Analysis of circuit response to sinusoidal excitation; phasor analysis, impedance, admittance, power, frequency response, transfer functions, Bode plots, filters. Linear analysis of nonlinear circuits; DC biasing of 3 terminal devices, small signal analysis, single device amplifiers, small signal gain and frequency response.

This course will introduce students to the notion of waves through the context of transmission lines and electromagnetic propagation in simple unbounded media, and also introduce the theory of electromagnetism and electromagnetic fields and waves and their interaction with simple media and structures. The course includes the following topics: Transmission lines modeled as distributed circuits; introduction to one dimensional waves and the wave equation; wave velocity. Time-harmonic representation of waves and Helmholtz equation; wavelength and wavenumber.

An introduction to computer architecture and hardware design. Topics include: computer abstractions and technology, performance evaluation, instruction set architectures, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory systems, and interfacing. Laboratory assignments will include the use of hardware description languages, machine languages and assembly languages, and hardware emulation using FPGA boards. State-of-the-art computer simulation tools are used as part of the course.

Overview of the electrical and computer engineering field, including introduction to various subdisciplines and the corresponding upper-level ECE courses.

Properties of complex numbers. Rectangular, exponential, and graphical representations of complex numbers. Euler's identity and translating between representations. Basic and advanced operations with complex numbers, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, as well as exp(z), ln(z), a^z, and z^a. Applying knowledge of complex numbers to linear algebra and differential equations using MATLAB.

This course will teach students basic experimental methodologies in electrical and computer engineering required by graduate students. The course will involve hands-on experimentation and and lectures which train students in these areas. A student completing the course will be prepared to complete advanced graduate courses in electrical and computer engineering.

A graduate version of E&C-Eng 570 which includes additional readings from research papers on embedded operating systems concepts,

Fundamental concepts and systems aspects of computer networks. Topics include a review of the layered Internet architecture and encompass router design, lookup and classification algorithms, scheduling algorithms, congestion control, wireless protocols, and network security. The goal of the course is to explore the key technical and research questions in computer networks as well as to convey the necessary analytical, simulation, and measurement techniques.

This course is a one-credit seminar on security research across departments at UMass. Each presentation will cover an active research topic at UMass in a way that assumes only a basic background in security. External speakers may also be invited. Note that this course is not intended to be an introduction to cybersecurity, and will not teach the fundamentals of security in a way that would be useful as a foundation for future security coursework. The intended audience is graduate and advanced undergraduate students, as well as faculty. Meets with CS/MATH 591CF.

Complex numbers. First-order differential equations. Matrices and systems of linear equations. Vector spaces and linear transformations. 2nd-order linear differential equations and the Laplace transform. Systems of differential equations.