SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
As a classical discipline, electrical and electronic engineering comprises the theories and methods to generate, transmit, receive, modulate, control, and utilise electromagnetic waves andenergy. However, electrical and electronic engineering has evolved into a dvnamic "hiah tech* discipline which covers a wide spectrum of modern technologies such as anaGgue and digital circuits, semiconductor devices and mate- rials, optoelectronics, microelectronics, microprocessor and electronic memory de- vices, signal processing and communication, control and expert systems, computer networks. electromagnetic waves and telecommunication, energy systems and power distribution. ~dvances in electrical and electronic engineering inthepast decade have influenced most asDects of our lives. and will continue to do so into the next century. For you"g people ente;ing the work force, electronic engineering provides new and exciting employment opportunities.
The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HKUST aims to provide its students with a sound practical and analytical education, equipping them to become effective and productive electronic engineers in a highly technological society.
The Department offers a full range of courses to meet the needs of its students in programmes leading to BEng, MSc, MPhil and PhD degrees. In addition, the Depart- ment also participates in the BEng programme in Computer Engineering. For details, please refer to page 178.
The Department provides modern equipment and laboratories to facilitate the research activities of facultv and students including microcomputers and workstations connected to a state-of-the-art computer networi so that ail users can access the central computing resources of the-university. The Department has teaching and research laboratories for semiconductor device characterisation. VLSl design and test, microprocessor and microcomputer applications, digital signal processing &d commu- nications, electro-optics, photonics, vibeo technology and information systems. Faculty and students also utilise the extensive central facilities of the University, particularly the Microelectronics Fabrication Centre, with a full line of processing equipment fo; the fabrication of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits, and the CADICAM Laboratory, equipped with the latest computing workstations, graphics input and output devices and application software.
Faculty
Professor and Acting Head of Department:
S. Simon WONG, BSEE, BSME Minnesota; MS, PhD UnivofCalifornia, Berkeley Professors:
Peter W. CHEUNG, BS Oregon State; MS Puget Sound; PhD Univof Washington Ping K. KO, BS Hong Kong; MS, PhD Univ of California, Berkeley
(Dean of Engineering)
Hoi Sing KWOK, BS Northwestern; MS, PhD Harvard
Ming Lei LIOU, BS National Taiwan; MS Drexel; PhD Stanford (Director of Hongkong Telecom Institute of Information Technology) Eugene WONG, BS, AM, PhD Princeton
(Vice-President for Research and Development, and Professor of Computer Science)
Visiting Professor :
Kenneth C. SMITH, BS, MS, PhD Toronto Readers:
Xiren CAO, BS Chinese Univ of Sc & Tech, Beijing; MS, PhD Harvard Philip C. H. CHAN, BS Univ of California, Davis; MS, P hD Univ of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign
Justin C. CHUANG, BS National Taiwan; MS, PhD Michigan State Senior Lecturers/Associate Professors:
Zexiang LI, BS Carnegie-Mellon; MS, PhD Univ of California, Berkeley Tai-chin LO, BS National Taiwan; MS, PhD Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Joseph SCHMITT, BS Case Western Reserve; MS, PhD Stanford
Visiting Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor:
Er-Wei BAl, BS Fudan; MS Shanghai Jiaotung; PhD Univof California, Berkeley LecturersIAssistant Professors:
Oscar C. AU, BS Toronto; MA, PhD Princeton Khaled BEN LETAIEF, BS, MS, PhD Purdue
Kwan-Fai CHEUNG, BS, MS, PhD Univ of Washington
Ho-Chi HUANG, BS, MS National Taiwan; PhD Univ of Washington Zaheed KARIM, BS, MS, PhD Southern California
Tsz-Mei KO, BEE, MEE Cooper Union: PhD California lnst of Tech
Jack Ka-Chun LAU, BS, MS ' ~ n i v of ~alifornia, Berkeley; PhD Hong Kong Univ of Sc & Tech
Curtis C. LING, BS California lnst of Tech; MS, PhD Univof Michigan, Ann Arbor Howard Cam LUONG, BS, MS, PhD Univ of California, Berkeley
Philip MOK, BS, MS, PhD Toronto
Ross David MURCH, BS, PhD Univ of Canterbury, Christchurch Cuong T. NGUYEN, BS Univ of California, Berkeley; MS, PhD Stanford Truong Thao NGUYEN, BS Ecole Polytech (France); MS Princeton; PhD
Columbia
