Courses Offered

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INNOVATE offers professional development continuing education training. We provide on-site courses at your location face-to-face anywhere in the United States and online anywhere in the world. INNOVATE provides basic courses and in-depth practical knowledge and skills needed in science and technology. Our courses keep you current with the technology needed to provide better, faster, and cheaper solutions for complex systems. We are up-to-date on the latest developments and innovations. If you do not find the course that you need, INNOVATE can also prepare and offer any on-site course tailored to your needs, please contact us at innovatellc@gmail.com for your proposal. for on-site or on-line pricing, please contact us at innovatellc@gmail.com. You receive a Certificate of Completion upon the completion of any course.

List of courses offered (we reserve the right to change or update the list anytime, and without notice):

1. ENGINEERING INNOVATIONS

CE1004 Introduction to Engineering

Survey of the scopes of engineering majors and the engineer’s role in society. Professional issues including ethics, sustainability and history of Engineering Professions will be covered. Basic engineering tools used in simulation and modeling will be covered. An introduction to the concepts of engineering analysis and design will be previewed. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE1014 Creativity and Innovation

This course will broadly explore the concepts of creativity and innovation in terms of assisting every participant in all fields and from any organization to release these innate abilities in both themselves and their colleagues and employees. The topics covered in this course will include: 1) Why creativity is important, especially in teaching and corporations, 2) Life, creativity and work as a continuum, 3) Keeping a creativity diary, 4) Where creativity occurs, 5) Humor and creativity, 6) Why innovation is necessary in modern society, 7) Why innovation is the basis for global trade, 8) Phases of creativity, 9) The mind as a pattern maker, 10) Discussion of techniques for developing creativity, 11) Vertical and lateral thinking, 12) Generation of ideas by brainstorming, 13) Theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ), 14) Creative idea evaluation by the PNI technique, 15) Generation of ideas by the use of Synectics, 16) Creative idea screening by spectrum analysis, 17) Generation of ideas by random associations, 18) Computer-aided creativity, 19) Generation of ideas by morphological changes, Imaging ideas by generative graphics, 20) Creative games, 21) Creation, protection and exploitation of ideas, 22)Patents, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets, 23) Negotiating the sale of ideas or innovations, 24) Finding your own rainbow, 25) Starting your own creative enterprise, 26) Location of venture capital, 27) Creative advertising and promotion, 28) Using creativity to find a new job or make a new career, and 29) Creative Ideas Workshops. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE1024 Creative Thinking Techniques

In this course, participants learn and practice strategies using creative and critical thinking skills. Participants will be guided in preparing plans to attain a creative outlook as they develop and use more of their thinking abilities. The course focuses on opportunity-making with respect to wishes and desires of individuals, their organizations, and the society in which they live. It helps participants uncover productive new ways to view, define and approach challenges, desires, or dilemmas in order to achieve effective implementable resolutions. Too often a problem solver examines what exists and chooses the least of available evils without much satisfaction. Ultimately the Osborn/Parnes model results in creative decision- making in which one speculates on what might be, then chooses and develops the best alternative with satisfaction. Participants will be introduced to creative/innovative processes that have been applied successfully in every academic discipline. These processes have also been applied by business executives desiring more creativity and innovation from their managers and employees. The short course provides participants the opportunity to experience the processes themselves and this helps enable them to effectively integrate these methods into their work. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE1034 Innovate with TRIZ

TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) is a unique knowledge-based design method. This course covers all TRIZ problem solving methods for all classes of creative problems in product and process development. It includes the algorithm for resolving conflicts between product or process parameters while minimizing product changes and costs. Even the most difficult problems with contradictions involved could be systematically solved. The course offers TRIZ methods and techniques in easy to understand approach to innovate new products and improve old ones with a powerful technique of analytical thinking. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

2. ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

CE2004 Digital Systems

The course introduces Number Systems and Conversions, Binary Arithmetic and Binary Codes; Logic Gates; Boolean Algebra; Analysis and Design of Combinational Networks; Arithmetic Combinational Networks; Flip-Flops, Counters, and Registers; Analysis of Synchronous Sequential Networks; Design of Synchronous Sequential Networks including Derivation of State Graphs, Reduction of State Tables, State Assignments, and Implementations; and Analysis and Design of Asynchronous Sequential Networks. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE2014 Electric Circuits I

