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GraduateGuidelines

DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering

! Revised 08/15/2017

GraduateGuidelines

DepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering

UniversityofFloridaP.O.Box116200

Gainesville,FL32611

RevisedFall2017

DepartmentAdministra.on: ForInforma.on:

JohnHarris GraduateAdvisor

DepartmentChair StudentServicesOffice

230LarsenHallRobertM.Fox P.O.Box116200AssociateChairforAcademics UniversityofFlorida

Gainesville,FL32611

JohnM.Shea (352)392-9758

GraduateCoordinator Email:[email protected]

439NEB(352)392-9758

Email:[email protected]

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Table of Contents

I. Graduate Faculty and Research Areas 5 ...................................................................................1. Computer Engineering 5 ............................................................................................................2. Devices 7 ...................................................................................................................................3. Electromagnetics and Electric Energy Systems 8 ......................................................................4. Electronics 9 ...............................................................................................................................5. Signals & Systems 11 .................................................................................................................

II. Introduction 13 .........................................................................................................................1. General Degree Requirements 13 ...............................................................................................2. Articulation Requirements 15 .....................................................................................................

III. Master’s Degree - Thesis Option 16 ........................................................................................1. Course Requirements 16 .............................................................................................................2. Appointment of Supervisory Committee 17 ...............................................................................3. Submission of Master’s Thesis 17 ..............................................................................................4. Final Examination Procedures 17 ...............................................................................................5. Checklist for Thesis Option 19 ...................................................................................................

IV. Master’s Degree - Non-thesis Option 20 ..................................................................................1. Course Requirements 20 ............................................................................................................2. Final Examination Procedures - Master of Science only 21 ......................................................3. Checklist for Non-thesis Option 22 ............................................................................................

V. Engineering Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree 23 .................................................................1. Course requirements 23 ..............................................................................................................2. Final Examination Procedure 24 ................................................................................................3. Checklist for Entrepreneurship Program 25 ...............................................................................

VI. Doctor of Philosophy Degree 26 ..............................................................................................1. Course Requirements and Period of Concentrated Study 26 .....................................................2. Ph.D. Faculty Advisor 27 ...........................................................................................................3. Appointment of Supervisory Committee 27 ...............................................................................4. Leave of Absence Policy 27 .......................................................................................................5. Official Minor 28 ........................................................................................................................6. Written Qualifying Exam 28 .......................................................................................................7. Oral Qualifying Exam 29 ...........................................................................................................8. Status Meeting with Supervisory Committee 30 ........................................................................9. Final Examination and Submission of Dissertation 30 ..............................................................10. Checklist for Ph.D. Degree 32 ....................................................................................................

VII. Certificates 34 ..........................................................................................................................1. Microsystem Technology Certification Program 34 ...................................................................

VIII. Administrative Procedures 35 ..................................................................................................1. Graduate Bulletin Boards 35 .....................................................................................................2. Degree Audits 35 ........................................................................................................................3. Gatorlink Email Accounts 35 .....................................................................................................4. Registration 35 ............................................................................................................................

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5. Add/Drop Policy 36 ....................................................................................................................6. GPA and Probation Policies 36 ...................................................................................................7. Transfer of Credits 37 .................................................................................................................8. Internship Policy 37 ....................................................................................................................9. Financial Aid 38 ..........................................................................................................................10. Tuition Waivers 39 ......................................................................................................................11. No Assistantships While on Internship 39 ..................................................................................12. Readmission Procedures 39 ........................................................................................................

IX. Format of Ph.D. Oral Qualifying Exam Proposal 40 .............................................................X. Graduate Course Descriptions 41 ...........................................................................................XI. Graduate Research Division Flow Charts 51 ...........................................................................

1. Computer Engineering 52 ...........................................................................................................2. Devices 53 ..................................................................................................................................3. Electromagnetics & Energy Systems 55 .....................................................................................4. Electronics 56 .............................................................................................................................5. Signals & Systems 57.................................................................................................................

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I. GraduateFacultyandResearchAreas

1. ComputerEngineering

GregSOP–AreaChair

Thisdivisionfocusesontheore.calandappliedresearchbywhichnext-genera.oncompu.ngandcommunica.onssystemsaredesigned,developed,andexploited.Researchfieldsincludehigh-performancecomputerarchitectures,computernetworks,wirelessnetworks,mobilecompu.ng,socialnetworksandcompu.ng,privacyandsecurity,parallelanddistributedsystems,reconfigurablesystems,fault-tolerantcompu.ng,real.meandembeddedsystems,andintelligentsystems.

SwarupBhunia Ph.D.,PurdueUniversity,2005.Hardwaresecurity,design,testandvalida.onforsecuresystems,adap.venanocompu.ng,energy-efficientelectronics,designofbioimplantableandwearablemicrosystems.

Yuguang(Michael)FangPh.D.,BostonUniversity,1997.Wirelessnetworksandmobilecommunica.ons;personalcommunica.onservices(PCS).

RenatoFigueiredoPh.D.,PurdueUniversity,2001.Computerarchitecture,networkcompu.ng,distributedsystems.

DomenicFortePh.D.,UniversityofMaryland,2013.Hardwaresecurityandtrust,biometrics,reverseandan.-reverseengineeringofelectronics,nanoscaleintegra.onchallenges,anddigitalVLSI/CAD.

JoseA.B.FortesBellSouthEminentScholarChair;Ph.D.,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,1984.Networkcompu.ng,advancedcompu.ngarchitecture,biologicallyinspirednanocompu.ng,distributedinforma.onprocessingsystems.

AnnGordon-RossPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Riverside,2007.Low-powerdesign,reconfigurablecompu.ng,plaformdesign,dynamicop.miza.ons,hardwaredesign,real-.mesystems,andmul.-coreplaforms.

YierJinPhD.,YaleUniversity,2012.Cybersecurity,IoTandCPS,hardwaresecurity,formalverifica.on,microarchitecture.

SanjeevKoppalPh.D.,CarnegieMellonUniversity,2009.ComputerVision,Computa.onalPhotography,Sensors,Op.cs,Image/VideoProcessing.

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HermanLam Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida,1979.Computerengineering,databasemanagementandcomputerarchitecture.

HaniphA.LatchmanPh.D.,OxfordUniversity,1986.Mathema.calsystemstheory,controlsystems,communica.ontheory,datacommunica.onnetworks,mul.mediainforma.onsystems.

TaoLiPh.D.,UniversityofTexasatAus.n,2004.Computeranddigitalsystemarchitecture;interac.onofcomputerarchitecture,emergingapplica.ons,opera.ngsystems,programminglanguagefeatures,managedrun-.meenvironments;modeling,simula.onandevalua.onofcomputersystems.

Xiaolin(Andy)LiPh.D.,RutgersUniversity,2005.ParallelandDistributedSystems(PDS)andCyber-PhysicalSystems(CPS),focusingondesignofscalablealgorithmsandsoiwaresystemstoenablelarge-scaleapplica.ons.

JaniseMcNairPh.D.,GeorgiaIns.tuteofTechnology,2000.Wirelessandmobilenetworking,nextgenera.onwirelesssystems,mediumaccesscontrolprotocols.

SeanMeynPijmanEminentScholarChair;Ph.D.,McGillUniversity,1987.Markovprocesses(withorwithoutcontrol),spectraltheoryandlargedevia.ons;Stochas.capproxima.on,reinforcementlearningandsimula.on;Detec.onandinference;Networkedsystems:control,visualiza.on,andperformance;Economicswithapplica.onstoenergymarkets.

KamranMohseniW.P.BushnellEndowedProfessor;Ph.D.,CaliforniaIns.tuteofTechnology,2000.Aerialandunderwatervehiclecontrol,autonomoussystems,coopera.vecontrol,mobilewirelesssensornetworks,andmicrofluidicdevices.

DanielaOliveiraPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis,2010.Cross-layeredandhuman-centriccomputersecurity,opera.ngsystemsandsoiwarevulnerabilityanalysis.

GregSKLPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Riverside,2007.Embeddedsystemswithanemphasisinsynthesis,compilers,reconfigurablecompu.ng,hardware/soiwareco-design,lowpower-design,system-on-chipmul.-corearchitectures,real-.mesystems,andrun-.meop.miza.ons.

MarkM.TehranipoorPh.D.,UniversityofTexasatDallas,2004.Hardwaresecurityandtrust,supplychainsecurity,andreliableandtestablecircuitdesignatnanoscale.

DapengWuPh.D.,CarnegieMellonUniversity,2003.Wirelesscommunica.ons,videocoding,mul.mediacommunica.on,computerandcommunica.onnetworks,informa.onandnetworksecurity,pervasiveandmobilecompu.ng,informa.onandcommunica.ontheory,signalprocessing,detec.onandes.ma.ontheory.

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TubaYavuz-KahveciPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-SantaBarbara,2004.Automatedverifica.onandanalysis,modelchecking,andautomatedmodelextrac.on.

2. Devices

Y.K.Yoon–AreaChair

Thedevicedivisionfocusesonthebehavior,fabrica.on,anddesignofdevices.Theseincludeoptoelectronics(solarcellsanddetectors),transistors(SiGe,MIS,III-V),MEM's(mechanical,op.cal,biologicalsensors),andnanodeviceconcepts(CNT,Graphene,Molecular,Silicon-based).Thereisresearchonbothhowmaterialsinteractwithvoltage,current,photons,andradia.onaswellasthecurrent-voltagerela.onshipofdevicestructures.

DavidP.ArnoldPh.D.,GeorgiaIns.tuteofTechnology,2004.Design,fabrica.on,andcharacteriza.onofmagne.candelectromechanicalmicrosensors/microactuators,aswellasminiaturizedpowerandenergysystems.

NavidAsadiZanjani Ph.D.,UniversityofConnec.cut,2014.Devices,electronics,hardwaresecurity,reverseengineering, 3Dimagingandimageprocessing,failureanalysisandsensors.

JerryG.Fossum(Emeritus)Ph.D.,UniversityofArizona,1971.Semiconductordevicetheory,modeling,andsimula.on;nanoelectronics,integratedcircuits(ICs),ICtechnologycomputer-aideddesign(TCAD);silicon-on-insulator(SOI)anddouble-gate(DG)CMOSICs.

JingGuoPh.D.,PurdueUniversity,2004.Modelingandsimula.onofnanoelectronicdevices,carbonnanoelectronicsandphotonics,physicsofnanotransistors,computa.onalnanobiotechnology.

JackJudyIntel/CharlesE.YoungEndowedChairinNanotechnology;Ph.D.,UniversityofCaliforniaBerkeley,1996.Neuroengineering,MicromachiningandMEMStechnologies,includingmicrosensors,microactuators,microsystems,andtheirbiomedicalapplica.ons.

MarkE.LawAssociateDeanofAcademicAffairs,Ph.D.,StanfordUniversity,1988.DesignandmodelingofICfabrica.onprocess,computermodelingofsemiconductorprocessanddevicebehavior,numericalsolu.onofpar.aldifferen.alequa.ons.

ArnostNeugroschel(Emeritus)Ph.D.,Technion,IsraelIns.tuteofTechnology,1973.Semiconductordevicephysics,devicetechnologyandcharacteriza.on.

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ToshikazuNishidaPh.D.,UniversityofIllinois-Urbana,1988.Researchanddevelopmentofreliable,highperformance,mul.-func.onalsemiconductordevicesandsolid-statephysicalsensorsandactuatorsformicrosystemsemployingstrainedSi,SiGe,GaN,ferroelectrics,andpolymers.Applica.onsincludebiomedical,energyharves.ng,logic,andmicro-electro-mechanicalsystems.

RoozbehTabrizianPh.D.,GeorgiaIns.tuteofTechnology,2013.Theore.calandexperimentalinves.ga.onofmixed-domainmicro-andnano-physicaldevices;micromechanicalresonatorsandresonant-basedsensors;phononengineering;aswellasdevelopmentofmicro-andnano-fabrica.ontechniquesforlarge-scaleintegra.onofmicrosystems.

ScoLThompsonPh.D.,UniversityofFlorida,1992.Solidstateelectronicsandnanotechnology,newmaterialsanddevicestoextendMoore'slaw.ElectricalmeasurementsandmodelingofstrainedSi,Ge,GaNsemiconductors.

AntUralPh.D.,StanfordUniversity,2001.Carbonnanotubes,semiconductornanowires,andrelatednanostructures.Integra.onofnanotechnologywithsiliconmicrofabrica.onprocesses.Molecularelectronics,nanoscaleMEMS,andnanobiotechnology.

HuikaiXiePh.D.,CarnegieMellonUniversity,2002.Semiconductordevices,integratedmicrosensorsandmicroactuators,op.calMEMS,biosensors,biomedicalimaging,fiberop.cs,micro/nanofabrica.ontechnology,andmul.-domainsimula.on.

Yong-Kyu(YK)YoonPh.D.,GeorgiaIns.tuteofTechnology,2004.3-DMEMStechnology;micromachinedmetamaterialsforradiofrequencyandmicrowaveapplica.ons;millimeter-waveantennasandwaveguides;lab-on-a-chiptypebio/microfluidicsystems;anodizednanoporousmembranesandelectrospunnanofibersforitsbio/op.calapplica.ons;microsensorsandactuators;electronicandMEMSpackaging;andferroelectricmaterialsandtheirRFapplica.ons.

PeterZory(Emeritus)

Ph.D.,Carnegie-MellonUniversity,1964.Semiconductorlasersphysicsandtechnology.

3. ElectromagneticsandElectricEnergySystems

HenryZmuda–AreaChair

Thisdivisionspansawideareaofresearchofelectromagne.cfieldsandtheirapplica.on.Itincludeselectromagne.cinterac.onwithmajer,guidedwavedevices,fiberop.ccommunica.ons,andphotonicdevicesandsystems.UFisoneofthefewuniversi.esintheworldconduc.nglightningresearch.Experimentsonlightningphysicsandlightningprotec.onareperformedeachsummerbothontheUFcampusandatCampBlanding,Florida.

