Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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446 ENGINEERING CENTER 
(248) 370-2177 
FAX: (248) 370-4633

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Chairperson: Osamah A. Rawashdeh

Professors emeriti: Richard E. Haskell, Naim A. Kheir, Keith R. Kleckner, Nan K. Loh, Tung H. Weng, Howard R. Witt

Professors: Hoda S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Daniel N. Aloi, Ka C. Cheok, Manohar Das, Subramaniam Ganesan, Edward Y.L. Gu, Darrin Hanna, Jia Li, Hongwei Qu, Osamah Rawashdeh, Mohamed A. Zohdy

Associate professors: Brian Dean, Daniel Llamocca

Assistant professors: Shadi Alawneh, Seyed Ali Arefifar, Jun Chen, Amanpreet Kaur, Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie

Special Instructor: Steven Louis, Khalid Mirza, Michel Sultan

Adjunct professor: Mutasim Salman, Housein Dourra

Adjunct associate professor: Anson Lee

Adjunct assistant professor: Randy Graca, Micho Radovnikovich

Advisory Board

The Electrical and Computer Engineering External Advisory and Development Board assists the department in enhancing its educational and research programs and ensuring their relevance to current and emerging technological needs.

Board members are:

Dona Burkard, Consultant, (former) Ford Motor Company, Research Manager - Vehicle Electrical & Software Architecture, AI, Cyber Security

Anthony D. Cooprider, Ph.D., Senior Technical Leader, Global EE Systems, Ford Motor Company

Housein Dourra, Ph.D., Senior Staff Powertrain Specialist Corporate Engineering and R&D, Magna International

Byron Gillespie, Director of Engineering, Intel Corporation

Mike Hichme, Executive Director, User Experience, General Motors Corporation

Greg Hudas, Ph.D., DoD/OSD Program Manager, Robots in Manufacturing Environments, US Army RDECOM-TARDEC

Steve Polakowski, President, ESG Automotive

Chris Van Dan Elzen, Vice President, Product Planning, Autoliv

Paul VanOphem, President, CSM Products, Inc.

General Information

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering carries out the mission of the School of Engineering and Computer Science by offering separate undergraduate majors in Electrical Engineering and in Computer Engineering. The department also offers masters programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Systems Engineering, and Embedded Systems, as well as a Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The undergraduate programs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission ABET.

Schedule of classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

Programs

• Computer Engineering, B.S.E.
• Electrical Engineering, B.S.E.

Courses

• ECE 2005 - Electric Circuits
• ECE 2700 - Digital Logic Design
• ECE 3100 - Electronic Circuits and Devices I
• ECE 3105 - Electronic Circuits and Devices II
• ECE 3204 - Signals and Systems
• ECE 3300 - Electromagnetics I
• ECE 3600 - Electrical Machines
• ECE 3710 - Computer Hardware Design
• ECE 3720 - Microprocessors
• ECE 4110 - Automotive Electronics
• ECE 4120 - Industrial Electronics
• ECE 4130 - Electronic Materials and Devices
• ECE 4132 - VLSIC Design of Digital Chips
• ECE 4135 - Integrated Electronics
• ECE 4210 - Communication Systems
• ECE 4220 - Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing
• ECE 4230 - Satellite-based Positioning System
• ECE 4305 - Electromagnetics II
• ECE 4310 - Antennas
• ECE 4320 - Electromagnetic Compatibility
• ECE 4400 - Automatic Control Systems
• ECE 4410 - Digital Control Systems
• ECE 4415 - Microcomputer-based Control Systems
• ECE 4500 - Robotic Systems and Control
• ECE 4510 - Machine Vision
• ECE 4520 - Automotive Mechatronics I
• ECE 4605 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion II
• ECE 4610 - Introduction to Power Electronics
• ECE 4620 - Electrical Energy Systems
• ECE 4630 - Electric and Hybrid Drive Systems
• ECE 4710 - Computer Hardware Design
• ECE 4721 - Embedded Systems Design
• ECE 4900 - ST: Embedded Artificial Intelligence
• ECE 4996 - Independent Study
• ECE 4998 - Senior Project
• ECE 4999 - Senior Design

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