Electrical Engineering

Program and its Options

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

February 2011

By

Dr. Anjali Agarwal, FYPD, ECE

General Information• 120 credit program with a degree of Beng

• Meets the criteria of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation

Board (CEAB) – qualified for membership in the Ordre des

ingenieurs du Quebec (OIQ)

• 30.5 credits taken up by Engineering Core (courses required of

all Engineering students)

• physics, calculus, modelling, computer programming, technical writing,

ethics and professionalism.

• 59.5 credits taken up by Electrical Engineering Core (courses

compulsory of all Electrical Engineering students)

• basics of electrical engineering.

• Specializations: introductory courses

• Introduction to design in project courses.

• 30 credits for Technical Electives or Options

Electrical Engineering Core

Course Number Title

COEN 231 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics

COEN 243 Programming Methodology I

COEN 244 Programming Methodology II

COEN 311 Computer Organization and Software

COEN 312 Digital System Design I

ELEC 251 Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics

ELEC 264 Signals and Systems I

ELEC 311 Electronics I

ELEC 321 Introduction to Semiconductor Materials and Devices

Electrical Engineering Core

Course Number Title

ELEC 331 Fundamentals of Electrical Power Engineering

ELEC 351 Electromagnetic Waves and Guiding Structures

ELEC 363 Fundamentals of Telecommunication Systems

ELEC 364 Signals and Systems II

ELEC 365 Complex Variables and Partial Differential Equations

ELEC 370 Modeling and Analysis of Physical Systems

ELEC 372 Fundamentals of Control Systems

ELEC 390 Team Design Project

ELEC 490 Capstone Electrical Engineering Design Project

• Options is a package of courses in a particular area

• Options are useful to prospective students to see certain areas

which are important and going forward and our program

provides specialized training in them

• Helps students customize their degrees to their own interests

• Options for Electrical Engineering:

• Telecommunications

• Electronics/VLSI

• Power and Renewable Energy

• Avionics and Control

• or No Option

Technical Electives or Options

Telecommunications Option• Canada is a World Leader in Telecommunications

• Analysis and design of Wired and Wireless Communication

Systems

• Includes digital communications, digital signal processing for

data transmission and storage, antennas for wireless

applications, multimedia communication over Internet

• contributes to many application areas

• Wireless communication (Cell phones/smart phones/Bluetooth)

• Wired Communication (Internet, Home Network)

• Voice over IP, Streaming, Interactive traffic

• Satellite communications

Cell phone users

Internet users

Telecommunication Option• Option consists of the Electrical Engineering Core plus:

• Digital Signal Processing

• Digital Communications

• Telecommunication Networks

• 20 credits of free electives:

• Optical Devices for High-Speed Communications

• Microwave Engineering

• Antennas

• Design of Wireless RF Systems

• Wireless Communications

• Networks Security and Management

• Introduction to Optical Communication Systems

• Advanced Telecommunication Networks

Application Example

– Interconnecting computer and peripherals, handheld

devices, PDAs, cell phones

– Embedded in other devices

– Data, Voice and Video transmission

One of the first modules (Ericsson).

fixed network

BSC

BSC

MSC MSC

GMSC

VLR

HLRNSS

with OSS

RSS

VLR

Another Example (VoIP)

IP

NetworkGateway Gateway PSTN

Telephone Telephone

5 ms

Propagation

30 ms

Coding

Packetization

20 ms

Transmission

Queuing

(Jitter)

30 ms

Decoding

Depacketization

Playout Buffering

5 ms

Propagation

90 ms

One-Way

Possible destinations for grads

of Telecom optionAdvantech

Alcatel

Bell Canada

all Cable Companies

Cisco

Dialogic Corporation

Ericsson Canada

Motorola

Nortel Networks

Rogers Communications

Telus Corporation

Ultra Electronics

Videotron

Electronics/VLSI Option• Analysis and design of electronics systems using discrete

elements, integrated circuits, including “Very-Large-Scale

Integration” (VLSI)

• Includes digital systems such as computer hardware as well as

analog systems such as a radio receiver.

• Engineers make system level design choices, design

schematics and layouts.