DavidP.ArnoldPh.D.,GeorgiaIns.tuteofTechnology,2004.Design,fabrica.on,andcharacteriza.onofmagne.c

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andelectromechanicalmicrosensors/microactuators,aswellasminiaturizedpowerandenergysystems.

ArturoBretasPh.D.,VirginiaTech,2001.PowerSystemsProtec.on,AnalysisandRestora.on;Distribu.onSystemsEngineering;DistributedandRenewableGenera.onInser.onImpactonElectricPowerSystems;PowerQuality;PowerSystemsTransients;Distribu.onSystemsReliability;PowerSystemsStateEs.ma.on;SmartGrids

JenshanLinPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-LosAngeles,1994.Microwave/millimeter-waveelectronicsandwirelesscommunica.oncircuits,highspeedelectronicsandbroadbandcommunica.oncircuits.

RobertMoorePh.D.,StanfordUniversity,2006.Electromagne.cwaves,non-linearenerge.cinterac.onsintheionosphere,remote-sensingapplica.onsofELF/VLFwavepropaga.onintheEarth-ionospherewaveguide. VladimirA.RakovPh.D.,TomskPolytechnicIns.tute,1983.Lightning,atmosphericelectricity,lightningprotec.on.

RamakantSrivastava(Emeritus)Ph.D.,IndianaUniversity,1973.Integratedop.csandwaveguidesensors.

MarKnA.UmanPh.D.,PrincetonUniversity,1961.Lightning,atmosphericelectricity,electromagne.cs.

ShuoWangPh.D.,VirginiaTech,2005.Powerelectronics,electricalpower,electromagne.cinterference,renewableenergyconversionandintegra.onwithpowergrid,powergridsupportwithpowerelectronics,electrifica.onoftransporta.on.

HenryZmudaUndergraduateCoordinator,Ph.D.,CornellUniversity,1984.RF/Microwavephotonicsystems,op.callycontrolledphasedarrayantennas,phasedarraysignalprocessing,photonichighspeedanalog-to-digitalconversion.

PeterZory(Emeritus)Ph.D.,Carnegie-MellonUniversity,1964.Semiconductorlasersphysicsandtechnology.

4. Electronics

ShuoWang–AreaChair

Thisdivisioncoversabroadrangeoftopicsfromthedesignandmanufacturingofintegratedcircuitstotheirapplica.onsinrealworldsystems.Currentresearchincludesmixed-signalelectronics,dataconverters,biomedicalcircuitsandsystems,integratedpowermanagement,lowpowerVLSIdesign,radiofrequencyandmicrowavecircuits,ICtestandvalida.on,andmodelingofmaterials,components,andcircuitsforhigh-frequencypowerelectronics.

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RizwanBashirullahPh.D.,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,2004.Circuitdesigntechniquesforhigh-performanceanalog/digitalVLSI,electroniccircuitdevicesandtechnology,high-speedsignalingtechniquesandcircuitsforbiomedicalapplica.ons.

WilliamR.EisenstadtPh.D.,StanfordUniversity,1986.Microwaveintegratedcircuits,ICpackages,VLSI,high-frequencymeasurements,mixed-modes-parameters.

DomenicFortePh.D.,UniversityofMaryland,2013.Hardwaresecurityandtrust,biometrics,reverseandan.-reverseengineeringofelectronics,nanoscaleintegra.onchallenges,anddigitalVLSI/CAD.

RobertM.Fox AssociateChair,Ph.D.,AuburnUniversity,1986.Analogelectroniccircuitdesign.

JohnG.HarrisChair,Ph.D.,CaliforniaIns.tuteofTechnology,1991.Analoganddigitalsignalprocessing,VLSI,adap.veandneuralsystems.

MarkE.LawAssociateDeanofAcademicAffairs,Ph.D.,StanfordUniversity,1988.DesignandmodelingofICfabrica.onprocess,computermodelingofsemiconductorprocessanddevicebehavior,numericalsolu.onofpar.aldifferen.alequa.ons.

JenshanLinPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-LosAngeles,1994.Microwave/millimeter-waveelectronicsandwirelesscommunica.oncircuits,highspeedelectronicsandbroadbandcommunica.oncircuits.

NimaMaghariPh.D.,OregonStateUniversity,2010.Highperformancedataconverters,delta-sigmamodulators,synthesizableanalogtodigitalconverters,dataconvertersforbiomedicalapplica.ons,.meassistedconversiontechniques.

ScoLThompsonPh.D.,UniversityofFlorida,1992.Solidstateelectronicsandnanotechnology,newmaterialsanddevicestoextendMoore'slaw,ElectricalmeasurementsandmodelingofstrainedSi,Ge,GaNsemiconductors.

ShuoWangPh.D..,VirginiaTech,2005.Powerelectronics,electricalpower,electromagne.cinterference,renewableenergyconversionandintegra.onwithpowergrid,powergridsupportwithpowerelectronics,electrifica.onoftransporta.on.

Yong-Kyu(YK)YoonPh.D.,GeorgiaIns.tuteofTechnology,2004.3-DMEMStechnology;micromachinedmetamaterialsforradiofrequencyandmicrowaveapplica.ons;millimeter-waveantennasandwaveguides;lab-on-a-chiptypebio/microfluidicsystems;anodizednanoporousmembranesandelectrospunnanofibersforitsbio/op.calapplica.ons;microsensorsandactuators;electronicandMEMSpackaging;andferroelectricmaterialsandtheirRFapplica.ons.

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5. Signals&Systems

TanWong–AreaChair

Studiesinthisfieldarerelatedtothetransmission,crea.on,manipula.on,andunderstandingofsignalsandsystems.Signalprocessinglookstotakedatafromawidevarietyofsources(speech,audio,images,video,radar,sensornetworks)andtransformingitintouseablepieces.Communica.onsystemsaredesignedtotransmitinforma.onwhileminimizingthecorrup.veeffectsofnoiseandinterference.

JacobHammerD.Sci.,Technion,IsraelIns.tuteofTechnology,1980.Mathema.calsystemtheory,controlsystems.

JoelHarleyPh.D.,CarnegieMellonUniversity,2014.SignalProcessing,dataScience,machinelearning,ultrasonics,structuralhealthmonitoring,smartinfrastructuremonitoring.

JohnG.HarrisChair,Ph.D.,CaliforniaIns.tuteofTechnology,1991.Analoganddigitalsignalprocessing,VLSI,adap.veandneuralsystems.

SanjeevKoppalPh.D.,CarnegieMellonUniversity,2009.ComputerVision,Computa.onalPhotography,Sensors,Op.cs,Image/VideoProcessing.

HaniphA.LatchmanPh.D.,OxfordUniversity,1986.Mathema.calsystemstheory,controlsystems,communica.ontheory,datacommunica.onnetworks,mul.mediainforma.onsystems.

JianLiPh.D.,OhioStateUniversity,1991.Signalprocessingforwirelesscommunica.onsandradar.

SeanMeynPijmanEminentScholarChair;Ph.D.,McGillUniversity,1987.Markovprocesses(withorwithoutcontrol),spectraltheoryandlargedevia.ons;Stochas.capproxima.on,reinforcementlearningandsimula.on;Detec.onandinference;Networkedsystems:control,visualiza.on,andperformance;Economicswithapplica.onstoenergymarkets.

KamranMohseniW.P.BushnellEndowedProfessor;Ph.D.,CaliforniaIns.tuteofTechnology,2000.Aerialandunderwatervehiclecontrol,autonomoussystems,coopera.vecontrol,mobilewirelesssensornetworks,andmicrofluidicdevices.

KarimOweissPh.D.,UniversityofMichigan-AnnArbor,2002.Sta.s.calsignalprocessingandinforma.ontheory,computa.onalandsystemsneuroscience,neuralengineering,brain-machineinterfaces.

JoseC.PrincipeBellSouthChair;Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida,1979.Adap.venon-Gaussiansignalprocessing,nonlineardynamicalsystems,informa.on-theore.clearning,applica.onstopajernrecogni.onandDSPsystems,informa.ontechnologyineduca.on.

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JohnM.SheaPh.D.,ClemsonUniversity,1998.Wirelesscommunica.onsandnetworking,soiware-definedradio,andnetworkedautonomoussystems.

FredJ.Taylor(Emeritus)Ph.D.,UniversityofColorado,1969.Digitalsignalprocessing,digitalcomputerdesignandarchitecture.

TanF.WongPh.D.,PurdueUniversity,1997.Wirelesscommunica.ons,spreadspectrumsystems,mul.usercommunica.ons,adap.vesignalprocessing.

DamonL.WoodardPh.D.,UniversityofNotreDame,2005.Biometrics,iden.tyscience,pajernrecogni.on,machinelearning,aswellasimage/signalanalysis.

DapengWu

Ph.D..,CarnegieMellonUniversity,2003.Wirelesscommunica.ons,videocoding,mul.mediacommunica.on,computerandcommunica.onnetworks,informa.onandnetworksecurity,pervasiveandmobilecompu.ng,informa.onandcommunica.ontheory,signalprocessing,detec.onandes.ma.ontheory.

AlinaZarePh.D..,UniversityofFlorida,2008.Machinelearning,imageanalysis,remotesensing,hyperspectralimageanalysis,sparsitypromo.onandpajernrecogni.on.

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II. Introduction

ThegraduateprogramoftheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringattheUniversityofFloridaofferstheMasterofEngineering(M.E.),MasterofScience(M.S.),andDoctorofPhilosophy(Ph.D.)degrees.TheECEGraduateGuidelines(containedinthisdocument)detailthedepartmentalpoliciesandregula.onsgoverningthesedegreeprogramsandshouldbeusedinconjunc.onwiththeUniversityofFloridaGraduateCatalog.Itistheresponsibilityofthestudenttobefamiliarwithbothpublica.onsandtoadheretothestatedrulesandpolicies.

Moreinforma.onregardingtheJointMS/MSM,JointJD/MS,andotherdegreeprogramop.onscanbefoundonthewebathjp://www.ece.ufl.edu/content/joint-degree-programs.

1. GeneralDegreeRequirements

FortheMaster’sdegree,aminimumof30credithoursisrequired.ThePh.D.degreerequirestheaccumula.onofatleast90credithoursbeyondthebachelor’sdegree(excludingallcredithoursfromanEngineer’sdegree).

Master’sstudentsmaytransferamaximumof9creditsfromanoutsideins.tu.onapprovedbyUF.Doctoralstudentsmaytransferupto30credithoursfromaMaster’sdegreeinelectricalandcomputerengineeringtakenatanoutsideins.tu.onapprovedbyUF.

TheMasterofEngineering(M.E.)degreeisawardedonlytostudentswithaB.S.inengineeringortostudentswhohavecompletedappropriatear.cula.oncourses.TheMasterofScience(M.S.)degreeisawardedtostudentswithanundergraduatedegreeinanyappropriateareaofscienceorengineering.

AllworkcountedforaMaster’sdegreemustbecompletedduringthesevenyearsimmediatelyprecedingthedateonwhichthedegreeistobeawarded.

Tograduatefromanyoftheabove-men.oneddegreeprograms,a3.00isrequiredintheoverall(UF)andECE-cumula.vegradepointaverages.

Anoff-campusstudentwhoisacandidateforanelectricalandcomputerengineeringdegreemusttakeatleasthalfthecourseworkfromfull-.meUniversityofFloridafacultymembers.StudentscanpresentlymeetthisrequirementbyajendinglecturesontheUFcampusorusinglecturesdistributedviadistancelearning.

Nograduatecreditisallowedforelectricalandcomputerengineeringcoursesbelowthe5000level.Graduatestudentsmaytakeaddi.onalundergraduatecourses,butcreditsearnedinthesecoursesarenotcountedtowardtheminimumdegreerequirements.Asummaryoftheper.nentdegreerequirementsisshowninthefollowingtable.Fordetailedrequirements,seetheappropriatesec.onsthatfollow.

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http://www.ece.ufl.edu/content/joint-degree-programs

Req.ME(The.)

ME(Non-the.)

MS(The.)

MS(Non-the.)

EntrepreneurshipProgram Ph.D.

Totalhrs. 30 30 30 30 33 90a

Min.ECEcoursecredits

18*h 21*h 18*h 21*h 24 15**h,k

DepthReq. 9*hj 9*hj 9*hj 9*hj 9*hj N/A

BreadthReq.

3*hi 3*hi 3*hi 3*hi 3hi N/A

Minimumnumberofsupervisorycommijeemembers

3 1 3 1 1 4b

QualifyingEx.Req’d. no no no no no yesc

FinalEx. orale none orale wrijend wrijend oralf

Timelimitforcomple.ngdegree

7yrs 7yrs 7yrs 7yrs 7yrs5yrsg

Footnotes:

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Excludes:EEL5905,6065,6905,6910,6933,6940,6971Excludes:EEL5905,6065,6905,6910,6933,6940,6971,7940,7979,7980

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Mayinclude30hoursfromMaster’sprogramIncludesonememberoutsidetheECEdepartmentWrijenpartwithinthefirstyearofentryExamcoversone5000/6000leveldepthcoursesequenceOnthesisandcourseworkOndisserta.onFiveyearsfromadmissiontocandidacyUFECEcoursesonly,CDA5636approvedbyexcep.onCredithoursmustbeinaresearchdivisionoutsideofdepthresearchdivisionAtleastthreecreditsmustbeatthe6000levelAtleast50%ofcreditsusedforthePh.D.degreemustbefromECEatUF

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2. ArticulationRequirements

StudentsenteringthegraduateECEprogramfromanon-ECEbackgroundarewelcomeinthedepartment.

