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Single-stage transistor amplifiers using BJT and FET Equivalent circuits and calculation of current gain, voltage gain, power gain, input and output impedance. Operational Amplifiers: Description, parameters and applications. Feedback, broadband and narrowband amplifiers. Power amplifiers. Voltage and current stabilizing circuits. Voltage amplifiers, multi storage amplifiers using BJTs and FETs.

Fundamental concepts: Electric fields, charges, magnetic fields. current, B-H curves Kirchhoff’s laws, superposition. Thevenin, Norton theorems, Reciprocity, RL, RC, RLC circuits. DC, AC bridges, Resistance, Capacitance, Inductance measurement, Transducers, Single phase circuits, Complex j - notation, AC circuits, impedance, admittance, acceptance.

Introduction: Language level of abstraction and effect on machine, characteristics of machine code, advantages, justifications of machine code programming, instruction set and dependency on underlying processor; Intel 8086 microprocessor assembly language programming: programming model as resources available to programmer, addressing modes, instruction format, instruction set- arithmetic, logical, string, branching, programme control, machine control, and input/output, etc; assembler directives, hand-assembling, additional 80x86/Pentium instructions; modular programming; interrupt and service routine; interfacing of assembly language to C; Intel 80x87 floating point programming; introduction to MMX and SSE programming; Motorola 680x0 assembly language programming; extensive practical engineering problems solving in assembly language using MASM for Intel, and cross-assembler for Motorola.

Free electron motion in static electric and magnetic fields; electronic structure of matter, conductivity in crystalline solids, theory of energy bands in conductors, insulators

Sounds and sound patterns in English Language (vowels and consonants, phonetics and phonology); English word classes (lexical and grammatical words, definitions, forms, functions, usages, collocations); major word formation processes; the sentence in English (types: structural and functional); grammar and usage (tense, concord and modality). Reading and types of reading, comprehension skills, 3RsQ. Logical and critical thinking; reasoning methods (logic and syllogism, inductive and deductive argument, analogy, generalisation and explanations). Ethical considerations, copyright rules and infringements. Writing activities (pre-writing (brainstorming and outlining), writing (paragraphing, punctuation and expression), post- writing (editing and proofreading). Types of writing (summary, essays, letter, curriculum vitae, report writing, note-making). etc. Mechanics of writing. Information and Communication Technology in modern language learning. Language skills for effective communication. The art of public speaking.

Computer fundamentals: development history of computer hardware and software; hard- wired vs stored program concept; Von-Neuman architecture; Harvard architecture: principle of operation, advantages and disadvantages; single address machine; contemporary computers; computer system: block diagram, functions, examples, dataflow and control line; computer arithmetic: integer arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), floating-point representation (IEEE), floating-point arithmetic, arithmetic and logic unit (ALU). Introduction to CISC and RISC architecture: principle of operation, merits and demerits; storage and input/output systems: computer function (fetch and execute cycles), interrupts, interconnection structures (bus structure and bus types); overview of memory system, memory chip organisation and error correction, cache memory, and memory storage devices; overview of I/O, programmed and interrupt-driven I/Os, DMA, I/O channel and I/O processor; control unit: micro-operations, control of the CPU, hard-wired implementation, control unit operation, micro-instruction sequencing and execution, and micro-programmed control; using INTEL family, and MOTOROLA family as case study of a CISC computer system; instruction set and register: machine instruction characteristics, types of operands and operations, instruction functions, addressing modes, instruction formats, register organisation, and instruction pipelining; high performance computer systems: techniques to achieve high performance, pipelining, storage hierarchy, and units with function dedicated for I/O; RISC, introduction to superscalar processor, and parallel processor; using popular RISC processor (e.g. i960, Motorola PowerPC) as case study. Operating system: overview of operating system, dimension and type of operating system: overview of operating system, dimension and type of operating system, high level scheduling, short-term scheduling, I/O scheduling, memory management, virtual memory, UNIX/LINUX operating system: architecture, commands, programming; window-based operating systems (MS windows).

Introduction to computers and computing; computer organisation – data processing, memory, registers and addressing schemes; Boolean algebra; floating-point arithmetic; representation of non-numeric information; problem-solving and algorithm development; coding (solution design using flowcharts and pseudo codes). Data models and data structures; computer software and operating system; computer operators and operators precedence; components of computer programs; introduction to object oriented, structured and visual programming; use of MATLAB in engineering applications. ICT fundamentals, Internet of Things (IoT). Elements of software engineering.

Basic concepts and examples of control systems; Feedback, Time response analysis, concept of stability, Routh-Hurwitz criterion; Root-locus techniques, Frequency-response analysis, Polar and Bode plots, Nyquist stability criteria. Nichol’s chart, compensation techniques; introduction to non-linear systems.

Number Systems and Codes. Logic Gate Simplification of Logic expressions using Boolean algebra. Simplification of Logic expressions using Karnaugh Method. Design of combinational circuit. Flip-Flops. Application of Flip-Flops in the design of counter. Registers and timers. Switching and wave shaping circuits. Generation of non-sinusoidal signal (multivibrators). Introduction to ADC and DAC. Design of Logic Gates (Diode, DTL, TTL, ECL etc). Sequential circuits. Introduction to microprocessors. 400 Level GET 402 Engineering Project I (2 Units C: PH 90) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. complete the design phase of a complex engineering problem sourced from industry or community during the SIWES III programme; and 2. demonstrate the connection between engineering product-making and the theoretical courses they have learned following the applicable industry best practices. Course Contents In the second semester of the 400-level students, preferably in groups, work from the university on the identified industry or organization to tackle industry complex engineering problems. Theoretical issues may be provided by the department faculty or industry experts. During the vacation, students will now work full time with the organisation/industry on the project as part of the SIWES III. The students can also go beyond the department and engage in multidisciplinary undertakings. Literature survey, review of existing systems etc. must be achieved to a satisfactory extent. GET 404 Engineering Valuation and Appraisal (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. identify at least three (3) objectives of engineering valuation work, valuer's primary duty and responsibility and valuation terminologies; 2. describe at least four (4) Valuer's obligation to his or her client, to other valuers, and to the society; 3. demonstrate with example the engineering valuation methods, valuation standards, and practices; 4. prepare engineering valuation and appraisal reports and review; 5. discuss expert witnessing and ethics in valuation; and 6. determine price, cost, value, depreciation and obsolescence in real property, personal property, personal property, machinery and equipment, oil, gas, mines, and quarries valuation.

Discrete signals and Z-transform, digital fourier transform, fast fourier transform; the approximation problem in network theory; synthesis of low-pass filters; spectral transforms and their application in synthesis of high-pass and band-pass filters; digital filtering, digital transfer function aliasing, one-dimensional recursive and non-recursive filters; computer techniques in filter synthesis, realisation of filters in hardware and software; and basic image processing concepts.