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Curriculum

The program consists of 45 credits (15 courses) and is organized in 10-week quarters.To earn the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, a student must complete three (3) of the four (4) existing core sequences (for a total of 27 credits), along with one other EE course offering, and five (5) elective courses from Engineering Management (EGMT) or another discipline approved by the advisor.

There are four (4) sequences for  MS EE Online students:

Power Sequence
ECEP 501Power System Analysis3.00 credits
ECEP 502Computer Analy Power Sys3.00 credits
ECEP 503Synchronous Machine Modeling3.00 credits

Systems Sequences
ECES 511Fundamentals of Systems I3.00 credits
ECES 512Fundamentals of Systems II3.00 credits
ECES 513Fundamentals of Systems III3.00 credits
ECES 521Probability & Random Variables3.00 credits
ECES 522Random Process & Spec Analysis3.00 credits
ECES 523Detection & Estimation Theory3.00 credits

Computer Sequence
ECEC 631Prin of Computer Networking3.00 credits
ECEC 632Perf Analysis of Comp Networks3.00 credits
ECEC 633Adv Topics in Comp Networking3.00 credits
Students may also choose two (maximum of 6 credits) of the elective courses by taking any other Drexel graduate-level course in engineering, Physics, Mathematics, business, or other discipline, upon approval from the ECE Graduate Advisor and appropriate college within Drexel University. The academic advisor for the online M.S. in Electrical Engineering program is Dr. Leonid Hrebien. He is available to prospective students to answer any academic questions about the program, including the details of the courses and course scheduling and sequencing and how the program will meet the students' professional and personal needs.

Sequence Courses - 27 credits
ECEC 631Prin of Computer Networking3.00 credits
ECEC 632Perf Analysis of Comp Networks3.00 credits
ECEC 633Adv Topics in Comp Networking3.00 credits
ECEE 641Fib Ops & Opt Comms I3.00 credits
ECEE 642Fib Ops & Opt Comms II3.00 credits
ECEP 501Power System Analysis3.00 credits
ECEP 502Computer Analy Power Sys3.00 credits
ECEP 503Synchronous Machine Modeling3.00 credits
ECES 511Fundamentals of Systems I3.00 credits
ECES 512Fundamentals of Systems II3.00 credits
ECES 513Fundamentals of Systems III3.00 credits
ECES 521Probability & Random Variables3.00 credits
ECES 522Random Process & Spec Analysis3.00 credits
ECES 523Detection & Estimation Theory3.00 credits
Available on campus only via face-to-face teaching/learning methods.
ECEE 520Solid-State Electronics3.00 credits
ECEE 521Bipolar and FETs3.00 credits
ECEE 522Photonic Devices3.00 credits
ECES 631Fund of Deterministic DSP3.00 credits
ECES 632Fund of Statistical DSP3.00 credits
ECES 641Control Systems3.00 credits
ECES 642Optimal Control3.00 credits
ECES 643Dig Cntl Sys Analy & Desn3.00 credits
ECES 684Imaging Modalities3.00 credits
ECET 511Phys Foundations of Telecomm3.00 credits
ECET 512Wireless Systems3.00 credits
ECET 513Wireless Networks3.00 credits

Sample Elective Courses
ECEP 610Power System Dynamics3.00 credits
ECEP 611Power System Security3.00 credits
ECEP 612Econ Oper Power Systems3.00 credits
EGMT 501Engineering Management I3.00 credits
EGMT 502Engineering Management II3.00 credits
EGMT 537Problems In Engr Admini3.00 credits
EGMT 573Operations Research I3.00 credits
EGMT 574Operations Research II3.00 credits
EGMT 605R&D Management I3.00 credits
EGMT 606R&D Management II3.00 credits

Course Descriptions

ECEP 501 Power System Analysis - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers modeling of power systems, including: symmetrical components, transmission lines, transformers, per-unit values and one-line diagrams. Introduces power flow. Required of first-year power majors; equivalent undergraduate credits may be substituted.

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ECEP 502 Computer Analy Power Sys - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers digital computation methods, including load flow, fault, and transient stability problems. Required of first-year power engineering majors.

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ECEP 503 Synchronous Machine Modeling - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers two-reaction theory, Park's synchronous machine models, modeling of the synchronous machine excitation and governor systems, and the effects on power system stability. Required of first-year power engineering majors.

