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University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

WIMS. University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Graduate Studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Raúl Torres, Sandra Montalvo December 19, 2006. UPRM Background.

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University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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  1. WIMS University of Puerto RicoMayagüez CampusDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering Raúl Torres, Sandra Montalvo December 19, 2006

  2. UPRM Background • Mayagüez is a Land-Grant, Sea-Grant, and Space-Grant College Founded 1911 • Student Population Around 11,305 undergraduate and 1,075 graduate • 4,498 Undergraduate and 369 Graduate Students in Engineering • Approximately 1,283 undergraduate students and 139 graduate students in ECE • 57 Faculty in ECE General Library

  3. ECE Timeline 1928 ‘60 ‘67 ‘80 ‘94 2001 2008 ‘95 CpE ABET MSCpE EE ABET CpE PhD CISE PhD EE BSEE MSEE

  4. ECE Faculty • 57 Faculty members • 30 Professors • 13 Associate Professors • 12 Assistant Professors • 2 Instructors • 51 members of the faculty have a PhD

  5. ECE Research • Approximately $5M/year in sponsored research (ECE accounts for 4.2% of faculty members at UPRM and generates 24% of external funds) • Among the top 2 departments in external funding. • NSF • NASA • DoD • DoE • Government • Industry

  6. ECE Research • Major Awards • 1 Presidential Early Career Award Recipient • M.Vélez • 4 NSF CAREER Program Recipients • R. Rodríguez • M. Rodríguez • E. O’Neill • J. L. Cruz • 1 NASA FAR • Sandra Cruz-Pol

  7. ECE Research • Examples of Major Awards • 2 NSF MRI Grants • Radiation Lab • J.Colom • R. Rodríguez • Enhancement to EEPSYL • O’Neill, Vélez • R. Cedeño • A. Irizarry • L. Orama. • 1 NSF NGS Award • J. Arroyo • 1 NSF CISE Award - (PRECISE) • D. Rodríguez • 3 NSF ERC Award - (CPES, CenSSIS, & CASA) • M. Vélez & s. Cruz-Pol • 1 NASA URC: Dr. M. Velez • TI – ICDL – Dr. Manuel Jiménez

  8. Research Centers • Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES): www.cpes.vt.edu • Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS): larsip.uprm.edu/~censsis • Collaborative and Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere ERC casa.ece.uprm.edu/ • Institute for Computing and Informatics Studies (ICIS) ece.uprm.edu/icis • Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering (Irise): www.uprm.edu/iress • Tropical Center for Earth and Space Studies(TCESS): www.uprm.edu/iress/tcess

  9. Laboratories • Advanced Databases Lab, CID, M. Rodriguez • Atmospheric Phenomena, L. Orama • Automated Information Processing Lab, CID, D. Rodriguez • CLiMMATE: CLoud Microwave Measurements of ATmospheric Events S-201, S. Cruz-Pol • Control Systems Laboratory S-212 & S-213, G. Beauchamp • Computing Research Lab S-105A, N. Rodríguez • Electric Energy Processing Systems Lab. CID 204, 206, 212 & 217, M. Vélez Reyes & E. O’Neill • ICDL: Integrated Circuits Design Lab, S210, M. Jiménez • Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LARSIP): larsip.uprm.edu CID 218  224, M. Vélez Reyes • Parallel and Distributed Computing (PDC), CID, W. Rivera • Power Electronics Laboratory: S-101, K. Venkatesan • Power Quality: CID 204-207, E. O’Neill • Radiation Laboratory: R. Rodríguez Solís • RaSP: Rapid Systems Prototyping, S208, M. Jiménez • Robotics Laboratory: S-102, R. Torres • Space Information Laboratory (SIL), CID 226, M.Vélez

  10. Location of ECE Research Laboratories x R&D Center LARSIP EEPSyL ICIS IRESS SIL Power Quality PDC ADM AIP Stefani Bldg Climmate Radiation ICDL HPC Biomedical RaSP CRL x

