EE 1001
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
FALL SEMESTER 2014
12 November 2014
Stanley G. Burns
MWAH 153
218-726-7506
Time: 9:00-9:50 am Tuesday and Thursday. Topics are
as given below however, they are subject to change to accommodate outside
speakers. These will be announced in Class as well as via e-mail.
Location: Room LSci 185
Office Hours: I encourage you to stop by my office, MWAH 153 if you have any questions or need
additional guidance on the classwork or whatever. I will post my office hours
on the WEB as well as on my door. Generally speaking, I am available to meet
with you whenever I am in my office.
WEB Page And
E-Mail:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~sburns (For Me and Follow the Links to EE1001)
http://www.d.umn.edu/ece/ (For the EE Department)
Course Objectives:
Ø Introduce the EE faculty and their teaching
specialties and research areas of interest.
Ø Introduce EE student professional
organizations and project opportunities.
Ø Provide a forum for communicating Swenson College of Science and
Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering information as well as
course selection and advising information.
Ø Provide an overview of basic electrical engineering principles.
Ø Introduction to MATLAB-A Software Program
Used In A Number of Courses
Ø Provide an overview of contemporary electrical engineering topics.
Ø Provide a forum for practicing engineers from industry to speak and
meet with you.
Ø Provide an introduction to engineering ethics and the IEEE Code of
Ethics.
Ø Introduce the UMD Career Services Office and provide
an opportunity for you to prepare a resume.
Grading and Evaluation:
Ø As a survey and seminar type course, I wish to minimize using
examinations and quizzes as the only mechanism for evaluating performance.
Ø In the spirit of managing the course in a professional engineering and
seminar format, attendance is mandatory.
It is your responsibility to notify me in advance and provide justification if
you will not be in class.
Ø I
will be dividing you up into smaller groups for the purpose of writing and
presenting some short technical reports. More on this later. I strongly encourage class
participation!!!
Ø As a matter of professionalism and courteousness to your colleagues
and presenters, use of
smart phones, other wireless tools including PDAs, IR links, iPods, iPhones,
Androids, and pagers in class is prohibited. Please turn off the “ringers/ring tones”
before you come to class. In addition, use of laptops, PDAs, etc. during class for non-class use such as
e-mail, texting, tweeting, IM, and “surfing the WEB” is prohibited.
Ø I
generally use Internet Explorer (IE) for the class WEB Browser. It is possible that some graphics and the
symbol font may not display
correctly if you use Firefox or other open-access WEB
browsers. I have also observed that some
versions of “OPEN OFFICE” do not display some graphics and the symbol font
correctly.
Except for in-class quizzes, I
will ask that submission of your work be done electronically, preferably as
e-mail attachments. I will always use your UMD e-mail address. Your UMD e-mail address is “for life”. Observe that "hotmail", “yahoo”, and other free
e-mail services may not allow for large attachments and graphics. I also strongly encourage the use of your UMD
e-mail address for contacting prospective employers and faculty. Please take advantage of UMD virus checking
software. More on this later.
I will use the following
evaluation criteria (subject to change)
Ø 25% Class Attendance
Ø 35% Two survey type quizzes based upon
topics presented by the faculty and external presenters.
Ø 25% Final Examination
Ø 15% Homework including reports on contemporary topics and challenges
in EE (Some group work), resume and the submission of several graded and non-graded projects.
Important Notice:
Individuals who have any
disability, either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to
perform in this class are encouraged to inform the instructor at the start of
the semester. Adaptations of methods,
materials, or testing may be made as required to provide for equitable
participation.
