EE 1001
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
FALL SEMESTER 2018
Updated 19 October 2018
Stanley G. Burns
MWAH 271
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 CHEM 150
Office Hours: I encourage you to stop by my office, MWAH 274, 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/ee/ (For the EE Department)
Link For Keys https://goo.gl/forms/kh2nvWXSL
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)
and EE Laboratory Equipment , from a student perspective.
Ø Provide an overview of contemporary
electrical engineering topics.
Ø Provide a forum for practicing engineers and
engineering managers
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 and Internship 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. Attendance will be recorded.
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 and MS
WORD. It is possible that some graphics
and the symbol font may not display correctly if you use Firefox or other
open-access WEB browsers. Some versions
of iOS and mobile Apps also have some symbol conversion issues. 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.
Students with Disabilities:
It is the policy and
practice of the University of Minnesota Duluth to create inclusive learning
environments for all students, including students with disabilities. If there
are aspects of this course that result in barriers to your inclusion or your
ability to meet course requirements such as time limited exams, inaccessible
web content, or the use of non-captioned videos, please notify the instructor
as soon as possible. You are also encouraged to contact the Office of
Disability Resources to discuss and arrange reasonable accommodations. Call 218-726-6130 or visit the Disability
Resources web site at https://umd-general.umn.edu
EE 1001 TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
|
DATE |
AGENDA |
SUPPORT INFORMATION |
|
28 August-Tuesday |
Introduction to the EE Department |
Course description and objectives. Each faculty member will spend
2-3 minutes introducing themselves and their teaching and research areas. |
|
30 August -Thursday |
Student Self 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? |
|
4 September-Tuesday |
Career and Internship Services Information (1/2 of the class time) IEEE Student Branch, Tau Beta Pi (Τβπ), and the
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
(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 |
|
6-September-Thursday |
Stanley Burns
Professor |
EE Disciplines and How The Curriculum Supports These Disciplines,
Group Advising. E-Fest Discussion |
|
11 September-Tuesday |
Bruce
Howell, Senior Engineer and Manager, Cirrus Design |
Cirrus Design Aircraft Production |
|
13 September-Thursday |
Chris Carroll,
Associate Professor |
Digital Systems, Hardware,
Software, and Number Systems |
|
18 September-Tuesday |
Scott Norr Instructor |
An Overview of Electric
Power Systems |
|
20 September-Thursday |
Scott Norr Instructor |
Energy Systems |
|
25 September-Tuesday |
Andrew Remus, P.E.
Minnesota Power |
Minnesota Power Renewable Energy (& Engineering) for the 21st
Century (Tentative) |
|
27 September-Thursday |
Jiann-Shiou Yang, Professor and Head and Subbarum
Naidu, Professor and Jack Rowe
Endowed Chair |
Control Systems and Prosthetic Hand and
Related Research |
|
2 October-Tuesday |
QUIZ 1 Tentative |
Coverage info sent out 24 September |
|
4 October-Thursday |
Greg Carpenter and Daniel Landherr Boston Scientific |
Implantable Medical Devices |
|
9 October-Tuesday |
Stanley Burns Professor |
An Overview of Semiconductor Device
Technology |
|
11 October-Thursday |
Dean Klein Retired VP Engineering Micron |
Memories and More |
|
16 October-Tuesday |
Hua Tang Associate
Professor |
VLSI
and Related |
|
18 October-Thursday |
Mat
Johnson, CEO, and Grant Sims, Program Manager, GeaCom |
Phrazor-Medical Electronics |
|
23 October-Tuesday |
Taek Kwon Professor |
TBD |
|
25 October-Thursday |
Fall Recess |
|
|
30 October-Tuesday |
Mohammed Hasan, Associate Professor And Lee Zimmerman
Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Image and Signal Processing And Vision Physiology |
|
1 November-Thursday |
Keith Erickson,
CEO and Co-Founder
Saturn Systems |
TBD |
|
6 November-Tuesday |
Julie Westlund Director of Career and Internship
Services, et.al. UMD Career and Internship
Services |
Resume Preparation and Assignment |
|
8 November-Thursday |
QUIZ 2 |
Coverage
TBD |
|
13 November-Tuesday |
Hold for student internship presentations |
Hold
for student internship presentations |
|
15 November-Thursday |
Imran Hayee Professor |
TBD |
|
20 November-Tuesday |
Julie Westlund Director of Career and Internship
Services, Sue Holm 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. |
|
22 November-Thursday |
University Holiday |
University
Closed Thursday and Friday |
|
27 November-Tuesday |
Engineering Ethics Stan
Burns Professor |
In-class collaborative written project based upon materials from
the National Science Foundation and the IEEE Distribute IEEE Code of Ethics |
|
29 November-Thursday |
Engineering Ethics Stan Burns,
Professor |
In-class discussion based upon a video from the National Institute
of Engineering Ethics, “Henry’s Daughters” Resume Draft Is Due |
|
4 December-Tuesday |
Engineering Ethics Stan Burns,
Professor |
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 |
|
6 December-Thursday |
Stan Burns,
Professor |
Course Evaluation and Course Review and
Wrap-Up |
|
Final Exam 10-14 December |
Coverage-TBD |
