Program Overview

Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.Eng.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) program designed to satisfy the particular needs of students and practicing engineers wishing to extend their studies on a broad basis of coursework and an engineering project.

Overview

The M.Eng. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering requires a minimum of 24 credit hours of advisor-approved coursework.

Admission Information

Admission to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Application and Admission Procedures are found in the Academic Guide. Admission requirements for Master's students are found in the Master's Degrees General Regulations section of the Guide.

ECE M.Eng. Admission Requirements

A student must normally be employed as an engineer in Manitoba, and hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or its equivalent) from a recognized university. Students must also receive tentative approval from a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering prior to applying to the graduate program.

Pre-Master's Option

This unit offers a Pre-Master's program of study. The Pre-Master's program of study is intended to bring a student's background up to the equivalent of the required 4-year degree in the major department/unit, and to provide the student with any necessary prerequisites for courses to be taken in the Master's program. Completing the Pre-Master's program does not guarantee acceptance to the Master's program.

Degree Requirements

• Minimum: 9 credit hours at or above the 7000 level from the ECE department
• Maximum: 9 credit hours of elective courses from the ECE department at or above the 4000 level and a maximum of 12 credit hours from other departments at or above the 3000 level
• Project: The student is required to complete an advisor-approved engineering project and proposal. The effort involved in this project should be at least the equivalent of 6 credit hours of coursework.
• Expected Time to Graduate: 2 years

Progression Chart

• Year 1:
  • GRAD 7300: Research Integrity Tutorial (0 credit hours)
  • GRAD 7500: Academic Integrity Tutorial (0 credit hours)
  • ECE 7XXX: ECE Courses designated 7000 level or higher (9 credit hours)
  • Select courses from the following (9 credit hours)
• Year 2:
  • GRAD 7000: Master's Thesis (0 credit hours)
  • Total Hours: 24

Courses

The following is a list of available courses:

• ECE 7010: High Voltage Techniques and Insulation Design Criteria (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7020: Power Transmission Lines: Phenomenon and Insulation Design (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7030: Advanced Electrical Machines (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7040: Signal and Data Compression (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7050: Switching and Automata Theory (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7060: Power system Protection (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7070: Power System Analysis (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7072: Advanced Power Electronics (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7076: Advanced Electric Machines and Drives (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7170: Queueing Systems for Telecommunications (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7180: Embedded Systems Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7190: Micromachining and MEMS Technology (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7200: Advanced Wireless Communication (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7202: Cognitive Wireless Networks (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7204: Queueing Systems for Telecommunications (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7210: Fractal and Chaos Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7220: Topics in VLSI Test and Fault Tolerance (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7230: Artificial Neural Circuits and Networks (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7240: Signal Theory (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7250: Information Theory and Applications (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7260: Broadband Communication Networks (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7270: Scattering and Diffraction of Electromagnetic Waves (6 credit hours)
• ECE 7280: Static Compensation in Power Systems (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7310: Power System Transient Simulation (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7320: Sampled-Data Control Systems (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7330: Experimental Methods for Electronic Materials (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7370: Memory Devices and Systems (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7400: Neural Nets and Neurocomputing (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7410: Phased Array Antennas (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7430: Experimental Methods of Microwave Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7440: Current Research Issues in Electrical Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7450: High Frequency Integrated Circuit Design and Analysis (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7460: Real time Process Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7540: Selected Topics of Solid State Electronics (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7560: Principles of Signal Compression and Coding (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7590: Telecommunication Networking (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7650: Current Research in Computer Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7660: Logic Problem Solving (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7670: Optimization Methods for Computer-aided Design (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7680: Dielectric Properties and Phenomena (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7700: Nonlinear Systems Analysis 1 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7720: Optimal Control 1 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7740: Physical Electronics 1 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7750: Physical Electronics 2 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7780: Microwave Circuits (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7810: Solution of Fields by Numerical Methods 1 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7880: Distributed Energy Generation (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7890: Power System Control (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7920: Human Physiology for Engineers (3 credit hours)
• ECE 7990: HVDC Transmission 1 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8000: HVDC Transmission 2 (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8010: Advanced Network Synthesis (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8050: Topics in Microelectronics (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8110: Digital Systems Design (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8130: Statistical Communication Theory (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8140: Digital Communications and Coding (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8150: Digital Signal Processing (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8190: Topics in Antenna Theory and Design (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8200: Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8210: Power Electronic Circuits (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8220: Digital Image Processing (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8230: Pattern Recognition and Scene Analysis (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8270: Computer Communication Networks (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8280: Electromagnetic Field Modelling (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8300: Computer Vision (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8310: Computer-Aided Design in Biomedical Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8320: Advanced Topics in Power Systems (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8360: VLSI Design Methodology (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8370: Topics in Biomedical Engineering (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8380: Reflector Antennas (3 credit hours)
• ECE 8400: Intelligent Systems (3 credit hours)

Registration Information

Students should familiarize themselves with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 'GRAD' courses applicable to their program. If you have questions about which GRAD course(s) to register in, please consult your home department/unit.

Regulations

Students must meet the requirements as outlined in both Supplementary Regulation and BFAR documents as approved by Senate.

Supplementary Regulations

Individual units may require specific requirements above and beyond those of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and students should consult unit supplementary regulations for these specific regulations.

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR)

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR) represent the core academic requirements a graduate student must acquire in order to gain, and demonstrate acquisition of, essential knowledge and skills.

All students must successfully complete:

• GRAD 7300 prior to applying to any ethics boards which are appropriate to the student's research or within the student's first year, whichever comes first; and
• GRAD 7500 within the first term of registration;

unless these courses have been completed previously, as per Mandatory Academic Integrity Course and Mandatory Research Integrity Online Course.

Students must also meet additional BFAR requirements that may be specified for their program.

General Regulations

All students must:

• maintain a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 with no grade below C+,
• meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum course requirements, and
• meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum time requirements (in terms of time in program and lapse or expiration of credit of courses).