Diagnostic Exam Information

1.Digital and Microprocessor/Embedded Controller Systems 

No Exam in this Thrust Area this time

2.Solid-State Devices, Circuits and Systems

3. Systems, Controls and Automated Manufacturing

4. Electromagnetic Fields and Applications

Diagnostic Exam is based on EE 5306. Text Book of EE 5306 is Constantine A Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics,Wiley 1st Ed.,1989. Coverage of the exam is Chapter 1 to Chapter 8 of the book.

5. Digital Signal and Image Processing

Reference Books:

Digital Signal Processing: A Computer-based Approach 4th edition, by S.K. Mitra, McGraw Hill (Chs. 1-7)
Discrete-time Signal Processing, 3rd edition, by A.V. Oppenheim, R.W. Schafer, Prentice Hall (Chs. 1-5, 8)

6. Communications and Information Systems

Reference Book : Proakis, Digital Communications, 4th ed, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, ISBN: 0-07-232111-3, 2000. or 5th edition, ISBN: 0-07-295716-6, 2008.

7. Power Systems and Industrial Power Electronics

Diagnostic Exam is based on EE 5308. Text Book of EE 5308 is Power Systems Analysis by Arhur R. Bergen anf Vijat Vittal. Coverage of the exam is Chapters 1 to 6, 8 to10, 12 to 14 of the book.

8. Optical Devices and Systems

9. Nanotechnology and MEMS – Materials and Devices 

10. Renewable Energy and Vehicular Technology

Reference Book is "Fundamentals of Power Electronics" by Robert Ericson and Dragan Maksimovic. Coverage of the exam is Chapters 1 to 9 of the book.