ECE 340: Engineering Systems Analysis

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Course Syllabus

PDF version of syllabus can be found here.

Instructor

Dr. Chuan Feng, Research Assistant Professor
Office: ECE 556G
Phone: (520) 626-2117
Email: fengc@email.arizona.edu

 

Course Description

Basic concepts in the modeling and analysis of engineering systems and fundamental topics in communication, controls, and signal processing. Includes classification of systems; signal characterization in frequency domain; Fourier and Laplace transforms; state variable models; stability analysis and Bode plots; feedback system characteristics; discrete-time systems; and digital signal processing.

 

Textbook

R. E. Ziemer, W. H. Tranter and D. R. Fannin, Signals and Systems: Continuous and Discrete, 4th ed., Prentice-Hall.

 

Office Hours

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, MTWR

 

Prerequisites or Concurrent Registration

ECE 320 and Math322

 

Justification

Engineering systems analysis has broad application. In our own ECE programs, this course is a precursor for all of the systems related courses: automatic control (441), digital communications (435), and digital signal processing (429). The material in this course will allow you to more effectively work with and understand signal and system related problems and issues. Your understanding, capabilities, and skills with this material will allow you to pursue opportunities in the exciting fields of communication, signal processing, and controls.

 

Homework

Ten assignments will be made during the semester. Homework will be due at 3pm on its due date.

 

Examinations

There will be three one-hour examinations and one comprehensive final examination. No make-up exams will be given. A grade of zero will be given for a missed exam. Re-grading of an exam must occur within one week after the exam is given. If there are any problems or questions, see the instructor.

 

Grading

Exam #1

 

 15%

Exam #2

 

 15%

Exam #3

 

 15%

Homework

 

 10%

Classroom Participation

 

 10%

Matlab Problems

 

 10%

Final Exam

 

 25%

 

Accommodations

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is committed to meeting the needs of students with disabilities. Students requiring accommodation must discuss their needs with the instructor.

 

Attendance

Students are required to attend all lectures.  Students who miss lectures will find it very difficult to succeed on the examinations and quizzes. Personal travel plans do not serve to excuse students from assignments.  For more information on the University of Arizona Attendance Policy, please visit:   http://catalog.arizona.edu/2007-08/policies/classatten.htm

 

Academic Integrity

The University’s Code of Academic Integrity (Section 2.1a) is based on the guiding principle that a student’s submitted work must be the student’s own.  This policy will be applied to all work submitted for a grade, including exams, projects, and homework.  Copying previously posted solutions or solution manuals is strictly forbidden; anyone violating this policy will receive zero credit for homework for the entire semester.  All work must be original.  The minimum penalty for submitting work that is not your own is an E grade.  Repeated violations may result in expulsion from the university.

Study Groups

Working in study groups can be beneficial if everyone participates.  Therefore, while working in study groups is allowed and even encouraged, all work submitted for a grade must be your own.  When this rule is violated, the guilty student will receive a grade of zero on the offending item.  Cheating will not be tolerated.