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ECEE 254 |
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In this course, you will be introduced to the fundamental concepts of electrical engineering. The topical coverage is designed to focus on the portion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam devoted to electrical engineering. The text is Essentials of Electrical and Computer Engineering, by D. V. Kerns and J. D. Irwin. As prerequisites for taking this course, you are expected to already know the following:
Basic mathematics; algebra; trigonometry; logarithms.
Calculus: in particular, integration by substitution and by parts, evaluation of definite integrals, differentiation.
Differential equations in general; solution of first- and second-order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, containing initial values and/or forcing functions in particular.
Your grade for the course will be determined as follows (the value of your weakest hour or final exam will be reduced by 5%):
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Homework |
25% |
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2 Hour Exams |
25% each |
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Final Exam |
30% |
Each component of your grade will be assigned a grade (A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc.) based on a curve for that particular component. Different components (e. g., Homework and Hour Exam #1) will generally be curved differently. The grade is converted to a grade point between 0 and 4 (A = 4.0, B = 3.0, etc.), and it is these grade point values which are weighted according to the table above.
As an example, suppose you got a B (3.0) on the homework, a D (1.0) on the first hour exam, a C (2.0) on the second hour exam, and a B+ (3.3) on the final exam. Your course grade is then:
(3.0)×0.25 + (1.0)×[0.25 - 0.05] + (2.0)×0.25 + (3.3)×0.3 = 2.44
which is a C+.
I expect that you will abide by all University expectations of academic integrity. Please read the information on this, as well as on disabilities, religious observances and standards of behavior.
You should read the assigned sections of the book prior to each lecture. I will always be glad to help you with any questions you may have during my office hours since there will not always be time for long answers during the lectures. Please feel free to come in for help. I hope the office hours will be such that everyone in the course can make use of at least some of them. In any case, you can also make an appointment to see me at other times. If you don't understand something, I'll never know until you ask or until you fail an exam. Why not ask?
Homework assignments are due every Friday in the lecture period unless indicated to the contrary on the calendar below. Please put your student number next to your name on your homework and exams (anything you turn in to be graded). It helps me resolve ambiguities when there is difficulty reading your handwriting. Late homework is not accepted. You can turn homework in early by putting it in my mailbox in the ECEE department office ECEE 1B55 (make sure to put them in the slot below my name).
There will be two in-class (50 minute) hour exams. The exams are open-book and open-notes, and a calculator is highly recommended. The schedule of exams is listed in the calendar. Currently planned dates are October 3 and November 7, 2012, but these are subject to minor changes if circumstances warrant. The final exam (2½ hours long) will be held on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 from 4:30 to 7:00 PM in ECCR 245. The final exam will be cumulative, with equal emphasis on all the material covered in the course.
If you have 3 or 4 final exams on Wednesday, December 19, you need to see the instructor(s) of the course(s) which have their final exams in the third (and possibly fourth) time slots of that day in a timely manner, to make arrangements to take those exams on a different day in accordance with University rules. The official deadline for doing so is Wednesday, October 10, 2012.
The calendar below gives a day by day list of lecture topics, advance reading and homework assignments. I will not announce these separately in class; it is your responsibility to check this page for all assignments, and be prepared appropriately for each. The day-to-day schedule is approximate; we may take a little more or a little less time for topics as circumstances dictate.
Refer to lecture and reading assignment schedule for lecture topics and reading assignments.
HW = Homework due that day. Numbers refer to problems at the end of each chapter in the text, except those of my own invention given in a linked PDF file.
After each lecture, my grader Laura makes a copy of notes from the lecture available as a PDF file, which I will post as a link in the calendar below.
