ECE 19000 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
Note:
Course available to First Year Engineering students ONLY.
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 1 Credits: 1
Counts as:
Normally Offered:
Each Spring
Requisites:
Prerequisites: MA 16100 Concurrent Prerequisites: MA 16200
Requisites by Topic:
Prerequisites: Calculus I Concurrent Prerequisites: Calculus II
Catalog Description:
This course is intended to provide an introduction to electrical and computer engineering for students in their freshman year. A goal is to provide some historical background of the respective subareas within ECE, a description of analytical tools that will be developed throughout their curriculum, the motivation for the tools, and to inform students of elective courses in ECE.
Required Text(s):
None.
Recommended Text(s):
- None
Learning Outcomes:
- Knowledge of respective areas of electrical and computer engineering. [4]
- Knowledge of the historical milestones in electrical and computer engineering. [4]
- Knowledge of several key concepts, including charge and balance moving charge create force, and the basics of electric fields, magnetic fields, energy, and efficiency. [1]
- Knowledge of the development and use of traveling electromagnetic waves for communication. Consideration of system using frequency domain. [1]
- Knowledge of semiconductor devices (diodes and transistors). [1]
- Knowledge of digital systems, including logic devices and microprocessors. [1]
- Knowledge of purpose of control systems, feedback, and linearity. [None]
Lecture Outline:
Week | Major Topics |
---|---|
1 | Course Outline, Management, Description, Experiments or Oersted, Ampere, Faraday |
2 | Electromagnetic Forces, Electromagnetic-Based Energy Conversion |
3 | History of Maxwell/Heavyside, Traveling Electromagnetic Waves |
4 | Electromagnetic Materials (Conductors, Insulators, dielectrics, Ferrites) |
5 | From Vector to Scalar Models - DC/Low Frequency Circuits |
6 | History of CNSIP - Radio/Television/Radar/Networking |
7 | Concept of Time versus Frequency Domain, Fourier Series |
8 | Stochastic Versus Deterministic Systems, Modern Communication/Signal Processing |
9 | History of Solid State Devices - Semiconductors |
10 | Diodes, Transistors, Nanoelectronics |
11-13 | Computer Engineering - Binary Systems, Digital Logic, Microprocessors, Programming Languages |
14-15 | Automatic Control - Feedback, Linearity, Industrial Process Control (Proportional+Integral) |
Assessment Method:
Homework and quiz performance will be used to track student development and lecture effectiveness.