Department of Electrical Engineering
http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/ee
Professors: Naofal Al-Dhahir, Larry
P. Ammann, Poras T. Balsara, Andrew J. Blanchard, Cyrus D. Cantrell III, Yves
J. Chabal, David E. Daniel, John P. Fonseka, William R. Frensley, Andrea F.
Fumagalli, Matthew Goeckner, Bruce E. Gnade, John H. L. Hansen, C. R. Helms,
Louis R. Hunt (emeritus), Nasser Kehtarnavaz, Kamran Kiasaleh, Moon J. Kim, Gil
S. Lee, Philipos C. Loizou, Duncan L. MacFarlane, Aria Nosratinia, Kenneth O, Raimund
J. Ober, Lawrence J. Overzet, William Pervin (emeritus), Mario A. Rotea, Carl
Sechen, Mark W. Spong, Don W. Shaw (emeritus), Lakshman S. Tamil, Mathukumalli
Vidyasagar, Robert M. Wallace, Dian Zhou
Research Professor: Vojin Oklobdzija
Associate Professors: Dinesh Bhatia,
Gerald O. Burnham, Jiyoung Kim, Jeong-Bong Lee, Jin Liu, Hlaing Minn, Won Namgoong, Mehrdad Nourani, Issa
Panahi, Robert Rennaker, M. Saquib, Murat Torlak, Eric Vogel
Assistant Professors: Bhaskar
Banerjee, Leonidas Bleris, Carlos A. Busso, Nicholas Gans, Rashaunda Henderson,
Walter Hu, Roozbeh Jafari, Hoi Lee
Research Assistant Professors: Wooil Kim, Kostas Kokkinakis
Senior Lecturers: Charles
P. Bernardin, Nathan B. Dodge, Edward J. Esposito, Muhammad A. Kalam, Jung Lee,
Randall E. Lehmann, P. K. Rajasekaran, Ricardo E. Saad, Marco Tacca
The program leading to the M.S.E.E. degree provides
intensive preparation for professional practice in the high technology
microelectronic and telecommunications aspects of electrical engineering. It is
designed to serve the needs of engineers who wish to continue their education.
Courses are offered at a time and location convenient for the student who is
employed on a full-time basis.
The objective of the doctoral program in electrical
engineering is to prepare individuals to perform original, leading edge
research in the broad areas of communications and signal processing; digital
systems; microelectronics and nanoelectronics, optics, optoelectronics;
lightwave devices and systems; and wireless communications. Because of our
strong collaborative programs with Dallas-area microelectronics and
telecommunications companies, special emphasis is placed on preparation for
research and development positions in these high technology industries.
The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science has developed a state-of-the-art computational facility
consisting of a network of Sun servers and Sun Engineering Workstations. All
systems are connected via an extensive fiber-optic Ethernet and, through the
Texas Higher Education Network, have direct access to most major national and
international networks. In addition, many personal
computers are available for student use.
The Engineering and Computer Science Building and the new
Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory provide extensive
facilities for research in microelectronics, telecommunications, and computer
science. A Class 10000 microelectronics clean room facility, including e-beam
lithography, sputter deposition, PECVD, LPCVD, etch, ash and evaporation, is
available for student projects and research. The Plasma Applications and
Science Laboratories have state-of-the-art facilities for mass spectrometry,
microwave interferometry, optical spectroscopy, optical detection, in situ ellipsometry and FTIR spectroscopy. In addition, a
modified Gaseous Electronics Conference Reference Reactor has been installed
for plasma processing and particulate generation studies. Research in
characterization and fabrication of nanoscale materials and devices is
performed in the Nanoelectronics Laboratory. The Optical Measurements Laboratory has dual wavelength (visible and
near infrared) Gaertner Ellipsometer for optical inspection of material
systems, a variety of interferometric configurations, high precision
positioning devices, and supporting optical and electrical components. The
Optical Communications Laboratory includes attenuators, optical power meters,
lasers, APD/p-i-n photodetectors, optical tables, and couplers and is available
to support system level research in optical communications. The Photonic
Testbed Laboratory supports research in photonics and optical communications
with current-generation optical networking test equipment. The Nonlinear Optics
Laboratory has a network of Sun workstations for the numerical simulation of
optical transmission systems, optical routers and all-optical networks. The
Electronic Materials Processing laboratory has extensive facilities for
fabricating and characterizing semiconductor and optical devices. The Laser
Electronics Laboratory houses graduate research projects centered on the
characterization, development and application of ultrafast dye and diode
lasers.
The Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems (CICS)
promotes education and research in the following areas: digital, analog and
mixed-signal integrated circuit design and test; multimedia, DSP and telecom
circuits and systems; rapid-prototyping; computer architecture and CAD
algorithms. There are several laboratories affiliated with this center. These
laboratories are equipped with a network of workstations, personal computers,
FPGA development systems, prototyping equipment, and a wide spectrum of
state-of-the-art commercial and academic design tools to support graduate
research in circuits and systems.
The Multimedia Communications Laboratory has a dedicated
network of PC’s, Linux stations, and multi-processor, high performance
workstations for analysis, design and simulation of image and video processing
systems. The Signal and Image Processing (SIP) Laboratory has a dedicated
network of PC's equipped with digital camera and signal processing hardware
platforms allowing the implementation of advanced image processing algorithms. The Statistical Signal Processing Laboratory
is dedicated to research in statistical and acoustic signal processing for
biomedical and non-biomdedical applications. It is equipped with high-peformance computers and powerful textual and
graphical software platforms to analyze advanced signal processing methods,
develop new algorithms, and perform system designs and simulations. The Acoustic Research Laboratory provides
number of test-beds and associated equipment for signal measurements, system
modeling, real-time implementation and testing of algorithms related to
audio/acoustic/speech signal processing applications such as active noise
control, speech enhancement, dereverberation, echo cancellation, sensor arrays,
psychoacoustic signal processing, etc.
The
Center for Robust Speech Systems (CRSS) is focused on a wide range of research
in the area of speech signal processing, speech and speaker recognition, and
speech/language technology. CRSS is affiliated with HLTRI in the Erik Jonsson
School, and collaborates extensively with faculty and programs across UTD on
speech and language research. CRSS supports an extensive network of
workstations, as well as a High-Performance Compute Cluster with over 15TB of
diskspace and 72 CPU ROCS multi-processor cluster. The center also is equipped
with several Texas Instruments processors for real-time processing of speech
signals, and two ASHA certified sound booths for perceptual/listening based
studies and for speech data collection. CRSS supports mobile speech interactive
systems through the UTDrive program for in-vehicle driver-behavior systems, and
multi-modal based interaction systems via image-video-speech research.
The Broadband Communication Laboratory has design and
modeling tools for fiber and wireless transmission systems and networks, and
all-optical packet routing and switching. The Advanced Communications
Technologies (ACT) Laboratory provides a design and evaluation environment for
the study of telecommunication systems and wireless and optical networks. ACT
has facilities for designing network hardware, software, components, and
applications.
The Center for Systems, Communications, and Signal
Processing, with the purpose of promoting research and education in general
communications, signal processing, control systems, medical and biological
systems, circuits and systems and related software, is located in the Erik
Jonsson School.
The Wireless Information Systems (WISLAB) and Antenna
Measurement Laboratories have wireless experimental equipment with a unique
multiple antenna testbed to integrate and to demonstrate radio functions (i.e.
WiFi and WiMAX) under different frequency usage characteristics. With the aid
of the Antenna Measurement Lab located in the Waterview Science and Technology
Center (WSTC), the researchers can design, build, and test many types of
antennas.
The faculty of the Erik Jonsson School’s Photonic Technology
and Engineering Center (PhoTEC) carry out research in enabling technologies for
microelectronics and telecommunications. Current research areas include
nonlinear optics, Raman amplification in fibers, optical switching, applications of optical lattice filters, microarrays,
integrated optics, and optical networking.
In addition to the facilities on campus, cooperative
arrangements have been established with many local industries to make their
facilities available to UT Dallas graduate engineering students.
The
University’s general admission requirements are discussed here.
A student lacking undergraduate prerequisites for graduate
courses in electrical engineering must complete these prerequisites or receive
approval from the graduate adviser and the course instructor.
A diagnostic exam may be required. Specific admission
requirements follow.
The student entering the M.S.E.E. program should meet the
following guidelines:
An undergraduate preparation equivalent
to a baccalaureate in electrical engineering from an accredited engineering
program, A grade point average in upper-division quantitative course work of
3.0 or better on a 4-point scale, and GRE scores of 500, 700 and 4 for the
verbal, quantitative and analytical writing components, respectively, are
advisable based on our experience with student success in the program.
Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation from
individuals who are able to judge the candidate’s probability of success in
pursuing a program of study leading to the master’s degree. Applicants must also submit an essay
outlining the candidate’s background, education and professional goals. Students
from other engineering disciplines or from other science and math areas may be
considered for admission to the program; however, some additional course work
may be necessary before starting the master’s program.
The
University’s general degree requirements are discussed here.
The M.S.E.E. requires a minimum of 33 semester hours.
