Rationale

Computer networking technologies have been used in monitoring and controls of industrial and military applications for many years. They are also being introduced to home consumer products as well. The computer network-based systems can provide several advantages to traditional monitoring and control applications. Using standardized wired and wireless network technologies reduces cost of control or monitoring agents and shares newly deployed or existing networking infrastructure with other applications. Using networking allows for more robust systems that can be monitored and controlled remotely.

Courses in NBCS:

EE 409                 C and RTOS for Small Embedded Systems (featuring FreeRTOS port for 8051)
EE 409                 Computer Networks and Embedded Systems (geared towards TCP/IP)
EE 410                 Linux for [Medium Size] Embedded Systems (with OS principles)
EE 410                 Web Based [Interface to] Control [Systems] (with with HTML, Scripting, Java and PERL)
EE 410                 Digital Communication Systems
EE 681, 682         Research
EE 691, 692         Topics in Electrical Engineering
                             Special topic and independent study courses are offered to supplement student's background in the research area.
EE 699                 Thesis
                             The student is required to defend the thesis after a thesis committee reviews it.

Faculty:

Dr. A. Malinowski (networking, RTOS and embedded systems aspects)
E-mail:   
Phone:    (309) 677-2776

Dr. W. Anakwa (control aspects of NBCS)
E-mail:   
Phone:    (309) 677-2933