EE101

ORIENTATION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Fall 2009

Instructor: Murat Saraçlar, (http://busim.ee.boun.edu.tr/~murat)

Catalog Description: This course is for freshman level students to develop an understanding of and appreciation for the basic elements of electrical engineering. Some of the less quantitative aspects of engineering such as modeling, design, technical writing and ethics are covered. The course also introduces the department rules of conduct, faculty members and research areas.

Class Schedule: MM 34, KB PCLab

Lab hours: (T|W|Th) 78

Office hour: M 6

Teaching Assistants: Emre Arslan, Cem Çakır, Yasin Çitkaya

Attendance: Mandatory

Grading: Participation 10%, Homeworks/Quizzes 10%, Labs 40%, Project 20%, Final 20%.

Lecture Topics (Tentative)

• Introduction to the department, faculty members, research areas.
• Rules of conduct.
• Ethics.
• Technical writing and oral presentation.
• Internet resources and computer tools.
• Modelling and design.
• Electrical elements and circuits.
• Semiconductors and electronics.
• Signals and systems.
• Communication.
• ...

Lab Topics (Tentative)

Including demonstrations

• DC circuits: DC power supply, resistors, voltmeter, ammeter.
• AC circuits: AC power supply, capacitors, oscilloscope
• Transformers, Diodes, voltage rectifiers, AC to DC conversion.
• Digital Signal processing: Sampling using MatLab
• Communication: Quantization using LabView
• ...

Project

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for AC to DC conversion: computer aided design, simulation, PCB production.

Disclaimer: This is a brand new course. Everything is subject to change.