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ECES 511 Fundamentals of Systems I - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers linear operators, including forms and properties (differential equations, transfer function, state space, causality, linearity, and time invariance); impulse response, including convolution, transition matrices, fundamental matrix, and linear dynamical system; definition, including properties and classification; representation, including block diagrams, signal flow, and analog and digital; properties, including controllability and observability; and eigenstructure, including eigenvalues and eigenvector and similarity transformations.

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ECES 512 Fundamentals of Systems II - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers realization and identification, including minimal realization, reducibility and equivalence of models, and identification of systems; stability, including bounded input-bounded output, polynomial roots, and Lyapunov; and feedback compensation and design, including observers and controllers and multi-input/multi-output systems.

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ECES 513 Fundamentals of Systems III - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers multivariable systems, numerical aspects of system analysis and design, design of compensators, elements of robustness, and robust stabilization.

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ECES 521 Probability & Random Variables - 3.00 credits

Probability concepts. Single and multiple random variables. Functions of random variables. Moments and characteristic functions. Random number and hypothesis testing. Maximum likelihood estimation.

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ECES 522 Random Process & Spec Analysis - 3.00 credits

Random Process. Poisson Process, Shot Noise. Gaussian Process. Matched Filters. Kalman Filters. Power Spectral Density. Autocorrelation and cross correlation. PSD estimation. Entropy. Markov Processes. Queuing Theory.

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ECES 523 Detection & Estimation Theory - 3.00 credits

Detection of signals in noise. Bayes criterion. NP criterion. Binary and M_ary hypotheses. Estimation of signal parameters. MLE and MAP estimation. 1D and 2D signals. ROC Analyses. Decision fusion.

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ECEC 631 Prin of Computer Networking - 3.00 credits

Principles of circuit switching, packet switching and virtual circuits; protocol layering; application layer protocols for e-mail and web applications; naming and addressing; flow control and congestion avoidance with TCP; Internet Protocol (IP); routing algorithms; router architectures; multicast protocols; local area network technologies and protocols; issues in multimedia transmissions; scheduling and policing; Quality-of-Service and emerging Internet service architectures; principles of cryptography.

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ECEC 632 Perf Analysis of Comp Networks - 3.00 credits

Covers probability theory and its applications to networks, random variable and random processes; Markov chains, multi-dimensional Markov chains; M/M/1, M/M/m, M/M/m/m, M/G/1 and G/G/1 queueing systems and their applications in computer networks; analysis of networks of queues: Kleinrock Independence Approximation; Time-reversibility and Burke's theorem; Jackson's theorem; the phenomenon of long-range dependence and its implications in network design and traffic engineering.

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ECEC 633 Adv Topics in Comp Networking - 3.00 credits

perspectives in the areas of switch/router architectures, scheduling for best-effort and guaranteed services, QoS mechanisms and architectures, web protocols and applications, network interface design, optical networking, and network economics. The course also includes a research project in computer networking involving literature survey, critical analysis, and finally, an original and novel research contribution.

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ECEC 631 Prin of Computer Networking - 3.00 credits

Principles of circuit switching, packet switching and virtual circuits; protocol layering; application layer protocols for e-mail and web applications; naming and addressing; flow control and congestion avoidance with TCP; Internet Protocol (IP); routing algorithms; router architectures; multicast protocols; local area network technologies and protocols; issues in multimedia transmissions; scheduling and policing; Quality-of-Service and emerging Internet service architectures; principles of cryptography.

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ECEC 632 Perf Analysis of Comp Networks - 3.00 credits

Covers probability theory and its applications to networks, random variable and random processes; Markov chains, multi-dimensional Markov chains; M/M/1, M/M/m, M/M/m/m, M/G/1 and G/G/1 queueing systems and their applications in computer networks; analysis of networks of queues: Kleinrock Independence Approximation; Time-reversibility and Burke's theorem; Jackson's theorem; the phenomenon of long-range dependence and its implications in network design and traffic engineering.

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ECEC 633 Adv Topics in Comp Networking - 3.00 credits

perspectives in the areas of switch/router architectures, scheduling for best-effort and guaranteed services, QoS mechanisms and architectures, web protocols and applications, network interface design, optical networking, and network economics. The course also includes a research project in computer networking involving literature survey, critical analysis, and finally, an original and novel research contribution.

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ECEE 641 Fib Ops & Opt Comms I - 3.00 credits

Covers propagation in guided and unguided media, including step and graded fibers, dispersion, guide deformations, and mode coupling. Involves design.

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ECEE 642 Fib Ops & Opt Comms II - 3.00 credits

Covers coupling devices, multimode guides, sources, lasers, and radiation patterns. Includes reliability, detectors, circuit models, and noise.

