ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

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

Amit Roy-Chowdhury, Ph.D., Chair Department Office, Winston Chung Hall, Suite 343

• (951) 827-2484; www.ece.ucr.edu

Professors Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, Ph.D. Alexander Balandin, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, P.O.E.M. Director Matthew J. Barth, Ph.D., Director of CE-CERT Bir Bhanu, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Amit Roy-Chowdhury, Ph.D., Department Chair, Bourns Family Faculty Fellow Ilya Dumer, Ph.D. Jay A. Farrell, Ph.D., BCOE Associate Dean Bourns College of Engineering 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., Department Vice-Chair Albert Wang, Ph.D.

Professors Emeriti Gerardo Beni, Ph.D. Susan Hackwood, Ph.D. Ping Liang, Ph.D.

Associate Professors Roman Chomko, Ph.D. Elaine D. Haberer, Ph.D. Anastasios I. Mourikis, Ph.D. Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, Ph.D., Bourns Family Faculty Fellow

Assistant Professors Salman Asif, Ph.D. Xi Chen, Ph.D. Ran Cheng, Ph.D. Shane A. Cybart, Ph.D. Konstantinos Karydis, Ph.D. Hyoseung Kim, Ph.D. Ming Liu, Ph.D. Samet Oymak, Ph.D. Shaolei Ren, Ph.D. Hung-Wei Tseng, Ph.D. Daniel Wong, Ph.D. Nanpeng Yu, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professors Hossny El-Sherief, Ph.D.

Associate Adjunct Professors Gang Chen, Ph.D. Aleksander Khitun, Ph.D. Qi Zhu, Ph.D.

Assistant Adjunct Professors Amrit De, Ph.D. Fariborz Kargar, Ph.D. Zak Kassas, Ph.D. Mahesh R. Neupane, Ph.D.

Cooperating Faculty Guillermo Aguilar, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Ludwig Bartels, Ph.D. (Chemistry) Laxmi Bhuyan, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Philip L. Brisk, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Michalis Faloutsos, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Xiaoping Hu, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Walid Najjar, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Cengiz Ozkan, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Hyle Park, Ph.D. (Bioengineering) Fabio Pasqualetti, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Luat T. Vuong, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) Ran Wei, Ph.D. (School of Public Policy) Bryan M. Wong, Ph.D. (Chemical and Environmental Engineering)

Affiliated Emeritus J. Keith Oddson, Ph.D. (Mathematics)

Lecturers Tofigh Heidarzadeh, Ph.D. Timothy Lindsey, Ph.D. Thomas Underhill, J.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 BS degree program in Electrical Engineering will meet high professional, ethical, and societal goals as demonstrated by accomplishing, at least one different item in each of two different categories:

success in post-graduation studies as evidenced by:

• • satisfaction with the decision to further their

education

• • advanced courses completed or advanced

degrees earned

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

presentations, patents, inventions, awards)

• • 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, awards)

• • professional responsibilities (e.g.

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

• • entrepreneurial activities

• • consulting activities

contributions to society and profession as evidenced by:

• • leadership roles

• • public service

• • mentoring / outreach activities

• • volunteer service

• • establishment and maintenance of

professional networks

All undergraduates in the College of Engineer- ing 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 Accred- itation Commission of ABET, abet.org. For more details see ee.ucr.edu.

The electrical engineering undergraduate pro- gram offers the following focus areas:

• 1. Communications, Signal Processing

and Networking: Fundamental and state-of-the-art theory and applications of acquisition, processing, and transmission of digital signals and images over wire, wireless (radio frequency), fiber optics, etc. Example applications include speech processing and recognition, mobile com- munication using smartphones, fiber optical communication, image enhancement and compression.

• 2. Control, Robotics and Machine Intel-

ligence: Theory and design of control of systems and robots, and systems capable of intelligent decisions. Example applica- tions include control systems in automotive, satellite, aircraft, computer hard drive, robotic manufacturing, autonomous robots, cell phone signal tracking, computer vision and intelligent transportation systems.