Vincent M. C. POON, BSc, MPhil, PhD Chinese Univ of Hong Kong Li QIU, BS Hunan; MS, PhD Toronto
Bertram SHI, BS, MS Stanford; PhD Univ of California, Berkeley Johnny K. 0 . SIN, BS, MS, PhD Toronto
Danny H. K. TSANG, BS Winnipeg; BEng, MS Technical Univ of Nova Scotia;
PhD Pennsylvania
Chi-Ying TSUI, BS Hong Kong; MS, PhD Southern California
Li-Xin WANG, BS, MS Northeastern Polytechnical Univ, Xian; PhD Southern California
Man WONG, BS, MS Massachusetts lnst of Tech; PhD Stanford
Mark Sze-Fong YAU, BSc Hong Kong; MS Boston; PhD Univof Illinois, Urbana- Champaign
Bing ZENG, BS, MS Univ of Electronic Sc & Tech of China; PhD Tampere Univ of Tech
Adjunct LecturerlAssistant Professor:
Aaron W. BUCHWALD, BSEE Iowa; MS, PhD Univ of California, Los Angeles
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering School of Engineering
Elective courses Undergraduate Programme
During the first year, students take courses in linear circuits theory, basic electronics, digital logic and systems, and microprocessors in addition to mathematics, physics, computer science, English, humanities and social science. Starting in the S ~ r i n a Semester of the second year, students take a set of approved electives to gain
Elective t v ~ e s Minimum Minimum
no. of courses total credits (2) ELEC Electrical and Electronic Engineering elective 7 2 1 (3) H&SS Humanities and Social Science elective 4 12 SB&M Business and Management elective 1 2 depthin a technical specialty. All students are required to complete a final-year project
under the supervision of a faculty member and submit a written project report.
Additional requirements Admission Requirements 1996-97
ELEC 099 Industrial Training
(4) LANG 001 Language Skills Enhancement l [0 credit]
[O-3-1:0]
In addition to the general entrance requirements of the University, acceptable grades are required in either (i) two AL subjects (Pure Mathematics, plus Physics or Engineering Science) and two AS subjects, or (ii) three AL subjects (Pure Mathematics, plus Physics or Engineering Science, and one other AL subject).
Notes:
Work normally commences in summer following the second year.
Students may replace this with approved courses from the School of Science and the School of Engineering.
Of these courses, at least one course in Humanities and one in Social Science are required.
(4) Students admitted without grade C or above in AS Use of English will be required to take and pass this course during the first semester of attendance.
Curriculum for BEng in Electronic Engineering Core courses
ELEC 102 ELEC 112 ELEC 151 ELEC 152 ELEC 190 ELEC 202 ELEC 211 ELEC 214 ELEC 221 ELEC 241
Electronic Circuits Linear Circuit Theory
Digital Logic and System Design Microprocessors and Applications
A minimum of 103 credits is required for the BEng programme in Electronic Engineering.
lntroduction to Electronic Technology
Analoaue lntearated Circuit Analysis and Design I Recommended Pattern of Study for the Curriculum
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ist terns
C&munication Systems
Semiconductor Materials and Devices 1st year Fall C ELEC 112, ELEC 151, ELEC 190, COMP 102, MATH 100,
PHYS 126;
0 LANG 001 (Total: 16 credits)
~lectromagnetics and Distributed Circuits
COMP 102 Computer and Programming Fundamentals I [2-1-1:3]
COMP 103 Com~uter and Proaramminp Fundamentals II [2-0-1:2]
Spring C ELEC 102, ELEC 152, COMP 103, MATH 150, MATH 1 13;
E H&SS (Total: 17 credits)
MATH 100 lntroduction to ~ u l i i v a r i a b l ~ ~ a l c u l u s MATH 1 13 lntroduction to Linear Algebra
MATH 150 lntroduction to Ordinary Differential Equations MATH 2f 1 Applied Statistics
PHYS 126 lntroduction to Modern Physics
2nd year Fall C ELEC 21 1, ELEC 221, ELEC 241, MATH 244;
R ECON 115;
E H&SS (Total: 19 credits)
Required courses
Spring C ELEC 202, ELEC 214;
R ELEC 397, LANG 103;
E two ELEC (1) ELEC 397 Final Year Project l
ELEC 398 Final Year Project ll ELEC 399 Final Year Project Ill ACCT 265 Engineering Law
ECON 11 5 Engineering Economics and Finance LANG 103 Technical Communication
(Total: 19 credits) 3rd year Fall R ELEC 398, ACCT 265;
E three ELEC, H&SS (Total: 17 credits) Spring R ELEC 399;
E two ELEC, H&SS, SB&M (Total: 15 credits) C = core course; R = required course; E = elective course; 0 = other course
School of Engineering
Postgraduate Programmes and Research Postgraduate Programmes
The Department offers postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of Master of Science (MSc), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Full-time and part-time options are available for the MPhil and PhD degrees.
