On-campus lecture schedule
- 2:00 - 2:50 PM, MWF
- Meets in CAETE TV room, ECCS 1B12
Examinations
- There will be one midterm exam and one final exam. Both will be take-home exams.
Grading
- Homework assignments: 35% (no late homeworks will be accepted)
- Midterm exam 25%
- Final exam 40%
Integrity
- Zero tolerance for cheating: at any level or any form will result in an automatic F for all parties involved (giving and receiving)
- Homework: You must turn in your own work. You are encouraged to collaborate with students taking the course this semester. However, copying someone else's work or finding archived solutions is not allowed.
- Exams: Absolutely no collaboration of any kind is allowed.
- All students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy in the Honor Code, available at: http://www.colorado.edu/policies/honor.html.
Instructor
- Prof. Regan Zane
ECOT 352
(303)735-1560
email: zane @ colorado.edu - Office hours: W 3-4 pm, Th 2-3:30 pm (priority given to students present in my office)
- Telephone office hours: M 4-5 pm (Mountain time zone) (priority given to off-campus students)
Textbook
- Erickson and Maksimovic, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second Edition, Chapters 1-9 and 13-15 will be used.
- Additional materials will be available on this web site.
Prerequisites
The required prerequisite for the course is ECEN 3250 Circuits and Electronics 3 or equivalent.
Additional information for CAETE/NTU students
It is expected that students taking the course remotely will run no more than one week behind the on-campus students. You should establish a regular schedule for watching the recorded lectures. You should then mail your homework on or before the day when you would normally watch the recorded lecture of the on-campus students turning in their homework. Streaming video will be available for download via the web, and is usually posted later in the afternoon of the lecture. The CAETE office will send an e-mail with directions prior to the first lecture.
You may mail, fax or e-mail your homework directly to Prof. Zane at the contact info listed below. Do not send the homework to CATECS or NTU -- it will get lost. Scanning and emailing of assignments will be accepted only in a pdf file smaller than 3 MB (use 1-bit black and white, at 200-300 dpi, with all pages in a single pdf file); if the file doesn't print quickly and correctly on an HP laserprinter, you will be required to transmit your assignments via other means. It is a good idea to retain a copy of your homework.
Mailing address for homework:
Prof. Regan Zane
Campus Box 425
ECEE Department, Engineering Drive
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0425
FAX number for homework:
(303) 492-2758
Be sure that the fax cover page lists Prof. Zane as the recipient, and notes that the fax contains ECEN5797 homework.
Regarding Educational Officers (EO): the course includes midterm and final take-home exams lasting four to seven days each. Whether an EO is needed depends on the manner in which these exams will be administered to you. There are two choices: (a) CAETE mails the exam to your EO, who then hands the exam to you at a time that you choose. The EO is responsible for collecting the exam by the deadline and mailing it to the instructor; or (b) you send an email to the instructor when you are ready to start the exam, and he emails a pdf file containing the exam to you. You fax your completed exam to the instructor by the deadline, and an EO is not needed. You may elect either choice. It is not necessary to take the exam at the same time as the on-campus students, but you should attempt to stay no more than one week behind.
Office hours for off-campus students
- Telephone office hours are Mondays 4-5 pm (Mountain time). Prof. Zane's telephone number is: (303)735-1560.
- You can also send your questions via email.
Off-campus students should be sure to be on schedule at the end of the semester, to avoid receiving an incomplete grade.
Professional certificate program in power electronics
This course is offered every fall semester. It is one of the three courses required for the Professional Certificate in Power Electronics. In addition, this course provides the theoretical basis for the Power Electronics Laboratory course, ECEN 4517/5517.
Additional notices for all students
- If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to me a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. (303-492-8671, Willard 322)
- Every effort will be made to reasonably and fairly deal with students who have serious religious observances that conflict with scheduled exams, assignments, etc. Please notify the instructor well in advance, so that there is time to make adequate arrangements. The Boulder campus policy can be read at http://www.colorado.edu/policies/fac_relig.html
- All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council (honor@colorado.edu; 303-725-2273). Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). The honor code can be viewed at http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode/
- Illness: If illness occurs with fever, stay home until at least 24 hours after you are free of fever, or signs of fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications. Follow all other precautions appropriate to avoid the spread of infectious diseases.