  11. Example of Industry and Government Collaborators

  12. Computing Resources • System Administrator • Pablo R. Rebollo • Office – S105B • Computer Accounts • Wireless Connection • Laboratory Access Pablo.rebollo@ece.uprm.edu Ext. 3798 help@ece.uprm.edu

  13. Graduate Programs @ ECE • Electrical Engineering: MSEE & MEEE (Ph.D. in Aug. 2008) • Computer Engineering: MSCpE & MECpE • Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering: Ph.D. (joint with Mathematics Department) • administered outside ECE: Program director Dr. Manuel Rodriguez • Graduate School Director • Dr. J. Mari Mutt • Web site: grad.uprm.edu

  14. People • Chairman • Associate Director Academic Affairs Isidoro Couvertier José R. Cedeño

  15. People • Associate Director Accreditation and Graduate Studies, President of Graduate Committee • Academic Advisor Raúl E. Torres Muñiz Sandra Montalvo

  16. Administration of the Graduate Program • ECE Graduate Committee • Establishes policies regarding the graduate program • Changes to student program of studies • Course validations, accreditations, and deficiencies removal • Admissions, re-admissions, transfers • Dr. Raul Torres, president

  17. Administration of the Graduate Program • Student Graduate Committee • Selected by student in coordination with the thesis advisor • At least three member • Majority from ECE Department • Need to be approved by the Associate Director Accreditation and Graduate Studies (Raul Torres) • ECE Academic Affairs • Course offerings in coordination with graduate committee • Departmental assistantships • Administrative matters • Mrs. Sandra Montalvo • Administrative support for the graduate program • One person many students!!!

  18. Graduate Studies in ECE • Types of admissions • Assistantships • Graduation Requirements • Rules • Courses

  19. Types of Admissions • Total • No deficiencies • Part time or full time • Conditional • At most 2 courses in deficiencies (ECE rule) • Need to approve during first year of admission (ECE requirement) • At most 2 years in special cases • Need to approve with at least a grade of B in each course (ECE requirement). • Special or visiting students • Non degree granting status

  20. Assistantships • Types • Teaching • Laboratory Instructors (Measurements, Electronics, Power). • Laboratory Assistants (INCADEL, ECENET, UNIX, …) • Graders for courses • Research • Working on a research project • External funding most of the time • Professional • Examples: Web development, programming, etc….

  21. Assistantships • What do they cover • Tuition: • Tuition • Some include fees and health insurance • Stipend • Varies with duties. For lab instructors and RA at least $917/month for 18 hrs/wk. Graders $700/mo. • Responsabilities • Full assistantship is equivalent to 6 credits • One credit of assistantship equals to 3 hours per week. • Duration of granted assistanship • Teaching: 1 semester • Research: up to a year

  22. Assistantships • Some Regulations • A Master degree student can receive assistantship, regardless of the source, for up to two years (4 semesters) • A fifth semester might be granted under special circumstances. • Last priority. • Need to be a regular student • Registered in at least 9 credits OR • Registered in thesis • Cannot be in probation • Probation • GPA below 3.0 • NS in thesis • Three times probation and the student is suspended from graduate school

  23. Assistantships • Supervisors • Research Projects  Faculty in charge of the project (Examples) • Aeronomy – Mario Ierkic • Analog Electronics – Omayra Ducoudray • Antennas – Rafael Rodriguez • Artificial Intelligence – Fernando Vega, Jorge Ortiz • Biomedical Acoustics - Eduardo Juan • Computer Performance – Nayda Santiago • Computer Security – Andres Moura • Databases – Manuel Rodriguez • Digital Electronics – Manuel Jimenez, Rogelio Palomera, Manuel Toledo • Digital Signal Processing – Domingo Rodriguez, Shawn Hunt • Distributed Computing – Wilson Rivera, Pedro Rivera, Jaime Seguel • Electromagnetics – Jose Rosado • Human Computer Interaction / Usability – Nestor Rodriguez, Jose Borges • Hyperspectral Imaging, Identification, Simulation and Control of Dynamic Systems – Miguel Velez • Image Processing – Hamed Parsiani, Raul Torres, Vidya Manian • Information Discovery and Retrieval – Bienvenido Velez • Knowledge Based Systems – Fernando Vega • Micro and Nano electromechanical Systems – Nelson Sepulveda • Microwaves – Jose Colom, Sandra Cruz Pol • Networking – Isidoro Couvertier • Power Electronics – Krisnaswamy Venkatesan, Carlos Cuadros • Power Systems – Agustin Irizarry, Efrain O’Neill, Jose R. Cedeno, Lionel Orama • Robotics – Raul Torres • Wireless Networks – Yi Qian, Kejie Lu, Mario Ierkic GO TO ECE WEB SITE