The MSc programme is normally offered to part-time students only. Full-time students can take, at most, 12 credits (four courses) per semester whereas part-time students can take, at most, six credits (two courses) per semester. The workload for a full-time student is equivalent to 12 credits per semester.
Master of Science (MSc) programme in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The MSc programme is a taught degree intended for part-time students. It is designed for students who wish to strengthen their knowledge in electrical and electronic engineering in order to prepare themselves for advanced professional practice. It is best suited to students who wish to pursue an industrial career as a senior project engineer in technical design and development. The programme normally requires no longer than four years for part-time students. Specific requirements are at least 30 credits of mainly ELEC courses and subject to the following conditions:
a maximum of two postgraduate courses from the School of Science or School of Engineering other than the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering;
a maximum of two postgraduate courses from the School of Business and Management or School of Humanities and Social Science;
a maximum of one 300-level ELEC course; and
no more than three credits of ELEC 690 lndependent Study.
Master of Science (MSc) Programme in Materials Science and Engineering This multi-disciplinary programme is jointly offered by the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. For details, please refer to page 11 5.
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Programme in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The MPhil programme is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a career in research and development in industry or academia. It is also an excellent preparation for those interested in pursuing a PhD degree. The programme normally requires no longer than two and a half years for full-time students, or five years for part- time students.
Besides completing an approved postgraduate course sequence, an MPhil student must complete, under the supervision of a research advisor, a research project leading to a master thesis and pass an oral thesis defence. Programme requirements are:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
three semesters of full-time enrolment (or part-time equivalent);
15 course credits excluding ELEC 690;
a maximum of one 300-level ELEC course;
research leading to a satisfactory thesis.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programme in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The PhD programme caters to students who wish to pursue a career in advanced industrial research and development, or university research and teaching.
The programme normally requires eight semesters of residence from the first degree, and no longerthan five yearsfor full-time students, orseven yearsfor part-time students.
The PhD programme emphasises training in original thinking and independent re- search.
To be eligible for the PhD degree, a student must
complete 15 course-credits of approved ELEC postgraduate courses, excluding ELEC 690 lndependent Study (For students pursuing or having completed an MPhil or MSc programme, previous postgraduate courses count towards this requirement. Partial credit may be given to students with other postgraduate qualifications.);
pass a qualifying examination; and
undertake research leading to a satisfactory doctoral dissertation.
Faculty Research Interests
Professor S. Simon WONG, Acting Head of Department
Design and fabrication of high performance integrated systems. Special interest in bridging design and technology issues of high performance device structures, ad- vanced interconnection technology and multi-chip modules.
Professor Peter W.P. CHEUNG
Analogue integrated circuits design, microelectronics, microsensors, biosensors, medi- cal electronics and medical instrumentation, microprocessor-based instruments de- sign, optoelectronics.
Professor Ping KO, Dean of Engineering
Semiconductor devices, silicon-on-insulator technology, microelectronics and microsensors.
Professor Hoi S. KWOK
Thin film technology, fabrication of thin film opto-electronic devices with applications to optical signal processing and display technology, liquid crystal displays.
Professor Ming L. LIOU, Director of Hongkong Telecom Institute of Information Technology
Low bit-rate video, image compression techniques, advanced television, packet video, VLSl architecture, and implementation of signal processing systems for visual applica- tions.
School of Engineering
Professor Eugene WONG, Vice-President for Research and Development, and Professor of Computer Science
Stochastic processes, database management systems and neural networks.
Professor Kenneth C. SMITH, Visiting Professor
Linear and digital circuit design, instrumentation, data transmission, inpuvoutput systems, special-purpose processors, reliable systems, testable systems, multiple- processor systems, multiple-valued logic, man-machine systems, computer-assisted instruction, flexible manufacturing, machine-vision, semi-custom VLSI, electronic mu- sic, medical instrumentation, neural networks and fuzzy logic.
Dr Xi-Ren CAO. Reader
Discrete event system theory and applications, computer and communication systems, B-ISDN and ATM, system engineering, queueing theory and optimisation.
Dr Philip Ching-Ho CHAN, Reader
Electronic design automation, VLSl devices, circuits and systems, CADICAEICAM technologies; microelectronics.
Dr Justin C. CHUANG, Reader
Wireless communication and networking.
Dr Ze-Xiang LI, Associate Professor
Robotics and control, holonomic and nonholonomic motion planning, mechanism design, robust and H" control, adaptive control, CADICAM for control systems.