• 3. Embedded Systems and VLSI: Theory,

design and methodologies of embedded system using microcontrollers, very large scale, nanometer integrated circuits. Example applications include smart home appliances, Internet of Things, micropro- cessors, analog and mixed signal circuits, RF circuits for cell phones and wireless networks, system-on-chip and wireless networks, system-on-chip.

• 4. Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials

and Devices: Synthesis and characteri- zation 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-den- sity 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 gener- tion and transmission systems, long-dis- tance transmission and distribution of electric power, design of motion control drive circuits for robotic and industrial auto- mation systems, and other related topics.

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 follow- ing major requirements to satisfy the college’s Natural Sciences and Mathematics breadth requirement.

• 1. One course in the biological sciences cho-

sen 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

• 2. Upper-division requirements (81 units)

• a) EE 100A, EE 100B, EE 105, EE 110A,

EE 110B, EE 114, EE 116, CS 120A/EE 120A, CS 120B/EE 120B, EE 132, EE 133, EE 141, EE 175A, EE 175B

• b) One of EE 128 or EE 155

• c) ENGR 181W

• d) Sixteen (16) units of technical electives

chosen from CS 161, CS 168/EE 168; EE 115, EE 117, EE 118, EE 123, EE 128 (if not chosen as a required course in b) above), EE 135, EE 136, EE 137, EE 138, EE 139, EE 142, EE 144, EE 145/ME 145, EE 146, EE 147, EE 150, EE 151, EE 152, EE 153, EE 155 (if not chosen as a required course in

• b) above), EE 162, EE 165, ENGR 160

To ensure depth, the choice of technical electives must include at least one coherent se- quence of at least three (3) electrical engineering courses (lead course plus two additional) in one focus area of electrical engineering, as defined below.

• • Communications, Signal Processing and

Networking. Lead Course: EE 141. Se- quence Courses: EE 115, EE 117, EE 118, EE 128, EE 146, EE 150, EE 152, ENGR 160

• • Control, Robotics and Machine Intelligence.

Lead Course: EE 132. Sequence Courses: EE 128, EE 142, EE 144, EE 145/ME 145, EE 146, EE 151, EE 152, ENGR 160

• • Embedded Systems and VLSI. Lead

Course: EE 128. Sequence Courses: EE 135, EE 147, EE 165, CS 168/EE 168, CS 161, ENGR 160

• • Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials and

Devices. Lead Course: EE 133. Sequence Courses: EE 117, EE 136, EE 137, EE 138, EE 139, EE 162

• • Power Engineering. Lead Course: EE 155.

Sequence Courses: EE 117, EE 123, EE 128, EE 153, ENGR 160

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

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers programs leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

University requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering are given in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog.

Research focus areas currently include communications, computer vision, control, detection and estimation, distributed systems, electronic materials, error-correcting codes, image processing, information theory, intelligent sensors, intelligent systems, machine learning, modeling and simulation, multimedia, advanced materials, nanostructures and nanodevices, navigation, neural networks, pattern recognition, robotics and automation, signal processing, solid-state devices and circuits, system identification, and transportation systems.

Combined B.S. + M.S. Five-Year Program The college offers a combined B.S. + M.S. program in Electrical Engineering designed to lead to a Bachelor of Science degree as well as a Master of Science degree in five years. Appli- cants for this program must have a high school GPA above 3.6, a combined SAT Reasoning score above 1950 (or ACT plus Writing equiva- lent), complete the Entry Level Writing Require- ment before matriculation, and have sufficient mathematics preparation to enroll in calculus in their first quarter as freshmen.

Students in the B.S. + M.S. program are allowed to count up to 12 units of undergraduate tech- nical electives taken as UCR undergraduates towards the 36-unit requirements of the M.S. degree.