  24. Assistantships • Supervisors • Teaching • Electronics: to be announced • Power: Juan Caro • Courses: Faculty teaching the course • Labs: Laboratory director

  25. General Graduation Requirements • General requirements • Approval of a study plan with GPA 3.0 • Meet residency requirement (60% of courses taken at UPRM) • Meet departmental requirements • MS & ME general requirements • Plan I (MS), II (ME) or III (ME) • Plan I • Master of Science • 24 credits of course work and completion of a thesis (6 credits of thesis) • Plan II • Master of Engineering • 24 or 27credits of course work and completion of a project (3 or 6credits of project) • Plan III • Master of Engineering • 36 credits of course work and a comprehensive test approval

  26. EE Rules for Success • Get information about area of interest from the WEB • www.ece.uprm.edu • Talk to faculty about research topics • Select a thesis advisor before the end of the first semester • Study program … before the end of the first semester • Select your graduate committee • Talk to the potential members first! • Prepare a course program: curriculum • Join the graduate student association • Start the literature review previous to register for thesis or project • Involve your graduate committee in your work • Publish your findings previous to defend your work • Have fun and work hard!

  27. General Rules • Classrooms and Laboratories • Eating, drinking or chewing gum is prohibited. • Radios, televisions, or similar devices are restricted to educational purposes only. • Environment Free of • Drugs and Alcohol • Violence and Weapons • Sexual Harassment • Counseling: • Mental and Emotional: Madeline Rodríguez Ext. 2419 • Claims • Students Dean’s Office • Student Ombudsperson: Vilma López

  28. Registration Procedure • Visit the Graduate School • Monzon 303 • Visit the Immigration Office • Srta. Zulma Aldahondo • Monzon 304 • Visit the University Medical Center • Present all required documentation asked in the admission letter. • They will give you a certification of completion.

  29. Registration Procedure

  30. Registration Procedure • Visit the Register Office • Present the certification of completion given by the Medical Center • They will give you an access number to register • Go to ECE Department • Stefani 224, Sandra Montalvo • Register in courses • Print your Registration • Cafeteria Lodge • If you have a research assistantship, go to the administrator of the grant for exception document • Most typical: Maribel Feliciano or Yanira Ramirez • ECE Department • Visit Sandra Montalvo to pay the registration fees with your assistantship (S-224) • Visit the financial office (Terrats Building) to pay any balance due • Usually health insurance, fees, and other miscellaneous

  31. Program Areas EE (Tracks) • Power Systems • Power Electronics • Electronics • Control Systems • Digital Signal Processing • Applied Electromagnetics CpE (Options) • Computing Systems • Digital Signal Processing • Hardware and Embedded Systems

  32. EE Graduate Programs • Need to meet general requirements as specified by graduate school • 30 credits • No more than 9 credits @ 5000 level • At least 21 credits @ 6000 level • Up to 6 credits in thesis or project • 6-9 credits in courses outside major area but related (not free electives) • Course requirements • 21-24 credits in area of specialization • Control Systems • Power Engineering: Power Systems and Power Electronics • Electronics • Applied Electromagnetics • Digital Signal Processing • Each area has its own particular course requirements • How to distribute the 21-24 credits • 6-9 credits in courses outside specialization but in related areas • Can be ECE courses in other areas

  33. Area Coordinators • Electrical Engineering • Applied Electromagnetics • Dr. Rafael Rodríguez Solís – S 222C • Communications and Signal Processing • Dr. Miguel Vélez – S 404 • Control Systems • Dr. Eduardo Juan – T 215 • Electronics • Dra. Gladys O. Ducodray– T 219 • Power Engineering (Power Systems and Power Electronics) • Dr. Efraín O’Neill – S 212

