Course Descriptions for MEEE
TE 5001: Finance and Investment
This course will develop an understanding of and the ability to analyze financial decisions made by firms. Two fundamental problems faced by firms are addressed: how to invest in the business (capital budgeting) and how to raise capital to finance the investment (capital structure policy). Emphasis is placed on present value techniques, capital budgeting, asset valuation, capital structure decisions, and risk management. The interaction between shareholders, firms, and the economy via the financial markets will be highlighted.
EEE 5004: SEMINAR/WORKSHOP/INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT
This seminar-style core course is designed to prepare engineering students for professional and research-oriented communication, with a specific focus on simulation-based group research. Through structured teamwork, students will engage in the design, implementation, and analysis of engineering simulations relevant to current or emerging technologies in electrical and electronic engineering. Each group will conduct a literature review, identify a problem or case study, and develop a simulation model using appropriate tools. The results and implications of the simulation will be presented in a formal seminar format, supported by technical documentation and peer-reviewed engagement. The course also emphasizes leadership and teamwork through collaborative research, interpersonal communication via peer reviews and feedback, and awareness of societal, cultural, and environmental issues, particularly within the context of Bangladesh and global challenges. Additionally, it fosters a commitment to lifelong learning and self-development in technical and professional domains. To support these outcomes, workshops on technical writing, presentation design, simulation tools, and research methodologies will be conducted throughout the course
EEE 5001: Selected Topics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Course contents are to be decided by the course teacher with the approval of the Board of Postgraduate Studies (BPGS) of the EEE department. The student can take this course only once during the program.
EEE 5003: Design of Power Semiconductor Circuits and Drives
Design of SCR-based circuits, base and gate drive circuits of static switching devices, snubber circuits, switching losses, and heat sink. Control circuits for static power converters, Input/Output filter design of static power converters.Design of protection circuits for static power converters. Scalar and Vector control of AC Machines using static power converters. Design of Microcomputer controllers for static power converter switching.
EEE 5005: Microelectronic Design and Technology
Basic IC processing technology: lithography, oxidation, diffusion, implantation, film deposition, etching, metalisation. IC technologies: Si, GaAs, SiGe, SOS, BiCMOS, Rev, MOS device models. On-chip components: capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes. CMOS design rules, scaling. Floor planning cell layout and routing. Corner and Monto Carlo simulations. CMOS analog building blocks: current mirrors, differential stage, active load. Noise sources and analysis. CMOS operational amplifiers. D/A converters and A/D converters. Oscillators, PLLs, Schmitt triggers, and charge pumps. Static and Dynamic CMOS gates and flip-flops. CMOS digital building blocks: level shifters, decoders, multiplexers, tri-states, buffers, and adders. Memories: ROM, SRAM, and DRAM cell design, Sense amplifiers. Introduction to MEMS, IO circuits, ESD, latch-up, assembly techniques, and packaging. Interconnects and noise shielding, mixed analog-digital design. Yield, reliability, and failure analysis techniques, 6-sigma design.
EEE 5007: Compound Semiconductor Devices
Introduction to GaAs device technology. GaAs metal-semiconductor field effect transistor (GaAs MESFET): introduction, structure, equivalent circuits, current saturation, the effect of source and drain resistances, gate resistance, and application of GaAs MESFET. High electron mobility transistor (HEMT): practical HEMT structure, energy band line-up, equivalent circuit, HEMT noise, pseudomorphic HEMT, and applications. Opto-electronic integration of compound semiconductor devices: heterojunction phototransistor (HPT) and light amplifying optical switch (LAOS). Low-temperature compound semiconductor electronics. Design consideration of MIMICs and power MIMICs using compound semiconductor devices.
EEE 5009: Quantum Phenomena in Nanostructures
Fundamentals of quantum mechanics: effective-mass Schrodinger Equation, matrix representation, Green’s Function. Fundamentals of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, scattering and relaxation. Carrier transport: density of states, current, tunneling and transmission probabilities, introduction to transport in the collective picture. Basic principles of a few effective devices: resonant tunnel diode, supper lattice, quantum wire, and dot.
EEE 5011: Microelectronics and VLSI design
Overview of important issues in high performance digital VLSI design: Interconnect as key limiting factor, wire modeling, clock distribution of high speed system, power distribution, cross-talk and power distribution noise. High-speed circuit design techniques, Low power design issues, High density and high-speed memory design, SOI technology, and circuits. VLSI circuits in signal processing, VLSI circuits in wireless communication. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design.
