Teaching

Teaching Experience at UTA:

EE 2307 ELECTROMAGNETICS I  Electric charge, Coulomb’s law, static electric field, electric potential, electric flux, Gauss’s law, divergence theorem, electric conductor, dielectric media, permittivity, electric field boundary conditions, capacitance, electrostatic energy and forces, steady electric current, electromotive force, Kirchhoff’s voltage law and Kirchhoff’s current law; Static magnetic field, Ampere’s law of force, Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s circuital law, curl of the magnetic field, Stokes’ theorem, vector magnetic potential, magnetic flux, magnetic fields in media, permeability, magnetic field boundary conditions, magnetic forces and the Hall effect. Prerequisite: Co-requisite: EE2446 and MATH 3319

EE2315 Circuit Analysis I  Basic circuit concepts of R, L, and C elements. Kirchhoff’s laws, resistive network analysis, power calculations, loop and node equations, topology, basic network theorems. Dependent sources and operational amplifiers. Computer-assisted solution of circuit problems. Elementary transient analysis. Steady state A-C phasor analysis, including element laws and phasor diagrams. Prerequisites: EE 1347, MATH 2325, MATH 2326, or concurrently, PHYS 1444.

 EE 2320. CIRCUIT ANALYSIS  For non-electrical engineering majors. Basic principles of R, L, and C components. Kirchhoff’s laws, network analysis, loop and node equations, basic network theorems. Steady-state AC phasor analysis, operational amplifiers, filtering, and digital circuits. Prerequisite: Math 2425, PHYS 1444.

EE2446 Circuit Analysis II with Lab Network theorems. Power, reactive power, resonance, circular loci, mutual inductance and transformers. Dependent sources, linear variational models, and introduction to two-port networks. Solution of differential equations using Laplace transform techniques. Introduction to transmission lines. Concurrent laboratory experiments complement EE 2315 and EE 2446 lecture topics. Prerequisite: EE 2315, EE 2347, MATH 2326.

EE5305 Advanced Electronics Advanced study of solid-state devices and integrated circuits. Analysis, design and simulation of analog integrated circuits including biasing, gain stages, active loads, power amplifiers, operational amplifiers and wideband amplifiers.

EE5382 Optical Detectors and Radiation : This course develops the basic physical and operating principles of optical detectors. The course focuses on infrared detectors. The topics include geometric optics, blackbody radiation, radiometry, photon detection mechanisms, thermal detection mechanisms, probability and statistics of optical detection, noise in optical detectors, figures of merit, photovoltaic detectors, photoconductive detectors, bolometers, pyroelectric detectors, Schottky diode detectors, and quantum well detectors. syllabus

 EE5381 Foundations in Semiconductors: A study of basic principles of semiconductors that have direct applications on device operation and fabrication. The course covers basic semiconductor properties, elements of quantum mechanics, energy band theory, equilibrium carrier statistics, carrier transport and generation-recombination processes, semiconductor characterization techniques using resistivity measurement, mobility measurement through Hall effect, defect characterization, carrier lifetime measurement and optical characterization. syllabus

EE5349 Low Noise Electronics: This course is an introduction to the area of low-noise electronic design. It presents an overview of noise fundamentals, a description of noise models for passive devices and active devices, methods of calculating the noise performance of circuits, and techniques for minimizing noise in circuit design. syllabus

Teaching Experience at SMU:

 -          EE2322 Electronic Circuits I (undergraduate level) - an introduction to electronic circuits

-          EE2321 Electronics II (undergraduate level) - an introduction to digital logic circuits

-          EE2352 Circuit Analysis II (undergraduate level) - steady state and state space analysis of circuits

-          EE3311 Solid State Devices (undergraduate level) - physical principles of semiconductor devices such as diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and JFETs

-          EE3315 Optoelectronics (undergraduate level) - basic properties of light, ray tracing, lenses, mirrors, optical modulators, lasers, laser diodes, optical fibers and waveguides, and detectors.

-          EE3330 Electromagnetics (undergraduate level)- laws of electromagnetics, Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves

-          EE3370 Mathematics of Signals and Systems (undergraduate) - analysis of discrete and continuous time signals

-          EE4311/12 Senior Design (undergraduate)

-          EE5310 Introduction to Semiconductors (undergraduate/graduate level)- quantum mechanics, energy band theory, carrier statistics, transport, and generation-recombination processes

-          EE5312 Integrated Circuit Processing Laboratory (undergraduate/graduate level)- an introduction to semiconductor processing

-          EE5315 Introduction to Superconductive Devices (undergraduate/graduate level) - theories of superconductivity and fundamental operating principles of superconductive devices

-          EE5330 Electromagnetics: Guided Waves (undergraduate/graduate level) - transmission lines and waveguides

-          EE5390/7390 RF Integrated Circuit Design

-          EE6310/8310 Electronic Processes (graduate level)- crystal structure, band theory, Boltzmann transport equation and solution, longitudinal and transverse transport processes

-          EE6331/8331 Microwave Electronics (graduate level) - s-parameter design principles of filters, amplifiers, oscillators and mixer circuits, harmonic balance technique