  34. Color Caption for Course Offering Fall Semesters Fall Semesters every other year Spring Semesters Spring Semesters every other year Every Semester Upon Demand, rarely offered

  35. Control Systems • Required Course: INEL 5505 Linear Systems • Waived if you took equivalent course at the undergraduate level • Core Course: • INEL 6001 Feedback Control Systems I • Major Courses • INEL 5508 Digital Control Systems • INEL 5516 Automation And Robotics • INEL 6078 Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes • INEL 6088 Computer Vision • INEL 5208 Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation • INEL 6059 Intelligent Control Systems • INEL 5505 Linear Systems Analysis • INEL 5506 Process Instrumentation And Control Engineering • INEL 6076: Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing • INEL 6000 Introduction To Nonlinear Control Systems • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  36. Digital Signal Processing • Required Course: INEL 5309 Introduction to DSP • Waived if you took equivalent course at the undergraduate level • Core courses • INEL 6076 Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing • INEL 6078 Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes • Major Electives • INEL 6049 Multidimensional Signal Processing • INEL 6088 Computer Vision • INEL 5046 Pattern Recognition • INEL 6069 Microwave Remote Sensing • INEL 6007 Introduction to Remote Sensing • INEL 6050 Advanced Digital Signal Processing Algorithms • INEL 5327 Image Processing • INEL 5415 Communication Theory II • INEL 5326 Communication System Design: Signal Processing • INEL 5505 Linear Systems Analysis • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  37. Applied Electromagnetics • Required Course: INEL 6216 Advanced Electromagnetics All students in the option must register and pass this course • Major Electives • INEL 6068: Microwave Antenna Engineering • INEL 6069: Microwave Remote Sensing • INEL 6105: Active Remote Sensing Techniques • INEL 6115: Active Microwave Circuits • INEL 6106: Introduction to Radar Systems • INEL 5029: Telecommunication Electronics • INEL 5305: Microwave Engineering • INEL 5325: Communication Systems Design: Circuits and Antennas • INEL 5306: Antenna Theory and Design • INEL 5316: Wireless Communications • Recommended Courses (Plan III) • INEL 6007: Introduction to Remote Sensing • INEL 6078: Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  38. Electronics • Core Courses (at least 2) • INEL 6080 VLSI Systems Design • INEL 6085 Analysis and Design of Power Semiconductor Circuits • INEL 6009 Computer Systems Architecture • INEL 6055 Solid State Electronics • Major Electives • INEL 5205 Instrumentation • INEL 5206 Digital Systems Design • INEL 5207 Design with OpAmps and Analog ICs • INEL 5265 Analog Integrated Circuit Design • INEL 6048 Advanced Microprocessor Interfacing • INEL 6075 Integrated Circuit Fabrication • INEL 6995 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering • INEL 6079 Advanced IC Design Techniques • INEL 6005 Integrated Circuits Analysis and Design • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  39. Power Systems: PES • Core Courses: • INEL 6027 Power System Dynamics and Control • INEL 6028 Economic Operation of Power Systems • Major Electives • INEL 5406 Transmission and Distribution • INEL 6085 Advanced Power Electronics • INEL 5415 Power System Protection Design • INEL 6066 Electric Drive Systems • INEL 6077 Surge Phenomena • INEL 6025 Advanced Energy Conversion • INEL 6096 Power Quality • INEL 6026 Computational Methods For Power System Analysis • INEL 5407 Computer Aided Power System Design • INEL 6995 Power System Economics • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  40. Power Electronics: PELS • Core Courses: • INEL 6085 Advanced Power Electronics • INEL 6066 Electric Drive Systems • Major Electives • INEL 5408 Motor Control • INEL 5496 Design Power Electronic Systems • INEL 6025 Advanced Energy Conversion • INEL 6096 Power Quality • INEL 6995 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering: • INEL 6058 High Frequency Power Converters • CPES Distance Learning Courses • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  41. Computer Engineering Graduate Program • Need to meet general requirements as specified by graduate school • Areas of Specialization • Computing Systems • Hardware & Embedded Systems • Digital Signal Processing • Particular course requirements • Regarding 6000 level courses • At least 12 credits at 6000 level in major area • 6 credits in software engineering (at least 3 crs at 6000 level) • 3 credits @ 6000 level in one of the other two Cp.E. areas • Regarding 5000 level courses • No more than 6 credits at 5000 level • Regarding electives • 6 credits in courses outside ICOM specialization areas but in related areas. • This is established in the ICOM program creation document