EEE 5013: Testing VLSI Circuits
Physical defects in VLSI Circuits, Complexity and economics of testing. Fault models: Stack-at, Stack-on, Stack-open, bridging, and delay faults. Testing combinational logic circuits: terminologies, path sesicization, fanout and reconvergence, fault matrix, fault collapsing, test generation using D-algorithm, Boolean difference, and other methods. Testing sequential logic circuits: problems and remedies. Testability of different types of CMOS circuits for various faults, test evaluation. Robustly testable CMOS circuits. Test generation for static and dynamic CMOS.
Design for testability: different techniques of enhancing testability, scan design techniques, built-in self-test (BIST), and built-in current sensors (BICS) for IDDQ testing of CMOS circuits. Error-detecting codes and self-checking circuits. Testable design of regular array architectures and PLAS, the concept of C-testability.
EEE 5015: Power Electronics
Introduction: power semiconductor devices i.e. SCR, GTO, MOSFET, BJT, IGBT, MCTs and their protection, series-parallel operation, heat sink calculations. Design of firing circuits for converters, choppers, and inverters. Phase Controlled Converters: analysis and design of single and three phase bridge converters with and without freewheeling diode, effect of source impedance, power factor improvement techniques, pulse width modulated converters, dual converters, converter for HVDC application and DC drives. Choppers: analysis and design of voltage, current and load commutated choppers, multi-quadrant choppers, and choppers for traction application. Resonant choppers. Buck-boost converters, control of SMPS. Inverters: detailed analysis of single and three-phase VSI inverters, various inverter commutation circuits, harmonic reduction techniques, PWM inverters, space vector modulation, inverters for HVDC application and AC drives, current source inverters, resonant inverters. Cycloconverters: single and three-phase cyclo converter circuits, current and voltage waveforms. Introduction to flexible AC transmission, static compensators(STATCOM), and unified power flow control.
EEE 5017: Radio and TV Engineering
Radio transmitter and receiver, radio broadcasting equipment, digital radio, software-defined radio, TV transmitter and receiver, TV standards, TV telecasting equipment, digital terrestrial TV, DVB technology, digital radio and TV broadcasting (DAB, DAB+ and DTV), IP TV, etc.
EEE 5019: Laser Theory
Black body radiation and the Planck law. Stimulated and spontaneous emission, atomic and spectral line width, 3-level atomic systems. Laser operation under steady-state conditions, laser output coupling, and power. Q-switching and mode locking. Line broadening mechanisms: homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening. Open resonator and Gaussian beam, stability criterion for optical resonators. Principles of operation of gas, solid state, and semiconductor lasers.
EEE 5021: Semiconductor Materials and Heterostructures
Residual impurities in silicon wafers, zone refining. Crystal imperfections: structural, optical, and electronic properties, implantation-related defects, recovery of crystal structure, solid phase epitaxial regrowth (SPE). Semiconductor alloys, structural and electronic properties, growth techniques, molecular beam epitaxy(MBE). Chemical vapor deposition (CVD), pseudomorphic and metastable structures, tetragonal distortion. Strain relaxation. Structural and optical properties of double-sided heterostructures, quantum wells, and superlattices, types of band alignment. Solid state heterostructural LED and LASER, optoelectronic functionality in silicon chip. Structural and electrical study of heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT), heterojunction avalanche photodiode, and silicon-germanium MOSFET.
EEE 5023: Continuous-Time Control System Design
Overview of systems and control with emphasis on modern and post-modern developments. Mathematical tools: matrix, quadratic forms, and singular value decomposition (SVD). Modeling of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems by using state equations. Controllability and observability of MIMO systems. Linear quadratic regulator. Servo-regulator control. Lyapunov stability. State and output feedback control design. Robust control in state-space and optimization-based techniques.
EEE 5025: Computer Control Systems
Examples of digital control systems, differences and similarities between digital and analog control systems, discrete-time systems, stability analysis, observability and controllability, state space models, digital PID controllers, pole placement design, digital control systems characteristics, nonlinear discrete-time systems, optimal control design methods, discrete Kalman filter, identification, case studies.
EEE 5101: Advanced Telecommunication Engineering
Overview of different types of communication networks and their architecture. Channel coding: convolution coding, cyclic redundancy codes, scrambling, and interleaving. Digital modulations: ASK, FSK, PSK and their detection, differential PSK, QPSK, QAM, MSK, GMSK, and their detection. Multiplexing and demultiplexing: TDM, FDM, WDM, DWDM, and OFDM, multiple access networks – TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, and OFDMA. Switching techniques: circuit switching, packet switching, frame relay, ATM and IP switching, VoIP, VSAT, and satellite communications. Fiber optic communications. PDH, SDH, SONET, WiMAX technologies, NGN
EEE 5103: Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design
Introduction to discrete signals and systems, difference equations, discrete convolution, Z-transform, and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) techniques. Analysis, design, and realization of digital filters, Discrete Fourier Transform algorithms, digital filter design procedures, coefficient quantization, finite word length arithmetic, fixed point implementation, limit cycles, noise shaping, decimation, and interpolation.
