Outcome 3
System design: An ability to design a system component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constrains such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
Competencies for Outcome 3
| Competencies | Assessment |
| Ability to design, analyze, and demonstrate a working integrated stereo audio amplifier system. | ECEn 212 |
| Ability to design and test a digital system that includes I/O, state machines and combinational networks | ECEn 224 |
| Ability to design major components of a simple microprocessor. | ECEn 224 |
| Ability to understand and develop circuit designs in a professional manner. | ECEn 313 |
| Ability to design an integrated circuit operational amplifier. | ECEn 317 |
| Ability to modify a CPU design to add instructions and to improve the overall efficiency of pipelined execution. | ECEn 324 |
| Ability to design and connect transmission lines with devices. | ECEn 360 |
| Ability to design microwave frequency components and incorporate them in a microwave system. | ECEn 361 |
| Ability to design and connect transmission lines with devices. | ECEn 362 |
| Ability to design and implement a real-time application. | ECEn 425 |
| Ability to design and implement a real-time kernel. | ECEn 425 |
| Ability to interface to a processor or I/O bus. | ECEn 427 |
| Ability to design mixers, modulators, and power stages. | ECEn 443 |
| Ability to design a mixed-signal IC in CMOS (4000~6000 transistor design including ADC or DAC chips). | ECEn 445 |
| Ability to translate digital logic to CMOS circuits to achieve desired behavior and performance requirements. | ECEn 451 |
| Ability to perform CMOS layout. | ECEn 451 |
| Ability to design processes for fabrication of MOSFET devices. | ECEn 452 |
| Ability to model electromagnetic fields and systems using numerical algorithms and interpret results physically. | ECEn 462 |
| Ability to use the final value theorem to predict steady state behavior. | ECEn 483 |
| Ability to design feedback systems using frequency domain techniques. | ECEn 483 |
| Ability to design feedback systems using state space techniques. | ECEn 483 |
| Ability to design communication system parameters and understand their trade-offs using a link budget. | ECEn 485 |
| Ability to complete a significant culminating design that draws upon the knowledge gained in prerequisite courses. | ECEn 490 |