This course will provide a complete coverage of Electric Circuits Basics; Resistive Circuits; Nodal and Loop Analysis; Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems; Capacitance and Inductance; First Order Transient Circuits; and Second Order Transient Circuits. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE2024 Signals and Systems

The course covers the fundamentals of signal and system analysis, focusing on representations of discrete-time and continuous-time signals (singularity functions, complex exponentials and geometrics, continuous and discrete Fourier representations, Laplace transform and Z transform, sampling) and representations of linear, time-invariant systems (difference and differential equations, block diagrams, system functions, poles and zeros, convolution, impulse and step responses, frequency responses). Applications are drawn broadly from engineering and physics, including feedback and control, communications, and signal processing. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE3014 Electric Circuits II

This course is provided to cover AC Circuit analysis. It focuses on Sinusoids and Phasors; Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis; Steady-State Power Analysis; Laplace Transform Circuit Analysis Techniques; and Fourier Circuit Analysis Techniques. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE3024 Microprocessors and Microcomputers

This course introduces microprocessor’s organization; assembly language programming; design and interfacing of processors with memory and input / output devices using a popular microprocessor family. Topics include computer architecture, history of microprocessors, M68000 architecture, instruction execution details, instruction set, assembly language programming, addressing modes, software development, memory interfacing, I/O interfacing, timing issues, A/D and D/A converter interfacing, parallel and serial I/O, microcomputer systems design and applications, and design on interrupt-driven microcomputers. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE3034 Solid State Electronics

Semiconductor materials and characteristics, electronic structure of the atom, wave-particle duality of moving electrons, Schrodinger equation for periodic crystalline structure, band theory of semiconductors, Brillouin zones, statistics of electrons and holes, Kinetic effects: electrical conductivity, hall effect, magnetoresistance. Optical properties and thermal properties. Diodes, Bipolar transistors, MOSFET, and CMOS. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE3044 Electronics

The objective of this course is to develop in the participant the ability to analyze and design analog electronic circuits, discrete and integrated. Topics covered include diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field-effect transistors, amplifiers, differential and multistage amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, power amplifiers, power supplies, voltage regulators, timers, introduction to operational amplifiers, tuned amplifiers, and signal generators. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4004 Advanced Digital Systems

This course covers advanced topics in Digital Design including: Digital System Design using ASM Charts; Design of Datapath and Control Subsystems; Register Transfer Level (RTL) Systems; Specification and Implementation of a Microcomputer; UART Design; Microcontroller Design; and Hardware Testing and Design for Testability. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4014 Automotive Electronics

This course provides an overview of the primary electronic systems found in vehicles, hybrid and electric vehicle designs including critical systems such as power train control, steering and braking control, emissions control, transmission control, stability control, navigation, driver interface, entertainment and communication systems. The course covers automotive communication networks and protocols, power distribution and hybrid system controls. The course also introduces automotive sensors and actuators found in today’s vehicles as well as diagnostics and instrumentation principles. The course also reviews trends in automotive electronics supported by a number of patents. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4024 Electromagnetic Compatibility

An understanding of EMC is essential for the reliable operation of electrical and electronics equipments and systems in, for example commercial, automotive, aerospace or defense markets. The knowledge and understanding from this course can be applied to the cost effective management of EMC, minimizing additional costs and production delays in equipment, and to comply with EMC standards and regulations. This course provides the essential knowledge required to understand the fundamentals of EMC and help manage EMC and achieve EMC compliance with specifications, standards or legal requirements. The course also emphasizes the integration of electronic components and systems in automotive designs. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4034 Electrical Systems Design

This course explains the practical procedures involved in the design of electrical circuits and systems to supply any load such as lighting, motors, appliances, machines, fans, air-conditioning, heating, signals, and controls in commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential occupancies. The main objective of this course is to help the participant understand electrical power systems as they apply to these types of occupancies and to appreciate the methods followed by the system designer in selecting the lighting, wiring and devices to be used. The course emphasizes the design of electrical systems in accordance with the National Electrical Code (NEC). It also introduces automotive wire harnesses used in today’s vehicles. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4044 Advanced Electronics

Operational Amplifiers design and applications. Advanced power supply design. Switch capacitor design., Phase looked loop design, Frequency to voltage converter and voltage to frequency converter. Instrumentation amplifier and isolation amplifiers. Oscillators and triangular to sine wave converters. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4054 Communication Systems