EEE 5105: Fiber-Optic communication systems
Electromagnetic theory of guided waves: Maxwell’s equations, ray optics, wave optics. Optical fibers: mode analysis, solutions for step-index fibers, dispersion and losses, graded-index fibers, single mode fiber, fiber manufacture, cables and components, connectors, joints and couplers, and fiber transducers. Optical sources: laser principles, semiconductor junction lasers, LEDs, fiber interface couplings, laser safety. Detectors: avalanche photodiode, PIN photodiode, Electro-optic devices, and integrated optics. Fiber communications: digital transmission requirements, pulse dispersion, fiber bandwidth, rise-time, optical transmitters, regenerators, amplifiers, system losses, performance standards, design of digital fiber system, DWDM systems, submarine cables.
EEE 5107: Telecommunication Networks and System Design
Major technical issues in designing and integrating telecommunication networks, basic concepts in telecom network design, network architecture, network reliability, network design constraints, and network design tools. Balance among several key attributes: performance, reliability, cost, and scalability. Being an application-oriented course, students will gain practical experience through two projects using the software, OPNET IT GURU (academic edition).
EEE 5109: Wireless Communication Technologies
Wireless communication channels: time-variant multi-path fading, Doppler shift, fade rate, shadowing effect, time selective channel, frequency selective channel, the effects of fading on wireless transmission, performance analysis. Digital transmission over fading channels: continuous carrier-phase modulation, demodulation, performance analysis, burst-error correcting codes for fading channels, convolutional codes, soft output Viterbi algorithm, coded modulation, turbo principles, iterative processing, space diversity, time diversity, and frequency diversity techniques. Wideband transmissions: Spread-spectrum communications, DS-CDMA, frequency hopping, OFDM techniques, and their applications.
EEE 5111: Mobile Communication Systems
Introduction to Mobile communications, Historical development of mobile telephony, Mobile communications cellular concept and frequency re-use, Antennas and antenna arrays, Radio Propagation and Transmission, Multi-path signal fading, Multiple Access Techniques, Modulation techniques for mobile radio, Equalization and diversity in mobile communications, Channel coding for mobile communication systems. Global System for Mobile, GSM(1), GSM(2), Wireless standards, CDMA spread spectrum concept, WCDMA and 3G Evolution, HSPA and LTE for UMTS, WiMAX and mobile IP, 4G LTE/LTE-Advanced for mobile broadband.
EEE 5113: Internet and Multimedia Communications
Types of media, Multimedia signal characteristics, sampling, digital representation, signal formats. Signal coding and compression: entropy coding, transform coding, vector quantization. Coding standards: H.26X, LPEG, MPEG. Multimedia communication networks: network topologies and layers, LAN, MAN, WAN, PSTN, ISDN, ATM, FRAME RELAY, GEN, NGN, internetworking devices, the internet and the access technologies, enterprise networks, WLANs and wireless multimedia. Entertainment networks: cable, satellite, and terrestrial TV networks, ADSL, VDSL, and high-speed modems. Transport protocols: TCP, UDP, IP, IPv4, IPv6, FTP, RTP, RTCP, use of MPLS and WDMA, Multimedia synchronization, security, QoS, and resource management. Multimedia applications: The WWW, internet telephony (VoIP), teleconferencing, HDTV, email and e-commerce etc.
EEE 5115: Digital Communications
Review of Probability, Fourier Analysis, Linear algebra and Random Processes, Source coding, Communication signals, Signal detection, Channel coding, Capacities of communication channels, Digital Modulation schemes, Multiple access technologies, Switching techniques: circuit switching, packet switching, frame relay, ATM and IP switching, VoIP, VSAT and satellite communications, SDH, SONET.
EEE 5117: Information Theory and Coding
Introduction to information transmission, information sources and source coding, channel capacity and coding, Error correction codes used in satellite and wireless communications, FEC, ARQ, Hybrid FEC/ARQ, convolution encoding and decoding, error detection and correction using block codes, turbo codes.
EEE 5119: Digital and Embedded Systems Design
Topics include introduction to custom digital processors including DSP hardware, high-speed digital design techniques, modern chip design methodologies, hardware and software co-design, advanced programming paradigms including state machines and concurrent processes, real-time programming, and operating systems.
EEE 5121: Optical Circuits and Fibers
Types and applications of optical fibers: ray analysis of multimode fibers, characteristics of single-mode fibers, losses and dispersion in fibers, fiber fabrication, cabling, and handling fibers. Waveguiding in integrated optics and fibers, fabrication processes, optical substrates, modeling methods, and manufacturing constraints on design. Photonic devices: operating principles and applications of waveguide-based devices, tapers, couplers, polarisers, Bragg gratings, filters, interferometers, fiber lasers and amplifiers, operation, and application of LEDs, lasers, and detectors.
