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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas of Concentration
The ECE department offers seven undergraduate areas of concentration
for technical electives. These enable students to gain expertise and
specialized knowledge and personalize their programs of study.
All students specializing in electrical engineering must take at least
11 hours in one of the areas of concentration, including at least one
700-level class. Students must also take either a second concentration
of 11 hours in another of the areas (including one 700-level class), or two
additional concentrations of five hours each.
Students specializing in computer engineering must take 12 hours of
technical electives from a list of classes that includes subjects such as
microprocessors, signal processing, computer networks and architecture,
semiconductors and applied software design. Computer specialization
students also have the option of exploring additional areas of concentration
outside of computers, such as business, other engineering fields and
additional Electrical Engineering coursework.
Refer to the Undergraduate Handbook at http://ece.osu.edu for complete
information on all degree requirements.
Start planning your technical elective program early, to help ensure
desired courses will be available when needed.
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Circuits & Electronics
Beyond the core requirements, circuits and
electronics is available as an area of concentration.
Desktop and embedded computers are only
practical because of the advances in circuit design
in integrated circuits. All electrical systems depend
on electronic circuits that evolve to become smaller,
faster, cheaper, and better.
Students interested in circuits and electronics can
obtain more hands-on electronic experience by
studying both analog and digital integrated circuits.
RF/Microwave electronics is crucial in
implementation of wireless systems, including
integrated transceiver circuits and RF power
amplifiers.
classes
Electronics Lab: 327
Integrated Circuits:
620, 625, 720, 721, 722
Microwave/RF
Electronics for
Wireless: 620, 694R,
723 (course+lab)
Power Electronics:
624, 628, 724
Power electronics deals with circuit elements used
to transform, regulate, and manage power signals.
For more information
Contact any of the circuits and electronic faculty: Profs. Bibyk, DeGroat, Ismail,
Khalil, Roblin (chair), Rojas, Wang and Xu
ECE Major Spotlight is sponsored by the IEEE OSU Student Branch with
support from the following companies:
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Communications and Signal Processing
C
ommunication systems and signal
processing are long-standing areas of
interest for electrical engineers. Audio, image,
and video compression (JPEG, MPEG, MP3);
medical imaging (MRI), image denoising/
deblurring (Hubble telescope), music signal
processing, radar, wireless computing (iPhone),
sensor networks, and digital television are but
a few examples of today’s communication and
signal processing technologies.
A full set of technical electives are available for
further study in both disciplines. Some of these
are system oriented and prepare the student for
industry, while others are more theoretical and
are recommended for preparation for graduate
school.
For more information
Contact any of the communications and signal
processing faculty: Profs. Clymer, Coifman,
Ekici, El-Gamal, Eryilmaz, Ismail, Koksal,
Krishnamurthy, Martinez, Moses, Potter (chair),
Schniter and Shroff
classes
Communications:
501, 508 (lab), 702
Digital Signal
Processing:
600, 609 (lab), 700
Image Processing: 706, 706D, 707
Strong focus on
Communication and
Signal Processing: 501, 508 (lab), 600, 609 (lab), 700, 702
Preparation for
advanced studies: 700, 702
Estimation: 650*
Data processing
for transportation
applications: 675
* ECE 650 hours may only
be counted once in an
area of concentration even
though it appears in both
the Communications and
Control areas.
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Computers
C
omputer technology continues to be at the
heart of the growth that is taking place in
American industry. Its role remains strong in
business and manufacturing, while the consumer
industry is increasingly affected by improvements
in cost, size, and performance. Computers are
a strong element in any Electrical Engineering
program.
The Computer Engineering program allows
students to specialize in this important area and
has more specific guidelines for technical electives
(see the Undergraduate Handbook).
number of elective courses are available, both in
A
the ECE program and in the CpE program. Many
of the courses are design oriented and provide
excellent preparation for a job in industry. Others
provide a further development of the theory and
are especially effective in preparation for graduate
study in Computer Engineering.
classes
Computer Design: 561, 567 (lab), 662, 667 (lab), 694A, 694.03,
762, 764
Microprocessor
Systems: 765
Computer Interfaces
and Protocols,
Networking: 766
Robotics: 763
Preparation for
advanced studies:
662, 694A, (also 779
from Communications)
Component Based
Systems: 668, 767
For more information
Contact any of the computer faculty:
Computer Networks: Profs. Ekici, El-Gamal,
Eryilmaz, Khan, Klein, Koksal (chair), F. Özgüner,
Schniter and Shroff
Computer Systems: Profs. Çatalyürek, DeGroat, Khan, Klein (chair),
Krishnamurthy and F. Özgüner
Computer Vision/Image Processing/Multimedia: Profs. Clymer,
Krishnamurthy, Martinez (chair), Moses and Zheng
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Control
A
n automatic feedback control system is
composed of three key components. First,
there are sensors that measure the state of a system.
Second, there are actuators that can manipulate
system variables. Third, there is a decision-making
system (controller) that uses information from the
sensors to decide how to modulate the actuators
so that the overall system behaves in a desirable
manner. For instance, by sensing roll, pitch, and
yaw, the control system on board an airplane
can autonomously fly the plane in a smooth
manner even in the presence of significant wind
disturbances. Control systems are the essential
components in other aerospace systems, space
exploration, autonomous robots, automotive
systems, manufacturing, and intelligent systems.