AllstudentsmusthavecompletedcourseworkinatleastthreeoftheeighttopicareascitedinthePh.D.qualifyingexam,whichcurrentlyinclude:

• DigitalLogic• SignalsandSystems• ElectronicCircuits• Solid-StateDevices• Electromagne.smandEnergySystems• MicroprocessorApplica.ons• ComputerOrganiza.onandArchitecture• DataStructuresandOpera.ngSystems

Theserequirementsmaybesa.sfied,withagradeofBorhigher,asfollows:

• Previousundergraduatecoursework(e.g.physicscourseinelectromagne.cs,computersciencecoursesindatastructuresandopera.ngsystems);

• Enrollmentinandsuccessfulcomple.onofappropriateUFundergraduatecourses;or,

• PassthePh.D.wrijenqualifyingexam.

Addi.onalcoursesmayberequiredtofulfillnecessarybackgroundmaterialneededtosuccessfullycompletegraduate-levelcourserequirements.Manygraduate-levelECEcourseshaveimplicitundergraduatecourseprerequisites.Studentsareexpectedtohavemasteredtheundergraduateskillsnecessarytoprovideappropriatefounda.onforgraduatecoursestheyajempt.

Allar.cula.onrequirementsmustbesa.sfiedwithinthefirst12monthsofbeginninggraduatestudies.

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III. Master’sDegree-ThesisOption

TheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringoffersthethesisop.onfortheMasterofEngineeringandMasterofSciencedegrees.AstudentseekingaMaster’sdegreewithathesisop.onisrequiredtopassanoralfinalexamina.on.

1. CourseRequirements

Forthethesisop.onofaMaster’sdegree,studentsmustcompleteatleast30credithours,whichincludeamaximumofsixcredithoursofEEL6971(ResearchforMaster’sThesis).Thesisstudentsmustberegisteredforthreecredithoursofthesis(EEL6971)inthetermofgradua.on(FallandSpring,andtwocreditsinsummer).EEL6065,EEL6910,EEL6933,EEL6940,andoff-bookNIMETIns.tutecoursescannotbeusedtofulfillanycreditrequirementsfortheMaster’sdegree.Thecourserequirementsincludeaminimumof18hoursofElectricalandComputerEngineeringcourses,excludingEEL5905,6905,andEGN5949.CDA5636(EmbeddedSystems)canbeusedtowardthiscourserequirementbyexcep.on.Thiscourserequirementcanonlybefulfilledbycomple.ngECEcourseworkattheUniversityofFlorida.

Studentsarerequiredtocompletea12credithourdepth/breadthrequirementinordertoreceiveaMaster’sdegreeinECE.Tocompletethisdepth/breadthrequirement,studentsmusttakeatleast9depthcreditsofECEcourseworkfromoneofthefiveresearchdivisionshousedintheECEdepartment(i.e.,ComputerEngineering,Devices,Electromagne.csandEnergySystems,Electronics,Signals&Systems).Atleastthreeoftheseninedepthcreditsmustbeatthe6000level.Inaddi.on,studentsmustcompleteatleastthreebreadthcreditsofcourseworkintheECEdepartmentoutsideoftheirdeclareddepthresearchdivision.StudentscandeterminewhichECEcoursesarehousedineachresearchdivisionbyreferringtotheresearchdivisionflowchartsattheendofthismanual.ECEcoursesusedtocompletethisdepth/breadthrequirementwillbecountedtowardtheminimum18creditsofECEcourseworkrequiredfortheMaster’sthesisdegree.

Upto18hoursofSpecialTopics(EEL5934,6935,and7936)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Uptosixhoursofunstructuredcredithourstotal(EEL5905,EEL6905orEGN5949)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Studentscancountamaximumof3creditsofEGN5949towardtheirdegreeprogram.

StudentsholdingagraduateresearchassistantshipmayregisterforEEL6910(SupervisedResearch)andthoseholdingagraduateteachingassistantshipmayregisterforEEL6940(SupervisedTeaching)withthesupervisor’sapproval.ThenumberofcreditsinEEL6910and6940islimitedtofivecredithourseachandnoneofthesecreditscanbecountedtowarddegreerequirements.

Studentsmustreceiveafinalgradeof“C”orbejertoreceivedegreecreditforalejergradedcourse.Acoursewithafinalgradeof“C”andabovecannotberepeatedforcredit.Ifastudentreceivesagradelessthana“C”foracourse,s/hemayretakethecourseandanaverageofbothgradeswillbeusedwhencompilingGPAgradua.onrequirements.Coursesinwhichstudentsreceiveagradeof“C-“orlowerwillnotbeusedtofulfillcreditrequirementsbutwilladverselyaffectastudents’GPA.

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2. AppointmentofSupervisoryCommittee

Thesupervisorycommijeeisthegroupoffacultymembersthatsupervisesandapprovesthestudent’sgraduateprogram.Thecommijee’sfunc.onistoguidethestudentthroughhis/herthesisresearchandtoadministertheoralfinalexamina.on.

Thesupervisorycommijeeshouldbeselectedassoonaspossiblebutnolaterthantheendofthesecondsemester.Aierthecommijeehasbeendetermined,thestudentshouldobtainaSupervisoryCommijeeFormfromtheECEStudentServicesOffice(230Larsen)andhavetheprofessorssigntheformindica.ngtheirwillingnesstoserveonthecommijee.TheGraduateSchoolmaydenydegreestoanypersonswhohavefailedtocomplywiththisregula.onattheproper.me.

ThecommijeefortheMaster’sdegree,thesisop.on,mustconsistofatleastthreegraduatefacultymembers.ThechairpersonandatleastonemembermustbeagraduatefacultymemberinElectricalandComputerEngineeringdepartment.Thechairpersonisusuallythestudent’sacademicadvisorandshouldadvisethestudentintheselec.onoftheothercommijeemembers.

3. SubmissionofMaster’sThesis

Studentsmustsubmittheirthesiselectronically.StudentsshouldrefertotheGraduateSchoolEditorialOfficeformoreinforma.onregardingtheirthesissubmission.(hjp://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/editorial/introduc.on.html)

ElectronicsubmissionrequiresasignedETDSubmissionApprovalForm,FinalExamform,SignaturePage,andoneelectroniccopyofthethesistotheStudentServicesOffice,230Larsen.

4. FinalExaminationProcedures

Uptosixmonthspriortogradua.on,thesupervisorycommijeewillgivethestudentanoralexamina.ononthethesis,onmajorandminorsubjects,andonmajerspertainingtoanyspecificfieldofstudy.

Eachstudentisresponsibleforapplyingforhis/herdegreebythepublisheddeadlinesforthesemesterofgradua.on.Thedegreeapplica.onisavailableonlineviaONEUF(HTTP://ONE.UF.EDU).StudentsarealsorequiredtomeetwiththeGraduateAdvisorintheStudentServicesOfficeatthebeginningofthesemesterthattheyintendtograduatetoassurethatalldegreerequirementshavebeenmet.Ifastudentfailstoapplybythespecifieddeadline,s/hewillnotreceivethedegreethatsemester.

Itisimpera.vethatcopiesofthestudent’sthesisbegiventothesupervisorycommijeeatleasttwoweeksinadvanceofthefinalexamina.on.Gradua.onmaybedelayedforthosewhodonotadheretothisrule.Whensubmivngyourfinalcopiesofthethesis,besuretodeliveranelectroniccopytotheStudentServicesOffice.

StudentsarealsorequiredtocompleteanExitSurveyduringthesemestertheyplantograduate.Studentscanfindmoreinforma.onabouttheExitSurveyintheStudentServicesOffice.

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5. ChecklistforThesisOption

ToDo When

Ifappropriate, transferupto9credithours fromgraduatecoursestakenpreviouslytoyourUFmaster’sprogram.

Firstsemester

Appoint supervisory commijee. This commijeemust be appointed bytheendofthesecondsemester

Secondsemester

Check with the Student Services Office to see if all gradua.onrequirements,includingappropriatecoursehourcredit,willbesa.sfied. Semester

beforegradua.onIfyouhaveanygrades lessthanC(i.e.C-,D, I,orEgrades),discussyour

op.onsformee.nggradua.onrequirements.

Submit degree applica.on online via ONE.UF (hjp://one.uf.edu).Completegradua.oncheckinStudentServicesOffice.

Semesterofgradua.on

ComplywithGraduateSchoolthesisandfinalexamina.ondeadlinedates.

Beregisteredforatleasttheminimumnumberofthesishours(3hoursinthefallandspringsemester,2hoursinthesummer)

ScheduletheThesisDefensewiththesupervisorycommijee. InformtheStudent Services Office of plans to take the examina.on, and reserve aconference room. The Student Services Office will send theannouncementofexamandpreparetheFinalExamReport.

At least two weeks in advance of the final examina.on, give thesupervisorycommijeemembersacopyofthethesis.

On the day of the examina.on, report to the Student ServicesOffice topickupthenecessaryforms.

HavetheFinalExamina.onReportformandtheoriginalsignaturepageofthe thesis signed by the supervisory commijee members. Return theFinalExamina.onReportformtotheStudentServicesOffice.

Submitthefinalthesis,asrequired,tothedepartment,theCollegeDean,andtheGraduateSchool.

CompletetheExitSurvey.

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IV. Master’sDegree-Non-thesisOption

TheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringoffersthenon-thesisop.onfortheMasterofEngineeringandMasterofSciencedegrees.Thenon-thesisMasterofSciencestudentisrequiredtopassawrijenfinalexamina.on.Nofinalexamisrequiredforstudentspursuingthenon-thesisMasterofEngineeringdegree.

1. CourseRequirements

Forthenon-thesisMaster’sdegreeop.on,studentsmustcomplete30graduatelevelcredithours.EEL6065,EEL6910,EEL6933,EEL6940,andoff-bookNIMETIns.tutecoursescannotbeusedtofulfillanycreditrequirementsfortheMaster’sdegree.Atleast21hoursofECEcourseworkmustbetaken.Thiscourserequirementcanonlybefulfilledbycomple.ngECEcourseworkattheUniversityofFlorida.EEL5905,6905,andEGN5949arenotcountedforthisrequirement.CDA5636(EmbeddedSystems)canbeusedtowardthiscourserequirementbyexcep.on.NocreditforEEL6971isallowed.

Studentsarerequiredtocompletea12credithourdepth/breadthrequirementinordertoreceiveaMaster’sdegreeinECE.Tocompletethisdepth/breadthrequirement,studentsmusttakeatleast9depthcreditsofECEcourseworkfromoneofthefiveresearchdivisionsintheECEdepartment(i.e.,ComputerEngineering,Devices,Electromagne.csandEnergySystems,Electronics,Signals&Systems).Atleastthreeoftheseninedepthcreditsmustbeatthe6000level.Inaddi.on,studentsmustcompleteatleastthreebreadthcreditsofcourseworkintheECEdepartmentoutsideoftheirdeclareddepthresearchdivision.StudentscandeterminewhichECEcoursesarehousedineachresearchdivisionbyreferringtotheresearchdivisionflowchartsattheendofthismanual.ECEcoursesusedtocompletethisdepth/breadthrequirementwillbecountedtowardtheminimum21creditsofECEcourseworkrequiredfortheMaster’snon-thesisdegree.

MasterofSciencenon-thesisstudentsmustpassafinalwrijenexamina.on(seesec.onbelow).MasterofEngineeringnon-thesisstudentsdonothavetocompleteafinalwrijenexamina.on.

Upto18hoursofSpecialTopics(EEL5934,6935,and7936)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Uptosixhoursofunstructuredcredithourstotal(EEL5905,EEL6905orEGN5949)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Studentscancountamaximumof3creditsofEGN5949towardtheirdegreeprogram.NootherS/Ucreditcanbecountedtowardthedegree.

Allnon-thesisstudentsarerequiredtohaveaone-membersupervisorycommijee.TheECEdepartmentchairservesasthedefaultnon-thesiscommijeememberforallnon-thesisstudentsandisautoma.callyappointedforallnon-thesisstudentsduringtheirgradua.ngsemester.


Studentsmustreceiveafinalgradeof“C”orbejertoreceivedegreecreditforalejergradedcourse.Acoursewithafinalgradeof“C”andabovecannotberepeatedforcredit.Ifastudentreceivesagradelessthana“C”foracourse,s/hemayretakethecourseandanaverageofbothgradeswillbeusedwhen

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compilingGPAgradua.onrequirements.Coursesinwhichstudentsreceiveagradeof“C-“orlowerwillnotbeusedtofulfillcreditrequirementsbutwilladverselyaffectastudents’GPA.

2. FinalExaminationProcedures-MasterofScienceonly

TheM.S.non-thesisfinalexamina.onisacomprehensivetestofthestudent’sknowledgeintheirdeclareddepthresearchdivisionandisadministeredinall6000levelcoursesthathavea5000levelprerequisitecourse.StudentscandeterminewhichECEcoursesofferaMSnon-thesisfinalexamina.onbyreferringtotheresearchdivisionflowchartsattheendofthismanual.StudentsmaycompletethefinalMSnon-thesisfinalexamineitherEEE6512orEEL6825iftheyareintheprocessofcomple.ngbothcoursesandinEEL6487.

TheMSnon-thesisfinalexamisaseparateassignmentthatisgiveninaddi.ontorequiredclassassignments/exams.StudentsmusttaketheMSnon-thesisfinalexamduringthesemesterthattheyareregisteredfortheappropriate6000levelECEcourse.ProfessorswilldeterminetheformatoftheMSnon-thesisfinalexamintheircourse.Somesuggestedformatsinclude:

•Takehomeques.on(s)aboutthecourseandthestudent’sunderstandingofthematerial.•Extendedprojectthatincludesmaterialfromthefirstcourse.•Extendedmidtermexamwhichwillincludematerialfromthefirstcourseofthesequence.•Takehomeessaywhichcoversresearchinbreadthsequence.

Incaseoffailure,theexamcanberetakenthenext.meitisoffered.

StudentsmustregisteronlineinordertotaketheMSfinalexam.Onlineregistra.onopenssixweekspriortothemid-pointdeadlineofthesemester.

StudentswillalsoberequiredtocompleteanExitSurveyduringthesemesterinwhichtheyintendtograduate.