EEE 5123: Antennas and Propagation
Definitions, antenna as an aperture, arrays of point sources, review of dipoles, loop, and thin linear antennas. Helical antenna, biconical and spheroidal antennas, internal equation methods, current distribution, self and mutual impedances, arrays design, and synthesis. Reflector type antennas. Banbiner’s principle and complementary antennas. Application of reaction concept and vocational principles in antennas and propagation. Frequency independent antennas. Scattering and diffraction, selected topics in microwave antennas, and antenna measurements. Application of broadcasting, microwave links, satellite communication, and radio astronomy.
EEE 5125: Microwave Solid State Devices and Circuits
Introduction to N port network for lossless junctions. Resonant circuits and different types of resonators. Modern microwave transmission lines and microwave integrated circuits (MICs), TE11, quasi TEM and non TEM type MIC lines, microstrip lines. Microwave passive devices: directional couplers, hybrid junction/magic T, Wilkinso power divider, microstrip line filters, isolators, phase shifters, attenuators. Microwave amplifiers and oscillators.
EEE 5201: Power System Analysis
An overview of modern power systems, Review of the basic concepts used in power system analysis, phasors, complex power, three phase systems and per unit methodology. Modeling circuit of power system components including transformers, generators, transmission lines and loads. Steady-state and dynamic behaviour of power systems. Network matrices and power flow analysis. Power system fault calculations: symmetrical components, symmetrical faults, unsymmetrical faults. Power system stability: swing equation, multi-machine applications. Power system protection principles. Power system control, economic dispatch. Distributed generation. Renewable energy generation systems. Electricity industry: recent changes in its structure and operating practices.
EEE 5203: Generalized Modeling and Analysis of Electrical Machines
Primitive machine: voltage and torque equation, matrix equations for commutator and salient pole machines. Reference Frame Theory: transformations and change of variables. Generalized torque expression. Steady state and transient analysis of dc and commutator machines. Induction machine: voltage and torque equation for steady state operation, equivalent circuit, arbitrary reference frame equations, dynamic performance during sudden changes in load torque and three phase fault at the machine terminals, transient and negative sequence conditions, simplified equations. Unbalanced and balanced two phase machines, single phase induction motor equations. Synchronous machine: steady state analysis, uniform air gap and salient pole machines with no damper windings, transient and negative sequence conditions. Transformation equations for rotating three phase windings, voltage and power equation for salient and non salient alternator, phasor diagrams, time constants, simplified equations of a synchronous machine with two damper coils. Park’s equations in operational form, operational impedances of a synchronous machine with damper windings, simplified model, synchronous machine standard reactances and time constants, derived time constants, parameters from short circuit characteristics, reduced order model. Equivalent circuit and vector diagrams for approximate transient condition calculations. Analysis of fault condition by approximate method and its application to power system analysis.
EEE 5205: Special Machines
Permanent Magnet Machines: Permanent magnet materials, construction and characteristics of PM dc and ac motors and generators, BLDC, SPM and IPM motors and their control. Stepping motors: reluctance, PM and hybrid rotors and their control. Linear actuators, generators and motors, synchronous and sub synchronous reluctance motors, hysteresis motor, servomotors and tachogenerators. Magnetic clutch and eddy current devices. Current topics on electrical machines and electromagnetic devices.
EEE 5207: Optimization of Power System Operation
General principles of optimization, its application to power system planning, design and operation. Probability analysis of bulk power security and outage data. Economic operation of power system – economic operation of thermal plants, combined thermal and hydro-electric plants. Theory of economic operation of interconnected areas. Development and application of transmission loss formulae for economic operation of power systems. Methods of optimum scheduling and tools for economic dispatch. Operation of power systems with renewable energy resources.
EEE 5209: Computer Methods in Power System Analysis
General review of network theory, matrix analysis and computer modeling. Algorithms for formation of network matrices. Three-phase networks: Symmetrical components and sequence impedances, balanced and unbalanced faults, fault impedance and admittance matrices. Short circuit studies using Z-Bus and Z-Loop, open circuit fault studies. Load flow studies, power flow equations, Gauss-Siedel, Newton-Raphson, decoupled and fast decoupled methods of load flow analysis. Three phase load flow. System stability studies. Prediction of reliability.