This course offers an introduction to the theory of information and its applications to reliable, efficient communication systems. Topics include: Fourier transform and mathematical definition and properties of information; analog communication systems, AM, FM, PCM; source coding theorem, lossless compression of data, optimal lossless coding; noisy communication channels, channel coding theorem, the source-channel separation theorem, multiple access channels, broadcast channels, Gaussian noise, and time-varying channels. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4064 Control Systems

This course provides an introduction to the design of feedback systems. Topics covered include: properties and advantages of feedback systems, time-domain and frequency-domain performance measures, stability and degree of stability, root locus method, Nyquist criterion, frequency-domain design, compensation techniques, application to a wide variety of physical systems, internal and external compensation of operational amplifiers, modeling and compensation of power converter systems, and phase lock loops. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4074 Power Electronics

This course examines the application of electronics to energy conversion and control. Topics covered include: modeling, analysis, and control techniques; design of power circuits including inverters, rectifiers, switching power supplies and DC-DC converters; and characteristics of power semiconductor devices and silicon controlled rectifies. Numerous application examples will be presented such as motion control systems, power supplies, and radio-frequency power amplifiers. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4084 Electric Machines

This course explores concepts in electro-mechanics, using electric machinery as examples. It teaches an understanding of principles and analysis of electromechanical systems. By the end of the course, students are capable of doing electromechanical design of the major classes of rotating and linear electric machines and have an understanding of the principles of the energy conversion parts of Mechatronics. In addition to design, students learn how to estimate the dynamic parameters of electric machines and understand what the implications of those parameters are on the performance of systems incorporating those machines. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4094 Mechatronics

In order to design and build quality precision consumer products in a timely manner, the present-day engineer must be knowledgeable in many different areas. The ability to design and implement analog and digital control systems, with their associated analog and digital sensors, actuators, and electronics, is an essential skill of every engineer. Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control systems, and computers. The key element in Mechatronics is the integration of these areas through the design process; applications and design case studies. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4104 Embedded Systems

Description of microcontrollers, hardware and software frameworks. Assembly Programming, Exceptions-Resets and Interrupts. Parallel I/O, Analog to Digital Converter, and Communications Subsystems. Serial Interfacing Techniques and Applications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4114 Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture Classifications, Processor Datapath and Control, microprogrammed architectures, instruction and arithmetic pipelines, RISC and CISC Computer Architectures, Architecture of selected 8, 16, 32, and 64 bit microprocessors. ALU and CPU design. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4124 Data Communication Networks

This course focuses on the fundamentals of data communication networks. Topics discussed include: layered network architecture, Link Layer protocols, high-speed packet switching, queuing theory, Local Area Networks, and Wide Area Networking issues, including routing and flow control. Network Security, Filtering, and Firewalls. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4134 Real Time Systems

Hardware and software frameworks for real-time computer systems, introduction to real-time scheduling, synchronization, and operating system kernels and real-time programming languages. Design and analysis of real-time resource management algorithms and implementations. Real-time application development. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4144 Antennas and Propagation

This course covers the fundamentals of antennas and propagation and shows the applications in practical examples. Topics include: theory of radiation, fundamental antenna parameters and concepts, wire antennas such as dipoles and loop antennas, antenna arrays, aperture antennas (horns), microstrip antennas, numerical analysis, communication and radar systems and propagation effects. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4154 Electronic Noise Control

This course covers: System noise sources, noise spectral density and circuit calculations, noise and feedback, system noise figure, noise temperature and bandwidth, correlation and noise problems, noise reduction techniques, digital circuit noise and radiation, Electromagnetic compatibility design techniques. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4164 Optoelectronics

Electromagnetic theory and the fundamentals of lasers, propagation of optical beams in fibers. Optical fiber systems, emitting diodes, photosensors, optical isolator or coupler, open air and fiber optic communication, optoelectronic applications, consumer applications, medical applications, and telecommunications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE4174 Process Control

Review of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Design and implementation of industrial controllers using PLCs. Relay ladder logic, Electrical schematic symbols, PID controllers, state machines and interface circuits. Operational safety. Applications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5004 Digital Image Processing