• Traditional area of Electrical Eng, which contributes to many

application areas

• Computer hardware

• Wireless communication (Cell phones/smart phones)

• Consumer electronics (DVD/Audio)

• Aviation systems

• Medical imaging

• Automotive systems

Electronics/VLSI Option• Option consists of the Electrical Engineering Core plus:

• Electronics II

• Digital Electronics

• VLSI Design I

• 18.5 credits of free electives:

• Digital System Design II

• Solid State Devices

• Introduction to Analog VLSI

• Design of Integrated Circuit Components

• VLSI Process Technology

• Optical Devices for High-Speed Communications

• Power Electronics

• Modern Analog Filter Design

• Digital Signal Processing

Layout example

10 sub-VCOs

Dividers and

buffers

Control Shift Reg.

Buffe

r

40

µm

45 µm

Test chip examples

1mm

1m

m

Possible destinations for grads

of Electronics/VLSI option

Agilent

Technologies

ALCATEL

Altera

AMD

ANRAD

Bombardier

CAE Inc.

IBM

IDT

LSI Logic

Matrox

Motorola

Nortel Networks

PMC Sierra

ST Microelectronics

Ciena

Cisco

CMC Electronics

Comdev

Dalsa

EMS Technologies

Gennum

Power and Renewable Energy Option

POWER ELECTRONICS

HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES

RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

CONTROLLED ELECTRIC DRIVES

LINEAR SYSTEMS

Power Option• Option consists of the Electrical Engineering Core plus:

• Power Electronics

• Renewable Energy Systems

• Controlled Electric Drives

• Linear Systems

• 16.5 credits of free electives:

• Electrical Power Equipment

• Electrical Power Systems

• Control of Electrical Power Conversion Systems

• Behaviour of Power Systems

• Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems

Power Institute

Hydro Quebec

Concordia University

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

ETS

Laval University

McGill University

Sherbrooke University

Partners

Motivation for Renewable Energy Education

4% 2%

24%

67%

3%

Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Electric Pow er

Breakdown of N. America Oil Usage By

Sector, 2010

Renewable Energy and Advanced Transportation

Vehicle EV Supply

Equipment

(Power Electronics)

Wiring in

garage or

carport

Electrical

service

Renewable Energy and Advanced Transportation

Montreal Bus Route

139 Pie-IX

Motor Drives

Renewable Energy and Advanced Transportation

Electric Bike

(E-Bike)

Motor Drives

Renewable Energy and Advanced Transportation

Solar-Battery Hybrid Rowboat

Atlantic Rowing Challenge

Renewable Energy and Power Electronics

Job Placements for Our Graduates

Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier Transportation

CAE Inc.

Canadian Space Agency

TM4

Transport Canada

Infolytica Corp.

Chrysler Canada

Honeywell

Hydro-Québec

Pratt and Whitney Canada

SNC-Lavalin

ST Microelectronics

Natural Resources Canada

Electrovaya

Avionics and Control Option• Avionics systems are highly interconnected complex systems

requiring specialized expertise

• High demand in Montreal’s aerospace industry for engineers having a systems perspective of an aircraft

– Mechanical systems being replaced with Electrical/Computer systems

• Concordia’s recognized leadership in flight control, avionics and aerospace in terms of teaching and research (first university in Montreal to have a flight simulator, first university in Canada to have an Institute for Aerospace Innovation - CIADI - placing undergraduate students in industrial stages)

• Includes Flight Control System, Reliability, safety and

maintainability, Integration, validation and verification of the

requirements

Avionics and Control Option

• Option consists of the Electrical Engineering Core plus:

• Flight Control Systems

• Avionic Navigation Systems

• Real-time Computer Control Systems

• Standards, Regulations and Certifications

• Integration of Avionic Systems

• 14.0 credits of free electives

Flight Simulation

Beechcraft 200

Simulator

Courtesy of

Mechtronix

Possible destinations for grads

of Avionics and Control option

Canadian Space Agency

Bell Holicopter Textron

Bombardier

CAE Inc.

CMC Electronics/Esterline

CS Canada Communication & System

Dassault Systems

Heroux-Devtek

L-3 MAS

Mannarino Systems and Software

Marinvent Corporation

MDA Corporation

Pratt & Whitney Canada

Rockwell Collins

Thales Avionics

No Option selection

• Option consists of the Electrical Engineering Core plus 30

credits from Electrical Engineering Elective list, from the topics

of:

• Communications and Signal Processing

• Computer Systems

• Electronics/VLSI

• Power

• Control Systems and Avionics

• Waves and Electromagnetics