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ENGPHYS 3W03

Signals and Systems for Engineering

Undergraduate

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Systems approach to measurement in which synthesis of topics
  • Fourier transforms
  • Signal processing and enhancement
  • Data reduction
  • Modelling and simulation is undertaken

Readings

  • “Signals and Systems: Theory and Applications” 2nd Edition, Ulaby and Yagle, NTS press. This book is available online for free from: https://services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/Electrical-Engineering-Textbooks
    2nd Edition · required
Fall 2025 · Signals&Systems For Engineerin · C01

Readings

  • Oer: Signals And Systems Theory And Applications Ed: 2
    Ulaby · 2 · Required
Fall 2023 · C01

Topics

  • Course Overview, Types of signals, signal transformations, waveforms, power and energy
  • LTI systems, impulse response, convolution
  • LTI sinusoidal response, impulse response to 2nd order LCCDES, the car suspension model.
  • Laplace Transforms, poles and zeros, the transfer function, system stability
  • Applications of the Laplace transform, s-domain circuit analysis
  • Basic control theory, temperature control systems
  • Fourier analysis techniques, phasor-domain, Fourier series
  • Fourier transform, Parseval’s theorem, circuit analysis
  • Applications of the Fourier transform, filtering, filter design with poles and zeros
  • Amplitude modulation and introduction to sampling theory
  • Discrete notation and comparison with continuous signals
  • Discrete transfer function, frequency response and the FFT

Readings

  • Engineering Signals and Systems
    Ulaby and Yagle · 2018 · Required
    NTS press · ISBN 978-1-60785-487-6
  • Chapter 1 sects 1-5
    See source
  • Chapter 2 sects 1-3
    See source
  • Chapter 2 sects 7-9
    See source
  • Chapter 3 sects 1, 2, 6, 7
    See source
  • Chapter 4 sects 1-4
    See source
  • Chapter 4 sects 8-9
    See source
  • Chapter 5 sects 1-4
    See source
  • Chapter 5 sects 7-13
    See source
  • Chapter 6 sects 1-7
    See source
  • Chapter 6 sects 12-13
    See source
  • Chapter 7 sects 1-5
    See source
  • Chapter 7 sects 12, 16 Chapter 9 sect 13
    See source
  • https://textbooks.mcmaster.ca ↗
  • https://services.publishing.umich.edu/publications/ee ↗
Fall 2023 · L01

Topics

  • Course Overview, Types of signals, signal transformations, waveforms, power and energy
  • LTI systems, impulse response, convolution
  • LTI sinusoidal response, impulse response to 2nd order LCCDES, the car suspension model.
  • Laplace Transforms, poles and zeros, the transfer function, system stability
  • Applications of the Laplace transform, s-domain circuit analysis
  • Basic control theory, temperature control systems
  • Fourier analysis techniques, phasor-domain, Fourier series
  • Fourier transform, Parseval’s theorem, circuit analysis
  • Applications of the Fourier transform, filtering, filter design with poles and zeros
  • Amplitude modulation and introduction to sampling theory
  • Discrete notation and comparison with continuous signals
  • Discrete transfer function, frequency response and the FFT

Readings

  • Engineering Signals and Systems
    Ulaby and Yagle · 2018 · Required
    NTS press · ISBN 978-1-60785-487-6
  • Chapter 1 sects 1-5
    See source
  • Chapter 2 sects 1-3
    See source
  • Chapter 2 sects 7-9
    See source
  • Chapter 3 sects 1, 2, 6, 7
    See source
  • Chapter 4 sects 1-4
    See source
  • Chapter 4 sects 8-9
    See source
  • Chapter 5 sects 1-4
    See source
  • Chapter 5 sects 7-13
    See source
  • Chapter 6 sects 1-7
    See source
  • Chapter 6 sects 12-13
    See source
  • Chapter 7 sects 1-5
    See source
  • Chapter 7 sects 12, 16 Chapter 9 sect 13
    See source
  • https://textbooks.mcmaster.ca ↗
  • https://services.publishing.umich.edu/publications/ee ↗
Sources