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Mercer offers a variety of courses designed to provide you with advanced study in electrical engineering. Click on a course to view more information. Note: Course descriptions reflect those outlined in the Mercer University Macon Campus Catalog.

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ECE 601. Filter Synthesis	ECE 651. Digital Communication Systems Design I
ECE 604. Engineering Analysis	ECE 652. Digital Communication Systems Design II
ECE 623. Computer Architecture	ECE 653. Linear Block Codes
ECE 631. Special Topics in Digital Signal Processing	ECE 654. Convolutional Codes
ECE 632. Adaptive Signal Processing	ECE 655. Computer and Data Networks
ECE 633. Image Processing	ECE 656. Wireless Networking Communications
ECE 634. Statistical Signal Processing	ECE 657. Radar Fundamentals
ECE 635. Detection and Estimation	ECE 661. Linear Control Systems
ECE 641. Applied Electromagnetic Fields I	ECE 662. Fuzzy Logic Control
ECE 642. Applied Electromagnetic Fields II	ECE 669. Special Topics in Contro
ECE 643. Microwaves

ECE 601. Filter Synthesis (3 hours)
Synthesis of active and passive continuous filters and switched capacitor filters. Methods of approximation in the time and frequency domain. Sensitivity and optimization.

ECE 604. Engineering Analysis (3 hours)
Prerequisites: MAT 293 or equivalent, MAT 330 or equivalent.
Topics from linear algebra, complex analysis, and numerical methods. Emphasis on engineering applications.

ECE 623. Computer Architecture (3 hours)
Advanced topics in computer architecture: pipelining, principles, superscalar techniques, vector processors, SIMD computers, MIMD computers, multiprogramming.

ECE 631. Special Topics in Digital Signal Processing (3 hours)
Topics of current interest in DSP. Topics chosen based on student and instructor interest: Implementation considerations for digital filters, hardware structures for DSP, two-dimensional signal processing, digital speech processing, radar signal processing.

ECE 632. Adaptive Signal Processing (3 hours)
Analysis, design, and implementation of adaptive filters: steepest descent algorithms, least squares, Kalman filter, LMS.

ECE 633. Image Processing (3 hours)
Introduction to image processing: perception, imaging, image transforms, image enhancement, restoration, encoding, segmentation, and representation.

ECE 634. Statistical Signal Processing (3 hours)
Random signals and noise, random processes, optimal filters, linear prediction, and spectral estimation.

ECE 635. Detection and Estimation (3 hours)
Methods of parameter estimation of systems: least-squares estimation, properties of estimators, maximum likelihood estimation, maximum a posteriori estimation, state estimation.

ECE 641. Applied Electromagnetic Fields I (3 hours)
Advanced Electromagnetic theory. Time-varying and time-harmonic electromagnetic fields. Electrical properties of matter. Wave equation and its solutions. Analysis, synthesis, and boundary conditions. Bessel functions and Green's function.

ECE 642. Applied Electromagnetic Fields II (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE 641.
A continuation of ECE 641.

ECE 643. Microwaves (3 hours)
Microwave waveguides and reflection amplifier. Equivalent circuit theory of microwave systems. Microwave oscillator circuits. Optical fiber waveguides and light modulation. Dielectric planar waveguides. Microwave measurements and evaluations.

ECE 651. Digital Communication Systems Design I (3 hours)
Elements of digital communication systems design, review of random signal theory, Shannon =s channel coding and channel capacity theorem, Gaussian and fading channel models, baseband signaling, Nyquist criterion and pulse shaping, channel equalization, binary modulation schemes, coherent and noncoherent detection of binary signals in Gaussian noise.

ECE 652. Digital Communication Systems Design II (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE 651 or consent of instructor.
Quantenary modulation schemes, M-ary mutilation schemes, detection of M-ary signals in Gaussian noise, Continuous phase mutilation, digital signaling over fading multipath channels, direct sequence and frequency hopping spread spectrum signaling, CDMA and its applications in mobile/secure communications.

ECE 653. Linear Block Codes (3 hours)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
Galois field theory, linear block codes, algebraic structure of linear cyclic codes, erasures and soft decoding, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes, Berlekamp-Massy algorithm, code modification and concatenation, burst error correction with Reed-Solomon codes.

ECE 654. Convolutional Codes (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE 653.
Linear convolutional codes, structural properties of convolutional codes, the Viterbi algorithm, sequential decoding of convolutional codes, punctured convolutional codes trellis coded modulation, turbo codes, performance evaluation of coded signals.

ECE 655. Computer and Data Networks (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE Graduate Standing.
Data characterization and encoding, flow control error control, HDLC protocols, circuit switched networks, packet switched networks, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, OSI protocols and architecture, TCP/IP protocols, internetworking and the internet.

ECE 656. Wireless Networking Communications (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE 451 or Graduate Standing.
The cellular concept and the first generation cellular networks, characterization of mobile communication channels, slow fading and link budget analysis for wireless communications, multipath padding and Doppler effect, modulation for wireless communications, channel coding and CDPD system, 2G and GSM architecture, multiple access technologies, introduction to CDMA and 3G.

ECE 657. Radar Fundamentals (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE Graduate Standing.
Generation, detection, and processing of radar signals. Transmitter and receiver characteristics and performance measurement; antenna considerations; range, azimuth, doppler detection; performance in noise.

ECE 661. Linear Control Systems (3 hours)
Foundations of control systems theory. State space theory. State transformations, Canonical forms. Observability and controllability. State variable feedback and state observers.

ECE 662. Fuzzy Logic Control (3 hours)
Introduction to fuzzy logic. Fuzzy inference engines, fuzzifiers, defuzzifiers. Adaptive fuzzy controllers. Stability analysis.

ECE 669. Special Topics in Control (3 hours)
Prerequisite: ECE 661 or permission of the instructor.
One or more of the following topics: Discrete time control, optimal control, robust control, and nonlinear control.

SPECIAL COURSES: ECE 691, 692, 693, 699 may be taken for variable credit and may be repeated for credit with permission of advisor.

ECE 691, 692, 693. Special Topics (1-6 hours)
ECE 698. Professional Seminar (1-6 hours)
ECE 699. Thesis Research (1-6 hours)\

A maximum of 6 hours of research may be counted toward the degree. Only grades of satisfactory or unsatisfactory will be assigned.