EEL 5935 - WIRELESS SEMINAR Syllabus - Spring '05

Time: Wednesdays - 4:00 to 5:50
Location: ENG 201
Course Contact: Dr. Rudolf E. Henning
E-Mail: henning@eng.usf.edu
Telephone: (813)974-4782

Goals: Develop an overall understanding of the many technologies and current research areas that make possible such wireless applications as cellular telephony, satellite communications, wireless local area networks, radar, remote sensing, air traffic control, and navigation.

Catalog Description: Weekly seminars covering basic principles as well as contemporary topics in such rapidly evolving application areas as communications, micro-electronics, radar and remote sensing. Emphasis is placed on applications involving frequencies in the 100 MHz to 1000 GHz range; which include the Radio Frequency and Microwave spectra. Topics are presented by local and on-campus guest speakers.

Credit: 1 Semester-hour. This is an approved elective for the Wireless Engineering Graduate Certificate Program and - with your adviser's approval - for undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Prerequisites: Undergraduate E. E. courses or equivalents; an interest in wireless technology and in System applications.

Computer Requirements: Access to computer with word processor, E-Mail, Web access.

Text: None

Typical Weekly Seminar Topics (from prior Semesters): Wireless Interconnects Applied to a Chip Radio, Spread Spectrum Techniques, New Trends in Automotive Conformal Antenna Design, Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communications, Wireless LAN's - Present and Future, Software Radio, Satellite Remote Sensing, Sensor Technology,New Frontiers in Medical Applications of RF/Microwave Technology, Health Effects of Radio and Microwaves, Optical Communications Sector and Technology, Measurements for RF & Microwave Front-end Technology.

Format: Assignments: Students must attend at least thirteen 1 to 1 ½ hour seminars . Completion of each weekly seminar assignment requires completing an (SFRF) (Seminar Feedback Report Form). In addition, some reading assignments may be made.

Seminar Scheduling: Isolated seminars may be held evenings or on a day other than Thursday to meet guest speaker itinerary needs and/or special professional opportunities.

Make-up Assignments for missed seminars are allowed in the form of detailed paper reviews or attendance at related applicable seminars. with Prior approval.

Grading: S/U basis; +/- grading is not used. NOTE: With prior advisor approval and when combined with a 2 semester-hour graded graduate course, this course can be accepted as part of a 3 semester-hour M.S.E.E. course.