Communication Systems Studies at the KFUPM-RI

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OVERVIEW OF THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT
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Presentation Outline

• DEPARTMENT HISTORY
• STUDENT ENROLLMENT
• AREAS OF SPECIALIZATIONS
• PROGRAMS
• SUMMARY

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EE Department History

• ESTABLISHED IN 1969
• GRANTED THE FIRST M.S. DEGREE IN THE UNIVERSITY
  IN 1975
• GRANTED THE FIRST Ph.D. DEGREE IN THE UNIVERSITY
  IN 1986
• FIRST TO ESTABLISH AN ENDOWMENT CHAIR IN THE
  KINGDOM IN 2000

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EE Department History

• MS PROGRAM IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO BE INTRODUCED
  SOON

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EE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT
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Graduate Student Enrollment

• YEAR MS. Ph.D. TOTAL
• 1990-91 30 5 35
• 1992-93 45 5 50
• 1994-95 63 4 67
• 1996-97 79 4 83
• 1998-99 70 3 73
• 2000-01 61 3 64

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EE Faculty

• Chair Professor 1
• Professors 6
• Associate Professors 18
• Assistant Professors 21
• Lecturers 11
• TAs/RAs 23

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Areas of Excellence

• COMMUNICATIONS
• IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
• HIGH SPEED NETWORKS/FIBER OPTICS
• ELECTRONICS - ANALOG AND DIGITAL
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• ENERGY AND POWER SYSTEMS

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Programs

• Current Programs
• B. S. (Electrical Engineering)
• M. S. (Electrical Engineering)
• Ph .D. (Electrical Engineering)
• To be introduced
• M. S. (Telecommunication Engineering)

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Requirements for the B. S. Degree in Electrical
Engineering Sciences

• General Education Requirements 69 SCH
• Core Requirements 48 SCH
• Electives 16 SCH
• Summer Training (Pass/Fail) 0 SCH
• Total Requirements 133 SCH

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Requirements for the B. S. Degree in Applied
Electrical Engineering

• General Education Requirements 66 SCH
• Core Requirements 45 SCH
• Electives 13 SCH
• Co-op Work Requirements 9 SCH
• Total Requirements 133 SCH

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General Education Requirements (69 credit hours)

• Communication Skills ENGL 214,IAS 200, 300 7
  English ENGL 101, 102 6Computer
  Programming ICS 101 3Interdisciplinary Eng.
  Courses SE 301, ME 203 6Mathematics MATH
  101, 102, 201, 202,
  302 17Physics PHYS 101,
  102, 203 11Chemistry CHEM 101 4Islamic
  Courses IAS 111, 222, 333, 400,
  
  4xx 10Physical Education PE 101, 102
  2General Studies CIM xxx (CIM Elective) 3

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Core Requirements (48 credit hours)

• Digital logic Circuit Design EE 200 4
  Electric Circuits EE 201, 205 7Electronics
  EE 203, 303 8Signals and systems EE
  207 3Probabilistic Methods in EE EE
  315 3 Electromagnetic EE 340 4Electric
  Energy Engineering EE 360 4 Communication
  Engineering EE 370 4Control Engineering EE
  380 4Digital System Engineering EE
  390 4Senior Design Project EE 411 3

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Elective Courses

• Communications EE 400 Introduction to Telephone
  Switching 4 EE 417 Communication Engineering
  II 3 EE 418 Introduction to Satellite
  Communication 3 EE 420 Optical Fiber
  Communication 4 EE 430 Information Theory and
  Coding 3 New Course EE 4xx Principles of
  Wireless Communication 3

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• Electronics EE 403 Semiconductor
  Devices 3 EE 415 Analog Integrated Circuits
  Analysis and Design 3 EE 416 Analog Filter
  Design 3 EE 434 Industrial Instrumentation
  3 EE 445 Industrial Electronics 4 EE 455
  Analog Communication Electronics 4 EE 456
  Digital Communication Electronics 4

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• Digital EE 429 Microcomputer
  Organization 4 EE 446 Programmable Logic
  Controllers 3
• Signal and image processing
• EE 406 Digital Signal Processing 3 EE 499
  Digital Image processing 3

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• Control EE 402 Control Engineering II 3 EE
  432 Digital Control Systems 4 EE 433 Applied
  Control Engineering 4
• Electromagnetic and Microwave EE 405 Microwave
  Transmission 4 EE 407 Microwave
  Engineering 4 EE 422 Antenna Theory 4 EE
  470 Introduction to Optical Electronics 3

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• Power EE 437 Electrical Installation 3 EE
  460 Power Electronics 4 EE 462 Electric
  Machines 4 EE 463 Power System
  Analysis 3 EE 464 High Voltage
  Engineering 3 EE 465 Power Transmission and
  Distribution 3 EE 466 Power System
  Protection 3

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Summary

• EE DEPARTMENT RUNS ACCREDITED PROGRAMS TO PRODUCE
  HIGH QUALITY GRADUATES.
• EE FACULTY ARE WELL-QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
  IN ALL FIELDS OF ELECTRICAL ENG.