With its emphasis on analysis and design for
complex systems, students frequently find control a
fascinating area of study.
classes
Introduction to
Feedback Control: 551, 557 (lab)
Analog Control: 752
Digital Control:
755, 757 (lab)
Strong focus on
Control: 752, 753.01, 753.02, 755, 757 (lab)
Preparation for
advanced studies: 650*, 750, 752, 754, 755, 757 (lab)
Some of the control elective courses listed on the
right are design oriented and focused on preparing
a student for entry into industry; others have a
more theoretical perspective and are especially
effective preparation for graduate study in control.
Control Applications: 753.01, 753.02, 757 (lab), 758 (lab)
For more information
Contact any of the control faculty: Profs. Coifman,
Hemami, U. Özgüner, Passino, Serrani, Utkin
(chair) and Yurkovich
* ECE 650 hours may only
be counted once in an
area of concentration
even though it appears in
both the Communications
and Control areas.
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Numerical Techniques: 759
Electromagnetics and Optics
E
lectromagnetics is fundamental to all physicsbased electrical engineering, such as antennas
and propagation, photonics, solid state electronics,
and power systems. Electromagnetism plays a
central role in wireless/optical communications
systems, radar, and remote sensing systems. For
example, in addition to AM-FM radio and cellular
antennas, future automobiles are predicted to have
radar antennas for use with an automated highway
system, tracking antennas for use with the Global
Positioning System (GPS), and communication
antennas to receive information about road
conditions. A growing area of electromagnetics is
electromagnetic compatibility, which involves the
design of electronics which can operate properly
even in the presence of electromagnetic fields
generated from other sources.
In medicine, magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) machines involve structures which must
produce a very uniform magnetic field so as not
to distort the image. Within the optical portion
of the electromagnetic spectrum, coherent light
from a laser and light from incoherent sources
drive research in information technology,
telecommunications, health care, the life sciences,
optical sensing, lighting, energy, manufacturing, and
national defense. The use of light provides a route to
compact and high bandwidth systems.
For more information Contact any of the EM and optics
faculty: Profs. Anderson, Johnson, Khalil, J. Lee (chair),
R. Lee, Reano, Rojas, Roblin, Teixeira and Volakis
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classes
All classes, except 719, are
practically oriented and
are designed for students
entering industry or
graduate school.
Electromagnetics Lab: 517 (lab)
Electromagnetic
Compatibility: 614
Microwave Circuits
and Lab: 710, (also 723
from Circuits area)
Antennas and
Radiation: 613, 711
Radio Wave
Propagation: 713
Radar Systems: 714
Optics: 716, 717, (also
732, 737, 731 from Solid
State Electronics and
Photonics area)
Electromagnetic Field
Theory: 719
Numerical Methods: 715
Sustainable Energy & Power Systems
S
ince the electric power industry’s modest origins
in 1882, the technology to generate, transport,
and use electricity has expanded and modernized
at an astounding rate. Today the electric power
industry is among the leaders in using high
technology. It has grown from Thomas A. Edison’s
first electric power company, which provided
energy to roughly a quarter-square-mile area, to the
largest single industry in the United States.
Electric power engineers have a large choice of
areas. For example, they are involved in system and
component design, electric machines and control
of machines, construction and installation, system
operation and maintenance, management, system
instrumentation and control, communication and
data systems, and energy management. Power
Electronics is a relatively new area in electric power
engineering in which electric power is processed by
solid state converters into many desirable forms.
Additionally, there are many career options in
each of the above general areas. Examples of
these potential challenges include high-voltage
applications, computer controls, and long-range
planning. Research into new energy sources and
their power electronics control will provide further
opportunities for electric power engineers.
For more information
Contact any of the energy and power faculty: Profs.
Kasten, Keyhani, Passino, Ringel, Wang (chair) and
Xu
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classes
Electric Power
Systems: 740, 741
Electric Machines, and
Control of Machines: 447 (lab), 643, 743
High Voltage
Engineering: 747
(incl. lab)
Industrial/Comm Power
Systems: 640
Renewable Energy:
694.01
Power Electronics Devices and Circuits I and II: 624, 724 (also
in Circuits area)
Electronic Devices and Circuit Laboratory: 628
(also in Circuits area)
Solid State Electronics and Photonics
T
he future is leading to technologies involving
billions of transistors on a chip, beyond
megahertz logic to gigahertz logic, beyond
gigahertz analog to terahertz analog, to new
optoelectronic systems for processing information,
even toward computational systems with billions
of analog processors, comparable to the number of
neurons in the human brain.
classes
Semiconductors for
Microelectronics
and Optoelectronics:
694.05, 730, 736
Integrated Circuit
Solid state electronics encompasses the study
Processing: 637 (lab),
and design of the physical systems that allow
734, 735
these advances to be made. This includes the
study and design of electronic materials for novel
Photonics: 731, 732, 737
devices, and nanofabrication of nanoscale devices.
(lab), (also 716 and 717
Photonics combines physical electronics with light.
in the Electromagnetics
It spans from the generation or emission of light,
area)
through engineering the manipulation of light
Nanofabrication &
for communications or information processing,
Nanomanufacturing:
to detection of information carried by light. Solid
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state electronics and photonics ranges from the
design of VLSI circuits to the study of the impact of
a single layer of atoms on the electronic properties
of a device; from the study of light emission
from laser diodes to the design of solar cells for converting optical energy into
electrical energy; from the engineering of novel electronic materials to the
design of processes for manufacturing integrated circuits.
For more information
Contact any of the solid state electronics and photonics area: Profs. Anderson,
Berger, Brillson, Lu, Rajan, Ringel, Roblin, Valco (chair) and White
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