Visual information plays an important role in almost all areas of our life. Today, much of this information is represented and processed digitally. Digital image processing is ubiquitous, with applications ranging from television to tomography, from photography to printing, from robotics to remote sensing. This course explains the fundamentals of digital image processing such as image acquisition and display, properties of the human visual system, color representations, sampling and quantization, point operations, linear image filtering and correlation, transforms and sub-band decompositions, and nonlinear filtering, contrast and color enhancement, dithering, and image restoration, image registration, and feature extraction, modeling and recognition tasks. The course covers many industrial and commercial applications including those related to biomedical and clinical medicine research. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5014 Machine Vision

Machine Vision provides an intensive introduction to the process of generating a symbolic description of an environment from an image. Lectures describe the physics of image formation, motion vision, and recovering shapes from shading, region growing, boundary detection, texture and motion. Binary image processing and filtering are presented as preprocessing steps. Further topics include: object representation and alignment, computational vision, target recognition, vision in uncertain environments, matching and inference. Applications to robotics and intelligent machine interaction are also discussed. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5024 Digital Integrated Circuits Design

This course examines the device and circuit level optimization of digital building blocks. Topics covered include: MOS device models including Deep Sub-Micron effects; circuit design styles for logic, arithmetic and sequential blocks; estimation and minimization of energy consumption; interconnect models and parasitic; device sizing and logical effort; timing issues such as clock skew and jitter, and active clock distribution techniques; memory architectures, circuits and devices; testing of integrated circuits. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5034 Analog Integrated Circuits Design

This course examines the fundamental of CMOS analog circuits. It covers many topics including analog subcircuits, sample-and-holds, switched-capacitor circuits, operational amplifiers, analog multipliers, digital-to-analog or analog-to-digital converters, comparators, and Gm-C filters. The course also covers noise analysis and modeling in analog integrated circuits. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5044 VLSI Systems Design

This course provides an introduction to VLSI technology and VLSI systems design. It covers many topics including: introduction to integrated circuits manufacturing sequence, semi-custom and full-custom design approaches, and placement and routing for top-down approach, single-layer routing and applications, cell generation and programmable structure, multi-level minimization, compaction and performance; and testability of VLSI. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5054 Digital Communication

This course serves as an introduction to the theory and practice behind many of today's communications systems. Topics covered include: digital communications at the block diagram level, data compression, Lempel-Ziv algorithm, scalar and vector quantization, sampling and aliasing, the Nyquist criterion, PAM and QAM modulation, signal constellations, finite-energy waveform spaces, detection, and modeling; coding theory with binary linear block codes, Reed-Muller codes, finite fields, Reed-Solomon and BCH codes, binary linear convolutional codes, and the Viterbi algorithm; and system design for wireless communication. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5064 Wireless Communication

This course is an introduction to the design, analysis, and fundamental limits of wireless transmission systems. Topics to be covered include: wireless channel and system models; fading and diversity; resource management and power control; multiple-antenna and MIMO systems; space-time codes and decoding algorithms; multiple-access techniques and multiuser detection; broadcast codes and precoding; cellular and ad-hoc network topologies; OFDM and ultrawideband systems; and architectural issues. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5074 Optical Communication

The objective of the course is to provide a fundamental understanding of light wave communication systems. Photonic devices that form the backbone of the optical communication systems will be introduced. These include; step and graded index optical fibers that support single and multimode transmission, various dispersion mechanisms, coherent (LASER) and incoherent (LED) optical sources and PIN and APD optical receivers. Both analog (CATV, Radio over Fiber) and digital (SONET or Synchronous Optical Network) transmission technologies will be studied. Basic optical networks will be introduced. The course will also include an introduction to quantum optical communication: quantum optics, single-mode and two-mode quantum systems, multi-mode quantum systems, nonlinear optics, and quantum systems theory. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5084 Digital Control Systems

This course provides an introduction to digital control and the design of digital control systems. Topics covered include: discrete time mathematics and Z-transform, sampling and reconstruction, open-loop discrete time systems, closed-loop discrete time systems, time response characteristics, stability analysis, and digital controller design with many industrial applications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5094 Digital Signal Processing

This course addresses the representation, analysis, and design of discrete time signals and systems. The major concepts covered include: Discrete-time processing of continuous-time signals; decimation, interpolation, and sampling rate conversion; flowgraph structures for DT systems; time-and frequency-domain design techniques for recursive (IIR) and non-recursive (FIR) filters; linear prediction; discrete Fourier transform, FFT algorithm; short-time Fourier analysis and filter banks; multirate techniques; Hilbert transforms; Cepstral analysis and various applications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5104 Advanced Computer Architecture