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3. ChecklistforNon-thesisOption

ToDo When

Ifappropriate, transferupto9credithours fromgraduatecoursestakenpreviouslytoyourUFmaster’sprogram.

Firstsemester

Secondsemester

TakeMSnon-thesisfinalexamthissemester.Bytheregistra.ondeadline,register fortheMSnon-thesisfinalexamonlineviathecurrentgraduatestudentwebpageofthedepartmentalwebsiteandindicateyourselectedarea.





Semesterofgradua.on

If you have not passed the Master’s non-thesis final exam, take it thissemester.Bytheregistra.ondeadline,registerfortheMSnon-thesisfinalexam online via the current graduate student web page of thedepartmentalwebsiteandindicateyourselectedarea.


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V. EngineeringEntrepreneurshipMaster’sDegree

TheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringofferstheentrepreneurshipop.onfortheMasterofSciencenon-thesisdegree.TheentrepreneurshipMasterofSciencestudentisrequiredtopassawrijenfinalexamina.on.Studentscomple.ngtheentrepreneurshipmaster’sprogramwillreceiveanon-thesismaster’sdegreeinECEandacer.ficateinEngineeringEntrepreneurship.

1. Courserequirements

FortheentrepreneurshipMaster’sdegreeop.on,studentsmustcomplete30graduatelevelcredithours.EEL6065,EEL6910,EEL6933,EEL6940,andoff-bookNIMETIns.tutecoursescannotbeusedtofulfillanycreditrequirementsfortheMaster’sdegree.Atleast21hoursofECEcourseworkmustbetaken.Thiscourserequirementcanonlybefulfilledbycomple.ngECEcourseworkattheUniversityofFlorida.EEL5905,6905,andEGN5949arenotcountedforthisrequirement.CDA5636(EmbeddedSystems)canbeusedtowardthiscourserequirementbyexcep.on.NocreditforEEL6971isallowed.

Studentsarerequiredtocompletea12credithourdepth/breadthrequirementinordertoreceiveaMaster’sdegreeinECE.Tocompletethisdepth/breadthrequirement,studentsmusttakeatleast9depthcreditsofECEcourseworkfromoneofthefiveresearchdivisionsintheECEdepartment(i.e.,ComputerEngineering,Devices,Electromagne.csandEnergySystems,Electronics,Signals&Systems).Atleastthreeoftheseninedepthcreditsmustbeatthe6000level.Inaddi.on,studentsmustcompleteatleastthreebreadthcreditsofcourseworkintheECEdepartmentoutsideoftheirdeclareddepthresearchdivision.StudentscandeterminewhichECEcoursesarehousedineachresearchdivisionbyreferringtotheresearchdivisionflowchartsattheendofthismanual.ECEcoursesusedtocompletethisdepth/breadthrequirementwillbecountedtowardtheminimum21creditsofECEcourseworkrequiredfortheentrepreneurshipmaster’sdegree.

Entrepreneurshipmaster’sstudentsmustpassafinalwrijenexamina.on(seesec.onbelow).

Upto18hoursofSpecialTopics(EEL5934,6935,and7936)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Uptosixhoursofunstructuredcredithourstotal(EEL5905,EEL6905orEGN5949)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Studentscancountamaximumof3creditsofEGN5949towardtheirdegreeprogram.NootherS/Ucreditcanbecountedtowardthedegree.

EntrepreneurshipMSstudentsarerequiredtotakeEGS6039(EngineeringLeadership),EGN6642(EngineeringInnova.on),andEGN6640(EntrepreneurshipforEngineers)tocompletetheEngineeringEntrepreneurshipCer.ficate.EntrepreneurshipMSstudentscanusethese9creditstowardthe21requiredcreditsofECEcoursework.

AllEntrepreneurshipMSstudentsarerequiredtohaveaone-membersupervisorycommijee.TheECEdepartmentchairservesasthedefaultcommijeememberforallentrepreneurshipmaster’sstudentsandisautoma.callyappointedforallentrepreneurshipstudentsduringtheirgradua.ngsemester.


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coursewithafinalgradeof“C”andabovecannotberepeatedforcredit.Ifastudentreceivesagradelessthana“C”foracourse,s/hemayretakethecourseandanaverageofbothgradeswillbeusedwhencompilingGPAgradua.onrequirements.Coursesinwhichstudentsreceiveagradeof“C-“orlowerwillnotbeusedtofulfillcreditrequirementsbutwilladverselyaffect18astudents’GPA.

2. FinalExaminationProcedure

TheM.S.non-thesisfinalexamina.onisacomprehensivetestofthestudent’sknowledgeintheirdeclareddepthresearchdivisionandisadministeredinall6000levelcoursesthathavea5000levelprerequisitecourse.StudentscandeterminewhichECEcoursesofferaMSnon-thesisfinalexamina.onbyreferringtotheresearchdivisionflowchartsattheendofthismanual.StudentsmaycompletethefinalMSnon-thesisfinalexamineitherEEE6512orEEL6825iftheyareintheprocessofcomple.ngbothcoursesandinEEL6487.

TheMSnon-thesisfinalexamisaseparateassignmentthatisgiveninaddi.ontorequiredclassassignments/exams.StudentsmusttaketheMSnon-thesisfinalexamduringthesemesterthattheyareregisteredfortheappropriate6000levelECEcourse.ProfessorswilldeterminetheformatoftheMSnon-thesisfinalexamintheircourse.Somesuggestedformatsinclude:

• Takehomeques.on(s)aboutthecourseandthestudent’sunderstandingofthematerial.• Extendedprojectthatincludesmaterialfromthefirstcourse.• Extendedmidtermexamthatwillincludematerialfromthefirstcourseofthesequence.• Takehomeessaythatcoversresearchinbreadthsequence.

Incaseoffailure,theexamcanberetakenthenext.meitisoffered.

StudentsmustregisteronlineinordertotaketheMSfinalexam.Onlineregistra.onopenssixweekspriortothemid-pointdeadlineofthesemester.

StudentswillalsoberequiredtocompleteanExitSurveyduringthesemesterinwhichtheyintendtograduate.

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3. ChecklistforEntrepreneurshipProgram

ToDo When

Begincourseworkasdescribedabove. Firstsemester

TakeMSnon-thesisfinalexamthissemester.Bytheregistra.ondeadline,register fortheMSnon-thesisfinalexamonlineviathecurrentgraduatestudentwebpageofthedepartmentalwebsiteandindicateyourselectedarea.

Second semester




Submit degree applica.on online via ONE UF (hjp://one.uf.edu).Completegradua.oncheckinStudentServicesOffice.

Semesterofgradua.on

IfyouhavenotpassedtheMSnon-thesisfinalexam,takeitthissemester.By the registra.on deadline, register for the MS non-thesis final examonline via the current graduate student web page of the departmentalwebsiteandindicateyourselectedarea.


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VI. DoctorofPhilosophyDegree

1. CourseRequirementsandPeriodofConcentratedStudy

ForthePh.D.degree,atleast90credithoursbeyondthebachelor’sdegreearerequired.Thesehoursincludemaster’sdegreeworktakenattheUniversityofFloridaor,ifappropriate,upto30hoursofmaster’sdegreeworkinECEearnedatanotherapproveduniversityoutsideUF.ThehoursaccumulatedforthePh.D.degreehavethefollowingrestric.ons:

•Ph.D.CourseworkRequirement-Atleast24hoursof5000,6000,or7000levelCollegeofEngineering(COE),Math,Sta.s.cs,and/orPhysicslejergradedcoursesarerequired.Ofthese24courseworkhours,atleast15creditsofgraduatelevellejergradedcourseworkhoursmustbetakenintheECEdepartment.CDA5636(EmbeddedSystems)canbeusedtowardthis15creditECEcourseworkrequirementbyexcep.on.Studentsmustreceiveagradeof“B”orbejerinthe24credithourcourses.These24courseworkcredithoursmustbeapprovedbythestudent’sfacultyadvisorandsupervisorycommijee.Studentswillneedtoworkinconjunc.onwiththeirfacultyadvisorandsupervisorycommijeetodeterminewhichcourseswillbemostrelevanttotheirresearchtopic.Individualwork/independentstudyhours(i.e.EEL5/6905),EEL6065,EEL6933,andoff-bookNIMETIns.tutecoursescannotbeusedtofulfillthis24courseworkcredithourrequirement.ECEcoursestakeninamaster’sprogramatUFareautoma.callyincluded.Thiscourserequirementcanonlybefulfilledbycomple.ngECEcourseworkattheUniversityofFlorida.Thiscourseworkrequirementmustbecompletedbeforethestatusmee.ngwiththestudent’ssupervisorycommijee(oneyearbeforegradua.on).

•SeminarRequirement-TwosemestersofEEL6933arerequired.

•SupervisedTeachingRequirement-TwosemestersofEEL6940arerequired.ThisrequirementexposesPh.D.studentstotherigorsofteachinginahighereduca.onsevng.Studentswillbepairedwithafacultymemberandwillhelpmanage,teach,grade,interactwithstudentsoutsideofclassand,ifappropriate,willgivealectureinthecourse.StudentswhohavesuccessfullycompletedtheSupervisedTeachingRequirementwillbecomeeligibleforanECETeachingExcellenceFellowship.

•Upto18hoursofSpecialTopics(EEL5934,6935,and7936)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Uptosixhoursofunstructuredcredithourstotal(EEL5905,EEL6905orEGN5949)maybeappliedtowardthedegree.Studentscancountamaximumof3creditsofEGN5949towardtheirdegreeprogram.

•AllEEL7980(ResearchforDoctoralDisserta.on)credithoursarecounted.StudentscannotregisterforEEL7980hoursun.ltheyhavebeenofficiallyadmijedtocandidacy(passedwrijenandoralqualifyingexam).Studentsmustbeadmijedtocandidacyforaminimumoftwosemestersbeforegradua.on.Studentscancountthesemesterthattheyareadmijedtocandidacyiftheycompletetheiroralqualifyingexambythemidpointdeadlineofasemester.ThemidpointofthetermisdeterminedbytheGraduateSchoolandispublishedinits“DeadlineDates”.

•FiiypercentofallhoursaccumulatedhavetobeinECEatthe5000,6000or7000level(includingEEL7979&7980).

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•Only30hoursfromaMaster’sdegreenotawardedbytheECEdepartmentatUFmaybecountedtowardthePh.D.degree(seeTransferofCreditsec.onofAdministra.veProceduresformoreinforma.on).

Candidatesforthedoctoraldegreemustsa.sfytheminimumrequirementsforaperiodofconcentratedstudy,beyondthefirst30semesterhourscountedtowardthedoctoralprogram.Studentsmustcomplete30creditsenrolledattheUniversityofFloridacampusortheGraduateEngineeringandResearchCenter(REEF).Coursesatthe1000or2000levelwillnotbecountedtowardtheconcentratedstudyrequirement.

2. Ph.D.FacultyAdvisor

AllPh.D.studentsmustiden.fyafacultyadvisorduringtheirfirstyearofstudy.ApreliminaryprogramofstudysignedbythefacultyadvisormustbesubmijedtotheSSOnolaterthanthemid-pointofthefirstsummersemesterasaPh.D.student.Ph.D.studentsarenotpermijedtoregisterfordoctoralresearchhours(EEL7979,EEL7980)un.ltheyhavesubmijedtheirpreliminaryprogramofstudysignedbytheirfacultyadvisor.

3. AppointmentofSupervisoryCommittee

Thesupervisorycommijeeisagroupoffacultymemberswhosuperviseandapprovequalifica.onsforthePh.D.degree.Thecommijeeshouldbeappointedassoonaspossible,butnolaterthanthemidpointofthesecondfallsemesterenrolledasaPh.D.student.Aholdmaybeplacedonthestudent’srecordiftheydonotmeetthisrequirement.ThecommijeeconsistsoffourormoregraduatefacultymemberswithatleasttwoofthemembershavingGraduateFacultystatusintheECEdepartment.ThecommijeechairpersonmusthaveGraduateFacultystatusandbefromtheECEdepartmentorhaveanappointmentintheECEdepartment.

Onememberofthecommijeemustbefromadisciplineoutsideofthedepartmentandmustmaintaingraduatefacultystatusintheirrespec.vedepartment.

Aierthecommijeehasbeendetermined,inconsulta.onwiththefacultyadvisor,thestudentshouldobtainaSupervisoryCommijeeFormfromtheStudentServicesOffice(Larsen230)andhavetheprofessorssigntheformindica.ngthattheyarewillingtoserveonthecommijee.

4. LeaveofAbsencePolicy

AdoctoralstudentwhowillnotberegisteredatUFforaperiodofmorethanonesemesterneedstorequestwrijenpermissionfromhis/herfacultyadvisorforaleaveofabsenceforadesignatedperiodof.me.AcopyofthewrijenpermissionmemomustbetakentotheStudentServicesOfficeandplacedinthestudent’sfile.

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5. OfRicialMinor

Withtheapprovalofthesupervisorycommijee,astudentmaychooseoneofficialminorfield(minimum12graduatecredithours).Officialminorcourseworkcannotbecountedtowardthe24hourECEcourseworkrequirement. Minorworkmaybecompletedinanydepartment,otherthanECE,thatisapprovedformaster’sordoctoraldegreeprogramsaslistedintheUniversityofFloridaGraduateCatalogandsupportsaprogramthatisrelatedtothestudent’sPh.D.researcharea.

Ifanofficialminorischosen,thesupervisorycommijeemustincludearepresenta.vefromtheminorfield.

Ifanofficialminorischosen,arepresenta.veoftheminordepartment,whomayormaynotbeonthesupervisorycommijee,shalldesignateatleastone6-hourgraduatecoursesequenceintheminorfieldforwrijenqualifyingexamina.on.Itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytoscheduletheexamwiththeprofessorintheminordepartment.Thestudentmustpassthisexaminorderfortheminortobevalid.Theofficialminorexammustbecompletedbeforethestudentcanbeadmijedtocandidacy.

