Chair of the Prelim Exam Committee: Prof. Syed Jafar
Written Preliminary Examination
(Please register for the exam in the EECS office located in EH 2200. Registration deadline is Monday, October 31, 2016 at 5:00PM)
- Date: Monday, November 7, 2016 at 9:00 am-1:00 pm
- Location: Engineering Hall 2430 ( The Harut Barsamian Colloquia room)
Oral Preliminary Examination
- Date: The oral exams will follow within a week. Date to be determined.
Overview
This document outlines the materials to be covered in the written (four hours) and oral exam (one hour) in the area of EE-Systems. The relevant courses offered at UCI in this field are listed. Also, reference textbooks and supplementary books are provided.
Although the foregoing material describes the nature of the background information the student should have mastered prior to taking the Preliminary Examinations, it is to be emphasized that an important quality for the student to demonstrate by performance during the examinations is a comprehensive understanding of the technical areas involved and the ability to apply it to diverse applications. In other words, students are ultimately responsible for the body of knowledge in the area that might be besides the materials covered in these classes.
List of courses:
Engineering Probability (EECS55)
- Reference: Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability, Prentice Hall, Sixth Edition, 2002. Chapters 1-7.
- Supplementary: R. D. Yates and D. J. Goodman, Probability and Stochastic Processes, John Wiley & Sons, Second Edition, 2005.
Signal and System I (EECS50)
- Reference: Oppenheim and Willsky, Signals and Systems, 2nd. edition, Prentice-Hall 1997, Chapters 2-4.
Signal and System II (EECS150)
- Reference: Oppenheim and Willsky, Signals and Systems, 2nd. edition, Prentice-Hall 1997, Chapters 5,7,9-10.
Introduction to Control Systems (EECS160A)
- Reference: G. Franklin, J.D. Powell and A. Emami-Naeini Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Chapters 1-6.
Oral Examination
Based on the written exam scores, the preliminary exam committee will decide which students are required to take the oral exam. The purpose of the oral examination is to measure the student's ability to do independent research and problem solving.