Parallel Processing, Memory and I/O Subsystems, Pipelining and Vector Processing, Structures and Algorithms for Array Processors, Multiprocessor Architecture, Multiprocessing Control and Algorithms. Multiprocessor Systems, Data Flow Computers and VLSI Design. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5114 Passive Network Synthesis

The passive system function, properties of input impedance, synthesis of LC and RC input impedances, LC Foster and Cauer Networks, RC Foster and Cauer Networks, Transfer functions of ladder functions analysis and synthesis, properties of second order systems. Low-pass approximations. Passive realizations of low-pass, band-pass, high-pass, and all-pass networks. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5124 Active Network Synthesis

The operational amplifier modeling and applications. The operational amplifier’s imperfections and nonlinear applications. Active realizations of low-pass, band-pass, high-pass, and all-pass networks. Op Amp oscillators, delay filters, switched-capacitor filters, phase equalization. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5134 Electronic Communications

Elements of electronic communication, amplitude modulation systems, sideband systems, frequency and phase modulation systems, television systems, pulse communication techniques, digital communication techniques, phase locked loops, audio, video, and RF amplifiers, oscillators and modulators, demodulators, AGC, and filters, power supply regulation.

A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5144 Satellite Communications

This is an introductory course focuses on: Satellites and Telecommunication; Communications Fundamentals; The Space Segment; The Ground Segment and Earth stations; The Satellite Earth Link. Atmospheric effects on signals: rain; rain climate models; rain fade margins. Link budgets. Multiple access: SDMA, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA; demand assignment; on-board multiplexing; Satellite Communications Systems. Satellite communications providers: satellite competitiveness; competitors; basic economics; satellite systems and operators; using satellite systems. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6004 Adaptive Control Systems

This course provides an introduction to the properties of adaptive and nonlinear control systems. Topics covered include: real-time parameter estimation, deterministic self-tuning regulators, stochastic self-tuning regulators, model-reference adaptive systems, stochastic adaptive control, auto-tuning, and gain scheduling, robust and self-oscillating systems; and implementations and industrial applications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6014 Artificial Intelligence

This course is an introduction to artificial intelligence and expert systems. Topics covered include: representation and inference in first-order logic, modern deterministic and decision-theoretic planning techniques, basic supervised learning methods, and Bayesian network inference and learning; Fuzzy set theory and Fuzzy reasoning. Decision Theories. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6024 Machine Learning

An introductory course on machine learning which gives an overview of many concepts, techniques, and algorithms in machine learning, beginning with topics such as classification and linear regression and ending up with more recent topics such as boosting, support vector machines, hidden Markov models, and Bayesian networks. The course will give the student the basic ideas and intuition behind modern machine learning methods as well as a bit more formal understanding of how, why, and when they work. The underlying theme in the course is statistical inference as it provides the foundation for most of the methods covered. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6034 Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits

This course covers circuit level design issues of radio-frequency integrated circuits, with primary focus being placed on high-speed communication circuits used in wireless and broadband data link applications. Specific circuit topics include transmission lines, high speed and low noise amplifiers, voltage-controlled oscillators, mixers, power amplifiers, high speed digital circuits, and frequency synthesizers. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6044 Advanced Digital Communication

This course focuses on coding techniques for approaching the Shannon limit of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels, their performance analysis, and design principles. The course begins by discussing small signal constellations, performance analysis and coding gain, and hard-decision and soft-decision decoding. It continues with binary linear block codes, Reed-Muller codes, finite fields, Reed-Solomon and BCH codes, binary linear convolutional codes, and the Viterbi algorithm. More advanced topics include trellis representations of binary linear block codes and trellis-based decoding; codes on graphs; the sum-product and min-sum algorithms; the BCJR algorithm; turbo codes, LDPC codes and RA addresses coding for the bandwidth-limited regime, including lattice codes, trellis-coded modulation codes; and performance of LDPC codes with iterative decoding. Multilevel coding and shaping. Equalization of linear Gaussian channels. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6054 Advanced Satellite Communications