EEE 5211: Power System Planning
Basic objectives of power system planning. Generation expansion planning process. Electrical demand forecasting: current demand forecasting approaches. Generation planning: economic analysis, expected energy generation, expected fuel cost, Booth-Baleriux, cummulant and segmentation methods. Probabilistic simulation of hydro and energy limited units. Expected energy production cost of interconnected systems. Economic aspects of interconnection. Different aspects of load management: effects of load management on reliability and on production cost. Joint ownership of generation.
EEE 5213: Advanced Power System Control
Overview of requirements and constraints, real-time operation and monitoring in power system, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Energy management system (EMS), on-line application functions, state estimation, short term load forecasting, unit commitment, automatic generation control (AGC), load frequency control (LFC) and security control. Open architecture EMS. On-line algorithm’s speed enhancement, sparsity exploitation, fast decoupling, model/system decomposition, parallel processing, hierarchical computer and array processor configuration, application of expert system, pattern recognition, artificial neural networks (ANN), fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms. EMS in the context of deregulation of utilities and independent system operators (ISO).
EEE 5215: Direct Energy Conversion
Energy conversion: Direct and indirect processes. Preview of semiconductor Physics and PN junction characteristics. Introduction to inversible thermodynamics. Thermoelectric conversion: principle, analysis, coolers, figure of merit, device configuration. Photovoltaic conversion: Optical effects of PN junction, design and analysis of PV cells, fabrication, system design and application. Thermoionic conversion: thermoionic effects, analysis of converters, applications. Magnet-Hydrodynamic conversion: gaseous conductors, analysis of MHD generators. Batteries and fuel cells: thermodynamic analysis and design of batteries and fuel cells. Current topics of direct energy conversion processes. Socio-economic impact of direct energy conversion in Bangladesh.
EEE 5217: Advanced Protective Relays
Review of characteristics of over current, directional, differential, distance and pilot relays. Principles of relay design. Effects of transients on relay operation. Harmonic relaying. Static and digital relays. Applications of static and digital relaying in various power protection schemes.
EEE 5219: Industrial and Commercial Power Systems
The aim of the course is to provide practical knowledge on the design and operation of electrical distribution systems in large commercial buildings and industrial sites. Topics covered include: regulatory aspects, switchboards, cabling systems, transformers and switchgear, earthing systems, electrical safety issues including personnel protection and fire protection, protection of electrical systems including both overcurrent and surge protection and condition monitoring, lightning protection, electrical lighting systems, communication systems in buildings, emergency systems, energy efficiency and energy management, power quality and effects of voltage and current harmonics, power frequency magnetic fields and their impact in building and industrial sites, application of renewable energy sources in building and industrial sites.
EEE 5221: Nuclear Power Engineering
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering: Introduction, Why Nuclear Power for Developing Countries, Atomic Nuclei, Atomic Number and Mass Number, Isotopes, Atomic Mass Unit, Radioactivity and Radioactive Change Rate of Radioactive Decay, Mass – Energy Equivalence, Binding Energy, Release of Energy by Nuclear Reaction, Types of Nuclear Reactions, Initiation of Nuclear Reaction, Nuclear Cross-section, Nuclear Fission, The Fission Chain Reaction, Moderation, Fertile Materials and Breeding.
Nuclear Reactors: Introduction, General Components of Nuclear Reactor, General Problems of Reactor Operation, Different Types of Reactors, Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR), Boiling Water Reactors (BWR), Heavy Water-cooled and Moderated CANDU (Canadian Deuterium Uranium) Type Reactors, Gas-cooled Reactors, Breeder Reactors, Reactor Containment Design, Location of Nuclear Power Plant.
Nuclear Materials: Introduction, Fuels, Cladding and Structural Materials, Coolants, Moderating and Reflecting Materials, Control Rod Materials, Shielding Materials.
Control and Safety of Nuclear Plants: Introduction, Control and Safety System, Engineered Safeguard Features, System that Control Process Parameters during Normal Operation, Instrumentation and Control Systems, Radiation Monitoring System.
Nuclear Waste & Its Disposal: Introduction, Unit of Nuclear Radiation, Types of Nuclear Waste, Effects of Nuclear Radiation, Radioactive Waste Disposal System, Gas Disposal System.
Radiation Monitoring and Protection: Introduction, Personal Monitoring, Radiation Protection (Radiation Workers, Non-Radiation Workers, Public at large), Radiation Dose (Early effect, Late effect hereditary effect).
EEE 5223: Electrical Drive Systems
Fundamentals of drive systems: components, drive configuration, quadrants of operation, torque components, dynamics. D C drives: torque, speed control, starting and braking using controlled rectifier and chopper, close-loop control of dc drives, transient analysis. Induction motor drives: speed control, v/f controlled induction motors, controlled current and controlled slip operation, PWM inverter drives, multi-quadrant drives, direct and indirect field oriented control, direct torque control. Slip power control, mathematical modeling of induction motor drives, transient response and stability analysis, single phase IM drives, close loop control of IM drives. Synchronous motor drives: cylindrical rotor wound field motor, salient pole wound field motor, synchronous reluctance motor and permanent magnet synchronous motor operation from variable frequency supply, starting, braking and close loop control. Stepper motor and switch reluctance motor drives, solar and battery powered drives. Traction drives. Battery operated vehicles for city services. Energy conservation in electrical drives. Advance control technique applications. Application of modern and evolutionary techniques in drives.