6. WrittenQualifyingExam

ThePh.D.wrijenqualifyingexamisatestreviewingfundamentalmaterialthatstudentsareexpectedtohavecoveredbeforejoiningthedoctoralprogram.Theques.onsaretakenfromthefollowingareasofECE:

•DigitalLogic

•SignalsandSystems •ElectronicCircuits •SolidStateDevices •Electromagne.smandEnergySystems •MicroprocessorApplica.ons •ComputerOrganiza.onandArchitecture •DataStructuresandOpera.ngSystems

Eachstudentselectsthreeareasbeforetheexamina.onandreceivestwoques.onsineachoneoftheselectedareas.Answersmustbegiventofourofthesixques.ons,includingatleastoneques.onfromeachofthethreeareas.Theexamina.ontestsproblemsolvingskills,fundamentalunderstanding,reasoningability,andwrijencommunica.onskills.Thetestwilllastfortwohours.Nomaterialsareallowedduringtheexamina.on.Thedepartmentwillprovidescien.ficcalculatorsforuseduringtheexam.

ThewrijenqualifyingexamisofferedonlyonceayearinJanuaryonaSaturdayshortlyaierthestartofSpringclasses.StudentsmustsignupfortheirselectedareasintheStudentServicesOfficebytheendofNovemberintheprecedingyear.Detailedstudyguideswillbeavailableinthefallsemester.

Studentsmusttakethewrijenqualifyingexamduringtheirfirstyearinthedoctoralprogram.Financialsupportmaybecon.ngentontakingtheexam.Uponfailure,thewrijenqualifyingexamcanberetakenthenext.meitisoffered.Ifmorethantwoajemptsarerequired,studentsmaype..ontheGraduatePe..onsCommijeeforpermissiontoretaketheexam.Asuccessfulpe..onmustincludealejerofsupportfromtheproposedPh.D.advisor.

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ForstudentsthattransfertoUFwithafacultymemberhiredfromanotheruniversityandthathavealreadycompletedthequalifyingexamattheirpreviousuniversity,thefacultymembermaype..onforthestudenttotakeanalterna.veformofthequalifyingexambasedonthepreviousexamundercertaincondi.ons.ThefacultymembershouldcontacttheGraduateCoordinatorfordetails.

Studentswithaminorinanotherdepartmenthavetoarrangeforawrijenqualifyingexamintheirminortosa.sfytheGraduateSchoolrequirements.Theexammustbeadministeredbythestudent’sminorsupervisor.

7. OralQualifyingExam

ThePh.D.oralqualifyingexam(i.e.oralproposal)mustbecompletedbytheendofthesecondspringsemesterenrolledasaPh.D.student.Theoralqualifyingexamconsistsof:

•Presen.nghis/herwrijenresearchproposal •Answeringques.onsaskedbythesupervisorycommijeeandotherspresent

Formatspecifica.onsfortheoralproposaldocumentcanbefoundinSec.onVIIofthisdocument.

TheStudentServicesOfficemustbeno.fiedatleastoneweekinadvanceoftheoralqualifyingexamina.onsotheAnnouncementofExamina.onformcanbemailedandtheAdmissiontoCandidacyformprepared.Thisformshouldbetakentothequalifyingexambythestudent,signedbythesupervisorycommijeeandreturnedtotheStudentServicesOfficeforprocessing.

Ifthestudentfailstheoralpor.onofthequalifyingexam,s/hemayretakeitonlyonceanditmustberetakenwithintwosemesters.

Ifastudentfailstheoralqualifyingexamforasecond.me,theGraduateSchoolwillbeno.fied.Are-examina.onmayberequestedbutitmustberecommendedbythestudent’ssupervisorycommijeeandapprovedbytheGraduateSchool.Atleastonesemesterofaddi.onalprepara.onisconsideredessen.albeforere-examina.on.

Betweenthedateofcomple.onofthequalifyingexamandthedateofthedegree,theremustbeaminimumoftwosemestersifthecandidateisinfull-.meresidenceoracalendaryearifthecandidateisinajendanceonlessthanafull-.mebasis.Thesemesterinwhichthequalifyingexamina.oniscompletediscountedprovidedthattheexamiscompletedbeforethemidpointoftheterm.Nomorethanfiveyearsmaypassbetweenthecomple.onofthequalifyingexamandtheconferringofthedegree.

Thedoctoralstudentbecomesadoctoralcandidatewhenthefollowingrequirementsaresa.sfied:

•Thestudentacademicrecordissa.sfactory. •Half(12credits)ofthePh.D.courseworkcredithourrequirementiscomplete.

•TheSupervisoryCommijeecer.fiesthatthestudenthasmadesa.sfactoryprogresstobeadmijedtocandidacy.

•Thestudenthasadisserta.ontopicapprovedbyhis/hersupervisorycommijee. •Thestudenthaspassedboththewrijen(includingtheofficialminorexamifapplicable)and oralpor.onsofthequalifyingexam. •TheAdmissiontoCandidacyformhastherequiredformalapprovals.

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8. StatusMeetingwithSupervisoryCommittee

Astatusmee.ngwiththestudent’ssupervisorycommijeemustbeheldatleastoneyearbeforegradua.on.Studentswillpresenttheircurrentprogressontheirdisserta.ontotheirsupervisorycommijee.Thesupervisorycommijeewillreviewtheprocedure,progress,andexpectedresultsofthedisserta.ontopicandmaymakesugges.onsforcomple.onofthedisserta.on.Studentsareexpectedtohavecompletedtheir24creditPh.D.courseworkrequirementaswellashalfoftheirdisserta.onbeforethestatusmee.ngcanbescheduled.

TheStudentServicesOfficemustbeno.fiedatleastoneweekinadvanceofthemee.ngsotheappropriatepaperworkcanbeprepared.Thispaperworkshouldbetakentothestatusmee.ngbythestudent,signedbythesupervisorycommijeeandreturnedtotheStudentServicesOfficeforprocessing.

Adraiofthedisserta.on,formajedaccordingtotheGraduateSchoolEditorialOffice’sspecifica.ons,willneedtobeprovidedtocommijeemembersatleasttwoweeksinadvanceofthestatusmee.ng.FormavngrequirementsandtechnicalassistanceareavailableattheAcademicTechnologyOffice(hjps://asc.helpdesk.ufl.edu/etd.html).

9. FinalExaminationandSubmissionofDissertation

ThePh.D.finalexamconsistsofanoraldefenseoftheresearchresultsthataredescribedinthedoctoraldisserta.on.Thisexamisgivenwithinsixmonthsofgradua.on,aierthefirstsubmissionofthedisserta.on,andthecomple.onofallotherprescribedworkforthedegree.

Studentsmustsubmitthedisserta.onelectronically.StudentsshouldrefertotheGraduateSchoolEditorialOfficeformoreinforma.onregardingtheirdisserta.onsubmission.Theguidelinesarealsoonline(hjp://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/editorial/introduc.on.html).

ElectronicsubmissionrequiresasignedETDSubmissionApprovalForm,FinalExamForm,SignaturePage,andoneelectroniccopytotheStudentServicesOffice.

TheStudentServicesOfficeshouldbeinformedoftheexamina.ononeweekpriortothedefensedateinordertoprocesstheFinalExamReportformandsendoutno.ces.Aso\copyofthedissertaOonshouldbesenttogradadvising@ufl.eduatleastoneweekbeforethefinalexaminaOon,ortheexaminaOonwillneedtobepostponed.

Copiesofthestudent’sdisserta.onmustbegiventothesupervisorycommijeemembersatleasttwoweeksinadvanceofthefinalexamina.on.Gradua.onmaybedelayedforthosewhodonotadheretothisrule.

Atthe.meofthedefense,allcommijeemembersshouldsignthesignaturepagesinthedisserta.onandsigntheFinalExamReportformwhichistobereturnedtotheStudentServicesOffice.Studentswillalsosubmittheoriginalcopyoftheirdisserta.ontotheStudentServicesOffice.

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StudentsarealsorequiredtocompleteanExitSurveyduringthesemestertheyplantograduate.Studentscanfindmoreinforma.onabouttheExitSurveyintheStudentServicesOffice.

AllworkforthePh.D.degreemustbecompletedwithinfivecalendaryearsaierthecomple.onofthePh.D.qualifyingexam.

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10.ChecklistforPh.D.Degree

ToDo When

Ifappropriate,transfergraduatecourseworktodoctoraldegree.

FirstYearTakethewrijenpor.onofthequalifyingexam.

Iden.fy faculty advisor and turn in preliminary programof study by themidpointofthefirstsummersemester.

Appoint supervisory commijee. The commijeemust be appointed nolaterthanthemidpointofthesecondfallsemester.

SecondYear

Arrange with the supervisory commijee the details of your wrijenresearchproposalthatistobepresentedintheoralexam.

Complete oral qualifying exam by the last day of the second springsemester.

At least one week in advance of the oral exam, no.fy, in wri.ng, theStudentServicesOfficeofplanstocompletethequalifyingexam.

Completethe24credithourPh.D.courseworkrequirement.

OneYearBefore

Gradua.on

Seminar

TwosemestersofSupervisedTeaching

Arrange with the supervisory commijee the details of your statusmee.ng. Provide supervisory commijee with disserta.on drai twoweekspriortothestatusmee.ng.

Atleastoneweekinadvanceofthestatusmee.ng,no.fy,inwri.ng,theStudentServicesOfficeofplanstocompletethestatusmee.ng



op.onsfrommee.nggradua.onrequirements.


Semesterofgradua.on

ComplywithGraduateSchooldisserta.onandfinalexamina.ondeadlinedates.

Be registered for at least theminimumnumber of disserta.on hours (3hoursinthefallandspringsemester,2hoursinthesummer)

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ChecklistforPh.D.Degree–ConKnued

ToDo When

Schedule the doctoral defensewith the supervisory commijee. Informthe Student Services Office of plans to take the examina.on one weekpriortotheexamandreserveaconferenceroom. TheStudentServicesOfficewill send the announcementof examandprepare the Final ExamReport.

Semesterofgradua.on

At least two weeks in advance of the final examina.on, give thesupervisorycommijeemembersacopyofthedisserta.on

On the day of the examina.on, report to the Student ServicesOffice topickupthenecessaryforms.

Have the original Final Examina.on Report form, Publishing Agreement,and ETD Signature Page of the disserta.on signed by the supervisorycommijeemembers. Return these forms to the Student Services Officeimmediatelyaierthedisserta.ondefenseforprocessing.

Submit an electronic copy to the EditorialOfficeof theGraduate SchoolandtheStudentServicesOffice.


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VII. CertiRicates

1. MicrosystemTechnologyCertiRicationProgram

TheMicrosystemTechnologycer.ficatepreparesstudentsforthecomplex,interdisciplinarydevelopmentofmicrosystemtechnologiessuchasmicroactuators,microsensors,microfluidicdevices,micropowersystems,microop.caldevices,andothermicroelectromechanicalsystems(MEMS).Studentswhosuccessfullycompletethiscer.ficatewillreceiveaprintedcer.ficatefromtheUFGraduateSchoolandanota.onofcomple.onontheirtranscript.

RequirementsforAdmission:

Abachelor’sdegreeorequivalentfromaregionallyaccreditedins.tu.on.StudentsmustberegisteredinagraduatedegreeprogramintheCollegeofEngineeringandmaintaina3.0GPA.

RequiredCourseWork

CerOficateCourseWork

EEE5405 MicroelectronicFabrica.onTechnologies

Chooseanytwocoursesbelow:

EEE5354L SemiconductorDeviceFabrica.onLaboratory

EEL5225 PrinciplesofMicro-Electro-MechanicalTransducers

EEE6465 DesignofMEMSTransducers

EEE6460 AdvancedMicrosystemTechnology

BME5580 MicrofluidicsandBioMEMS

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VIII. AdministrativeProcedures

1. GraduateBulletinBoards

Atleastonceaweek,checktheECEGraduatebulle.nboards,locatedoutside230LarsenHall,forannouncements,changesincourseofferingsorroomschedules,no.cesofexamina.ons,andforothermajersofinteresttoECEgraduatestudents.AdvisinghoursforthegraduateacademicadvisorandGraduateCoordinatorwillalsobepostedonthesebulle.nboards.

2. DegreeAudits

Astudent’sdegreeauditisacondensedsummaryoftheirdegreeprogress.StudentscanchecktheirdegreeprogressbyviewingtheirdegreeauditonlineatONE.UF(hjp://one.uf.edu).Studentsareexpectedtoperiodicallyreviewtheirdegreeaudittomonitortheiracademicprogress.Degreeauditsareaguidancetoolandshouldbeusedinconjunc.onwithadvisementresourcesavailableintheStudentServicesOffice.

3. GatorlinkEmailAccounts

AllECEstudentsarerequiredtochecktheirGatorlinkemailaccountsregularly.TheStudentServicesOfficeandtheUniversityofFloridausestheGatorlinkaccountstodeliverimportantannouncementsanddeadlineinforma.ontostudents.Failuretoadheretochangesinpolicyand/orcri.caldeadlineswillresultindelayeddegreeprogress.

4. Registration

StudentscanregisterforclassesonlineatONE.UF(hjp://one.uf.edu).TheStudentServicesOfficeisalsoavailableforhelpwithregistra.onandforregistra.ontodepartmentallycontrolledcourses.

Graduatestudentsonappointment(TA,RA,GA)mustregisterfortheappropriatecourseloadasindicatedinthetablebelow.Auditedcoursesdonotcountaspartofthehourlyrequirementsforfull.mestudentsorthoseonassistantships.