  42. Computer Engineering Graduate Program • Computing Systems • One course in DSP or Hardware Embedded Systems • Two electives outside ICOM • Hardware and Embedded Systems • Two courses in Software • Two electives outside ICOM • DSP • Two course in Software • Two electives outside ICOM

  43. Area Coordinators • Computer Engineering • Hardware and Embedded Systems • Dr. Gladys O. Ducodray – T 219 • Digital Signal Processing • Dr. Domingo Rodríguez – S 608 • Computing Systems • Dr. Bienvenido Vélez – T 212

  44. Computing System • No core courses • Major Courses • ICOM 5005 Database Systems • ICOM 5007 Operating Systems • ICOM 5015 ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE • ICOM 5018 Cripto. & Network Security • ICOM 6005 Design of Database Systems • ICOM 6006 Distributed Operating Systems • ICOM 6015 Artificial Neural Networks • ICOM 6089 Object-Oriented Software Design • ICOM 6087 Artificial Intelligence: Techniques and Applications • ICOM 6095 Human Computer Interaction • ICOM 6115 Topics in Computer Engineering • ICOM 6117 Usability Engineering • ICOM 6205 Advanced Software Engineering • INEL 6215 Expert Systems • ICOM 6995 Independent Studies • Courses from the Ph.D. program CIIC • Need to take a 6000 level course (at least 3crs) in one of the other ICOM areas • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  45. Digital Signal Processing • Required Course: INEL 5309 Introduction to DSP • Core Courses • INEL 5326 Communication System Design: Signal Processing • INEL 6050 Advanced Digital Signal Processing Algorithms • ICOM 6087 Artificial Intelligence: Techniques and Applications • Major Courses • INEL 5046 Pattern Recognition • ICOM 6215 Expert Systems • INEL 5327 Image Processing • INEL 6007 Introduction to Remote Sensing • INEL 6049 Multidimensional Signal Processing • INEL 6076 Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing • INEL 6078 Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes • INEL 6088 Computer Vision • INEL 5315 Communication Theory II • INEL 5326 Communication System Design: Signal Processing • Need to meet ICOM SW requirement • 6 credits in software engineering (at least 3 crs at 6000 level) • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  46. Hardware and Embedded Systems • Core Courses (at least 2) • INEL 6009 Computer Systems Architecture • INEL 5206 Digital Systems Design • INEL 6080 VLSI Systems Design • Major Electives • INEL 5065 Analog Integrated Circuit Design • INEL 5207 Design with OpAmps and Analog ICs • INEL 6005 Integrated Circuits Analysis and Design • INEL 6048 Advanced Microprocessor Interfacing • INEL 6075 Integrated Circuit Fabrication • INEL 6079 Advanced IC Design Techniques • INEL 6995 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering • Need to meet ICOM SW requirement • 6 credits in software engineering (at least 3 crs at 6000 level) • Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee

  47. More information • ECE Contacts • Miguel Velez, S-404, Ext. 2888, mvelez@ece.uprm.edu • Isidoro Couvertier, S-224, Ext.3094, couvertier@ece.uprm.edu • Sandra Montalvo, S-224, Ext. 3182, sandra@ece.uprm.edu • Raúl E. Torres, S-223, Ext. 3094, Raul_E.Torres@ieee.org • José R. Cedeño, S-223, Ext. 3090, jcedeno@ece.uprm.edu • More detailed information • www.ece.uprm.edu under academics • UPRM General Policy • Cert 97-21 available at grad.uprm.edu

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