EEE 5002 : Project (M.Engg.)
The project topic area chosen by the student may be in any technical area covered by the interests and expertise of the teacher of the department who will act as the project supervisor. In addition, the course covers Information literacy, Introduction to project management, Project planning, Problem analysis and synthesis, and Written and oral examinations.
EEE 5000 : Thesis (M.Sc.Engg.)
The thesis topic area chosen by the student may be in any technical area covered by the interests and expertise of the teacher of the department who will act as the project supervisor. In addition, the course covers Information literacy, Introduction to project management, Project planning, Problem analysis and synthesis, and Written and oral examinations.
Course Descriptions for MTEL
TE 501: Modern Telecommunications Principles
Overview of communication systems: Basic principles, fundamental elements, system limitations, message source, bandwidth requirements, transmission media types, bandwidth and transmission capacity. Noise : Sources, characteristics of various types of noise and signal-to-noise ratio. Information theory: Measure of information, source encoding, error-free communication over a noisy channel, channel capacity of a continuous system, and discrete memoryless system. Communication systems: Analog and digital. Continuous wave modulation: Transmission types – baseband transmission, carrier transmission, amplitude modulation, DSB, SSB, Vestigial side band(VSB), quadrature, spectral analysis of each type, envelope and synchronous detection, frequency modulation and phase modulation, spectral analysis, demodulation of FM and PM. Pulse modulation: Sampling theorem, Nyquist criterion, aliasing, PAM – principle, bandwidth requirements, PCM – quantization principle, quantization noise, SQNR, differential PCM, demodulation of PCM, delta modulation (DM) – principle, adaptive DM, line coding – formats and bandwidths. Digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK and their detection, differential PSK, quadrature PSK, continuous and discontinuous phase FSK, MSK, GMSK, and their detection. Multiplexing and demultiplexing: TDM, FDM, WDM, and OFDM, multiple access network – TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, and OFDMA. Communication system design: design parameters, channel selection criterion, and performance simulation.
TE 502: Digital Communications
Overview of different types of communication networks and their architecture; A/D conversion; GIF, JPEG, PNG; Audio coding for fixed telephone network and speech coding for mobile communications; Image and video coding: JPEG and MPEG; Channel coding: scrambling, convolution coding, cyclic redundancy checks, scrambling and interleaving; Modulation schemes: ASK, PSK, FSK, MSK, and GMSK. Modulation for local access: ADSL, DSL; Multiple access technologies, high-speed PSTN access technology; Routing strategies, numbering schemes; Switching techniques: circuit switching, packet switching, Frame relay, ATM and IP switching, VoIP, VSAT and satellite communications; Audio and video conferencing technique, Cable and satellite TV networks, HDTV transmission, SDH, SONET and WiMax technologies.
TE 503: Telecom Legal, Regulatory, and Spectrum Management Issues
Telecommunication law, National telecommunication policy, e-commerce law, rulings and regulations, telecommunication standards for different services, spectrum policies and regulations, radio frequency management, allocation of spectrum, regulations for spectrum use, common carriers, satellite and cables, competition and compliance, ITU-T, long term policy planning, management and organization of electronics and telecommunications industry.
TE 504: Mobile communications
An introduction to ubiquitous communication: Wireless transmission, frequencies for transmission, International regulations and local regulatory authorities, spectrum management and frequency monitoring, telecommunication policy and regulatory issues, signals, antennas, signal propagation, multiplexing, spread spectrum; Medium access control: SDMA, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA; Radio network planning; Fundamentals of cellular telephony: the concept of cellular communications, frequency reuse, cell splitting, registration, terminal authentication, handoff strategies; GSM and GPRS: services, system architecture, radio interface, protocols, handover, security; Next generation mobile communication systems: 2.5G systems, 3G, 4G and beyond; Wireless LANs and personal area networks, WiMAX and mobile IP.
TE 505: Wireless Communications
Introduction to Wireless Communication Systems, Modern wireless communication systems, The cellular concept – System design fundamentals, Mobile radio propagation – Large-scale path loss, small-scale fading and multipath, Modulation techniques for mobile radio, Equalization, Diversity and Channel coding, Speech coding, Multiple access techniques for wireless communications, Trunking and grade of service, Wireless network planning and operation, Wireless systems and Standards.
