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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

CPEN 230L Introduction to Digital Logic Lab  1 credit
1 credit  Three hours lab per week. Concurrent with CPEN 230. Fall and Spring.

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.

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.

EENG 201L Circuit Analysis I Lab  1 credit
Taken concurrently with lecture course (EENG 201). Three hours laboratory per week. Spring.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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