| 27 Lecture 1 |
29 Lecture 2 |
31 Lecture 3 HW: 1.2, 1.6, 1.9, 1.12, 1.24, 1.25 |
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3 NO CLASSES (Labor Day) |
5 Lecture 4 |
7 Lecture 5 HW: 1.27, 1.31, 1.33, 2.3, 2.6, 2.10, 2.11 |
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14 HW: 2.12, 2.16, 2.19,
2.22, 2.24, 2.28, 2.30, 2.32, 2.38 |
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21 HW: 2.44, 2.46, 2.47, 2.50, 2.52, 2.64, 2.66, 2.68, 2.70, 2.72 |
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26 Lecture 13 |
28 Lecture 14 HW: 2.74, 2.75, 2.79, 3.3, 3.6, 3.12, 3.14, 3.19 |
| 1 Lecture 15 |
3 Hour Exam #1 (on chaps. 1-2) |
5 Lecture 16 HW: 3.20, 3.26, 3.37, 3.44 |
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| 8 Lecture 17 |
10 |
12 Lecture 19 HW: 3.46, 3.47, 3.50, 3.54 [to be clear: set up the differential equation and solve it for i(t)], 4.2, 4.5, 4.8 |
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19 HW: 4.15, 4.17, 4.25, 4.32, 4.46, 4.53, 4.57 |
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26 HW: 5.9, 5.14, 5.20, 5.28, 5.31, 5.35, SP5.1 |
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31 Lecture 27 |
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HW: 5.39, 5.42, 5.45, 5.51, 5.55, 5.59 |
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7 Hour Exam #2 |
HW: 6.2, 6.5, 6.8, 6.11, 6.14 |
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16 HW: 6.24, 6.26, 6.31, 6.33, 7.1, 7.3, 7.10, 7.14 |
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19 NO CLASSES (FALL BREAK) |
20 NO CLASSES (FALL BREAK) |
21 NO CLASSES (FALL BREAK) |
22 NO CLASSES (THANKSGIVING) |
23 NO CLASSES (THANKSGIVING) |
| 26 Lecture 34 |
28 Lecture 35 |
30 Lecture 36 HW: 9.6, 9.8, 9.14, 9.20, 10.1, 10.16, 10.19, 10.32 |
| 3 Lecture 37 |
5 Lecture 38 |
7 Lecture 39 HW: 15.1, 15.7, 15.11, 15.12, 15.18, 15.26, 15.27 |
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| 10 Lecture 40 |
12 Lecture 41 HW: 16.1, 16.3, 16.4 |
14 Lecture 42 LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
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18 Final Exam4:30 - 7:00 PM Room ECCR 245 |
Lecture No. |
Topic | Advance Reading Assignment (from Textbook) |
| 1 | Introduction; Electric charges and forces | NONE |
| 2 | Current, voltage and polarity | Sections 1.1 and 1.2.1-1.2.6 |
| 3 | Power, models and circuit elements | Sections 1.2.7-1.2.11 |
| 4 | Resistors, Ohm's law | Sections 2.1-2.2 |
| 5 | Kirchhoff's laws | Section 2.3 |
| 6 | Single-loop circuits | Section 2.4 |
| 7 | Single-node-pair circuits, resistor combinations | Sections 2.5-2.6 |
| 8 | Nodal analysis | Section 2.7 |
| 9 | More nodal analysis, superposition |
Section 2.9 |
| 10 | Source exchange | Section 2.10 |
| 11 | Thévenin and Norton theorems | Section 2.11 |
| 12 | Measurements, Wheatstone bridge | Section 2.12 |
| 13 | Capacitors and inductors | Sections 3.1-3.2 |
| 14 | First-order circuits | Section 3.3 |
| 15 | Second-order circuits | Section 3.4 |
| 16 | Sinusoidal functions and the AC steady state | Sections 4.1-4.3 |
| 17 | Phasors and circuit elements |
Section 4.4 |
| 18 | Impedance and admittance | Section 4.5 |
| 19 | Y-Δ transformations, Basic AC circuit analysis | Sections 4.6-4.7 |
| 20 | AC nodal analysis | Section 4.8 |
| 21 | Superposition, source transformation and Thévenin and Norton theorems for AC | Sections 4.10-4.12 |
| 22 | Instantaneous power, Average power | Sections 5.1-5.3 |
| 23 | RMS power, Power factor | Sections 5.4-5.5 |
| 24 | Complex power, Power factor correction | Sections 5.6-5.7 |
| 25 | Residential AC power circuits | Section 5.8 |
| 26 | Three-phase circuits | Section 5.9 |
| 27 | Mutual inductance, Magnetic circuits | Sections 6.1-6.3 |
| 28 | Transformers | Sections 6.4-6.5 |
| 29 | Transformer applications, Frequency analysis | Sections 6.6 and 7.1-7.2 |
| 30 | Filters | Section 7.3 |
| 31 | Resonant circuits | Section 7.4 |
| 32 | Operational Amplifiers | Sections 9.1-9.6 |
| 33 | Diodes and their Circuit Models | Sections 10.1 and 10.5 |
| 34 | Power Supply Circuits | Section 10.6 |
| 35 | Magnetic forces | Sections 15.1-15.2 |
| 36 | Simple DC machines | Sections 15.3-15.4 |
| 37 | Equivalent circuits and analysis of DC machines | Section 15.5 |
| 38 | Revolving magnetic forces | Sections 16.1-16.2 |
| 39 | Polyphase induction machine | Section 16.3 |
| 40 | Polyphase induction machine | NONE |
| 41 | Review for final exam |
NONE |
| 42 | Review for final exam | NONE |