The field
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Type of certificate
Bachelor degree Name of certificate
bachelor degree in Communications and Electronics Engineering. The specialization
Communications and Electronics Engineering. Place and address of the program
Damascus- Airport HighwayTelephone: 963115423899
Fax: 963115423596
Email: Info.fmee@damasuniv.edu.sy
Aims of the department
This department aims to:- Qualify an engineering staff in the field of communications and electronics technic to develop the engineering scope in Syria.
- Activate the role of information technology in educational, research and managerial fields.
- Keep updated with the technical and scientific developments to qualify graduates to labor market entrance.Provide with a high level of education and support students’ research abilities in the fields of designing, developing, and manufacturing electronic devices and communications systems to solve the industrial and service problems in the society.
Conditions of acceptance
- Having a scientific baccalaureate by 2200 out of 2400 degree at least after choosing one of the foreign languages (English or French).
- Applying to the system of the university’s acceptance
Preferable skills
Graduates will be able to:- Communicate well orally and in writing.
- Understand and analyze the operations ofcircuits and complex electrical devices.
- Design electronic systems.
- Plan and execute scientific researches, evaluate and deduce results.
- Discover, define, and solve problems in the field of communications and electronics engineering.
- Deal and use laboratories devices and engineering equipment and tools.
- Design, execute, and analyze experiments results and apply the practical skills.
- Have self-learning skill.
- Adapt with the society changes.Work within a multi disciplinary staff to solve the engineering problems
Number of enrolled students per year
250 students Length of study
Five years Language of study
Arabic Sectors of careers that are worked in
Graduates can work in the following fields:- Installing, managing, and maintaining microwave systems, radars, optical communications systems, laser communications systems, and mobile communications systems.
- Designing, operating, and maintaining:
- Control systems and sensor devices.
- Information and networks systems.
- Managing builds system.
- Semi-conductor Designer.
The department qualify engineers to work in the following engineering fields:
Microelectronics and nanotechnology, advanced communications, digital televisions engineering, mobile communications, signs process, Measurement and Information Systems.
Pursuing academic study
Master and doctorate in the following specializations:- Master degree in Communications Engineering.
- Master degree in Electronics Engineering.
- Master degree in Communications and information technic.
- Communications.Designing co- systems
Course description
| Mathematics |
This course covers these main topics which are divided into five courses:
1. Linear algebra, introduction to analysis, numerical series, functional sequences and functional series.2. Calculus, differential equations and real functions of more than one variable. 3. Multivariable integrals and vector analysis. 4. Complex analysis, Fourier series and integral, Laplace transform and its application and partial differential equations. 5. Numerical analysis and probability and statistics. |
| Physics | This course surveys the major concepts and principles of physics and emphasizes their role in explaining natural phenomena. Students will learn about mechanics, waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, optics and optical phenomena, and the structure and properties of matter. |
| Engineering Mechanics | The course concentrates on forces and force systems and their external effect on bodies, principally the condition of equilibrium, and also on kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies of finite size. Techniques of vector mathematics are employed. |
| Engineering Drawing | This course covers the basics of engineering drawing utilizing freehand sketching, mechanical drawing, computer-aided drafting, and solid modeling. The fundamental principles of orthographic projection, as well as the topics of dimensioning, sectional views, auxiliary views, descriptive geometry, and assembly drawings are covered. |
| Foreign language (English or French) | Intermediate and upper intermediate levels books are given divided into four courses. |
| National Socialist Education | This course talks about human, social economics and political topics. |
| Arabic | Advanced course in Arabic language. |
| Chemistry | Topics to be covered in this course include composition of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, periodic relations, nomenclature, thermochemistry, electronic structure, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, properties of gases, properties of solids and liquids, solutions, chemical kinetics, acid/base reactions, and oxidation/reduction reactions. |
| Specialized Workshops | The student carries on various experimental practices at the electrical workbench, electronic workbench, and car workbench. |
| Introduction to Computer | This course talks about the components of a computer system, computer architecture and its peripheral units, Data representation using computer, computer networks. It also includes an introduction to Microsoft office. |
| Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering | A beginning course in electricity, this course covers basic electric circuit theory, the nature of electricity, resistance, current and voltage. Detailed coverage of topics includes direct current, alternating current, Ohm's law, series circuits and parallel circuits as well as energy and power relationships. This course also covers DC circuit analysis techniques including mesh and nodal analysis, and network theorems such as Norton's, Thevenin's and maximum power transfer. The transient response of capacitors and inductors are discussed when a DC voltage is applied using the various circuit and analysis techniques. |
| Electrical Circuits | Topics covered include an introduction to direct current circuits, monophasic circuits, linear electric circuit evaluations using complex plotting, resonance in electric circuits, and electric power. Additional topics covered are transformers poly-phase circuits, non-linear and periodic functions, and transient states. |
| Substances of Electrical materials | This course contains an introduction to insulators, organic and inorganic insulators, and properties of conductor and magnetic materials. |
| Programming | This course talks about the basic syntax of C++ programming language. Topics include primitive data types, declarations, constants, variables, assignment operations, expression evaluation, control techniques and basic console I/O. Students complete instructive laboratory projects. |
| Fundamentals of Electronic Engineering | An introduction to electronic devices and circuits. Solid state physics and semiconductor fundamentals. Properties of p-n junctions in diodes, Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) and Field Effect Transistors (FET); static and dynamic models for these devices; and their linear and nonlinear applications. Applications of transistors in the design of amplifiers and digital systems |
| Electrical Measurements and Measuring Devices | This course concentrates on the electrical instrumentation and measurement tools and principles both analog and digital. Topics covered include errors, signal transducers and adaptors. |
| Electromagnetic Fields Theory | Static electric and magnetic fields are studied in this course. Maxwell's equations are presented and time-varying fields are introduced. |
| Electronic Circuits | This is a study of the physical behavior of electronic devices. Emphasis is on analysis and application of electronic circuits utilizing semiconductor diodes, operational amplifiers, and transistors. Topics covered include rectification, clipping and clamping circuits, regulated power supplies, basic op-amps, biasing of transistors, and simplified AC modeling of transistor circuits. |
| Automatic Control Theory | Modeling, performance analysis and control with potential application to engineering, physical and biological systems. Topics include modeling in time, Laplace and frequency domains. Performance and stability by methods of Hurwitz, Routh, Bode, and Nyquist. Control by PID Controllers. |
| Logical Circuits | Topics covered include basic logic gates, BCD, Gray codes, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, flip-flops, counters, programmable logic devices and other related digital devices. |
| Electrical Power Systems | This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of energy conversion and energy generation; structure of power systems; power system components; power system protection.Subjects covered are transformers, generators, transmission lines, and the operation and analysis of power systems. |
| Algorithms and Data Structures | Analysis of algorithms including time complexity and Big-O notation. Analysis of stacks, queues, and trees, including B-trees. Heaps, hashing, and advanced sorting techniques. Disjoint sets and graphs. Course emphasizes design and implementation. |
| Fundamentals of Communication Engineering | This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of Signal analysis, analog modulation and demodulation, transmission bandwidth, noise representation and analysis, and pulse modulation techniques. |
| Digital and Logical Systems | Review of Boolean algebra and truth tables, Karnaugh maps. Design, synthesis and realization of combinational circuits. Design, synthesis and realization of sequential circuits. VHDL: structural modeling, data flow modeling, synchronous & asynchronous behavior descriptions, algorithmic modeling. An introduction to FPGA-based digital systems design. |
| Electronic Measurements and Measuring Devices | This course concentrates on the electronics instrumentation and measurement tools. Topics covered include errors, sensors and transducers, signal conditioning, and signal oscillator. |
| Industrial Electronics | This course covers power transistors, thyristors, transducers and relays. Topics covered include an introduction to programmable logic controllers (PLCs), their uses and configurations. This course will cover the programming of PLCs with the simple relay logic functions. |
| Signal Processing | This course will establish the fundamental analysis for signal processing systems. Topics covered include: definition and properties of linear time-invariant systems; impulse response and convolution; continuous-time Laplace transform, Fourier series, Fourier transform; discrete-time Fourier transform, discrete-time Fourier series, fast Fourier transform, Z transform; filter analysis and design for both continuous and discrete time systems. Students will be able to design continuous-time filters and both design and implement discrete-time digital filters using computer-based tools. Topics covered include digital image processing and applications that include image enhancement, noise filtering, special effects, edge detection algorithms |