Interested students who are entering their junior year should check with their academic advisor for information on eligibility and other details.

Admission All applicants for the M.S. and Ph.D. programs must submit official scores for the GRE General Test. All applicants whose native language is not English and who do not have a degree from an institution where English is the exclusive language of instruction must complete the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550 (paper-based), 220 (computer-based), or 90 (Internet-based).

Applicants must meet the general admission requirements of the Riverside Division of the Ac- ademic Senate and the UCR Graduate Council as set forth in the UC Riverside Graduate Stu- dent Application. In addition, Master’s Degree Applicants should have completed a program equivalent to UCR’s B.S. in Electrical Engineer- ing or demonstrate the required knowledge and proficiency in the following subjects:

• 1. Mathematics, including calculus, differential

equations, and complex variables

• 2. Circuits and electronics (equivalent of

EE 100A and EE 100B)

• 3. Signals and systems (equivalent of EE 111,

or both EE 110A and 110B)

• 4. Logic design, digital systems, and

microcomputers (equivalent of EE 120A and 120B)

• 5. Control systems (equivalent of EE 132)

• 6. At least one major high-level programming

language and associated programming techniques (equivalent of CS 010)

Students with background in other scientific fields are encouraged to apply. Applicants lack- ing minimum undergraduate preparation in the above areas may be admitted, but must take the appropriate undergraduate courses as approved by the Graduate Advisor. If admitted, these students must correct all deficiencies within the first year of graduate study. Courses taken for this purpose do not count towards an advanced degree.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.

General university requirements are listed in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog. Students may obtain an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering through either Plan I (Thesis) or Plan II (Comprehensive Examination). The normative time for a student to complete the M.S. degree under both Plan I or Plan II is six quarters (two years). Students who are admitted with deficien- cies may require up to three additional quarters.

Plan I (Thesis) Students must complete 36 units of approved graduate work in Electrical Engineering and related areas such as Computer Science and Materials Science and Engineering. At least 24 of these units must be courses numbered between 200 and 279. At least 12 units must be in graduate research (courses numbered 297 or

• 299). Colloquium units (CS 287, EE 259, MSE 250, MSE 251) and courses numbered 291 are

not counted towards the 36 unit requirement.

Students choosing Plan I must submit a master’s thesis in accordance with the general requirements of the University. The thesis must be original research work, and demonstrate the student’s ability to explore a research area, acquire in-depth knowledge of the chosen research topic, and make a research contribution. The thesis must be approved by a committee of at least three faculty members. The thesis must be defended in a two-hour examination open to the public, beginning with a brief presentation by the candidate, and followed by a question-and-answer session.

Plan II (Comprehensive Examination) Students must complete 36 units of approved graduate or upper-division undergraduate course work in Electrical Engineering and related areas such as Computer Science and Materials Science and Engineering. At least 24 of these units must be graduate-level courses numbered between 200 and 279. To satisfy the remaining unit requirements, students may use up to 8 units in Directed studies (290) and upper-division undergraduate EE courses numbered 115 and above with the exception of EE 116, 120, and

• 132. Colloquium units (CS 287, EE 259, MSE 250, and MSE 251) and courses numbered 291

and higher are not counted towards the 36 unit requirement.

In addition to the course requirements of Plan II, students must pass a comprehensive examination administered by the program.

Normative Time to Degree Six quarters (two years)

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering.

Admission Students with backgrounds in Electrical Engi- neering or other related areas are encouraged to apply. An M.S. degree is not required for admission to the Ph.D. program. Under special circumstances, applicants lacking undergrad- uate preparation in core Electrical Engineering areas related to their field of research may be admitted, but must take the appropriate under- graduate courses to correct the deficiencies within the first year of graduate study. Courses taken for this purpose do not count towards an advanced degree.

