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1 CME 458 Special Projects in Chemical and Materials Engineering 3.5 (fi 6) (either term or Spring/Summer, 2-0-3) Projects in Chemical and Materials Engineering. This course is open only to students with a GPA of 3.0 or greater during the previous two academic terms. Prerequisite: consent of the Department. CME 459 Special Projects in Chemical and Materials Engineering II 3.5 (fi 6) (either term, 2-0-3). Projects in Chemical and Materials Engineering. This course is open only to students with a GPA of 3.0 or greater during the previous two academic terms. Prerequisite: CME 458. *** Early Implementation Requested MAT E 669 Nano Functional Materials 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Band theory and solid state properties. Thin film growth at the nanoscale. Semiconductors and dielectric materials, piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics. Semiconductors, doping, p-n junctions, solar cells. Thermoelectric materials and the Seebeck, Thomson, and Peltier Effects. Optical and electrical property measurement. *** Early Implementation Requested MAT E 694 Advanced Topics in Materials Engineering 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). An advanced

2 treatment of materials engineering topics of current interest to staff and students. MEC E 618 Modeling, Analysis and Control of Biomedical Systems 3.0 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Empirical and physiology-based models, system identification, static and dynamic stability analysis, use of control and systems principles in analysis and interpretation of biomedical systems and processes with applications to design of biomedical control systems. ** Early Implementation Requested ** ENG M 605, Computer-Aided Product Modeling and Production Engineering 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Computer-aided engineering software modeling and implementation methodology; Feature-based product modeling development; Feature-based manufacturing process modeling; Engineering data integration; Production system engineering; System integration in production engineering; Advanced product and process engineering informatics with networked collaboration. CIV E 526 Soil Remediation 3 (fi 6) (first term, 3-0-0). Identification of regulations and guidelines applicable to contaminated site assessment and remediation. Review of soil and contaminant properties that affect contaminant partitioning and movement in subsurface soils. Study of physical, chemical and biological treatment methods for the remediation of contaminated soils. ** Early Implementation Requested ** CIV E 669 Fracture and Fatigue of Civil Engineering Structures 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Introduction

3 to fracture mechanics of steel structures, concepts of brittle and ductile fracture, design approach to prevent brittle fracture. Application of fracture mechanics to fatigue, crack initiation and crack propagation prediction, design of civil engineering structures for fatigue under constant and variable amplitude loading. Design and fabrication considerations to minimize risks of brittle fracture and control fatigue resistance, fracture control plans and crack detection. ** Early Implementation Requested ** s ** Early Implementation Requested ** CIV E 678 Behaviour and Design of Steel Seismic Force Resisting Systems 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). General earthquake engineering concepts and associated requirements of the National Building Code of Canada. Pushover analysis of steel frames. Capacity design philosophy. Seismic behaviour and design of moment-resisting frames, concentrically and eccentrically braced frames, and steel plate shear walls. CIV E 679 Design of Highway Bridges 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Design of highway bridges according to the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code. The course covers topics such as: aesthetic considerations, loading, analysis for moving loads, stability under moving loads, design of steel plate girders and box girders, design for brittle fracture and fatigue, design of prestressed concrete girders, and design of the substructure. ECE 501 Convex Optimization *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Theory: Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems; linear, quadratic, geometric, and semidefinite programming; duality theory. Algorithms: smooth unconstrained minimization algorithms, sequential unconstrained minimization algorithms, derivative free optimization methods. Applications: geometrical problems,

4 multicreterion optimization and game theory, filter design and robust adaptive beamforming, communication systems design, VLSI design, control systems design. EC E 531 Industrial Drive Systems *3.8 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-3/2). variable speed control of induction motors; softstarts. utility interface of drives; pwm, csi and vvi drive systems; slip-energy recovery drives; medium voltage drives; application issues of industrial drive systems. Prerequisite: E E332 and EE 431or equivalent. ECE 532 Clean Energy and Electrical Systems *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). This course is intended to introduce engineers to current and future options for environmentally aware generation, storage and use of electricity. The focus of the course will be the integration of existing and new electrical technologies and their interaction with electrical systems. ECE 540 Detection and Estimation *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Bayesian hypothesis testing model, likelihood ratio test (LRT), minimax test, Neyman-Pearson test, receiver operating characteristic (ROC), Bayesian estimation, linear leastsquares (LS) estimation; maximumlikelihood (ML) estimation, composite hypothesis testing, introduction to signal detection. ECE 547 Fundamentals of Solid State Devices *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Review of semiconductor fundamentals. Analysis of metal-semiconductor (MS), metal-insulatorsemiconductor (MIS) and semiconductor