Kepler’s laws. Circular and elliptical satellite orbits. Altitude regimes. Period of revolution. Geostationary Orbit. Orbital elements. Ground trace. Earth-Satellite Geometry. Signals and Spectra. Methods of Modulation. Analog and Digital Modulation. Bit Error Rate. Coding. Shannon’s theorem. Code rate. Coding gain. Methods of FEC coding. Hamming, BCH, and Reed-Solomon block codes. Convolutional codes. Viterbi and sequential decoding. Hard and soft decisions. Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Trellis coding. Bandwidth. Equivalent (noise) bandwidth. Occupied bandwidth. Allocated bandwidth. Relationship between bandwidth and data rate. Dependence of bandwidth on methods of modulation and coding. Tradeoff between bandwidth and power. Emerging trends for bandwidth efficient modulation. Earth Stations. Facility layout. RF components. Network Operations Center. Data displays. Antennas. Antenna patterns. Gain. Half power beamwidth. Efficiency. Sidelobes. Satellite Transponders. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency division multiple access (FDMA). Time division multiple access (TDMA). Code division multiple access (CDMA) or spread spectrum. Capacity estimates. Polarization. Linear and circular polarization. Rain Loss. Rain attenuation. The RF Link. Equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP). Figure of Merit (G/T). Free space loss. Satellite EIRP and G/T footprints. Power flux density. Carrier to noise ratio. Link Budgets. Communications link calculations. Uplink, downlink, and composite performance. Link budgets for single carrier and multiple carrier operation. Performance Measurements. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

3. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

CE5154 Introduction to Systems Engineering

This course is an introductory overview of the systems engineering perspective and is presented to set the conceptual and practical framework of the entire systems engineering subject. The first

portion of the course covers the foundational components of systems engineering. What is a System? Why Systems Engineering? Role of Humans in Systems Engineering. Complexity Theory. Uncertainty. Risk and Hazard. Lean enterprises. Organizational challenges. The second portion of the course is spent on the concept development stage every complex system should go through. The process steps of the engineering development stage comprise the third portion of the course. Finally, the fourth portion presents several issues related to post-development and special topics areas. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5164 System Architecting

Introduction – System architecting concepts. Architectures and Architecting. Architecting Methods – Capabilities engineering as a top-down method to define architectures from above. Defining the desired operational capabilities for a system, business, or enterprise, then allocating elements of those capabilities into an architecture. Dynamic optimization as a bottom-up method for systems of systems, businesses and enterprises. Architectural Tools – Summary of current methods to work with architectures. Design Patterns – Patterns as the basic tool for creativity. Architecture Issues in Design – Summary of how architectural issues affect the design of a system, with discussion of current methods to handle them. Interface control as an architectural design tool. Challenges with selecting Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) architectural components. Architecture issues in technical management and in Test & Evaluation. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE5174 Systems of Systems

Systems of Systems (SoS) Concepts. What SoS can achieve. Complexity Concepts. Complexity and chaos. SoS Architecture. Design strategies for large scale architectures. Architectural Frameworks. Integration strategies for SoS. Collaboration. The SoS environment and its special demands on systems engineering. Testing and evaluation in the SoS environment. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6064 Requirements Engineering

Requirements Overview. Requirements Engineering Processes. Types of Requirements. Requirements Elicitation. Analysis, Negotiations and Documentation. Verification and Validation. Requirements Taxonomy and Mapping. Uncertainty Analysis. Context of system development models. Role of requirements. Importance of requirements. Defining the Need. The basic steps in understanding a new system. Defining Requirements. Requirements Analysis. Requirements Allocation and Requirements Selection. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6074 Requirements-Driven Design

Introduction to Requirements Engineering. Requirements Hierarchy. Requirements Decomposition and Rich Traceability. Requirements-driven Design Structures. Requirements-Driven Design Processes. Benefits of Requirements-driven Design. Case Studies. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6084 Risk-Driven Design

Uncertainty and Risk in Product Design. Risk Management Frameworks. The Framework of Risk-Driven Design. Principle 1: Creating Transparency Regarding Design Risks. Principle 2: Making Risk-Driven Decisions. Principle 3: Minimizing Uncertainty in Design. Principle 4: Creating Resilience in the Design System. Mapping Risk Management to Risk-driven Design. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6094 Human-Centered Design

Why Human-Centered Design? Usability. Human-Centered Design and Usability Standards. Human-Centered Design Process. Human-Centered Design Methods. Product Design Methods. Evaluation Methods. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

CE6104 Model-Based Design

Why Model-Based Design? Modeling System Architecture. Modeling System Behavior. Mapping out the Models. Stages of System Modeling. Standards, Methods and Frameworks. Case Studies and Applications. A comprehensive set of notes will be supplied to all attendees.

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