All students must have an academic advisor and an approved
degree plan. These are based upon the student’s choice of concentration
(Communications and Signal Processing; Digital Systems; Circuits and Systems; RF
and Microwave Engineering, Biomedical Applications of Electrical Engineering, Solid
State Devices and Micro Systems Fabrication; Optical Devices, Materials and
Systems). Courses taken without advisor approval will not count toward the 33
semester-hour requirement. Successful completion of the approved course of
studies leads to the M.S.E.E., M.S.E.E. with major in Telecommunications, or
M.S.E.E. with major in Microelectronics degree.
The M.S.E.E. program has both a thesis and a non-thesis
option. All part-time M.S.E.E. students will be assigned initially to the
non-thesis option. Those wishing to elect the thesis option may do so by
obtaining the approval of a faculty thesis supervisor. With the prior approval
of an academic advisor, non-thesis students may count no more than 6
semester-hours of research or individual instruction courses towards the
33-hour degree requirement.
All full-time, supported students are required to
participate in the thesis option. The thesis option requires six semester hours
of research, a written thesis submitted to the graduate school, and a formal
public defense of the thesis. The supervising committee administers this
defense and is chosen in consultation with the student’s thesis adviser prior
to enrolling for thesis credit. Research and thesis hours cannot be counted in a M.S.E.E. degree plan unless a thesis is written and
successfully defended.
This degree program is designed for students who want a M.S.E.E. without a designated degree specialization. One
of the six concentrations listed below, subject to approval by a graduate
adviser, should be used to fulfill the requirements of this program. Students must achieve an overall GPA of 3.0 or better, a
GPA of 3.0 or better in their core MSEE classes, and a grade of B- or better in
all their core MSEE classes in order to satisfy their degree requirements.
Within Telecommunications, there are two concentrations:
Communications and Signal Processing, and Digital Systems.
Communications and Signal Processing
This curriculum emphasizes the application and theory of all
phases of modern communications and signal processing used in
telecommunications.
Each student electing this concentration must take EESC
6349, EESC 6352, and EESC 6360, and one of the following: EESC 6331, EESC 6340,
EESC 6350 (12 hours).
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
Digital Systems
The goal of the curriculum is to educate students about
issues arising in the design and analysis of digital systems, an area relevant
to a variety of high-technology industries. Because the emphasis is on systems,
course work focuses on three areas: hardware design, software design, analysis
and modeling.
Each student electing this concentration must take four
required courses. Two of the courses are EEDG 6301 and EEDG 6304. The remaining
two must be selected from EEDG 6302, EECT 6325, and EEDG 6345 (12 hours).
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
Within Microelectronics, there are five concentrations:
Circuits and Systems; Solid State Devices and Micro Systems Fabrication;
Optical Devices, Materials and Systems, RF and Microwave Engineering, and
Biomedical Applications of Electrical Engineering.
Circuits and Systems
The courses in this curriculum emphasize the design and test
of circuits and systems, and the analysis and modeling of integrated circuits.
Each student electing this concentration must take five
required courses: Two of the courses are: EECT 6325 and EECT 6326. The
remaining three must be selected from EEDG 6301, EEDG 6303, EEDG 6306, EEDG
6375, EECT 7325, EECT 7326, EECT 6378 and EERF 6330 (15 hours).
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
Solid State Devices and Micro Systems Fabrication
This concentration is focused on the fundamental principles,
design, fabrication and analysis of solid-state devices and associated micro
systems.
Each student electing this concentration must take the
following two courses: EEGR 6316, EEMF 6319 and at least two of the following
four courses: EEMF 6320, EEMF 6321,EEMF 6322 and EEMF
6382
Additional standard electives include but are not limited
to: EEMF 5383/EEMF 5283, EEMF 6324, EECT 6325, EEMF 6372, EEMF 6383/EEMF 6283,
EEMF 6382, EEMF 7320, EECT 7325.
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
Optical Devices, Materials and Systems
This curriculum is focused on the application and theory of
modern optical devices, materials and systems.
Each student electing this concentration must take the
following four required courses: EEOP 6314, EEGR 6316, EEOP 6317, and at least
one of the following two courses: EEOP 6310 and EEOP 6329. (12 hours).
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
RF and Microwave Engineering
This curriculum is focused on the application and theory of
modern electronic devices, circuits and systems in the radiofrequency and
microwave regime.
Each student electing this concentration must take the
following four required courses: EERF 6311, EEGR 6316, EERF 6355, and EERF
6395. (12 hours).
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
Biomedical
Applications of Electrical Engineering
This curriculum provides a graduate-level introduction to
advanced methods and biomedical applications of electrical engineering.
Each student electing this concentration must take EEBM
6371, EEBM 6373, EEBM 6374, and two core courses from any one other
concentration. (15 hours).