EE 1001 TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
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DATE |
AGENDA |
SUPPORT INFORMATION |
|
2 September-Tuesday |
Introduction to the EE Department |
Course description and objectives. Each faculty member will spend
3 minutes introducing themselves and their teaching and research areas. |
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4 September-Thursday |
Student Introductions |
Each student will be asked to introduce themselves and respond to
the following questions: NAME? HOMETOWN? HOBBIES? WHAT DID YOU DO OVER THE
SUMMER? WHY EE? |
|
9 September-Tuesday |
Career Services Information (1/2 of the class time) IEEE Student Branch (1/2
of the class time) |
Julie Westlund, Director of Career and
Internship Services will provide an overview of the UMD Career Services
Office Student Presentations |
|
11-September-Thursday |
Stanley Burns
Professor |
EE Disciplines and How The Curriculum Supports These Disciplines,
Group Advising, Laboratory Preview |
|
16 September-Tuesday |
Chris Carroll,
Associate Professor |
Digital Systems, Hardware,
Software, and Number Systems |
|
18 September-Thursday |
Tom Ferguson Visiting
Professor |
An Overview of Electric
Power Systems |
|
23 September-Tuesday |
Scott Norr Adjunct Faculty Power Systems |
New Trends in Electric Power |
|
25 September-Thursday |
Andrew Remus, P.E.
Minnesota Power |
Minnesota Power Renewable Energy (& Engineering) for the 21st
Century |
|
30 September-Tuesday |
Stanley Burns Professor and Hua Tang, Associate Professor |
An Overview of Semiconductor Device
Technology And VLSI Design |
|
2 October-Thursday |
Jing Bai Associate Professor |
An Overview of Optoelectronics |
|
7 October- Tuesday |
Imran Hayee Professor |
Traffic Information System Using V2V
Communications |
|
9 October-Thursday |
QUIZ 1 |
Coverage
TBD |
|
14 October-Tuesday |
Dean Klein, Vice President Product
Development Micron Corporation |
Memories and More |
|
16 October-Thursday |
Greg Carpenter, Senior Engineer, Boston Scientific (Tentative) |
Medical
Electronics |
|
21 October-Tuesday |
Bruce Howell, Senior Engineer and Manager,
and Cole Willard, Engineer, Cirrus Design |
Cirrus
Design Aircraft Production |
|
23 October-Thursday |
Keith Erickson, CEO Saturn Systems |
TBD |
|
28 October-Tuesday |
D. Subbaram Naidu Jack Rowe Chair |
TBD |
|
30 October-Thursday |
Cody Clifton |
TBD |
|
4 November-Tuesday |
Mat Johnson, CEO, et. al. GeaCom |
The Path From Invention To Product |
|
6 November-Thursday |
Mohammed Hasan (Associate Professor) and Jiann-Shiou Yang (Professor and Department Head) (MATLAB) |
MATLAB As Applied to Image and Signal
Processing |
|
11 November-Tuesday |
Paul Webskowski,
Sales Engineer Manager, and Victoria Bruce, Engineer and SWE (Society of
Women Engineers) Rockwell Automation |
TBD |
|
13 November-Thursday |
QUIZ 2 |
Coverage
TBD |
|
18 November-Tuesday |
Julie Westlund Director of Career and Internship
Services, et.al. UMD Career and Internship
Services |
Professional
Self-Assessment and Development.
Personal Style Inventory and Skills Assessment taken online prior to
class. Review results in class. |
|
20 November-Thursday |
Engineering Ethics |
In-class collaborative written project based upon materials from
the National Science Foundation and the IEEE Distribute IEEE Code of Ethics |
|
25 November-Tuesday |
Taek Kwon, Professor |
TBD |
|
27 November-Thursday |
University Holiday |
Offices
Closed Thursday and Friday
|
|
2 December-Tuesday |
Julie Westlund Director of Career and Internship
Services, et.al. UMD Career and Internship
Services |
Resume Preparation and Assignment |
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4 December-Thursday |
Engineering Ethics |
In-class discussion based upon a video from the National Institute
of Engineering Ethics, “Henry’s Daughters” Resume Draft Is Due |
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9 December-Tuesday |
Engineering Ethics |
Review of your responses to
the in- class collaborative written project based upon materials from the
National Science Foundation and the
IEEE Return of Draft Resume With Evaluation Discussion of the IEEE Code of Ethics |
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11 December-Thursday |
|
Course Evaluation and Course Review and
Wrap-Up |
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Final Exam |
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