Course Work Students must complete at least 36 units of approved graduate coursework in Electrical Engineering and related areas such as Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, or other approved subject areas. Only courses numbered between 200 and 279, excluding Colloquium courses (CS 287, EE 259, MSE 250, and MSE 251), may be counted towards this requirement. Students who have already taken 36 units of graduate coursework at UCR as part of the M.S. program in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering are deemed to have met the minimum-unit requirement for the Ph.D. Students who are admitted with an M.S. degree from a different institution may use up to 16 units of equivalent courses taken during their M.S. study to count towards the requirement.

Students must complete a minimum of six quarters (two years) in residence at UCR with a GPA of 3.00 or better. Students must establish a course plan in coordination with their research advisor or the program Graduate Advisor. The course plan should lend support to the students’ research area, while adding breadth to their overall program. Students may need to take considerably more than 36 units to establish breadth and depth of knowledge in their area of research.

Advancement to Candidacy A student advances to candidacy after he/she has passed the preliminary examination and the oral qualifying examination, as described below.

Preliminary Examination The purpose of the preliminary examination is to screen candidates for continuation in the doc- toral program. The examination is administered by the graduate program committee. Students must solve problems from five courses in one of the three Exam Areas:

• • signals, systems, and machine intelligence

• • nano materials and devices, or

• • VLSI Circuits and Systems

Three of these problems must be from the “basic” courses and two must be from the “advanced” courses designated for each Exam Area. Students who did not pass at the Ph.D. level in their first trial will be given a second chance. In the second attempt, they will be required to solve problems only from courses they did not pass at the Ph.D. level in their first attempt.

Plan II M.S. candidates who took the M.S. com- prehensive examination and successfully passed at the Ph.D. level are given credit for having passed the Ph.D. preliminary examination.

Oral Qualifying Examination Students are expected to demonstrate that they have a thorough understanding of their research field, and are capable of doing cutting-edge re- search. For that purpose, students must choose a research topic under the guidance of their faculty major professor and orally present to a Qualifying Committee, which is appointed by the Graduate Division based on nominations from the department.

The presentation must be accompanied by an Oral Exam Report, written in proper technical English and in the style of a typical Electrical Engineering conference or journal publication. This report should clearly describe the proposed problem under study, demonstrate substantial knowledge of the topic and related issues, present the research results the student has obtained, and indicate the plans for future work. Students must demonstrate ability to carry out a program of independent advanced research and to report the results in accordance with stan- dards observed in recognized technical journals.

The Oral Qualifying examination is closed to the public.

The student must complete this requirement in no more than two attempts. The normative time for taking the Oral Qualifying Exam is by the end of the second year.

Dissertation Examination and Defense After advancement to candidacy, the student must form a Doctoral Dissertation Commit- tee chaired by his or her major professor. The committee will consist of at least three senate faculty members with at least two members from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department.

When the Doctoral Dissertation Committee de- termines that a suitable draft of the dissertation has been presented, a dissertation examination and defense for the student is scheduled. The defense consists of a public seminar followed by questions from the committee members and the audience. Normative Time to Degree 12 quarters (15 quarters for students without an M.S. in Electrical Engineering)

All doctoral students are recommended to be employed as teaching assistants for at least three quarters during their graduate career. The department is developing special courses to aid in the learning of effective teaching methods, such as handling discussion/lab sessions and preparing and grading examinations.

Contact the Graduate Student Affairs Officer at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering, (951) 827-2484, or visit ece.ucr.edu for information on graduate courses.

All incoming M.S. and Ph.D. students must en- roll in the Fall, Winter, and Spring offerings of EE 259, Colloquium in Electrical Engineering.

Additionally, students in the Ph.D. program must submit a Professional Development Report that details the students’ efforts in developing their technical writing and presentation skills. This report should be submitted to and approved by the Graduate Committee, as a prerequisite for filing the Oral

Qualifying Committee nomination form. Specific requirements for the Professional Development Report are determined by the Graduate Com- mittee.