| Computer Organization and Design | This course contains a detailed examination of modern computer organization and techniques for microprocessor architecture design. Topics include - CPU design; instruction set design, addressing modes, operands; data flow design: internal bus structure, data flow signals, registers; control sequence design: hardwired control, decoding, microprogramming; architecture classes: CISC, RISC, and DSP; Memory organization; performance. Students must complete a term project that includes design, implementation, and demonstration of a CPU using a hardware descriptive language like VHDL. |
| Antennas and Electromagnetic waves propagation | This course treats the effects of the earth and its atmosphere on the propagation of electromagnetic waves at radio frequencies. Topics covered include ground waves, sky waves, ducting, reflection, refraction, diffraction, scattering, attenuation, and fading. It also includes a fundamental understanding of antennas, scattering, and propagation is developed. Characteristics and design principles of common antenna types, such as dipoles and arrays. |
| Micro Electronics | This course is intended to familiarize the student with solid state device operation and fabrication of present day semiconductors,transistor and integrated circuits technologies. Topics include: fundamental theory of charge transport, semiconductor materials, epitaxy crystal growth, and semiconductor device manufacturing technology. A virtual wafer lab allows students to visualize parameters as impurity implants to electron flow. |
| Communication Systems | The influence of noise and interference on the design and selection of digital and analog communications systems is analyzed. Topics include signal-to-noise ratio calculations, receiver performance for various analog and digital modulation techniques, and bandwidth and signal power trade-offs. Topics also includes source coding system performance, satellite systems and orbits, spread spectrum systems, multiple access systems and digital transfer systems in broadband. |
| Microprocessors | Topics covered include microprocessor architecture, instruction sets, interfacing, and real-time programming techniques in assembly language |
| Microwaves Technologies | This course covers the different microwave transmission lines, Smith chart and its applications in impedance matching, Scattering parameters and signal flowcharts, ferrite and other non-symmetrical components of microwave band, and microwaves measurements. |
| Electroacoustic | This course covers these main topics: hearing properties and sound parameter, transducers (microphones and loudspeakers), audio amplification systems, analog sound recording, it also includes an introduction to digital sound processing, speech encoders and hearing encoders, and digital sound recording and replaying. |
| Electronic Circuits Simulation | Introduction to PSPICE which is a programming language used to simulate and test electronics circuits on PC (Personal Computer). With this program, the students will develop the understanding of electronics circuit operation using basic, digital and analog electronics. |
| Coding and Information Theory | This course is an introduction to the principles and applications of information theory. The course will study how information is measured in terms of probability and entropy, how these are used to calculate the capacity of a communication channel, with and without noise; coding schemes, including error correcting codes; how discrete channels and measures of information generalize to their continuous forms. |
| Television and Visual Communications | This course concentrates on characteristics of the human vision and photometric quantities, principles of color measurements, scanning and display methods, television signal properties and spectrums, and color television systems. Topics covered also include an introduction to digital visualization, visual compression methods, Fax systems, and Multimedia systems. |
| Business Management and Economics | This course attempts to introduce engineering students to the basic concepts of economics and management in order to qualify them to work within an organization. Basic contents of the course are: Economics: Concepts and parameters. |
| Networking and data Communications | This course is an introduction to basic concepts of data communications and networking technology and its implementation, introduction to topologies for different types of networks(TCP/IP networks, wireless networks, and optical networks), familiarity of connectivity devices, and various LAN and WAN services, switching and routing. |
| Optical Communication Systems | This course provides the fundamentals of optics and its applications in communication systems. The physical layer of optical communication systems will be emphasized. Topics include optical materials; dispersion and nonlinear effects; polarization and interference; and the basic elements of system implementation such as laser sources, optical amplifiers and optical detectors. |
| Modern Communication Systems | The course talks about modern techniques used in modern communication systems such as source coding, channel coding, multiplexing, multiple access, spread spectrum, cellular concepts, OFDM etc. Systems will be studied, as wireless networks, satellite communications, personal mobile communication systems and GSM system. |
| Radar and Sonar Engineering | The radar range equation is developed in a form including signal integration, the effects of target cross section, fluctuations, and propagation losses. Modern techniques discussed include pulse compression frequency modulated radar, moving target indicator (MTI) and pulse Doppler systems, mono-pulse tracking systems, and synthetic aperture systems. The course also covers the propagation of sound in seawater, target strengths, reverberation and the sonar equations. |