Appointment MinimumCreditRegistraOon MaximumCreditRegistraOonFellowsandTrainees 12 181/4TimeAssistants 9 151/3TimeAssistants 9 151/2TimeAssistants 9 15

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Graduatestudentsmaynot,ingeneral,takeanycourseundertheS/Uop.onexceptforcertaingraduatecoursesthathaveonlyS/Ugrading(asspecifiedintheGraduateCatalog).Master’sthesisandPh.D.studentswhocompleteallgraduatedegreerequirementsduringagivensemester,butaierthedeadlinesspecifiedbytheGraduateSchool,mayreceivetheirdegreeinthefollowingsemesterwithoutregisteringasclearpriorstudents.GraduateSchoolwilldetermineastudent’sclearprioreligibility.Studentswhosedegreerequirementsarenotcompletedbeforethefirstdayofclassesofthefollowingsemesterandallnon-thesisMaster’sstudentsmustregisterforaminimumofthreecredithours(twocreditsinthesummerterm)whichwillapplytothedegree.TheGraduateSchoolwillnotacceptpeKKonstothispolicy.

5. Add/DropPolicy

Graduatestudentsareallowedalimitednumberofscheduleadjustmentsaierthemidpointdeadlineofthesemester*.Studentsarepermijedonescheduleadjustmentaierthemidpointdeadlineperdegreeprogram.Ascheduleadjustmentisdefinedasanyofthefollowing:addingacourse,droppingacourse,and/orswitchingcourseworkhoursforanothercourse(researchhours,independentstudy,etc.).Student’sreques.ngaddi.onaladjustmentsmustpe..ontheGraduateCoordinatorforapproval.Asuccessfulpe..onwouldrequirealejerofsupportfromthestudent’sfacultyadvisor.

*StudentswillbeheldfeeliableforANYcourseadjustmentsmadea\erthestateduniversityadd/dropdeadline.

6. GPAandProbationPolicies

IncompliancewithGraduateSchoolrules,graduatestudentsmustmaintainaGPAof3.00orhigherinordertobeingoodstanding.StudentscannotgraduateiftheirGPAisbelow3.00.

Pleasenotethattheterm“GPA”includesthreedifferentnumbers,allofwhichneedtosa.sfytherequirementof3.00orhigher.

•Thegradepointaverageofallcourses(3000levelandabove)takenwhileclassifiedasagraduatestudent;

•ThegradepointaverageofallECEgraduatelevelcoursestakenwhileclassifiedasagraduatestudent;

•Thegradepointaverageofallgraduatelevelcoursesthatarepartofaminor.

AnacademicholdwillbeplacedontherecordsofallstudentswhoseGPAisbelow3.00,thusplacingthestudentonacademicproba.on.ThesestudentswillbeabletoregisterforcoursesonlythroughtheStudentServicesOffice.Thiswillenableourofficetoprovideadviceandguidanceonanindividualizedbasis.

Studentsonacademicproba.onarenoten.tledtoreceivefinancialassistanceintheformofTeachingAssistantships,ResearchAssistantships,orFellowships.

3/4TimeAssistants 6 9Full-TimeAssistants 3 3

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StudentswithaGPAbelow3.00mustshowprogresseachsemestertowardsimprovingtheirGPA,evenifittakesmorethanonesemestertoreachaGPAof3.00orhigher.

StudentswhodonotmakesufficientacademicprogressasdeterminedbytheGraduateCoordinatorwillbedismissedfromtheprogram.

7. TransferofCredits

Master'sandPh.D.Studentsmayapplytotransfergraduate-levelscienceandengineeringcourseworkfromanotheruniversityorfromnon-degreeseekingUF/EDGEcourseworkaccordingtothepoliciesbelow.Studentsmaype..ontotransfergraduatelevelcourseswhichweretakenwhileclassifiedasanundergraduate,postbaccalaureate,ornon-degreeseekingstudent,ifproofisprovidedindica.ngthatcourseswerenotusedtosa.sfydegreerequirementsforanotherdegree.Inallcases,onlycourseswithagradeof"B"orbejermaybetransferred.Creditsobtainedinnon-degreeprograms,e.g.con.nuingeduca.on,maynotbetransferred.Creditstransferredwillbeappliedtowardmee.ngthedegreerequirements,butthegradesearnedwillnotbecomputedinthestudent'sgradepointaverageunlessthecourseworkwascompletedatUF.Creditsforschoolsopera.ngwithmorethantwoperiods(e.g.,trimesters)duringtheacademicyearwillbescaledaccordinglybytheGraduateSchool;forexample,3creditsinacoursethatlastedonetrimesterwilltransferas2creditsbytheGraduateSchool.

Applica.onfortransferofcreditearnedaieradmissiontoaUFgraduateprogrammustbefiledwiththeGraduateSchoolassoonaspossiblebutbeforethelastdayofclassesprecedingtheterminwhichthedegreeistobeconferred.Thestudentmustprovideacompletedescrip.onofthegraduatecourseinconsidera.onfortransferandatranscriptindica.ngthegradeearned.TheapprovaloftheGraduateCoordinatorandtheDeanoftheGraduateSchoolarerequiredfortheacceptanceoftransfercredits.

Master'sStudents:

Upto9credithoursofcourseworkmaybetransferredfromanoutsideins.tu.on.Upto15creditsofgraduate-levelnon-degreeseekingUF/EDGEcourseworkmaybetransferred.Nomorethan15creditsmaybetransferredintothestudent'sMaster'sdegreeprogram.

Ph.D.Students:

Studentsmaytransferupto30creditsofcourseworkfromanoutsideins.tu.onintothestudent'sPh.D.degreeprogram.StudentswithaMaster'sandaddi.onalPh.D.courseworkatanotherins.tu.onmaype..ontheGraduateCoordinatortotransferupto15addi.onalhoursofcourseworkintothestudent'sPh.D.degreeprogram.Upto15creditsofgraduatelevelnon-degreeseekingUF/EDGEcourseworkmaybetransferred.Nomorethan45creditsmaybetransferredintothestudent'sPh.D.degreeprogram.

8. InternshipPolicy

ECEstudentscancountuptothreecreditsofEGN5949(InternshipWork)towardtheirdegreeprogram.

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Inordertopar.cipateintheECEGraduateInternshipProgram,studentsmusthavecompletedatleast18UFECEgraduatelevelcredits.Studentsmustalsohaveaminimumdepartmentalandcumula.vegradepointaverageof3.0.Interna.onalstudentswillalsoneedtocontacttheInterna.onalCentertoverifytheirCPTeligibility.Internshipsarevoluntaryandaremeanttocomplimentastudent’sdegreeprogram.Internshipsthatimpedeastudent’s.melyprogresstowardtheirdegreewillnotbeapproved.Studentswhochoosetocompleteaninternshipmustbecognizantoftheappropriateacademicdeadlines.InternshipsCANNOTconflictwiththestartandenddatesoftheacademicsemester.

StudentswhoholdappointmentsatUFmustbecognizantofthestartandenddatesoftheirappointmentswhilemakinginternshipplans.Studentsarenotpermijedtobeonappointmentandbeoninternshipatthesame.me.Studentsonappointmentareresponsibleforknowingthestartandenddatesoftheirappointmentwhennego.a.ngthe.meframeoftheirinternship.StudentswhoarrangeinternshipsthatconflictwiththeirUFappointmentstartand/orenddateswillNOTbeappointedforthatsemester.

Tobeclassifiedasaninternshipandtoreceiveuptothreeelec.vecredits(EGN5949),thejobdu.esoftheinternshipmustconsistofengineeringdesign.Posi.onsnotacceptableforgraduateinternshipcreditincludeundergraduatelevelwork,technician,dataentry,clericalwork,part-.mework,etc.Studentsmustalsocompleteatechnicalreportinordertoreceivecreditfortheirinternship.

Studentscancountamaximumof3creditsofEGN5949towardtheirdegreeprogram.Internshipcreditswillcounttowardtheindependentstudytotalofastudent’sdegreeprogram(i.e.,Master’sstudentscanonlycountamaximumof6creditsofEEL5905,EEL6905,and/orEGN5949towardtheirdegreeprogram).

Eachstudentisrequiredtogenerateatechnicalreport(2000-wordminimum,excludinggraphs,equa.ons,circuits,and/orcomputercode)toreceivecreditfortheirinternship.ThereportmustmeetIEEEpublica.onguidelinesandincludethefollowing:.tle,author’sname,abstract,introduc.onofthetaskscarriedout,methodologyused,results,discussion,acknowledgements,andreferences.Confiden.almaterialshouldnotbeincluded,butstudentsareexpectedtoincludetechnicaldetailsandassessments,equa.ons,graphs,circuits,etc.

Moreinforma.onabouttheECEGraduateInternshipProgramcanbefoundintheStudentServicesOffice.

9. FinancialAid

Applica.onsforteachingassistantships,researchassistantshipsandfellowshipsareavailablefromtheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineering.Fellowshipsarehighlycompe..veandgenerallyrequirecompletedapplica.onsbyJanuaryeachyear.RecipientsofteachingassistantshipsareselectedbytheAssociateChairmanoftheECEdepartment.Researchassistantshipsareawardedbyindividualfacultymemberswithfundingfromgovernmentalorindustrialsourcesandaregenerallyawardedonlytothosestudentswhohavebeeninresidenceatleastonesemester.

Theminimums.pendforstudentsonappointmentintheECEdepartmentis$18,000fora12-monthappointment.Minimums.pendsforotherdepartmentsandassigneddu.esforteachingassistantsaredeterminedbytheGraduateSchoolandareinaccordancewiththeassistantshipappointment.Du.esincludegrading,staffmee.ngs,classprepara.on,studentconsulta.on,requiredlectureajendance,andresearchnotdirectlyrelatedtothestudent’sthesisordisserta.on.Studentswillalsohaveassignedclassroomorlaboratoryteachingresponsibili.es.Interna.onalstudentswhowishtobeeligibleforgraduateassistantshipsmustpasstheSPEAK(TSE)orTOEFLiBTtest.ThepassingscorefortheSPEAKtestis55.

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Studentswhoscorea45or50musttakeEAP5836,AcademicSpokenEnglish,butares.llallowedtoholdagraduateassistantship.ApassingscorefortheTOEFLiBTtestisa28.Studentswhoscoreinthe23-27rangemustenrollinEAP5836duringyourfirstsemesterofteaching.Studentswhoscorelessthan23ontheTOEFLiBTwillberequiredtotaketheSPEAKtesttobeconsideredforaTAposi.on.

10.TuitionWaivers

Tui.onwaiversareawardedtograduatestudentswhohavebeenawardedanassistantshipfrom1/4.me-1/2.me.Feewaiversarecon.ngentontheavailabilityoffunds.Duetothelimitofavailablefunds,nofeewaiversareavailablewithoutassistantshipappointments.ThewaiversareprocessedunderstrictguidelinesprovidedbytheGraduateSchool.

11.NoAssistantshipsWhileonInternship

Duetointellectualpropertyrights,itisthepolicyoftheECEdepartmentthatstudentsonanassistantshipcannotkeeptheirassistantshipwhileonaninternship.Itisexpectedthatastudentwithanassistantshipfulfillthetermsofthatassistantship.

StudentswhoholdappointmentsatUFmustbecognizantofthestartandenddatesoftheirappointmentswhilemakinginternshipplans.Studentsarenotpermijedtobeonappointmentandbeoninternshipatthesame.me.Studentsonappointmentareresponsibleforknowingthestartandenddatesoftheirappointmentwhennego.a.ngthe.meframeoftheirinternship.StudentswhoarrangeinternshipsthatconflictwiththeirUFappointmentstartand/orenddateswillNOTbeappointedforthatsemester.Theassistantshipwillbeterminatedandthetui.onwaivercancelledforstudentswholeaveforapaidinternshipaierthesemesterhasbegun.Thestudentwillbeliableforallfeescoveredbythetui.onwaiverattheappropriaterate.

Studentsreturningfromapaidinternshipaierthesemesterhasstartedwillnotbereappointedtotheassistantshipun.lthebeginningofthefollowingsemester.

12.ReadmissionProcedures

Studentswhohaveleitheprogrampriortogradua.ngandwishtobereadmijed,requirethefollowing:

•AminimumGPAof3.00forreadmissionintotheMaster’sprogramandaminimumGPAof3.5forreadmissiontothePh.D.program.

•GREscoresthatsa.sfytheadmissionrequirementsoftheECEprogramineffectatthe.meofreadmission.

•Threelejersofrecommenda.onfromfacultymembersintheECEdepartment.

Readmissionisnotguaranteed,irrespec.veofthecircumstancesthatnecessitateit.

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IX. FormatofPh.D.OralQualifyingExamProposal

Thewrijenproposalshouldbesubmijedtothedisserta.oncommijeemembersnolaterthan15daysbeforetheproposaldefense.

Aso\-copyoftheproposaldocumentintherequiredformatmustbesubmiPedtogradadvising@ufl.eduatleastoneweekbeforethedefense,orthedefensewillhavetoberescheduled.

Thewrijenproposalmustoutlinetheareaofresearchanditsimportance,problemstatement,backgroundtotheresearcharea,specifictasksthatwillbeperformed,preliminaryresults,andsubsequentsteps.Anumberofexcellentmanuals(consult,forexample,referencesavailableviawww.nsf.gov)areavailableonwri.ngresearchproposalsandmaybeusedasguidesinpreparingtheproposal.Amaximumof15single-spaced,typed(10-pointorlargerfont)pages,includingfiguresandtablesisallowed.Itshouldincludea.tle,atableofcontents,references,andanabstractinaddi.ontothe15pagesoftext.Amaximumoftwoappendicessuchassubmijedpapers,detailedderiva.ons,etc.couldbeincludedinaddi.ontothe15-pageproposal.Themainbodyofthetextwouldtypicallyconsistofthefollowing:

• Introduc.on:Aconciseoverviewoftheresearchareaandtopicandtheirimportance.• Background:Literaturereviewandrelevantbackgroundneededtoplacethe

proposedstudyinthelargercontextandtohighlighttherelevanceandthenoveltyoftheproposedwork.

• Problemdescrip.on:Adescrip.onofthespecificproblemandtheobjec.vesoftheproposalandthenoveltyoftheproposedwork.

