Outcome 5
Engineering problems: An ability to identify, formulate,
and solve engineering problems.
Competencies for Outcome 5
| Competencies | Assessment |
| Ability to design and verify software that exploits a buffer-overflow security flaw in example code. | ECEn 324 |
| Ability to interpret and synthesize signals and systems in both the time and frequency domains. | ECEn 380 |
| Ability to recognize the mathematical properties of signals and systems including linearity, time invariance, causality, stability, etc. | ECEn 380 |
| Facility with microwave passive and active structures. | ECEn 464 |
| Ability to apply modern optical test equipment to measure optical communication system parameters. | ECEn 466 |
| Ability to design feedback control systems to meet desired specifications. | ECEn 483 |
| Ability to apply matched filter techniques to detection. | ECEn 485 |
| Ability to design a PLL loop filter to meet given specifications. | ECEn 485 |
| Ability to use basic DSP functions and algorithms (i.e., FIR filters, IIR filters, polyphase systems, windows, FFTs, etc.) to formulate and solve engineering problems. | ECEn 487 |
| Ability to take high level, customer requirements, identify from them the specifications a solution must meet, and formulate those specifications as an engineering problem. | ECEn 490 |