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ECEP 501 Power System Analysis - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers modeling of power systems, including: symmetrical components, transmission lines, transformers, per-unit values and one-line diagrams. Introduces power flow. Required of first-year power majors; equivalent undergraduate credits may be substituted.

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ECEP 502 Computer Analy Power Sys - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers digital computation methods, including load flow, fault, and transient stability problems. Required of first-year power engineering majors.

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ECEP 503 Synchronous Machine Modeling - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers two-reaction theory, Park's synchronous machine models, modeling of the synchronous machine excitation and governor systems, and the effects on power system stability. Required of first-year power engineering majors.

Back to course list

ECES 511 Fundamentals of Systems I - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers linear operators, including forms and properties (differential equations, transfer function, state space, causality, linearity, and time invariance); impulse response, including convolution, transition matrices, fundamental matrix, and linear dynamical system; definition, including properties and classification; representation, including block diagrams, signal flow, and analog and digital; properties, including controllability and observability; and eigenstructure, including eigenvalues and eigenvector and similarity transformations.

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ECES 512 Fundamentals of Systems II - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers realization and identification, including minimal realization, reducibility and equivalence of models, and identification of systems; stability, including bounded input-bounded output, polynomial roots, and Lyapunov; and feedback compensation and design, including observers and controllers and multi-input/multi-output systems.

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ECES 513 Fundamentals of Systems III - 3.00 credits

Core course. Covers multivariable systems, numerical aspects of system analysis and design, design of compensators, elements of robustness, and robust stabilization.

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ECES 521 Probability & Random Variables - 3.00 credits

Probability concepts. Single and multiple random variables. Functions of random variables. Moments and characteristic functions. Random number and hypothesis testing. Maximum likelihood estimation.

Back to course list

ECES 522 Random Process & Spec Analysis - 3.00 credits

Random Process. Poisson Process, Shot Noise. Gaussian Process. Matched Filters. Kalman Filters. Power Spectral Density. Autocorrelation and cross correlation. PSD estimation. Entropy. Markov Processes. Queuing Theory.

Back to course list

ECES 523 Detection & Estimation Theory - 3.00 credits

Detection of signals in noise. Bayes criterion. NP criterion. Binary and M_ary hypotheses. Estimation of signal parameters. MLE and MAP estimation. 1D and 2D signals. ROC Analyses. Decision fusion.

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ECEE 520 Solid-State Electronics - 3.00 credits

This course familiarizes the students with the fundamental properties of semiconductor materials leading to the students of electronic and photonic devices. Covered topics include: atomic structure, crystal structure, theories of electron conduction, scattering, pn junctions, heterojunctions, metal-semiconductor contacts, and junction devices.

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ECEE 521 Bipolar and FETs - 3.00 credits

This is the second course in a sequence of three on electronic and photonic devices. The course covers families of electronic devices. The course covers various families of electronic devices based on silicon and compound semiconductors. Bipolar transistors such as BJTs and HBTs and field-effect devices such as MOSFETs, MESFETs, and MODFETs are studied.

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ECEE 522 Photonic Devices - 3.00 credits

Covers fundamentals of absorption, spontaneous, and stimulated emission, photodetectors, light emitting diodes, laser oscillation, semiconductor laser diodes, RIN and phase noise, quantum well lasers, optical receivers, and quantum effect devices.

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ECES 631 Fund of Deterministic DSP - 3.00 credits

Fundamentals of Deterministic Digital Signal Processing. This course introduces the fundamentals of deterministic signal processing.

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ECES 632 Fund of Statistical DSP - 3.00 credits

Fundamentals of Statistical Deterministic Digital Signal Processing. The course covers topics on statistical signal processing related to data modeling, forecasting and system identification.

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ECES 641 Control Systems - 3.00 credits

Reviews state variable methods in control, including linear and non-linear systems; stability criteria; solution to control problems by analytic and direct numerical methods; and control system design.

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ECES 642 Optimal Control - 3.00 credits

This course introduces the Modern Control concepts: linear quadratic performance and practical designs for engineering applications. Topics include: calculus of variations, differential games and H-infinity methods

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ECES 643 Dig Cntl Sys Analy & Desn - 3.00 credits

Covers analysis and design of sampled-data control system using Z-transform and state-variable formulation, sampling, data reconstruction and error analysis, stability of linear and non-linear discrete time systems by classical and Lyapunov's second method, compensator design using classical methods (e.g., rootlocus) and computer-aided techniques for online digital controls, optimal control, discrete-time maximum principle, sensitivity analysis, and multirate sampled-data systems.