• Specifictasks:Adescrip.onofproposedtheore.caland/orexperimentalworkandalistofspecifictasksneededtoaccomplishtheproposedobjec.ves.

• Preliminarywork:Descrip.onofanypreliminaryworkperformedbythestudentandananalysisordiscussionofsuchpreliminarywork.

• Futuretasks:Detailsofthesubsequentstepsplannedtoachievethespecificobjec.vesoftheresearch.

• Concludingremarks.• References:Alistofreferencescitedintheproposal.Listofreferencesdoesnot

counttoward15-pagelimit.

Tablesandfiguresusedintheproposalshouldbeintegratedintothetext.

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X. GraduateCourseDescriptions

CoursesyllabicanbefoundattheAssociateChair’swebsite(hjp://www.associatechair.ece.ufl.edu/syllabi.html).Syllabinotavailableonthiswebsitecanberequestedfromthecourseinstructor.

CNT6805–NetScienceandApp.(3credits)Prereq:SignalAnalysisandStochas.cMethods.Introduc.ontovariousmethodologiesandtechnologiesinnetworkscienceandstudiesamul.tudeofapplica.onsofnetworkscience.

EEE5216–Introduction to Biophotonics (3 credits)Prereq:NoneIntroduc.ontotheprinciplesofop.cs,lasersandbiology,theinterac.onoflightwithcellsand.ssues,andvariousop.calimaging,sensingandac.va.ontechniquesandtheirapplica.onsinbiomedicine.

EEE5225–ResonantMEMS(3credits)Prereq:Familiaritywithordinarydifferen.alequa.ons,elementarysignalsandsystemsandcircuittheory.Fundamentalsofresonantmicro-electro-mechanicalsystems(ResonantMEMSandtheirapplica.ons.

EEE5317C-IntroducOontoPowerElectronics(3credits)Prereq:EEE3308C,EEE3396.Coreq:EEL4657.Componentsandcircuitsforpowerapplica.ons.Switched-modepowersupplies.

EEE5320-AnalogICDesignI(3credits)Prereq:EEE3308CAmplifierstages,ac.veloads,outputstages,op-amps,feedback,frequencyresponse,compensa.on.

EEE5322-VLSICircuitsandTechnology(3credits)Prereq:EEE3396andEEE3308C.Introduc.ontoVLSIcircuittechnologyandmanufacturingfabrica.on,devicemodels,layout,parasi.cs,andsimplegatecircuits.

EEE5336L-SolidStateTechnologyLaboratory(1credit)Solid-statedevicefabrica.on.Safetyissues.

EEE5364-FundamentalsofDataConverters(3credits)Prereq:EEE3308Corconsentofinstructor.Theexplora.onofdifferentdataconversiontechniqueswithanemphasisonICimplementa.on.Discussionofcircuitbuildingblocksandtheeffectsoftheirnon-ideali.esintheoverallsystemperformancewillbeanalyzed.

EEE5400-FutureofMicroelectronicsTechnology(3credits)Prereq:EEE3396orequivalent.Surveyofstate-of-the-artmicroelectronicstechnologyandprospectsforfuturetechnologies.NanoscaleMOSFETs,strainedSi,high-Kgatedielectrics,carbonnanotubes,molecularelectronics,andsingle-electrondevices.

EEE5405-MicroelectronicFabricaOonTechnologies(3credits)Prereq:EEE3396.

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Principlesofmicroelectronicdevicefabrica.on.Emphasisonthefundamentalsofmicro-fabrica.onprocessingandmicroelectronicdeviceprocessflows.Computerizedprocesssimula.on.

EEE5408–MixedSignalICTest1(3credits)Prereq:EEE3308CandEEE3701Coranundergraduatedegreeinelectricalengineering.Developunderstandingoftheproduc.ontes.ngandvalida.onofmixed-signalICsandsystems.Thetes.ngofmixed-signalICsincludebothanaloganddigitalcircuitsandrequiresanunderstandingofbothandtheICtestenvironmenttobesuccessful.

EEE5426-IntroducOontoNanodevices(3credits)Prereq:EEE3396.Physicalprincipalsofmodernsolid-statedevicesandtheirapplica.ons;quantummechanics;fundamentalsofnanoelectronics.

EEE5502-FoundaOonsofDigitalSignalProcessing(3credits)Analysisanddesignofdigitalfiltersfordiscretesignalprocessing;spectralanalysis;fastFouriertransform.

EEE5544-NoiseinLinearSystems(3credits)Fundamentalanaly.caltechniquesformodeling,analyzing,andprocessingelectricalsignalsandcomputerdatainthepresenceofnoiseandrandomness.Coversfromprobabilitytofilteringofrandomprocesses,withapplica.onstocommunica.ons,signalandimageprocessing,datacompression,andsimula.on.

EEE5702–AutomatedHardware/So\wareVerificaOon(3credits)Prereq:DataStructures,AlgorithmsandArchitectureDevelopmodeling,formalspecifica.on,andautomatedverifica.onskillsforanalyzingcomplexhardwareand/orsoiwaresystems.Hands-onexperiencewithmodelcheckingtools.

EEE5716-IntroducOontoHardwareSecurityandTrust(3credits)Prereq:EEL4712CorequivalentorconsentofinstructorFundamentalsofhardwaresecurityandtrustforintegratedcircuits.Cryptographichardware,invasiveandnon-invasiveajacks,side-channelajacks,physicallyunclonablefunc.ons(PUFs),truerandomnumbergenera.on(TRNG),watermarkingofIntellectualProperty(IP)blocks,FPGAsecurity,counterfeitdetec.on,hardwareTrojandetec.onandpreven.oninIPcoresandintegratedcircuits.

EEE6287-BrainMachineInterfaceEngineering(3credits)Prereq:EEL3135,EEE5502.AnoverviewoftherecentfieldofBrainMachineInterfacesandneurotechnologywithanemphasisontheengineeringaspectsoftheproblem(signalprocessing,andneurotechnology).ThestudentwillhavetheopportunitytoworkwithbrainsignalsanddevelopandtestalgorithmsforBMIs.

EEE6321-AnalogICDesignII(3credits)Prereq:EEE5320.DesignofanalogcircuitsinCMOSICtechnologies.MOSswitches,MOSop-amps,circuitsimula.onusingSPICE.

EEE6323-AdvancedVLSIDesign(3credits)Prereq:EEE5322.Advancedverylargescaleintegratedcircuitdesign,testability,andperformanceevalua.on.UseofindustrialVLSIsoiware.BuildinganadvancedCMOSVLSIcircuit.

EEE6325-ComputerSimulaOonofIntegratedCircuitsandDevices(3credits)� 42

Prereq:Graduatestanding.Basicmethodsofnumericalsimula.onofsemiconductordevicesandelectroniccircuitswithreferencetoPISCESandSPICE.PDEdiscre.za.on;numericalintegra.on,Newton/itera.velineariza.on,linearizedsystemsolu.on.

EEE6328C-MicrowaveICDesign(3credits)Fundamentalsofmicrowaveintegratedcircuitdesign.Useofcomputersoiwaretodesignsimplemicrowavecircuits.Microwavecircuittes.ng.

EEE6374-RFCircuitsandSystems(3credits)Prereq:EEE5322,4306Corequivalent.RequirementsforRFintegratedcircuits.Designandimplementa.on.InterdependenceofRFcircuitperformancewithdevices,parasi.cs,packages,andprocesstechnology.

EEE6382-SemiconductorPhysicalElectronics(3credits)Prereq:EEE5426.Crystalstructureandsymmetry;carriersta.s.cs;lavcedynamics;energybandtheory;equilibriumproper.esofsemiconductors;recombina.on-genera.onandtrappingprocesses;electronictransportphenomena;scajeringmechanisms;op.calproper.es.

EEE6390-VLSIDeviceDesign(3credits)Prereq:EEE5400orEEE4351/5426.Criteriaandtradeoffsinvolvedindesignofhigh-performancesemiconductordevicesinscales(VLSI)Si-basedintegrated-circuittechnologies.

EEE6397-SemiconductorDeviceTheory1(3credits)Prereq:EEL4351/EEE5426.Semiconductordevicephysics,equilibriumandnon-equilibriumprocess;pnjunc.ons;BJTopera.on,change-controlmodeling,high-currentandheavydopingeffects.

EEE6402-NonclassicalSi-BasedNanoscaleCMOSDevices(3credits)Prereq:EEE6390orEEE6397.PhysicsunderlyingnoveldevicesforextremeCMOSscaling.UniqueeffectsinfullydepletedSOIMOSFETs,mul.-gateMOSFETs,FinFETs.Simula.on-basedprojectusingaphysics/process-basedcompactmodelfordouble-gateFETs.

EEE6428-NanoscaleDevicesforVLSITechnology(3credits)Prereq:EEL4351/EEE5426orEEL4329/EEE5400Usingnanotechnologysimula.ontoolstostudynanoscaledevices;bandstructure,transport;moleculartransistors,nanowires,nanotransistors,andquantumdots.

EEE6431-CarbonNanotubes(3credits)Prereq:EEE5426.Basicsemiconductorandsolid-statephysicsofcarbonnanotubes,nanotubegeometricalandelectronicstructure,andcurrentnanotuberesearch.

EEE6460-AdvancedMicrosystemTechnology(3credits)Prereq:EEL5225.Advancedmicro-fabrica.ontechnologies,micro-systemdesign,interfacecircuits,andMEMSpackaging.CMOS,Op.cal,andRFMEMS.

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EEE6465-DesignofMEMSTransducers(3credits)Prereq:EEL5225.DesignofMEMStransducersystemswithphysical,technological,andeconomicconstraints.

EEE6503-DigitalFiltering(3credits)Prereq:EEE5502.Introduc.ontonumbertransforms,complexityofalgorithms,andfinitefields.Developmentoftransformsanddigitalfiltersusingalgebraicoperatorsandfinitefieldsplusthetechnologicalconsidera.onofDSPsystemsandsystemintegra.on.

EEE6504–MachineLearningforTimeSeries(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544,EEE5502.Theoryofadapta.onwithsta.onarysignals;performancemeasures.LMS,RLSalgorithms.Implementa.onissuesandapplica.ons.

EEE6512-ImageProcessingandComputerVision(3credits)Prereq:DigitalSignalProcessingPictorialdatarepresenta.on;featureencoding;spa.alfiltering;imageenhancement;imagesegmenta.on;clusterseeking;two-dimensionalz-transforms;sceneanalysis;picturedescrip.onlanguage;objectrecogni.on;pictorialdatabase;interac.vegraphics;pictureunderstandingmachine.

EEE6586-AutomaOcSpeechProcessing(3credits)Prereq:EEE5502.Variousmodelsofspeechproduc.onandpercep.on.Opera.onofspeechsynthesizers.Discussionofspeechrecogni.on.Mathema.calmodelsofspeechsignals.

EEE6715-ComputaOonalAspectsofCyber-PhysicalSystems(3credits)Prereq:EEL5718andgraduatestandingFundamentalandprac.calissuesindesigningandanalyzingcyber-physicalsystemsincludingsystemdesign,middlewaredesign,monitoring,scheduling,managementandcontrolissuesinthefulllife-cycleofCPSdesignandimplementa.on.Applica.onsofCPSwillbestudied,includingmobilecompu.ng,mobilesocialnetworks,smartgrid,andcloudofthings.

EEL5182-StateVariableMethodsinLinearSystems(3credits)Prereq:EEL4657Linearalgebraandstatevariablemethodsfordesignandanalysisofdiscreteandcon.nuouslinearsystems.

EEL5225-PrinciplesofMEMS(Micro-Electro-MechanicalTransducers)(3credits).Prereq:EEE3396orpermissionofinstructor.Introduc.ontoprinciplesofmicro-electro-mechanicaldevicesandsystems.

EEL5250–PowerSystemsAnalysis(3credits)Prereq:EEL3211CorequivalentDevelopmentofpowersystemequivalentsbyphase,networkanalysis,loadflow,symmetricalcomponents,sequencenetworks,andfaultanalysis.

EEL5275-PowerSystemProtecOon(3credits)Prereq:BasicknowledgeofpowersystemsanalysisThiscourseexposesstudentstodifferentpowersystemprotec.onconceptsincludingcircuitbreakers,protec.onofdistribu.onandtransmissionlinesandmul.-machinestability.

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EEL5285-SmartGridforSustainableEnergy(3credits)Prereq:LinearControlsandExperiencewithMATLABSurveyofpowergridopera.onsandmarketsforstudentswithinterestinpowersystemsand/orsustainableenergy.Characteris.csoftradi.onalandnewenergyresources;howresourcesimpactthegrid;controlonmany.me-scales;howthepowergridandpowermarketsoftomorrowwilldifferfromthoseoftoday.

EEL5400-AirborneSensorsandInstrumentaOon(3credits)Remotesensingproblemsareformulatedintermsofinforma.onextrac.ontodecidewhatsensorsandalgorithmsareneededforagivenapplica.on.

EEL5401-AirborneLaserScanning:DataProcessing&Analysis(3credits)Studentslearnhowtoacquire,process,andanalyzelaserrangingdataandtou.lizeitforseveralearthscienceapplica.ons.

EEL5406-ComputaOonalPhotography(3credits)Prereq:EEL3135orequivalentorconsentofinstructorFundamentalsofcomputa.onalphotography,sensing,imagingandillumina.on.

EEL5417–AppliedMagneOsm&MagneOcMaterials(3credits)Introduc.ontomagne.sm,magne.cmaterials,andmagne.cdevices.Thecourseoffersabalanceoftheoryandapplica.onfromanappliedengineeringperspec.ve.

EEL5441-FundamentalsofPhotonics(3credits)Prereq:EEE3396and3472.Reviewofelectromagne.cfieldsandwaves,energybandsinsemiconductors,p-njunc.onsandop.calproper.esofsemiconductors.Fundamentalsofop.calmodulatorsandswitches,lasertheory,lasercharacteris.cs,photodetectors,op.calwaveguides,andphotonicapplica.ons.

