74 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION Latour; A. M. Meystel; A. Neugroschel. Assistant Pro- fessors: D. E. Burk; H. Lam; P. P. Khargonekar; D. R. MacQuigg. Eglin AFB Extension Service: R. Yii. The Department of Electrical Engineering offers the Master of Engineering, Master of Science, Engineer, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The department offers graduate study and research in biomedical engineering, computer engineering, communications, systems and cir- cuits, physical electronics, applied electronics, fields and waves, electric energy engineering, electromechanical systems, and other engineering areas. SGraduate students in the Department of Electrical Engineering have bachelor's degrees from many areas- electrical engineering, other engineering disciplines, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and other technical fields. The Department of Electrical Engineering offers both thesis and nonthesis options for the master's degree. In the thesis option a student shall complete 33 semester credit hours with a maximum of six semester credit hours and a minimum of one semester credit hour of EEL 6971 (Research for Master's Thesis). The supervisory commit- tee shall determine the appropriate number of thesis hours a student shall be required to take for the thesis. Thus, 27 or more semester hours of course work are re- quired. The course requirements include a minimum of 12 hours of 6000-level course credit and a minimum of 12 hours at the 5000- or 6000-level in electrical engineer- ing. Excluded from satisfying these course requirements are EEL 6910 (Supervised Research), EEL 6940 (Supervised Teaching), and EEL 6971 (Research for Master's Thesis). No more than eight hours of Individual Work (EEL 5905 or EEL 6905) may be counted toward the degree. Students who accept research assistantships will normally take the thesis option. In the nonthesis option a student shall complete 33 semester credit hours with a maximum of four semester credit hours of Individual Work (EEL 5905 or EEL 6905). The course requirements include a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of 6000-level course credit and a minimum of 18 semester credit hours at the 5000- or 6000-level in electrical engineering. Excluded from satis- fying these course requirements are EEL 6910 (Supervised Research), EEL 6932 (Graduate Seminar), EEL 6940 (Supervised Teaching) and EEL 6971 (Research for Master's Thesis). All prospective doctoral students must take the Ph.D. entrance examination at the earliest opportunity. The examination which may include both written and oral portions can be administered at any time during the year. Study for the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the University of Florida by qualified master's, degree recipients at the University of Central Florida is facilitated by a cooperative arrangement in which appropriate members of the faculty of UCF are members of the graduate faculty of the University of Florida. The following course listing indicates the major areas of faculty interest. Special Topics courses EEL 5934 and EEL 6935 and Individual Work courses EEL 5905 and EEL 6905 cover a wide variety of subjects for which there are no present courses. CDA 6108-Advanced Computer Architecture (3) Prereq: EEL 5761 or COP 5622. Evaluation, study, and comparison of com- puter systems. Development of formal and informal models of computer architecture. Topics of current interest in computer organization. COP 5630-Software Engineering (3) Prereq: COP 3110 or COP 3212. Principles of software design and engineering. Includes topics in project organization, specification techniques, reliability measurement, documentation. EEL 5134-Analysis of Nonlinear Systems (2) Prereq: EEL 5182. Analysis of nonlinear systems by Liapunov theory, perturbation, and describing functions. EEL 5182-State Variable Methods in Linear Systems (3) Prereq: EEL 3135. Linear algebra and state variable methods for design and analysis of discrete and continuous linear systems. EEL 5268-Control of Electric Energy Systems (3) Prereq: EEL 4214 or equivalent. Voltage, frequency, and power control in normal and emergency system states. Effects of channel crosscoupling. Dynamic modeling with emphasis on simplified model versions. EEL 5370C-Applied Electronics (4) Modern communication circuits. Laboratory. EEL 5485-Applied Magnetics (3) Prereq: graduate student status. Introduction to the design and use of magnetic com- ponents. Piecewise linear modeling. Examples include inductors, dc to dc converters, tape recordings, and magnetic bubble technology. EEL 5544-Noise in Linear Systems (3) Passage of electrical noise and signals through linear systems. Statistical representa- tion of random signals, electrical noise, and spectra. EEL 5547-Introduction to Radar (2) Prereq: general knowledge of communications systems (EEL 4514) with some knowledge of noise analysis (EEL 4516). Design, operation and performance of pulsed, pulsed-doppler, CW, FM and tracking radar systems. EEL 5631-Digital Control Systems (3) Prereq: EEL 3701, EEL 4657. A study of the digital computer as a control element, classical sampled data control theory, and applications with microcomputers. EEL 5718C-Computer Communications (3) Prereq: EEL 4514. Design of data communication networks: modems, terminals, error control, multiplexing, message switching, and data concen- tration. Laboratory. EEL 5719-Digital Filtering (3) Analysis and design of digital filters for discrete signal processing; spectral analysis; fast Fourier transform. EEL 5745C-Microcomputer Hardware and Software (4) Prereq: EEL 3701 and either EEL 3304 or 3003. Functional behavior of microprocessors, memory, peripheral support inte- grated circuit hardware; microcomputer system and develop- ment software; applications. Laboratory. EEL 5761-Hardware-Software Interactions: Time Sharing System (3) Prereq: EEL 4713C. Input-output control and inter- face, resource sharing and allocation. Software (hardware) extensions of hardware (software) functions. Digital system evaluation. EEL 5768-Computer Interfacing (3) Prereq: EEL 4713C. Func- tional, logical, and timing requirements in the control of peripheral equipment. Peripheral-processor communication and protocol. EEL 5821-Data Base Engineering (3) Prereq: EEL 4713C. Languages and models for structures of information, search and matching techniques, equipment technology, retrieval systems, structure and file evaluation. EEL 5905-Individual Work (1-4; max: 8) Prereq: consent of advisor. Selected problems or projects. EEL 5934-Special Topics in Electrical Engineering (1-3; max: 8) EEL 6156-Advanced Circuit Analysis (3) Advanced techniques of circuit analysis. Design objectives, performance functions, optimization techniques applied to circuit design. EEL 6171-Advanced System Theory (4) Structural analysis of linear dynamical systems. Invariance, F and C invariance, con- strained reachabirity, pole assignment and stability, advanced topics in linear algebra useful in mathematical system theory. EEL 6264-Advanced Electric Energy Systems I (3) Prereq: EEL 4214 or consent of instructor. Energy systems planning and operation with emphasis on advanced analysis methodologies and computer simulation. EEL 6265-Advanced Electric Energy Systems II (3) Prereq: EEL 6264. Continuation of EEL 6264 with additional emphasis given to the new electric energy technologies. EEL 6267-Advanced Electromechnical Energy Conversion (2) Electromechanical energy conversion processes from a general systems theory point of view. New approaches in research and development of advanced electrical motors and generators with their controls. Electrical motors and control systems for intelligent machines. EEL 6311-Electronic Circuits I (3) Prereq: required undergraduate electronics and control sequences. Analysis and