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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
10.1.1 GRADUATE FACULTY
University Professors
Jullien, Graham A.; B.Tech. (Loughborough), M.Sc. (Birmingham), Ph.D.
(Aston), P.Eng.—1969.
Hackam, Reuben; B.Sc. (Technion, Israel), Ph.D., D. Eng. (Liverpool),
F.I.E.E.E., P. Eng.—1978.
Professors
Miller, William C.; B.S.E. (Michigan), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.—1968.
Soltis, James; B.Sc. (Windsor), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan)—1974.
Sid-Ahmed, Maher A.; B.Sc. (Alexandria); M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Windsor)—1978.
Raju, G.R. Govinda; B.E. (Mysore), Ph.D. (Liverpool), F.I.E., P. Eng.—1980.
Ahmadi, Majid; B.Sc. (Tehran), D.I.C., Ph.D. (Imperial College) C.Eng.,
F.I.E.E.—1981.
Kwan, Hon K.; B.Sc. (London), M.Phil. (CUHK), D.I.C., Ph.D. (London),
F.I.E.E., C.Eng., P.Eng.—1988.
Associate Professor
Alexander, Philip H.; B.A.Sc. (Assumption), M.A.Sc. (Windsor), P.Eng.—1964.
Adjunct Professors
Chikhani, Aziz Y.; B. Sc., M. Sc. (Cairo), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P. Eng.—1985.
(Royal Military College of Canada)
Shridhar, Malayappan; B.Sc. (Bombay), D.M.I.T., M.S. (Brooklyn), Ph.D.
(Aston), P.Eng.—1986. (Head, Electrical Engineering Department, University
of Michigan, Dearborn)
10.2.1 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Electrical Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the degrees
of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.).
Research is carried out in the two broadly defined areas of (a) Signals
and Systems and (b) High Voltage and Power Systems.
Within the area of Signals and Systems such research topics as speech
processing, image processing, digital filtering, discrete transforms, number
theory and hardware realizations of signal processing-related devices are
investigated. Within this research area the VLSI Research Group investigates
modern VLSI implementations of high speed digital signal processing algorithms.
Research within the High Voltage and Power area deals with such topics
as power systems, high voltage technology, electrical arcs, insulation
and electric and magnetic field calculations.
10.3.1 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The graduate course offerings in Electrical Engineering are designed
to complement the two major areas that define the research orientation
of the program. Course requirements for the Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. degrees in
Electrical Engineering will be selected from the courses listed below and
related courses in other programs.
Graduate students will be associated with one of the two major
areas of research. Their program of studies will be formulated in consultation
with the graduate advisors and approved by the Chair of the Program Graduate
Committee coordinator.
Only a selected number of the courses listed below will be available
each year. The current list will be provided by the Coordinator of
Graduate Studies in Electrical Engineering. The following courses all are
two hours a week for one term.
88-510. Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
Advanced theory and applications of electromagnetic fields and wave
propagation.
88-511. Electrical and Magnetic Materials
Selected topics in the properties of electrical, electronic, dielectric
and magnetic materials. Measurement techniques of the properties and applications
of the materials.
88-513. High Voltage Technology
Generation and measurement of high voltages, non-destructive and destructive
testing techniques.
88-514. Advanced Power Systems
High voltage surges, origins, propagation and reflections; transients
in power equipment; protection of substations.
88-515. Electric and Magnetic Field Calculations
Development and application of analytic and numerical techniques for
calculating electromagnetic and electrostatic fields. Computer-oriented
approaches are emphasized and a project is required.
88-516. High Voltage Phenomena
Ionization and decay processes, electrical breakdown mechanisms in
gaseous, liquid and solid insulation.
88-517. Electrical Arcs in Power Apparatus
Thermodynamics of gaseous plasmas. Elenbass-Heller description of the
steady state arc. Current zero phenomena in power circuit interruption.
Theory of unsteady and transient arc columns. Low and high pressure arcs
and their radiative properties. Cathode, anode and wall phenomena. Vacuum
arcs in rectifiers and circuit breakers. Arc gas heaters and plasma torches.
Thermionic arcs in searchlights and thyratrons. Glow to arc transition.
88-521. Digital Signal Processing
Discrete processes, Z-transform, recursive and non-recursive digital
filters, quantization effects, hardware implementation.
88-522. Applied Time Signals Analysis and Processing
Continuous and discrete signals; sampling theory and practice; filtering,
interpolation, coding, statistical concepts, transform methods; power density
estimation, correlation functions, convolution.
88-523. System Theory
Continuous and discrete time systems, state formulation techniques,
controllability and observability concepts, and system simulation.
88-524. Stochastic Processes
Development and applications of probability models in the analysis
of stochastic systems; review of probability, random variables and stochastic
processes; correlation functions applications to filtering, prediction,
estimation and system identification.
88-525. 2-Dimensional Digital Signal Processing
Fundamentals of 2-D signals and transforms; Laplace, Z, Fourier, etc.
Design, stability, stabilization and implementation of 2-D LSI systems.
Reconstruction of signals from their projections.
88-526. Computer Graphics
2-dimensional transformation: translation, scaling, rotation. Clipping
and windowing. Transformation system. Interactive graphics. 3-D computer
graphics. 3-D transformation. Wire frame perspective display. Hidden line
and shading. Display devices, vector generators, display files.
88-527. Speech Processing
Physiology of human speech production and hearing; mathematical models
for vocal tract; estimation of speech parameters; computer synthesis of
speech; machine recognition of speech and speakers through speech analysis;
applications.
88-528. Image Processing
Digital image representation, elements of image processing system,
image enhancement, 2-D sampling theorem, image transforms, image restoration
and colour image processing.
88-529. Discrete Transforms and Number Theoretical Methods
Introduction to orthogonal transforms, DFT, DCT, DHT; implementation
methods; fast algorithms, FFT, WFT; polynomial transforms; finite rings
and fields; number theoretic techniques; residue number systems; conversion
and computation; finite polynomial rings; VLSI implementation consideration.
88-530. Selected Topics in Digital Signal Processing
Selected topics in the analysis and design of digital systems and sub-systems
and their applications in the area of signal processing. (May be repeated
more than once for credit if the topics are different.)
88-531. VLSI Design
Overview of VLSI designs, CAD tools, application, technology; review
of properties of silicon, solid state physics and devices; SPICE models;
analog simulation; IC technology; target CMOS process; static CMOS logic;
principles of standard cell CMOS design; dynamic characteristics of static
CMOS logic; dynamic logic; system level considerations; hardware
description languages; silicone compilers.
88-533. Neural Networks
Introduction to neural networks, the human brain and nervous system;
pattern associators; auto-associators and Hopfield network; Hamming network;
feed-forward network; other supervised learning neural network models;
unsupervised learning neural network models; VLSI implementation; real-world
applications.
88-534. Systolic Array Architectures
Introduction to systolic array architectures; mapping methodology;
systolic array realization of convolution and discrete Fourier transform;
systolic array realization of digital filters; bit-level systolic array
realizations; fault-tolerance; VLSI implementation.
88-590. Special Topics
Selected advanced topics in a field of research in the Electrical Engineering.
(May be repeated more than once for credit if the topics are different.)
88-797. Thesis
88-798. Dissertation
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