-          EE6390 Superconductive Devices (graduate level special topics)) - quantum mechanics, theories of superconductivity and fundamental operating principles of superconductive devices

-          EE6390 Reading Course in Contact Diodes (graduate level)

-          EE6390 Reading Course in Superconductive Millimeter Wave Receivers (graduate level)

-          EE6390 Reading Course in  Quantum -Mechanics (graduate level)

-          EE6390 Reading Course in Optical Detectors (graduate level)

-          EE6390 Reading Course in Electronic Circuits (graduate level)

 New Courses Developed at UTA

1.        EE5382 Optical Detectors and Radiation (graduate level): This course develops the basic physical and operating principles of optical detectors. The course focuses on infrared detectors. The topics include geometric optics, blackbody radiation, radiometry, photon detection mechanisms, thermal detection mechanisms, probability and statistics of optical detection, noise in optical detectors, figures of merit, photovoltaic detectors, photoconductive detectors, bolometers, pyroelectric detectors, Schottky diode detectors, and quantum well detectors. (First offered Spring 2003)

2.     EE5381 Foundations in Semiconductors (graduate level) Crystal structure, Miller indices, essentials of quantum mechanics, energy band theory, Kronig-Penny Model, E-k diagrams, density of states, effective mass, carrier statistics, resistivity characterization of semiconductors,  recombination-generation statistics, carrier lifetime measurement, mobility, thermoelectric behavior, defects, optical characterization. (First offered Fall 2004)

3.     EE5349 Low Noise Electronics (graduate level) This course is an introduction to the area of low-noise electronic design. It presents an overview of noise fundamentals, a description of noise models for passive devices and active devices, methods of calculating the noise performance of circuits, and techniques for minimizing noise in circuit design. Low noise design practices will be developed in rf circuits and analog circuits. ADS and HSPICE software will be used.

New Courses Developed at SMU

2.        EE2322 Electronic Circuits I (undergraduate level): EE2322 was developed to meet the demands of the new EE curriculum that eliminated EE2320 Electronic Circuits I and EE2321 Electronic Circuits II. EE2322 was developed to cover many of the basic concepts developed in these two courses and thereby serve as a prerequisite for EE3322 Electronic Circuits II which was the revised EE3321 Electronic Circuits III. EE2322 covers an introduction to nonlinear devices used in electronic circuits. The course will cover the dc analysis of circuit employing diodes, bipolar junction transistors, MOSFETs, and JFET. Introduction to ac analysis will be covered. Topics include device I-V characteristics, biasing, transfer characteristics, power dissipation, aspects of transient analysis, SPICE, the mid-band analysis and design of amplifier circuits and logic circuits. (First offered Fall 1994)

3.        EE5312 Integrated Circuit Processing Laboratory (undergraduate/graduate level): A laboratory-oriented course that covers an overview of Si integrated circuit technology, the use of SUPREM and other CAD tools, and laboratory projects covering lithography, diffusion, oxidation, metallization, optical microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy towards the fabrication of a Si-MOS integrated circuit.  (First offered Fall 1987)

4.        EE5315 Introduction to Superconductive Devices (undergraduate/graduate level): A large electromagnetic and circuit based approach to the phenomena of superconductivity and its applications magnets, magnetic levitation, transmission lines, tunnel junctions and weak links, SQUIDs. First offered as a special topics course in Spring 1988 revised to be suitable for undergraduate students and offered as EE5315 in Spring 1992)

5.        EE3315 Introduction to Optoelectronics (undergraduate level): This course introduces the student to the field of optoelectronics. It covers the topics of plane waves, polarization, transmission and reflection of light, geometric optics, optical waveguides and fiber, electro-optic effect, magneto-optic effect, acousto-optic effect, optical modulators, lasers and light emitting diodes. (First Offered Spring 2001)

6.        EE6325 Optical Radiation and Detectors (graduate level): This course develops the basic physical and operating principles of optical detectors. The course focuses on infrared detectors. The topics include geometric optics, blackbody radiation, radiometry, photon detection mechanisms, thermal detection mechanisms, probability and statistics of optical detection, noise in optical detectors, figures of merit, photovoltaic detectors, photoconductive detectors, bolometers, pyroelectric detectors, Schottky diode detectors, and quantum well detectors. (Offered as Reading Course)

7.         EE7390/5390 RF Integrated Circuit Design (undergraduate/graduate level): This course will develop the basic concepts and architectures used in rf integrated circuits. The success of microelectronics has seen the development of powerful integrated circuits that combine operation at RF and microwave frequencies (f > 100 MHz) with large scale integration for communications and computing applications. Many circuits are mixed signal combining analog and digital functionality in a single integrated circuit. This course will cover the basic principles of RF design, overview the technical challenges of rf or high-speed operation of rf integrated circuits, develop the design concepts of rf amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, and phase-locked loops using CMOS and bipolar technologies, and examine the implementation of these building blocks in integrated circuits. (taught Fall 2001 for first time)