EEL5447-LaserTheory&Design(3credits)Prereq:EEL4473andEEL4458orequivalent.Studyoflasersfrombasicprinciplestoopera.onalcharacteris.cs.

EEL5451L-PhotonicsLab(2credits)Prereq:EEL4440or4445or5441.Experimentsinwaveop.cs,acousto-op.cs,lasers,fiberop.cs,planarwaveguides,andcoherentop.cs.

EEL5462–AdvancedAntennaSystems(3credits)Prereq:EEL3472.Electromagne.cfieldtheoryanditsapplica.ontoantennadesign.

EEL5490-Lightning(3credits)Prereq:EEL3472.Introduc.ontolightningdischargeprocesses.Electromagne.csrelevanttolightningmeasurements.Applica.onsfordetermininglightningcharge,current,loca.on,andcharacteris.cs.Lightningprotec.on.

EEL5547-IntroducOontoRadar(3credits)Prereq:EEL4516or5544.Basicprinciplesofcwandpulsedradar;angle,range,anddopplertracking;accuracyandresolu.on;signaldesign.

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Prereq:EEL4744C.Designsimula.on,fabrica.on,assembly,andtes.ngofintelligentrobo.cmachines.

EEL5718-ComputerCommunicaOons(3credits)Prereq:EEL4514.Designofdatacommunica.onnetworks:modems,terminals,errorcontrol,mul.plexing,messageswitching,anddataconcentra.on.

EEL5721-ReconfigurableCompuOng(3credits)Prereq:EEL4712CorEEL5764orconsentofinstructor.Fundamentalconceptsatintroductorygraduatelevelinreconfigurablecompu.ngbaseduponadvancedtechnologiesinfield-programmablelogicdevices.Topicsincludegeneralconcepts,devicearchitectures,designtools,metricsandkernels,systemarchitectures,andapplica.oncasestudies.

EEL5725–AcousOcs(3credits)Prereq:MAP2302andeither(EEL3111CorEEL3003)orpermissionoftheinstructor.Governingequa.onsforwaivetheoryofsound;characterofplanacous.cwavesand3-Dacous.cfields;soundtransmission/reflec.onataninterfacebetweentwomedia;wavestransmission/ajenua.oninducts;lowfrequencyapproxima.ons(lumped-elementmodeling)andtranducers;sourcesofsound.

EEL5733–AdvancedSystemsProgramming(3credits)Prereq:Opera.ngSystemsandArchitectureDevelop a deep understanding of operating system concepts and systems programming fundamentals and gain hands-on experience in systems programming by using Pthreads as well as implementing Linux device drivers and testing/verifying systems code for deadlock and race-freedom.EEL5737-PrinciplesofComputerDesign(3credits)Prereq:EEL4712Corequivalent;EEL3834orequivalent.Theproject’sprogrammingcomponentprimarilyusesascrip.nglanguage(Python)andrequiresbasicunderstandingofdatastructures,algorithms,andUnix.Thisclassprovidesabroadintroduc.ontothemainprinciplesandabstrac.onsforengineeringhardwareandsoiwaresystems,andin-depthstudiesoftheiruseoncomputersystemsacrossavarietyofdesigns,beitinopera.ngsystem,aclient/serverapplica.on,adatabaseserver,orafault-tolerantdiskcluster.

EEL5764-ComputerArchitecture(3credits)Prereq:EEL4713C,4744C,orequivalents.Fundamentalsindesignandquan.ta.veanalysisofmoderncomputerarchitectureandsystems,includinginstruc.onsetarchitecture,basicandadvancedpipelining,superscalarandVLIWinstruc.on-levelparallelism,memoryhierarchy,storage,andinterconnects.

EEL5840-FundamentalsofMachineLearning(3credits)Engineeringandhardwareconceptspertainingtodesignofintelligentcomputersystems.

EEL5855-CrossLayeredSecuritySystemsSecurity(3credits)Prereq:Programmingknowledge&PrinciplesofcomputersystemsdesignknowledgeDevelopanunderstandingoftheprinciplesofcomputersecurity,asitcrosseslayersofabstrac.on(applica.on,opera.ngsystem,hardwareandnetwork).Studentswilllearnchallengesofbuildingsecurecomputersystemswithexamplesandhands-onassignments.Currentresearchonthesechallengeswillbediscussed.Studentswillreviewandpresentconferencepapers.

EEL5905-IndividualWork(1-4creditspersec.onnumber);(max:6creditscounttowardgradua.on)

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Prereq:consentofadviser.Selectedproblemsorprojects.

EEL5934-SpecialTopicsinElectricalandComputerEngineering(1-3creditspersec.onnumber;max:18creditscounttowardgradua.on)

EEL6065-ECETechnicalWriOng(3credits)Aspecializedtechnicalwri.ngcourseforElectricalandComputerEngineeringgraduatestudents.

EEL6246-PowerElectronicsII(3credits)Prereq:EEE5317CorequivalentAdvancedtopicsincludingthemodelingofsingleandthree-phasepowerelectronicssystems,controldesignforsingleandthree-phasepowerelectronicssystems,reduc.onandmodelingofEMIforpowerelectronicssystemsandresonantpowerconverters.

EEL6486-ElectromagneOcFieldTheoryandApplicaOonsI(3credits)Prereq:undergraduatecourseinfieldsandwaves.Advancedelectrosta.cs,magnetosta.cs,.me-varyingelectromagne.cfields,wavepropaga.on,waveguides.

EEL6487-ElectromagneOcFieldTheoryandApplicaOonsII(3credits)Prereq:EEL6486.Electromagne.cradia.on,antennas,wavepropaga.oninanisotropicmedia.

EEL6503-SpreadSpectrum(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544andEEL6535.Techniquesandapplica.ons;spreadingsequencedesign;codedivisionmul.pleaccess;mul.-userdetec.on.

EEL6507-QueueingTheoryandDataCommunicaOons(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544.Introduc.ontobasicQueuingmodels;performanceanalysisofmul.pleaccessprotocols;errorcontrolstrategies.

EEL6509-WirelessCommunicaOons(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544.Introduc.on.Satelliteandcellularsystems,propaga.on,modula.ontechniques,mul.pleaccesstechniques,channelcoding,speechandvideocoding,andwirelesscomputernetworks.

EEL6528–DigitalCommunicaOonswithSo\ware-DefinedRadios(3credits)Prereq:EEL4514,EEL3834andEEL6535orEEL6509.Basicsofsoiware-definedradios;Introduc.ontoUSRPradiosandGNURadiosoiwareplaform;Prac.calcommunica.onalgorithmsanddesigns;Implementa.onofcommunica.onsystemsinUSRPradios.

EEL6532–InformaOonTheory(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544.Basicintroduc.ontoinforma.ontheory.Applica.onsofinforma.ontheorytocommunica.onsandotherrelatedareas.

EEL6533–DataAnalyOcsandDecisionSciences(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544.Hypothesistes.ngofsignalsinthepresenceofnoisebyBayes,Neyman-Pearson,minimaxcriteria;es.ma.onofsignalparameters.

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EEL6535-DigitalCommunicaOons(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544.Op.mumreceiverprinciples;analysisofdigitalandanalogcommunica.onsystemsinthepresenceofnoise;modelingofcommunica.onchannels.

EEL6537-SpectralSensingandSparseSignalRecovery(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544andEEE5502.Measurementandanalysisofsignalsandnoise.Digitalfilteringandspectralanalysis;fastFouriertransform.

EEL6550-ErrorCorrecOonCoding(3credits)Prereq:EEE5544orequivalent;Coreq:EEE5544orEEL4516.Introduc.ontoabstractalgebra,blockcodinganddecoding,convolu.onalcodinganddecoding,trelliscodedmodula.on,run-length-limitedcodes.

EEL6555-SignalProcessingforAcOveSensing(3Credits)Prereq:EEE6537orequivalent.Advancedtopicsonsignalprocessinginac.vesensingapplica.ons.

EEL6588–WirelessAdHocNetworks(3credits)Prereq:EEL5718,Graduatestudentstanding.Advancedresearch-orientedcoursecoveringvarioustopicsrelevanttoacuvng-edgetechnology,namelywirelessadhocnetworks,mobileadhocnetworks,wirelesssensornetworks,and/orwirelessmeshnetworks

EEL6591-WirelessNetworks(3credits)Prereq:EEL5718andknowledgeofprobabilityandsta.s.cs.Designandanalysisofwirelessnetworksincludingchannelcharacteris.cs,physicallayer,cellularconcepts,mul.pleaccesscontrolprotocols,FECandARQprotocols,resourcealloca.on,andwirelessstandards.

EEL6614-ModernControlTheoryI(3credits)Prereq:EEL5182.Op.miza.onofsystemsusingthecalculusofvaria.ons,dynamicprogramming,andthemaximumprinciple.Extensivestudyofthelinearplantwithaquadra.cperformanceindex.Observersanddynamiccompensators.

EEL6617-LinearMulOvariableControl(3credits)Prereq:EEL5182,MAS4105.Transfermatrixtheoryofsystems,emphasisonfeedback,internalstability,modelmatchingandtheassignmentofinvariantfactors.

EEL6686-EmbeddedSystemsSeminar(3credits)Prereq:EEL3701C,EEL3834,COP3530,EEL4713C,CDA5636,knowledgeofBasicUNIX/LINUXOS,compiler,andAssemblylanguage.Anembeddedsystemisanycompu.ngsystemotherthantradi.onalcomputersystems.Examplesincludeset-topboxes,digitalcameras,alarmsystems,automo.vesystems,aerospacesystems,andcellphones.Thiscourseisstructuredasaseminarcourseandwillreviewcuvng-edgepublica.onswithstudentpresenta.ons.

EEL6706-FaultTolerantComputerArchitecture(3credits)Prereq:EEL5764orCDA5155.Designandquan.ta.veanalysisoffaulttolerantarchitecturesanddependablesystemsincludingfundamentalissues,redundancytechniques,evalua.onmethods,designmethodology,andapplica.ons.

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EEL6763-ParallelComputerArchitecture(3credits)Prereq:EEL5764.Advancedarchitectureemphasizingdesignandquan.ta.veanalysisofparallelarchitectureandsystems,includingtheory,hardwaretechnologies,parallelandscalablearchitectures,andsoiwareconstructs.

EEL6814-NeuralNetworksforSignalProcessing(3credits)Prereq:EEE5502.Op.malfiltersinvectorspaces.Linearmachinesanddiscriminantfunc.ons.Gradientdescentlearningintheaddi.veneuralmodel.Performancemeasuresofmul.layerpercep.onsandHopfieldnetworks.Dynamicneuralnetworksandtheissuesofshorttermmemory.Unsupervisedlearningnetworks.

EEL6825-PaPernRecogniOonandIntelligentSystems(3credits)Prereq:MachineLearningDecisionfunc.ons;op.mumdecisioncriteria;trainingalgorithms;unsupervisedlearning;featureextrac.on,datareduc.on;poten.alfunc.ons;syntac.cpajerndescrip.on;recogni.ongrammars;machineintelligence.

EEL6827-FundamentalsofBiometricIdenOficaOon(3credits)Prereq:EEL-5840/EEL-4930ElementsofMachineIntelligenceorinstructorapproval.Methodsandprinciplesfortheautoma.ciden.fica.on/authen.ca.onofindividuals.Technologiesincludefingerprint,face,andirisbiometrics.Addi.onaltopicsincludebiometricsystemdesign,performanceevalua.on,mul.-modalbiometricsystems,andbiometricsystemsecurity.

EEL6841-MachineIntelligenceandSynthesis(3credits)Prereq:EEL5840.Theoryofmachineintelligenceappliedtogeneralproblemsofengineeringintelligentcomputersystemsandarchitectures.Applica.onsemphasized.

EEL6871–AutonomicCompuOng(3credits)Prereq:EEL5737orEEL6892.Introducesautonomiccompu.ngandnetworking(AC)systems.ACsystemsareITsystemscapableofself-management,self-healing,self-tuning,self-configura.onandself-protec.on.Introduc.ontothedefiningcharacteris.csofAC,whyitisnecessary,founda.onalACprinciplesbasedoncontroltheory,ar.ficialintelligenceandsystemsconcepts.

EEL6892-VirtualComputers(3credits)Prereq:EEL5764orCOP5615orequivalents.Techniquesforvirtualiza.onofnetworkedcomputersystems.Virtualmachines(classicVms,applica.onbinaryinterfaceVms,para-virtualiza.on)virtualdistributedfilesystems(filesystemproxies,call-forwarding)virtualnetworks(tunneling,virtualprivatenetworks).

EEL6905-IndividualWork(1-4credits*;max:6credits.**)Prereq:consentofadvisor.Selectedproblemsorprojects.

EEL6933-ECEGraduateSeminar(1credit)Prereq:Graduatestudentstatus.Explora.on of ECE research through presenta.ons by faculty members, graduate students, and invitedspeakers.

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EEL6935-SpecialTopicsinElectricalandComputerEngineering(1-4credits*;**)Topicsvary.

EEL6940-SupervisedTeaching(1-5credits***;max:3credits.**)S/Ugrading.

EEL6971-ResearchforMaster’sThesis(1-15credits*,max:6credits**)S/Ugrading.

EEL7979-AdvancedResearch(1-12credits*)Researchfordoctoralstudentsbeforeadmissiontocandidacy.Designedforstudentswithamaster’sdegreeinthefieldofstudyorforstudentswhohavebeenacceptedforadoctoralprogram.Notopentostudentswhohavebeenadmijedtocandidacy.S/Ugrading.

EEL7980-ResearchforDoctoralDissertaOon(1-15credits*)S/Ugrading.

EGN5949:PracOcum/Internship/CooperaOveWorkExperience(1-6;max:3credits.**)Prereq: graduate student. Prac.cal coopera.ve engineering work under approved industrial and facultysupervision.S/U.

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