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PMP Curriculum
The PMP is designed to allow students to earn the MSEE in 9 quarters. The program requires 45 credits for degree completion (of which 9 credits are earned cumulatively as part of a quarterly Seminar series).
Typical quarterly enrollment for PMP students includes one 4-credit class and 1 credit of Seminar (EE 500), for a total of 5 credits during any given quarter. Courses in the PMP are scheduled in the evening, and designed so that students generally need come to campus only once per week.
Tentative PMP Course Schedule 08-09 (PDF file)
The curriculum is organized around 5 Subject Areas, outlined in more detail below. Students may choose courses from any combination of Subject Areas to complete the minimum 45 credits required for the degree. Please note that students' first choice subject area may not always be available and will depend upon demand and instructor availability.Subject Areas
Electromagnetics
Signal, Image, and Video Processing
Wireless Communications
Controls
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Sample of representative courses in the PMP curriculum:
Electromagnetics:
EE 467 Antennas: Analysis and Design (4) - Sahr
Fundamentals of antennas, analysis, synthesis and computer-aided design, and applications in communications, remote sensing, and radars. Radiation pattern, directivity, impedance, wire antennas, arrays, numerical methods for analysis, horn antennas, microstrip antennas, and reflector antennas.
EE 572 Electromagnetic Theory and Applications I (4) - Tsang
Electromagnetic waves in layered media; complex waves, leaky and slow waves, waves in periodic structures, optical fibers, ionosphere and other guiding structures; transients and dispersive media; waveguides and cavities; beam waves; eigenfunctions and eigenvalues.
E E 573 Electromagnetic Computations and Applications I (4) - Jandhyala
Fundamentals of computational electromagnetics, method of moments, integral equations, basis functions, iterative methods, periodic structures and Green's Functions finite difference time domain method, Yee's lattice, absorbing boundary conditions, variational principles, and finite element method. Applications in antennas, waveguides, and scattering problems.
EE 579 Advanced Topics in Electromagnetics, Optics, and Acoustics (4)
Topics include "Microwave and RF Devices and Systems" - Kuga - Expose students to microwave and RF circuit analysis and design. Both passive and active devices and circuits will be discussed. Students will also learn microwave CAD software and measurement techniques.
Signal, Image, and Video Processing:
EE 518 Digital Signal Processing (4) - Atlas
Digital representation of analog signals. Frequency domain and Z-transforms of digital signals and systems design of digital systems; IIR and FIR filter design techniques, fast Fourier transform algorithms. Sources of error in digital systems. Analysis of noise in digital systems.
EE 586 Digital Video Coding Systems (4) - Sun
Introduction to digital video coding algorithms and systems. Theoretical and practical aspects of important topics on digital video coding algorithms, motion estimation, video coding standards, systems issues, and visual communications.
EE 587 Multimedia Compression and Networking (4) - Hwang
Addresses four major components of multimedia: 1) data compression of multimedia (e.g., speech, audio, image, and video); 2) quality of service (QoS) issues for data transmission over IP; 3) multimedia streaming and conferencing applications; and 4) intellectual property management and protection (IPMP) of multimedia contents.
Wireless Communications:
EE 506 Communication Theory I (4) - Ritcey
Review of stochastic processes. Communication system models. Channel noise and capacity. Optimum detection, modulation and coding, convolutional coders and decoders. Typical channels, random and fading channels. Waveform communication, optimum filters.
EE 565 Computer-Communication Networks I (4) - Roy
Network architectures and protocols; layered model; reliable transmission protocols at the data control layer; Transmission Control Protocols (TCP); routing algorithms; performance modeling, and analysis of packet-switched networks. Multi-access. Projects involving routing and multi-access principles.
EE 567 Mobile Radio Networks (3) - Lin
Wireless communication networks, including digital broadcasting, wireless LAN, wireless access networks and ultra wide band (UWB); OFDM modem design; MAC and RLP; TCP/UDP over wireless; cross-layer protocol optimization; radio network planning
Controls:
EE 447 Control System Analysis I (4) - Fazel/Hannaford
Linear Servomechanism theory and design principles. Pole-zero analysis, stability of feedback systems by root locus and real-frequency response methods. Design methods of Bode and Nichols. Introduction to advanced topics in automatic control theory, state variable methods.
MEMS:
EE 502 Introduction to Microelectro Mechanical Systems (4) - Bohringer
Theoretical and practical aspects in design, analysis, and fabrication of MEMS devices. Fabrication processes, including bulk and surface micromachining. MEMS design and layout. MEMS CAD tools. Mechanical and electrical design. Applications such as micro sensors and actuators, or chemical and thermal transducers, recent advances.
Contact Us
For additional information please contact DJ Miller at mrmiller@u.washington.edu , or call the PMP Advising Office at 206-616-1351.
