nanometer scale, theory, design and fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices. Example applications include creation of ultra-fast low-power transistors, efficient solar cells for energy generation, high-density memory for smart phones and mobile services, and tiny devices for medical applications.

5. Power Engineering Power electronics,

AC and DC power and their conversion, electro-mechanical energy conversion, electric motors, large-scale power genertion and transmission systems, long-distance transmission and distribution of electric power, design of motion control drive circuits for robotic and industrial automation systems, and other related topics.

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.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

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

• 2. CHEM 001A, CHEM 01LA

• 3. MATH 008B or MATH 009A

• 4. PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B

• 1. Lower-division requirements (73 units)

• a) One course in the biological sciences

chosen from an approved list

• b) CHEM 001A, CHEM 01LA

• c) CS 010, CS 013, CS 061

• d) EE 001A, EE 01LA, EE 001B, EE 010, EE 020

• e) MATH 008B or MATH 009A, MATH 009B, MATH 009C, MATH 010A, MATH 010B, MATH 046

• f) PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B, PHYS 040C

Electrical and Computer Engineering / 250

• 2. Upper-division requirements (82 units)

• a) EE 100A, EE 100B, EE 105, EE 110A, EE 110B, EE 114, EE 115, EE 116, EE 132,

EE 141, EE 175A, EE 175B

• b) CS 120A/EE 120A, CS 120B/EE 120B

• c) ENGR 180W

• d) Twenty (20) units of technical electives

(chosen with the approval of a faculty advisor) from CS 122A, CS 130, CS 161, CS 168/EE 168; EE 117, EE 123, EE 128, EE 133, EE 134, EE 135, EE 136, EE 137, EE 138, EE 139, EE 140, EE 144, EE 145/ ME 145, EE 146, EE 150, EE 151, EE 152, EE 153, EE 155, EE 160, EE 162, EE 165, ENGR 160

The choice of technical electives must ensure that the upper division requirements include at least one coherent sequence of at least three

• (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.