Signals and Systems I

EE360 Spring 2022


Description

Professor

Dr. Brendan Morris,
Office: SEB 3216
OH: TBD.

Lecture

Lecture: TuTh 14:30-15:45, BHS 201
Discussion: Fr 17:30-18:30, TBD
Final: Th May 12, 15:10-17:10
Look up your final exam schedule now to determine conflicts.

Please note that the exam is listed here as if in person however due to virtual nature of the class you will have a window of a few days to take the exam during finals week. However, you should block of this time in your calendar now.

Discussion

Teaching Assistant: TBA
The Discussion section will be used to present computational tools for describing and analyzing signals and systems. The course will be taught using Matlab which is available in the Engineering Labs. A student copy of Matlab is available for $99 and can be a very helpful tool in many of your engineering courses. There are other free tools that are similar to Matlab including Octave, Scilab and/or SciPy.

Tutoring

Engineering Tutoring Lab: TBE A-207

Material

Textbook: Signals and Systems, A.V. Oppenheim, A.S. Willsky, and S.H. Nawab, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 9780138147570
Recommended Text: Schaum's Outlines: Signals and Systems, H. Hsu, 4rd Edition, ISBN: 9781260454246 [4e online] [3e online]
Linear Systems and Signals, B.P. Lathi, 3rd Edition ISBN: 9780190200176 or 2nd Edition ISBN: 9780195158335

Be sure to either use the UNLV VPN or go through the UNLV library access using your ACE account to access online book links.
Online References:
Signals and Systems, Freeman, MIT 6.003, 2011 [link]
Introduction to Communication, Control, and Signal Processing, Oppenheim and Verghese, MIT 6.011, 2010 [link]

Catalog Description:
Deterministic signals and linear systems. Time domain description and analysis of analog and discrete linear systems. Analysis of linear systems using the Laplace transform and the z-transform. Block diagram and flow graph representation of signals and linear systems. Introduction to state space representation and analysis.
Prerequisites: EE 221 or EE 292 and MATH 431
Corequisites: EE 360 and either MATH 459 or MATH 432

Course Syllabus: [pdf]

Grading

ComponentPercentageDate
Midterms (2): 40% 3/03, 4/14
Final: 20% 5/12 15:10
Homework: 20% Weekly
Computer: 10% Bi-Weekly
Participation: 10% Weekly

NOTE: This information will evolve as the course transitions from virtual into a "mixed" class

Gradebook

The gradebook is available through UNLV Webcampus [link].
Note that the calculated % is not necessarily reflective of your final grade. The gradebook should be used mainly to ensure that I have correctly recorded your scores. You can get a sense of how you are doing in the class by comparing yourself with the mean grade which generally is around a C+/B-.

Virtual Resources

This section will be updated with useful items during the course. Please email anything you think is useful for the class.

Announcements

DateNote
01/17/22 Welcome to Spring 2022. Please note the class is back in-person but will retain much of the format of a virtual course but will have regular meeting times for "lecture".

Schedule (Tentative)

WeekDateLecture TopicReadingAssignmentDiscussion
1 01/18 Tu Introduction [Recording Failed] [Ch1.0-1.2] Intro [pdf]
OW Ch 1 [pdf]
HW01 [pdf]
Due F 01/28
Solutions [pdf]
No meeting
Comp01 [pdf]
Due F 02/04
01/20 Th Signals and Systems [WebEx] [Ch1.3-1.4]
2 01/25 Tu Systems and Properties [WebEx pdf] [Ch1.5-1.6] HW02 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 02/04
Matlab Intro [WebEx]
01/27 Th Linear Time-Invariant Systems [WebEx] [Ch2.0-2.1]
3 02/01 Tu DT Convolution [WebEx] [Ch2.0-2.1] OW Ch 2 (no 2.5) [pdf] HW03 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 02/18
Comp02 [pdf][WebEx]
Due F 02/11
02/03 Th CT Convolution [WebEx] [Ch2.2-2.3]
4 02/08 Tu LTI Differential Equations [WebEx] [Ch2.4] Diff Eq/Conv [WebEx]
02/10 Th LTI Difference Equations [WebEx]
5 02/15 Tu Fourier Series - CTFS [WebEx] [Ch3.1-3.2] [Ch3.3-3.4] OW Ch 3 (no 3.4) [pdf] HW04 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 02/25
Comp03 [pdf]
Due F 02/25
02/17 Th Fourier Series - DTFS [WebEx] [Ch3.5-3.7]
6 02/22 Tu Fourier Series - Properties [WebEx] [Ch3.8-3.9] Conv + Filtering
02/24 Th Convolution Recap [WebEx]
7 03/01 Tu Review [WebEx] OW Ch 1-3
03/03 Th Midterm01 [WebEx]
8 03/08 Tu Laplace Transform [WebEx] [Ch9.0-9.2] OW 9 (no 9.4) [pdf] HW05 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 03/25
Laplace [WebEx]
03/10 Th Laplace Transform [WebEx] [Ch9.3-9.7]
9 03/15 Mo Spring Break OW Appendix PFE [pdf]
03/17 We Spring Break
10 03/22 Tu Laplace Transform [WebEx] [Ch9.8-9.10] HW06 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 04/01
Comp04 [pdf][WebEx]
Due F 03/25
03/24 Th Laplace Transform [WebEx]
11 03/29 Tu Z-Transform [WebEx] [Appendix A] OW 10 (no 10.4) [pdf] HW07 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 4/08
Partial Fraction Expansion [WebEx]
03/31 Th Z Transform [WebEx] [Ch10.0-10.2]
12 04/05 Tu Z Transform [WebEx] [Ch10.3-10.7] Comp05 [pdf][WebEx]
Due F 04/08
04/07 Th Z Transform [WebEx][Ch10.8-10.9]
13 04/12 Tu Review [WebEx] OW Ch 9-10
04/14 Th Midterm02 [WebEx]
14 04/19 Tu State Space Analysis - DT [WebEx][Ch7.0-7.3,7.5] Schaum Ch 7 HW08 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 04/29
Comp06 [pdf][WebEx]
Due F 05/06
04/21 Th State Space Analysis - DT [WebEx]
15 04/26 Tu State Space Analysis - CT [WebEx] [Ch7.4,7.6] HW09 [pdf]
Solutions [pdf]
Due F 05/06
State Space [WebEx]
04/28 Th State Space Analysis - CT [WebEx]
16 05/03 Tu Final Review [WebEx] Review [WebEx]
05/05 Th Final Review [WebEx]
17 05/10 Tu Final Review
05/12 Th Final