TE 506: Finance and Investment
This course will develop an understanding of and the ability to analyze financial decisions made by firms. Two fundamental problems faced by firms are addressed: how to invest in the business ( capital budgeting ) and how to raise capital to finance the investment ( capital structure policy ). Emphasis is placed on present value techniques, capital budgeting, asset valuation, capital structure decisions, and risk management, The interaction between shareholders, firms, and the economy via the financial markets will be highlighted.
EEE 5004: SEMINAR/WORKSHOP/INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT
This seminar-style core course is designed to prepare engineering students for professional and research-oriented communication, with a specific focus on simulation-based group research. Through structured teamwork, students will engage in the design, implementation, and analysis of engineering simulations relevant to current or emerging technologies in electrical and electronic engineering. Each group will conduct a literature review, identify a problem or case study, and develop a simulation model using appropriate tools. The results and implications of the simulation will be presented in a formal seminar format, supported by technical documentation and peer-reviewed engagement. The course also emphasizes leadership and teamwork through collaborative research, interpersonal communication via peer reviews and feedback, and awareness of societal, cultural, and environmental issues, particularly within the context of Bangladesh and global challenges. Additionally, it fosters a commitment to lifelong learning and self-development in technical and professional domains. To support these outcomes, workshops on technical writing, presentation design, simulation tools, and research methodologies will be conducted throughout the course
TE 507: Telecommunications Systems Analysis, Planning, and Design
Introduction to the basic system analysis tools and the procedures for conducting a system analysis, Topics include system requirements, the initial analysis, the general feasibility study, structured analysis, detailed analysis, logical design, the general system proposal, Current system documentation through the use of classical and structured tools and techniques for describing flows, data flows, data structures, file designs, input and output designs, and program specifications. The student will gain practical experience through a project.
TE 508: Telecommunications Networks and System Design
Major technical issues in designing and integrating telecommunication networks, Basic concepts in telecom network design, Network architecture, Network reliability, Network design constraints, Network design tools, and Balance among several key attributes: performance, reliability, cost, and scalability. Being an application-oriented course, students will gain practical experience through two projects using commercial software: OPNET IT GURU (Academic edition ).
TE 509: Fiber-Optic communication systems
Electromagnetic theory of guided waves: Maxwell’s equations, ray optics, wave optics. Optical fibers: mode analysis, solutions for step-index fibers, dispersion and losses, graded-index fiber, single-mode fiber, fiber manufacture, cables and components, connectors, joints and couplers, and fiber transducers. Optical sources: laser principles, semiconductor junction lasers, LEDs, fiber interface couplings, laser safety. Detectors: avalanche photo-diode, PIN photo-diode. Electro-optic devices and integrated optics. Fiber communications: digital transmission requirements, pulse dispersion, fiber bandwidth, rise-time, optical transmitters, regenerators, amplifiers, system losses, performance standards, design of digital fiber system, DWDM systems, submarine cables.
TE 510: Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design
Introduction to discrete signals and systems, difference equations, discrete convolution, Z-transform, and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) techniques. Analysis, design, and realization of digital filters, Discrete Fourier Transform algorithms, digital filter design procedures, coefficient quantization, finite word length arithmetic, fixed point implementation, limit cycles, noise shaping, decimation, and interpolation.
TE 511: Radio and TV Engineering
Radio transmitter and receiver, radio broadcasting equipment, digital radio, software-defined radio, TV transmitter and receiver, TV standards, TV telecasting equipment, digital terrestrial TV, DVB technology, digital radio and TV broadcasting (DAB, DAB+ and DTV), IP TV, etc.
TE 512: Satellite Communications
Orbits: Kepler’s Laws, Newton’s Law, orbital parameters, inclined orbits, geostationary orbit. Space Environment: Mechanical effects, Atmospheric effects (radiation, ionospheric effects, rain attenuation), polarization, propagation. Link Analysis: Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power, received signal power, noise power at the receiver input, the uplink, the downlink, station–to–station link. Satellite Access: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Fixed and on-demand assignment, random access, inter-satellite links. Earth Stations: Standards, antennas, radio frequency subsystem, communication subsystem, network interface subsystem. The Payload: Transparent repeaters, multibeam satellite repeater, regenerative repeater, antenna characteristics. The Platform: Altitude control, the propulsion system, the power supply, telemetry, tracking and command, thermal control, and satellite tool kit (STK). Satellite Installation: Installation in orbit, launch vehicles, reliability issues, cost issues, network dimensioning. Satellite Services: Broadcasting Satellite Services (DBS, DVB-S), integrated services digital broadcasting- satellite, fixed satellite services (INTELSAT, VSAT), navigational satellite services (NAVSTAR GPS), earth resource satellite services (Radarsat, NOAA), mobile satellite services, international space station, satellite internet, rural access point for remote-area communications.
