Graduate Courses in Microwave and Wireless Engineering:

EE 550                 Electromagnetic waves and antennas
EE 551                 RF Communication circuits design
EE 552                 Wireless Communication systems and circuits
EE 555                 Optical Fiber Communication
EE 571                 Semiconductor Electronics
EE 651                 Advanced Electromagnetics
EE 681, 682         Research / Design Project (3 hours)
                             The student is required to write a proposal, a report, make a presentation and demonstrate the project.
EE 691, 692         Topics in Electrical Engineering.
                             Special topic and independent study courses are offered to supplement student's background
                             in the research area. The courses currently available are: RF Communication Laboratory,
                             and MW Devices & MMIC Design.
EE 699                 Thesis (6 hours)
                             The student is required to write a proposal, to defend the thesis and demonstrate the project after a thesis committee reviews it.

The above courses are also available on videotapes for off-campus students.

Research Areas:
MICs and MMICs, Active and passive antennas, microwave sensors, and wireless systems.

Sponsored Research:
The faculty are actively engaged in industry sponsored research and consulting work with Northrop Grumman Corp., Fujitsu Compound Semiconductors, Inc., Tracking and Imaging Systems, Inc., and Caterpillar, Inc.  The students are supported by the research grants as well as department assistantships.

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Undergraduate Courses in Microwave and Wireless Engineering:

The undergraduate courses are available as electives chosen from the graduate courses (500 level) listed above.  The only courses accepted as electives are EE550, EE551, EE552, EE555, and RF Communication Lab.

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RF/Microwave Laboratory Facilities:

RF/Microwave Laboratory
The laboratory is well equipped to facilitate research projects. The RF lab is located in Jobst Hall, room 325.  The phone number to reach the lab is (309) 677-3251.

Some of the equipment available are:

•     Network analyzers (HP8722C and HP8410C)

•     Scalar network analyzers (HP8755C and HP8559A)

•     Spectrum analyzers (HP8593E and HP8559A)

•     Sweep oscillators (10 - 1300 MHz, 2 - 8.4 GHz, 5.9 - 12.4 GHz, and 12.4 - 18 GHz)

•     Signal generator with digital modulation (HPE4433B); 250 kHz - 4 GHz

•     Power meter (HPE4419A)

•     Triple Output Power Supplies (HHPE3630A)

•     Fluke 45 Dual Display Digital Multimeters

•     National Instruments nuDrive 2SX-411 2-Axis Step Value Motion Drive

•     National Instruments PCI-STEP-2CX 2-Axis Closed Loop Step Controller

•     Frequency counter

•     Universal test fixture.

•     Anechoic chamber and data acquisition system

•     Broadband Noise Source

•     Gateway P5-120 PCs (Windows 95)

•     Gateway P5-133 PCs (Windows 95)

•     PII-233 PCs (Windows 95)

•     Sun Ultra 10 Workstation (Solaris)

MIC (Monolithic Integrated Circuit) Fabrication Laboratory:
The printed fabrication laboratory has facilities for:

• Computer aided layout design and mask generation

• Photolithography

• Circuit assembly.

The printed fabrication lab is located in Jobst Hall, room 244.

Anechoic Chamber and Antenna Measurements Facility:
800 MHz to 30 GHz; Quiet Zone: reflectivity < -25dB in 1 ft. dia. spherical region.

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CAE Facilities:

On Unix Workstation
        Advanced Design System Ver.1.7 (ADS 2001)
        LineCalc
        Mentor Graphics

On Windows Platform
        Advanced Design System Ver.2.0 (ADS 2003A)
        APLAC 7.70
        Sonnet 8.51
        Vxipnp
        PCAAD 4.0
        Smith Chart
        MicroSim Design Lab
        Matlab

On DOS Platform
        MSTRIP
        CAMAD
        MATCH
        GASMAP
        PCAAD
        MIMP
        Antenna CAD
        MWTOOLS
        Automated Smith Chart

        The following software is available to be downloaded by clicking on it:
        CAMAD, MSTRIP, and MATCH
        CAMAD: Computer Aided Microwave Amplifier Design software
        MSTRIP: Microstrip analysis and design software
        MATCH: Impedance matching network design software

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Library:

The Culloms-Davis Library, Bradley University , has a collection of current books and periodicals in the area of RF/Microwave Engineering.  The library also provides document retrieval service through inter library loan.  In addition, the RF lab itself has a collection of RF/Microwave Engineering books, journals and conference proceedings.

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Faculty:

Dr. B.D.Huggins
email:    bdh@bradley.edu
Tel   :       (309) 677-2732
Fax   :       (309) 677-3670

Dr. Prasad Shastry (S.N.Prasad)
email:   snp@bradley.edu
Tel   :    (309) 677-2733
Fax   :    (309) 677-3670

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