5 heterojunctions including band diagram, depletion approximation, C-V and I-V characteristics. Advanced MOSFETs including short channel effects and scaling theory. Introduction to III-V FETs. ECE 572 Nonlinear Optics *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Fundamental description of nonlinear optical phenomena in terms of higher order susceptibilities, quantum theory of nonlinear susceptibility, density matrix approach, rabi oscillations, optical bloch equations, Various specific nonlinear phenomena: electrooptic modulation, acoustooptic modulation, harmonic generation and frequency conversion, stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering and amplification, parametric oscillation and amplification, self phase modulation, soliton propagation, and photorefractive effects, Applications to optical switching ECE 576: Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Review of basic electromagnetic concepts, wave equations, propagation and its solutions, reflection, transmission and scattering, waveguides and resonators, electromagnetic theorems and principles, vector potentials, construction of solutions, and radiation, analytical techniques and applications ECE 577 Antenna Theory and Design *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Mechanisms of radiation and propagation, fundamental Antenna parameters, antenna array analysis and synthesis, source modeling, traditional and low-profile resonant antennas, broadband antennas, aperture and horn antennas, antenna-measurement facilities and techniques, special topics addressing recent developments in antenna theory and design. Prerequisites: E E 315 or equivalent, and E E 470 and/or E E 478 or equivalent

6 considered an asset. ECE 623 Data Exploration and Evolutionary Computing *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Learning, adaptation, self-organization and evolution. Data preprocessing, feature selection and generation. Exploratory data analysis. Optimization methods, genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, genetic programming. Alternative paradigms, artificial immune systems, swarm intelligence. Applications. ECE 626 Advanced Neural Networks *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Introductory and advanced topics in neural networks and connectionist systems. Fast backpropagation techniques including Levenberg-Marquardt and conjugate-gradient algorithms. Regularization theory. Information-theoretic learning, statistical learning, dynamic programming, neurodynamics, complexvalued neural networks. ECE 627 Intelligent Web *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Representation, processing, and application of knowledge in emerging concepts of Semantic Web: ontology, ontology construction, and ontology integration; propositional, predicate and description logics; rules and reasoning; Semantic Web services; Folksonomy and Social Web; Semantic Web applications. ECE 635 Power Converters and Renewable Energy Systems *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). This course covers: power converter topologies (including DC-DC converters, DC-AC converters, two level and multilevel converters, voltage source converters, current source converters). PWM methods (including Sine PWM, Space Vector PWM,

7 Hysteresis PWM, Selective Harmonic Elimination PWM, and PWM for multilevel converters) and implementation techniques. Wind power systems, PV systems, fuel cell systems and the power converters used in these systems. Operation/control issues of renewable energy systems. ECE 636 Dynamics and Controls of Voltage-Source Converters *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Power circuit topologies and energy conversion principles, Large/small-signal and harmonic models, Current and voltage controls (PI, resonant, predictive, sliding mode, etc.), Energy/power control and management, Grid-synchronization and fault-ride-through techniques, Observer-theory applications, Robust and adaptive control techniques, applications in Distributed Generation (DG), Micro-grids, DSTATCOM, Active Power Filter (APF), HVDC-light, etc. ECE 646 Organic Electronics *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Chemical structure, nomenclature, crystal structure and electronic structure of organic semiconductors. Charge carriers and charge transport in crystalline organic semiconductors, amorphous small-molecule organic semiconductors and conjugated polymers. Luminescence and energy transfer in organic semiconductors. Device applications including organic field effect transistors, organic light emitting diodes and organic solar cells. Characterization of organic semiconductors and devices. ECE 665 Multivariable Robust Control *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). MIMO control systems. Standard setup. Mathematical preliminaries (singular value decomposition, norms, and function spaces), Stability and performance analysis of MIMO control systems. Stabilization. Controller parametrization. Uncertain

8 systems and uncertainty representations. Stability and performance analysis of uncertain control systems. Linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) and convex optimization. Modern control design: H-2 and H-infinity optimization via LMIs. ECE 672 Photonics of Structured Media *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Fundamental aspects of light-matter interactions in homogeneous and artificially structured media. Guided, radiation, and leaky modes in structured media: waveguides, resonant cavities, and periodic media. Photonic bandgaps, Bloch and surface waves, photonic crystals and applications. Optics of metals, surface plasmons, subwavelength confinement of light, nano-scale photonic devices. Artificial atoms, metamaterials, negative index materials and applications. ECE 686 Wireless Communication Networks *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). This course is concerned with the architecture, protocols, modeling, and evaluation of wireless communication networks in transport of multimedia traffic. Specifically, this course studies queueing theory, traffic modeling, radio resource allocation, call admission control, access control, multiple access, and mobility management in existing and emerging advanced wireless networks. ECE 691 Biomedical Optics *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). This course is intended to provide a firm understanding of the physical and theoretical basis of biomedical optics. Both theoretic aspects of light propagation in tissue as well as practical imaging and sensing systems will be discussed. Single and multiple scattering of light is modeled, and light-transport and diffusion equations are developed. Imaging

9 and sensing platforms including various microscopy technologies, optical-coherence tomography systems, and diffuse-imaging methods are analyzed in detail. Selected topics may include photoacoustic imaging, optical dyes and nanoparticle agents, novel emerging microscopy and deep-tissue imaging technologies, and applications to biological and clinical problems. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. s ECE 745 Advanced Topics in Solid State Electronics *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). ECE 755 Advanced Topics in Microsystems and Nanodevices *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). ECE 775 Advanced Topics in Electromagnetics and Microwaves *3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). R:\PA22 Course and Programs Circulations\ENG\11-12\July-18.doc