Dr Tai-chin LO, Associate Professor
Integrated circuit technology, electronic materials, microwave bipolar transistors and integrated circuits, semiconductor device modelling for circuit simulation.
Dr Joseph SCHMITT, Associate Professor
Biomedical sensors and instrumentation; analogue circuit design; optical spectroscopy, imaging, and interferometry; theory of light propagation in random media; design of technology for developing countries.
Dr Er-Wei BAl, Visiting Associate Professor
Control system theory: modelling, identification and adaptive controls.
Dr Oscar C. AU, Assistant Professor
Image processing, digital signal processing, coding theory, communications, detection and estimation.
Dr Khaled BEN LETAIEF, Assistant Professor
Communications systems, optical fibre transmission networks, information theory and coding, spread sprectrum and wireless personal communications.
Dr Kwan-Fai CHEUNG, Assistant Professor
Digital signal processing algorithms, artificial neural networks and applications, fuzzy set theory and applications, digital image processing, optical information processing.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Dr Ho-Chi HUANG, Assistant Professor
Semiconductor devices, optical probing for VLSl testing, opto-electronics, integrated guided-wave optics, optically based instruments.
Dr Zaheed S. KARIM, Assistant Professor
Optical computing and signal processing, spatial light modulators, optical intercon- nects, electrooptic devices, integrated optics, computer generated holograms, micro- electronics packaging.
Dr Tsz-Mei KO, Assistant Professor
Communication system, information processing, coding theory, VLSl design and computer networks.
Dr Jack Ka-Chun LAU, Assistant Professor
Analogue and digital IC design; microprocessor design; VLSl circuit design and simulation.
Dr Curtis LING, Assistant Professor
Millimeter-wave integrated circuits and antennas; integrated phased arrays and broadband communications systems; micromachining applied to integrated high-speed systems.
Dr Howard Cam LUONG, Assistant Professor
Ultra-high-speed and ultra-low-power analog and digital integrated circuits: high- performance analog-to-digital converters; VLSl digital signal processing and computer systems.
Dr Philip MOK, Assistant Professor
Analogue integrated circuits for telecommunications; power integrated circuits; VLSl device, technology and circuit design.
Dr Ross David MURCH, Assistant Professor
Electromagnetics, inverse scattering, imaging, and imagelsignal processing.
Dr Cuong T. NGUYEN, Assistant Professor
High-performance bipolar and MOS devices, characterisation and modelling of chemo- mechanical polishing for VLSl and microsensors.
Dr Truong Thao NGUYEN, Assistant Professor
Discrete-time signal processing, quantisation, high resolution analogue-to-digital con- version, source coding, image compression, signal reconstruction, wavelets.
Dr Vincent Ming Cheong POON, Assistant Professor
Microelectronic device physics and technology, VLSl design and fabrication, optoelectronics, opto-computing and integrated optics, advanced semiconductor mate- rials.
Dr Li QIU, Assistant Professor
Automatic control, signal processing and manufacturing.
Dr Bertram SHI, Assistant Professor
Neural networks, computer vision and signal, and image processing.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Dr Johnny K.O. SIN, Assistant Professor
Power integrated circuits and devices, semiconductor devices and fabrication technol- ogy, modelling and characterisation of semiconductor devices.
Dr Danny H.K. TSANG, Assistant Professor
B-ISDNIATM networks, multi-rate circuit-switched networks, computer networks, per- formance analysis, modelling of variable-bit-rate video.
Dr Chi-Ying TSUI, Assistant Professor
VLSl design and CAD algorithms for energy efficient high performance microproces- sors, power analysis and optimisation for CMOS circuits, hardwarelsoftware co-design for low power embedded systems.
Dr Li-Xin WANG, Assistant Professor
Intelligent robotic systems and control, fuzzy logic and fuzzy control, neural computing and parallel processing.
Dr Man WONG, Assistant Professor
Advanced device fabrication technology, thin film transistors and general device physics.
Dr Mark Sze-Fong YAU, Assistant Professor
Digital signal processing, estimation and detection theory; information theory; stochastic process and control theory; application of the above to inverse problems including sensor-array processing and image processing.
Dr Bins ZENG, Assistant Professor
~ i ~ i t a l s i ~ n a l and image processing, linear and nonlinear digital filter design, statistical and structural approaches to signal processing, neural networks, imagelvideo coding and transmission.
Dr Aaron BUCHWALD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Design of high-speed analog integrated circuits for fibre optic communication systems;
design of precision analog integrated circuits for signal processing, signal conditioning, - - - .
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