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ECES 684 Imaging Modalities - 3.00 credits

This course is intended to produce students and image processing with a background on image formation in modalities for non-invasive 3D imaging. The goal is to develop models that lead to qualitative measures of image quality and the dependence of quality imaging system parameters.

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ECET 511 Phys Foundations of Telecomm - 3.00 credits

Physical Foundations of Telecommunications Networks. Introduction to wired and wireless telecommunication systems. Review of wave propagation. Review of wireline transmission media. Modeling wireline and wireless point-to-point communication links. N-port linear networks and network analysis/parameters. Review of passive RF components, semiconductor devices. Optical communication devices: optical switches, couplers, isolators, sources, modulators, detectors, amplifiers. Overview of active circuits.

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ECET 512 Wireless Systems - 3.00 credits

Fundamentals of modern wireless systems. Fundamentals of radio propagation and link performance. Cellular concept: interference, base stations and cell sites, handoffs, system capacity. Fading environments: multipath propagation, delay spread, Doppler Spread, statistically fading channel models. Multiple-access schemes: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA. Emerging methodologies: phases/adaptive antenna array, multi-array (MIMO) communication systems.

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ECET 513 Wireless Networks - 3.00 credits

Introduction to Wireless Networks, Evolution: 1G, 2G, 3G, Next-G. Wireless Networks Operation: Mobility and Resource Management, Security. Wireless WANs: GSM, CDMA, IS-95, and IMT-2000, Mobil Data Networks, Wireless LANs: 802.11, HIPERLAN, Ad Hoc Networks, Mobil IP. Next Generation Wireless Systems.

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ECEP 610 Power System Dynamics - 3.00 credits

Covers system parameters and dynamics, swing equation and solutions for two-machine and multimachine systems, equal area criterion, computer solution techniques, system effects due to dynamic behavior of particular system components, and load characteristics.

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ECEP 611 Power System Security - 3.00 credits

Covers contingency analysis, including operating and security constraints and network sensitivities; corrective dispatch using linear programming; and state estimation, including network observability, detection, and identification of bad data.

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ECEP 612 Econ Oper Power Systems - 3.00 credits

Covers unit characteristics and economic operation, including transmission loss coefficients, general loss formula, and automatic economic load dispatch.

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EGMT 501 Engineering Management I - 3.00 credits

Covers the principles and practices of administration of engineering and science activities, including nature of management, organization, planning, controlling action and measuring results, management of human resources, communication, and decision-making.

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EGMT 502 Engineering Management II - 3.00 credits

Covers principles and procedures of creative problem-solving, including the use of brainstorming sessions and a step-by-step formulation of the practical techniques by which creative imagination can be more productively utilized. Pays special attention to the development of professional creativity habits through formulating basic plans, investigating directions, developing methods, and optimizing and completing solutions.

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EGMT 537 Problems In Engr Admini - 3.00 credits

Uses the case method to provide a thorough study of engineering management and administrative procedures in recognizing and solving engineering problems. Emphasizes strategic planning and policy decisions that affect the image and success of the whole organization in its domestic and global environments.

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EGMT 573 Operations Research I - 3.00 credits

Covers deterministic modeling, including linear programming; the Simplex Method; theory of the Simplex Method; duality and sensitivity analysis; transportation, transshipment, and assignment problems; problem formulation; goal programming; network analysis; dynamic programming; and integer and non-linear programming. Discusses case study applications of engineering and management problems.

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EGMT 574 Operations Research II - 3.00 credits

Continues EGMT 573. Concentrates on probabilistic modeling, including Markov chains, queuing theory and applications, inventory theory, forecasting, and decision analysis and simulation. Discusses case study applications of engineering and management problems.

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EGMT 605 R&D Management I - 3.00 credits

Analyzes the issues and concepts involved in strategic and corporate development planning in the modern technologically oriented company. Pays particular attention to the fundamentals of corporate planning as they relate to the research and development product planning of the corporation. Includes some case studies. May be taken independently of EGMT 606.

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EGMT 606 R&D Management II - 3.00 credits

Analyzes the issues and concepts involved in the management of research and development and its functional relationship to other elements of the corporate structure. Pays particular attention to the functional characteristics of the product line, company growth by technological innovation, application of systems engineering concepts to the corporate organization, and changing concepts in management structures to accommodate advances in science and technology. May be taken independently of EGMT 605.

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