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ENPM Engineering, Professional Masters( The A. James Clark School of Engineering) ENPM600 Probability and Stochastic Processes for Engineers; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.Prerequisite: undergraduate introduction to discrete and continuous probability. Axioms of probability; conditional probability and Bayes' rule; random variables, probability distributions and densities; functions of random variables; definition of stochastic process; stationary processes, correlation functions, and power spectral densities; stochastic processes and linear systems; estimation and optimum filtering. Applications in communication and control systems, signal processing, and detection and estimation. ENPM603 Theory and Applications of Digital Signal Processing; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: undergraduate introduction to discrete-time systems. Uniform sampling and the sampling theorem; the Z-transform and discrete-time system analysis; multi-rate systems; discrete-time random processes; methods for designing FIR and IIR digital filters; effects of quantization and finite work-length; the DFT and FFT; power spectrum estimation. ENPM604 Wireless Communication Networks; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: ENEE 420 and ENEE 426. Issues in the design and analysis of wireless communication systems. Aspects of radio propagation, signal strength, multipath propagation, fading, diversity reception, cell shapes. Modulation and coding for the mobile radio channel including FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA. Multiaccess issues including frequency allocation, channel reuse, and power control. System level issues including traffic engineering, blocking, network design and optimization, channel allocation control, handoffs, mobility management, registration and tracking, signaling and user location database management. Examples of existing analog and emerging digital cellular standards. ENPM607 Computer System Design and Architecture; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: ENEE 446 or equivalent. Principles of computer design and cost/performance factors; instruction set design and implementation, RISC vs. CISC instruction sets; control unit and pipeline design; floating-point arithmetic; memory hierarchy designs, caches, memory interleaving, virtual memory; I/O device interconnections to CPUs and main memory. Additional topics include parallel system designs, SIMD, MIMD, SPMD; interconnection networks for processors and memories; optimization of pipeline operations; superscalar architectures, power management techniques. ENPM611 Software Engineering; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: competency in one programming language. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENPM 611 or ENPM 808G. Formerly ENPM 808G. Software engineering concepts, methods, and practices important to both the theorist and the practitioner will be covered. The entire range of responsibilities expected of a software engineer are presented. The fundamental areas of requirements development, software design, programming languages, and testing are covered extensively. Sessions on supporting areas such as systems engineering, project management, and software estimation are also included. ENPM613 Software Design & Implementation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: An undergraduate software course, knowledge of C or C++ Programming. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENPM608 or ENPM613. Formerly ENPM 608. Software design concepts and practices within the field important to both the practitioner and the theorist will be covered. Architectural and detailed designs are included for batch, client/server, and real-time systems. Design considerations for structured, object-oriented, and Web-based systems are covered. Design of databases, user interfaces, forms, and reports are also included. Implementation issues that affect the design, including error handling, performance, and inter-process communication, are presented. ENPM620 (PermReq) Computer Aided Engineering Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Computer assisted approach to the solution of engineering problems. Review and extension of undergraduate material in applied mathematics including linear algebra, vector calculus, differential equations, and probability and statistics. ENPM622 Modern Power Generation I - Stationary Power Applications; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: undergraduate thermodynamics and heat transfer. Thermal engineering of modern power generation systems. Cycle analysis of various modern power generation technologies including gas turbine, combined cycle, waste burning and cogeneration. Energy storage and energy transport. ENPM624 Renewable Energy Applications; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Thermodynamics and heat transfer of renewable energy sources for heating, power generation and transportation. Wind energy, solar thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, waste burning, and hydropower. Broad overview of the growing use of renewable energy sources in the world economy with detailed analysis of specific applications. ENPM627 Environmental Risk Analysis; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. The fundamental methodology for analyzing environmental risk is described with examples for selected applications. Key elements of the environmental risk methodology include: (1) source term and release characterization, (2) migration of contaminants in various media, (3) exposure assessment, (4) dose-response evaluation, (5) risk characterization, and (6) risk management. Also included will be an introduction to uncertainty analysis and environmental laws and regulations. It is intended to provide students with the basic skills and knowledge needed to manage, evaluate, or perform environmental risk assessments and risk analyses. ENPM633 Aquatic Chemistry Concepts; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: ENCE 433 or permission of department & instructor. Development of the theoretical basis for understanding the chemical behavior of aquatic systems, with an emphasis on problem solving. Principles of inorganic and physical chemistry applied to quantitative description of processes in natural waters: Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of electrolyte solutions, carbon dioxide/carbonate systems; dissolution and precipitation, metalligand complexes, and oxidation/reduction. ENPM641 (PermReq) Systems Engineering Principles; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Introduction to systems analysis. Mathematical models, objective functions, constraints. Optimization tools. Decision analysis and utility theory. Basic economic modeling and analysis. Application of computer-aided systems engineering (CASE) tools. ENPM643 (PermReq) Systems Engineering Design Project; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: ENPM 642 and permission of department. Formal system development methods are surveyed along with project management issues. Integrated computer-aided systems engineering (ICASE) environments for the support of systems development and management are used. Case studies in aeronautical, electrical, nuclear, mechanical, chemical and information systems are provided. Students complete a group project in which they apply their systems engineering knowledge to a real problem. ENPM645 (PermReq) Systems Financial and Contract Management; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: permission of department. Financial accounting; basic concepts, balance sheet, income statement; accounting records and systems; revenue and monetary assets; cost of goods sold and inventories; fixed assets and depreciation; other expenses and net income; liability and owners equity; cash flow statement; financial statement analysis. Cost principles; allocatability, direct versus indirect costs and cost accounting standards. Also offered as ENSE625. ENPM663 Introduction to Kinetics of Reactions in Materials; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: ENMA 461. The thermodynamics of solid solutions, free energy and phase diagrams, thermodynamics of interfaces, concepts of kinetics are introduced. Diffusion in solids, nucleation kinetics and kinetics of composition invariant solid-solid interface migration are reviewed. The growth of phases and cellular segregation are also introduced. Also offered as ENMA 471. ENPM808 (PermReq) Advanced Topics in Engineering; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. ENPM808B Advanced Topics in Engineering: Chemical and Biological Detection; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. ENPM808V Advanced Topics in Engineering: Shockwave Physics I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
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