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E C E 401

ELECTRO-ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERING

3 credits.

Principles of plane and spherical sound waves; acoustical, mechanical, and electrical analogies; electroacoustic transducer materials and techniques; specific types of transducers such as microphones and loudspeakers.

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Requisites: E C E 203 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the generation and propagation of plane and spherical sound waves Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze acoustic wave transmission and reflection at flat boundaries of different media Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe working principles of different types of transducers such as microphones and loudspeakers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use computer-based tools to process acoustic signals Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the working mechanism of acoustic beamforming Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the generation and propagation of plane and spherical sound waves Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze acoustic wave transmission and reflection at flat boundaries of different media Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe working principles of different types of transducers such as microphones and loudspeakers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use computer-based tools to process acoustic signals Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the working mechanism of acoustic beamforming Audience: Undergraduate

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