Program: Real-time Embedded System Design Graduate Certificate - Kansas State University

Apr 18, 2025

2014-2015 Graduate Catalog

Contact: Mitchell Neilsen
E-mail:neilsen@ksu.edu

Offered through the Computing and Information Sciences graduate program, the purpose of the graduate certificate program is to provide opportunities for students with various engineering backgrounds to gain knowledge and experience on design and implementation of real-time embedded systems. This program offers students systematic training in multiple engineering fields, including computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, and other engineering fields to which real-time embedded systems are applied.

General Requirements:

Graduate students pursuing an M.S. or a Ph.D. degree in any engineering discipline may apply for the Real-time embedded system graduate certificate program. Students may also apply for this program without linking it to a graduate degree program. Applications will be reviewed and approved by the Coordinating Committee of the Program. A total of 18 credit hours are required to complete the certificate program. This includes 6-9 credit hours from a selected course list and 9-12 credit hours from a four semester course sequence in real-time embedded system design.

Selected Course List

A minimum of six credit hours must be selected from the following:

ARE 735 - Electrical Systems Design Credits: (3)
ARE 740 - Environmental Control Systems for Buildings Credits: (3)
BAE 640 - Instrumentation and Control for Biological Systems Credits: (3)
BAE 840 - Measurement Systems Credits: (3)
CHE 850 - Advanced Chemical Process Dynamics Credits: (3)
CHE 915 - Selected Topics in Process Dynamics Credits: (3)
CIS 625 - Concurrent Software Systems Credits: (3)
CIS 720 - Advanced Operating Systems Credits: (3)
CIS 722 - Operating System Practices Credits: (3)
CIS 725 - Advanced Computer Networks Credits: (3)
CIS 726 - Advanced World Wide Web Technologies Credits: (3)
CIS 825 - Topics in Distributed Systems Credits: (3)
CIS 826 - Protocol Engineering Credits: (3)
ECE 628 - Electronic Instrumentation Credits: (3)
ECE 631 - Microcomputer Systems Design Credits: (3)
ECE 730 - Control Systems Analysis and Design Credits: (3)
ECE 731 - Advanced Microcomputer System Design Credits: (3)
ECE 736 - Discrete-Time and Computer-Control Systems Credits: (3)
ECE 845 - Sequential Machines Credits: (3)
ECE 849 - Topics in Computer Engineering Credits: (3)
IMSE 871 - Advanced Topics in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Credits: (3)
ME 640 - Control of Mechanical Systems II Credits: (3)
ME 730 - Control Systems Analysis and Design Credits: (3)
ME 738 - Experimental Stress Analysis Credits: (3)
ME 830 - Intermediate Topics in Automatic Controls Credits: (Var.)

Four-Semester Course Sequence

Course I: three modules

This course is designed to be a remedial course for students who do not have a proper background for the subsequent courses in the series.

Module A
CIS 522 - Introduction to Data Structures Credits: (1)
Module B
CIS 523 - Introduction to Concurrent Programming Credits: (1)

Course II: three modules

Implementation of simple but complete real-time embedded systems.

Module A
CIS 621 - Real-Time Programming Fundamentals Credits: (1)
Module B
CIS 622 - Real-Time Operating Systems Credits: (1)
Module C
ECE 633 - Real-Time Embedded Systems Credits: (1)

Course III:

CIS 721 - Real-Time Systems Credits: (3)

Course IV:

ECE 733 - Real-Time Embedded Systems Design Credits: (3)