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Courses Taught by Professor Grigore Braileanu
Currently taught courses
- EENG 202
Circuit Analysis II 3 credits
- Continuation of EENG 201. Operational amplifiers; sinusoidal steady-state analysis;
RMS value; real power, reactive power, and complex power; three-phase circuits;
magnetically coupled circuits; transformers; frequency response; resonance;
complex frequency; two-port circuits. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: EENG 201 with at least C (2.0) grade. Spring.
- EENG 311
Signals and Systems 4 credits
- Signals and systems; types of signals; properties of
systems; convolution integral. Fourier series. Fourier transform and
applications. Laplace transform and applications. Four hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites: EENG 202, MATH 260. Spring.
- EENG 322
Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineering 3 credits
- Introduction to Probability. Elements of Statistics. Random
variables. Applications of probabilities and random processes in electrical
engineering. Three hours of lecture per week. Corequisite: EENG 311.
Spring.
- EENG 411
Introduction to Control Systems 3 credits
- Analysis and design of linear closed-loop systems;
stability; design based on root locus and root contours; design based on
Nyquist and Bode plots. A package of computer programs is used for homework
and design problems. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: EENG 304,
EENG 311. Fall.
- EENG 412
Digital Control Systems 3 credits
- Classical and modern control system analysis and design
techniques. Sampling; stability; frequency response; root locus; state
variables in discrete time; controllability; observability; state variable
feedback; pole placement and observers. A package of computer programs is used
for homework and a design project. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: EENG 411. Spring.
- EENG 424
Digital Signal Processing 3 credits
- Discrete Fourier Transform and circular convolution; Fast
Fourier Transform; use of windows in spectral estimation; filter
approximations; design and realization of IIR and FIR digital filters; effects
of finite word size; sampling rate conversion. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: EENG 311. On demand.
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EENG 425 Communication and Controls Laboratory 3 credits
- Experimental investigation of concepts and subsystems used
in communications and controls. Three hours lab per week. Concurrent with EENG
411 and EENG 421. Fall.
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EENG 491L Senior Design Project I 2 credits
- Students work as a team to produce a project proposal. The
proposal must describe the project requirements, conceptual design, management
plan and project cost. Prequisite: EENG 391. Fall.
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EENG 492 Senior Design Project II 3 credits
- Implementation, management, and completion of the project
proposed in EENG 491. Use of resources within and outside of the team to
accomplish the project objectives. Project documentation. Demonstration of
compliance with requirements. Presentation of results and submission of
comprehensive written report. Prerequisite: EENG 491. Spring.
List of all the courses taught at Gonzaga University
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CPEN 230 Introduction to Digital Logic 3 credits
- Number systems and codes, Boolean Algebra, Logic gates and
flip-flops. Combinational and Sequential Logic Design. Three hours lecture per
week. Prerequisite: None. Fall and Spring.
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CPEN 230L Introduction to Digital Logic Lab 1 credit
- 1 credit Three hours lab per week. Concurrent with CPEN 230.
Fall and Spring.
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CPEN 231 Microcomputer Architecture and Assembly Programming 3 credits
- Study of components of simple computer systems: CPUs, Memory, Registers, Busses,
Computer control, Microprogramming,
Assembly language programming. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites:
CPEN 230, CPSC 122. Fall and Spring.
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EENG 201 Circuit Analysis I 3 credits
- Fundamental electrical laws; network theorems. Basic
circuit elements: resistance, inductance, capacitance, independent and
controlled sources, and op-amps. Techniques of circuit analysis; steady-state
and transient responses; first-order and second-order circuits; complex
numbers; sinusoidal analysis. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: MATH
259, PHYS 204 with at least C- (1.7) grade. Corequisites: MATH 260.
Spring. Note: EENG 201 must be passed with at least a C (2.0)
grade in order that a student may proceed to a subsequent course for which
EENG 201 is a prerequisite.
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EENG 201L Circuit Analysis I Lab 1 credit
- Taken concurrently with lecture course (EENG 201). Three
hours laboratory per week. Spring.
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EENG 201R Circuit Analysis I Recitation 0 credit
- Must be taken concurrently with EENG 201. Spring.
- EENG 322
Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineering 3 credits
- Introduction to Probability. Elements of Statistics. Random
variables. Applications of probabilities and random processes in electrical
engineering. Three hours of lecture per week. Corequisite: EENG 311.
Spring.
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EENG 403 Passive and Active Filter Design 3 credits
- Properties of network functions; properties and
realizations of LC and RC driving point functions; passive realizations of
transfer functions; Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessel filter approximations;
design techniques for low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-elimination
filters. Basic building blocks for active filters; direct and cascade
realization approaches. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: EENG 311.
On demand.
- EENG 411
Introduction to Control Systems 3 credits
- Analysis and design of linear closed-loop systems;
stability; design based on root locus and root contours; design based on
Nyquist and Bode plots. A package of computer programs is used for homework
and design problems. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisites: EENG 304,
EENG 311. Fall.
- EENG 412
Digital Control Systems 3 credits
- Classical and modern control system analysis and design
techniques. Sampling; stability; frequency response; root locus; state
variables in discrete time; controllability; observability; state variable
feedback; pole placement and observers. A package of computer programs is used
for homework and a design project. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: EENG 411. Spring.
- EENG 424
Digital Signal Processing 3 credits
- Discrete Fourier Transform and circular convolution; Fast
Fourier Transform; use of windows in spectral estimation; filter
approximations; design and realization of IIR and FIR digital filters; effects
of finite word size; sampling rate conversion. Three hours lecture per week.
Prerequisite: EENG 311. On demand.
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EENG 425 Communication and Controls Laboratory 3 credits
- Experimental investigation of concepts and subsystems used
in communications and controls. Three hours lab per week. Concurrent with EENG
411 and EENG 421. Fall.
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EENG 491L Senior Design Project I 2 credits
- Students work as a team to produce a project proposal. The
proposal must describe the project requirements, conceptual design, management
plan and project cost. Prequisite: EENG 391. Fall.
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EENG 492 Senior Design Project II 3 credits
- Implementation, management, and completion of the project
proposed in EENG 491. Use of resources within and outside of the team to
accomplish the project objectives. Project documentation. Demonstration of
compliance with requirements. Presentation of results and submission of
comprehensive written report. Prerequisite: EENG 491. Spring.
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