Approved electives must be taken to make a total of 33
hours.
The
University’s general admission requirements are discussed here.
The Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering is awarded primarily to
acknowledge the student’s success in an original research project, the
description of which is a significant contribution to the literature of the
discipline. Applicants for the doctoral program are therefore selected by the
Electrical Engineering Program Graduate Committee on the basis of research
aptitude, as well as academic record. Applications for the doctoral program are
considered on an individual basis.
The following are guidelines for admission to the Ph.D.
program in Electrical Engineering:
A master’s degree in electrical
engineering or a closely associated discipline from an accredited U.S.
institution, or from an acceptable foreign university. Consideration will be
given to highly qualified students wishing to pursue the doctorate without
satisfying all of the requirements for a master’s degree.A
grade point average in graduate course work of 3.5 or better on a 4-point
scale. GRE scores of 500, 700 and 4 for the verbal, quantitative and analytical
writing components, respectively, are advisable based on our experience with
student success in the program.
Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation on
official school or business letterhead or the UTD Letter of Recommendation Form
from individuals who are familiar with the student’s record and able to judge
the candidate’s probability of success in pursuing doctoral study in electrical
engineering.
Applicants must also submit a narrative describing their
motivation for doctoral study and how it relates to their professional goals.
For students who are interested in a Ph.D. but are unable to
attend school full-time, there is a part-time option. The guidelines for
admission to the program and the degree requirements are the same as for
full-time Ph.D. students. All students must have an academic adviser and an
approved plan of study.
The
University’s general degree requirements are discussed here.
Each program for doctoral study is individually tailored to
the student’s background and research objectives by the student’s supervisory
committee. The program will require a minimum of 75 semester credit hours
beyond the baccalaureate degree. These credits must include at least 30
semester hours of graduate level courses beyond the baccalaureate level in the
major concentration. All PhD students must demonstrate competence in the
Master's level core courses in their research area. All students must have an academic advisor
and an approved plan of study.
Also required are:
• A research oriented oral qualifying examination (QE) demonstrating competence in the Ph.D. candidate’s research area. A student must make an oral presentation based on a review of 2 to 4 papers followed by a question-answer session. Admission to Ph.D. candidacy is based on two criteria: Graded performance in the QE and GPA in graduate level organized courses. A student entering the Ph.D. program with a M.S.E.E. must pass this exam within 3 long semesters, and a student entering without an M.S.E.E. must pass this exam within 4 long semesters. A student has at most two attempts at the QE. The QE will be given during the fall and spring semesters.
• A comprehensive examination consisting of: a written dissertation proposal, a public seminar, and a private oral examination conducted by the Ph.D. candidate’s supervising committee.
• Completion of a major research project culminating in a dissertation demonstrating an original contribution to scientific knowledge and engineering practice. The dissertation will be defended publicly. The rules for this defense are specified by the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies. Neither a foreign language nor a minor is required for the Ph.D. However, the student’s supervisory committee may impose these or other requirements that it feels are necessary and appropriate to the student’s degree program.
The principal concentration areas for the M.S.E.E. program
are: Communications and Signal Processing; Digital Systems; Circuits and
Systems; Optical Devices, Materials, and Systems; and Solid-State Devices and
Micro Systems Fabrication. Besides courses required for each concentration, a
comprehensive set of electives is available in each area.
Doctoral level research opportunities include: VLSI design
and test, computer architecture, embedded systems, computer aided design (CAD),
ASIC design methodologies, high speed system-on chip design and test,
reconfigurable computing, network processor design, interconnection networks,
nonlinear signal-processing, smart antennas and array processing, statistical
and adaptive signal processing, multimedia signal processing, image processing,
real-time imaging, medical image analysis, pattern recognition, speech
processing, control theory, digital communications, modulation and coding,
electromagnetic-wave propagation, diffractive structures, fiber and integrated
optics, nonlinear optics, optical transmission systems, all-optical networks,
optical investigation of material properties (reflectometry and ellipsometry),
optical metrology, lasers, quantum-well optical devices, theory and experiments
in semiconductor-heterostructure devices, plasma deposition and etching,
nanoelectronics, wireless communication, network protocols and evaluation,
mobile computing and networking, and optical networking.
Interdisciplinary Opportunities: Continuing with the established tradition of
research at U. T. Dallas, the Electrical Engineering Program encourages
students to interact with researchers in the strong basic sciences and
mathematics. Cross disciplinary
collaborations have been established with the Chemistry, Mathematics, and
Physics programs of the School of Natural Sciences and with faculty in the
School of Brain and Behavioral Science.