MSE in Electrical Engineering

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Program Overview

Advancements in electrical engineering are accelerating faster and faster, challenging the visionary engineer to find a place in the intensely competitive world of high technology. At ASU's Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, faculty and student research teams are working on "breakthrough" knowledge, setting the pace for the remarkable spectrum of innovation that promises to revolutionize life and work!

The online graduate professional program in electrical engineering will connect you to the challenges of global integration and help prepare you and your virtual global peers for the many exciting career possibilities.

The online M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering offers area of studies in control systems, electric power and energy systems, electronic and mixed-signal circuit design, electromagnetics, antennas and microwave circuits, signal processing and communications, and solid-state electronics. A number of courses are offered online each semester.

Admission Requirements

  • Student must hold an ABET accredited engineering undergraduate degree, 3.0 GPA in the last two years of undergrad course work
  • Non-ABET engineering undergraduate degree, 3.5 GPA in last two years of study- Or have graduated first class with distinction- And must score 90 percent (720) or higher on the GRE quantitative section- And 4.0 or better on the writing section of the GRE
  • Complete all required Division of Graduate Studies application materials
  • ASU classes can be supplemented with up to six credit hours of approved graduate credit transferred from other institutions with advisor approval
  • The program can be completed in two years, must be completed within a six year time period. Note: Courses must be taken concurrently to avoid having to reapply which will include additional application fees

Program Requirements

  • At least 5 EEE courses
  • At most 2 400-level courses
  • At least 3 EEE 500-level courses
  • At least 2 courses outside area of specialization
  • At most 1 Independent Study (EEE590)
  • No thesis required
  • Students must complete a total of 30 credit hours equaling 10 courses
  • A final comprehensive exam in the area of specialization completes the MSE requirements.

Areas of study in Electrical Engineering
Solid State Electronics

Solid-state electronics engineering studies the behavior of solids, including semiconductor materials and devices, insulators, and conductors. Semiconductors are the building blocks of integrated circuits for computers; electronic quartz watches; television and radio components, lasers in compact disc players, light emitters and detectors in fiber optic communication systems, and various automotive systems such as brakes, crash impact detectors, battery chargers, and power transmission systems.

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Electronic and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design

Electronic and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design centers on integration of many analog and digital devices into one small package by combining innovative systems and integrated-circuit design techniques.

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Signal Processing and Communications

Communication systems engineers design, build, and operate systems that transmit information, including cellular phones, radio, television, satellite, wireless and optical networks, and the Internet. Communication systems engineering relies on mathematical signal and system theory.

Digital signal processing extracts, encodes, and processes signals from sources such as radar, sonar, wireless communication transmitters, geological sensors, medical imaging devices, speech, music, and video while attempting to suppress noise and other forms of distortion.

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Electric Power and Energy Systems

The development of new types of power supplies for both utility and high technology applications. The control of electric power systems by electronic devices and analysis of the dynamic interactions between the devices and systems. The work in recent years concentrated on power conditioning devices, force commutated PWM inverters, variable speed motor drives and evaluation of harmonics generated watt-hour meters disturbances.

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Electromagnetics, Antennas and Microwave Circuits

Electromagnetics is a discipline concerned with the study of charges, at rest and in motion, that produce currents and electric-magnetic fields. It is fundamental to the study of electrical engineering and physics, and indispensable to the understanding, design, and operation of many practical systems using antennas, scattering, microwave circuits and devices, wireless radio-frequency and optical communication, and radar.

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Control Systems

The Systems and Controls program includes six graduate and seven graduate special topics courses in the areas of linear and nonlinear control systems, real-time and digital control systems, optimal control, distributed parameter systems, adaptive control, and neural networks. In addition, the theoretical material taught in the upper division undergraduate and graduate courses is enhanced through the use of computer projects.

COURSES

  • EEE 511 – Artificial Neural Computation Systems
  • EEE 550 – Transform Theory and Applications
  • EEE 554 – Random Signal Theory I
  • EEE 581 – Filtering of Stochastic Processes
  • EEE 582 – Linear System Theory
  • EEE 585 – Digital Control Systems
  • EEE 586 – Nonlinear Control Systems
  • EEE 587 – Optimal Control
  • EEE 588 – Design of Linear Multivariable Control Systems
  • EEE 686 – Adaptive Control Theory

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