TE 513: GSM and Cellular systems
The cellular concept – system design fundamentals: Introduction, frequency re-use, channel assignment strategies, handoff strategies, interference and system capacity, trunking and grade of service, improving coverage and capacity in cellular systems, cellular propagation environment.
GSM (Global System for Mobile): Introduction, GSM services, and features, GSM System Architecture, GSM radio subsystem, GSM channel types, frame structure for GSM, signal processing in GSM, GMSK used in GSM, ALOHA, FDMA and TDMA, GPRS and EDGE.
TE 514: 3G and beyond Mobile communications
Introduction to 3G cellular systems, cellular propagation environment for 3G radio links, standardization processes, evolution from GSM to UMTS, UMTS network architecture, introduction to WCDMA, modulation/demodulation methods made available at the network level, handover, power control, radio access network architecture, physical layer, radio interface protocols, WCDMA radio network planning, radio resource management, packet access, physical layer performance.
TE 515: System design techniques
General systems concepts, systems/software engineering standards, Petri nets, reachability analysis, modeling with petri nets, coloured petri nets, modeling with colored petri nets, petri net computer support tools, application to a variety of systems. Applications of queueing networks to determine computer and communication system performance. Discrete simulation of computer and communications systems. Network modeling of system reliability. Industrial case studies of computer systems design.
TE 516: Modeling and Simulation for Systems Engineering
Elements of computer simulations, modeling deterministic and stochastic systems, generation of random numbers and variables, probability and statistics related to modeling, validating, running, and of interpreting computer simulations.
TE 517: JAVA Programming
JAVA Programming Fundamentals, introduction to the core aspects of the Java programming language upon which all Java application development is based. Application development for the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) that includes Java Server Pages, Servlets and Enterprise Java Beans. Java in Web development, capabilities of Java servlets, their advantages over CGI, the Java servlet architecture, JDBC, session management and security, application development for J2ME.
TE 518: Internet and Multimedia communications
Types of media, Multimedia signal characteristics: sampling, digital representation, signal formats. Signal coding and compression: entropy coding, transform coding, vector quantization. Coding standards: H.26x, LPEG, MPEG. Multimedia communication networks: network topologies and layers, LAN, MAN, WAN, PSTN, ISDN, ATM, FRAME RELAY, GEN, NGN, internetworking devices, the internet and access technologies, enterprise networks, WLANs and wireless multimedia. Entertainment networks: cable, satellite, and terrestrial TV networks, ADSL, VDSL, and high-speed modems. Transport protocols : TCP, UDP, IP, IPv4, IPv6, FTP, RTP, RTCP, use of MPLS and WDMA. Multimedia synchronization, security, QoS, and resource management. Multimedia applications: The WWW, internet telephony (VoIP), teleconferencing, HDTV, email and e-commerce
TE 519: Embedded Programming
Programming small devices with limited processor and memory capabilities such as programming mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and PDAs, programming smart cards such as credit cards, and biometric identity cards, programming small hardware devices such as microcontrollers, TVs, microwave ovens, etc. utility electronic goods. Introduction to handheld devices, architecture of MIDlets, introduction to Java wireless tool kits, game programming and performance tuning, personal information management, XML parsing on wireless devices, RMI and HTTP services on midlets, database application on handheld devices, sms programming
TE 520: Marketing and Management
Consideration at an advanced level of the major elements of marketing from the point of view of the marketing executive. Emphasis on problem solving and decision-making using an interdisciplinary approach. Development of an integrated, comprehensive marketing strategy. Database marketing. Electronic commerce and interactive marketing.
TE 521: Microelectronics and VLSI design
Overview of important issues in high performance digital VLSI design: Interconnect as key limiting factor, wire modeling, clock distribution of high speed system, power distribution, cross talk and power distribution noise. High-speed circuit design techniques, Low power design issues, High density and high-speed memory design, SOI technology, and circuits. VLSI circuits in signal processing, VLSI circuits in wireless communication, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design.
TE 522: Random Variables & Stochastic Processes in Telecom
Probability and Random variables, random signals & noise, statistical methods in the analysis of information transmission systems, random processes in the frequency domain, gaussian and white processes, bandlimited processes and sampling, bandpass processes, digital transmission through the additive white Gaussian noise channel, channel capacity, and coding, wireless communications.
TE 523: Information Theory and Coding
Introduction to information transmission, information sources and source coding, channel capacity and coding, Error-correcting codes used in satellite and wireless communications, FEC, ARQ, Hybrid FEC/ARQ, convolutional encoding and decoding, error detection and correction using block codes, turbo codes.