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New Undergraduate Level Course ECE 190Engineering Faculty Document No. 20-06 March 13, 2007 TO: The Engineering
Faculty FROM: The Faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering RE: New Undergraduate Level Course: ECE 190 The faculty of the ECE 190 Introduction to
Computer and Electrical Engineering
Sem: Spring. Class: 1;
Credit: 1. Prerequisite:
Open
only to First Year Engineering students. 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 sub-areas 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. Reason: To provide an overview of the fields within electrical and
computer engineering. The overview will include an introduction to several
analytical, numerical, and experimental tools that students will be expected to
master prior to graduation as well as technical challenges that are being
addressed in the respective fields. Mark J. T. Smith Professor and Head Engineering Faculty Document No. 20-06 March 13, 2007 Page 1 of 3 Supporting Documentation Required
Text:
None Recommended
References: None: Course
Outcomes: A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements
will have demonstrated i. Knowledge of the respective areas of
electrical and computer engineering ii.. Knowledge of the history of the respective
areas iii. Knowledge of some essential concepts within
each sub-area of ECE ES&S Charge and moving charge creating force,
electric fields, magnetic fields, energy, efficiency. FO Conductors, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, circuit
elements (R, L, C), traveling electromagnetic waves. CNSIP Information transfer using electromagnetic means.
Signals, amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, frequency versus time
domain, stochastic processes, biomedical image processing. Computer Engineering Digital systems, microprocessors,
software engineering. Automatic Control System regulation, feedback, bandwidth,
stability, continuous systems, optimization, discrete systems, hybrid systems. Assessment
of Outcomes: Homework and Quiz performance will be used to track
student development and lecture effectiveness. Engineering
Design Content: None Engineering
Design Considerations: None Course
Outline Topic Weeks History/Concepts/Ongoing Challenges in ES&S 2.5 History/Concepts/Ongoing Challenges in Fields/Optics 2.5 History/Concepts/Ongoing Challenges in CNSIP 2.5 History/Concepts/Ongoing Challenges in Solid State 2.5 History/Concepts/Ongoing Challenges in Computers 2.5 History/Concepts/Ongoing Challenges in Automatic Control 2.5 Engineering Faculty Document No. 20-06 March 13, 2007 Page 2 of 3 ECE 190-Syllabus Introduction to Electrical and
Computer Engineering Objective: To provide an overview of the fields
within electrical and computer engineering. The overview will include an
introduction to several analytical, numerical, and experimental tools that
students will be expected to master prior to graduation as well as technical
challenges that are being addressed in the respective fields. Description: Although
some students have been introduced to ECE-related topics from friends/relatives
or previous courses in physics and mathematics, very few have an idea of what
they will face in their ECE education or in the workforce upon graduation. In
this course, a history of the field of ECE will be used to introduce students
to key concepts they will be expected to master and how the concepts provide
the foundation to solve challenging technical problems. Instructor: Steve
Pekarek Office: Electrical
Office Phone: 765-494-3434 Fax: 765-494-0676 Email: spekarek@purdue.edu Office Hours: WR
3:00-4:30 PM, and by appointment Text: None
(class notes only) Prerequisite: Freshman
Standing Not open to students enrolled in ECE Approximate Syllabus:
Weeks, Content, # of lectures (approximate) 1 Course
Outline, Management, Description, Experiments of 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, Oscilloscopes, Multimeters
6 History
of CNSIP - Radio/Television/Radar/Networking 7 Concept
of Time versus Frequency Domain, Fourier Series, Fourier Transform, 8 Stochastic
Versus Deterministic Systems, Signal/Noise Ratio, Modern Communication/Signal
Processing 9 History
of Engineering Faculty Document No. 20-06 March 13, 2007 Page 3 of 3 10 Diodes,
Transistors, Nanoelectronics 11-13 Computer
Engineering Binary Systems, Digital Logic, Microprocessors, Programming
Languages 14-15 Automatic
Control Feedback, Industrial Process Control (Proportional+Integral), Linearity
Homeworks: Assignments
will given each week on Monday. The assignments will be due the by Friday at
4:30. Solutions will be posted on the class website at 5:00 pm on Saturday. Quizzes: We
will have weekly 10 minute quizzes at the end of each lecture that will cover
material from 1) the lecture (make sure you are paying attention) and 2) the
topic from the previous week/homework (make sure you are understanding). Make-up quizzes given only for medical or family
emergencies. Supporting note from physician, mortician required. Grades: Grades will be based upon the
cumulative score of your top 10 quizzes + HW score (HW ~1/11 of total grade). Academic Dishonesty
Policy: All quizzes are to be an individuals own work. Cheating on any quiz
will lead to an F for the course. |
