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ENGN4520 Special Topics in Engineering I

Later Year Course

Offered By Research School of Engineering
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Engineering
Offered in First Semester, 2012, Second Semester, 2012, First Semester, 2013, Winter Session, 2013, and Second Semester, 2013
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

Within this course, topics may be offered from time to time to take advantage of the expertise of visitors to the University and academic staff in the IAS. Admission to the course is at the discretion of the Head of Engineering.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to

  1. describe the properties of z-transforms and its relations to LTI systems
  2. use sampling and related concepts such changing sampling rate, pre-ltering to avoid aliasing, oversampling & noise shaping.
  3. understand the concepts of all pass and minimum phase systems.
  4. understand IIR/FIR lter structures and ability to design lters.
  5. understand the processing of real time signals using Fourier techniques and ability to plan and construct systems for spectral estimation of real signals.
  6. understand implementational aspects of simple DSP algorithms.
Indicative Assessment

Tutorial Problems (15%); Mid-semester Quiz (20%); Project (20%); Final Exam (45%)

Workload

Two one-hour lectures and one-hour tutorial per week and two-hour computer labs during the weeks 8, 9 and 10.

Areas of Interest Engineering
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills

"Signal and Systems" Theory and Differential Equations

Requisite Statement

Written approval of the Head of Engineering

Prescribed Texts

A.V. Oppenheim & Ronald W. Schafer, "Discrete-Time Signal Processing", Third edition, Pearson, 2010

http://www.pearson.com.au/Catalogue/TitleDetails.aspx?isbn=9780132067096

Other Information

course page http://eng.anu.edu.au/study/currentstudents/courses

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.

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