Department Electrical and Computer Engineering

EE292 Fundamentals of Electrical & Computer Engineering

EE292 Fundamentals of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Spring 2015
Course info
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EE292
Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00 2:15 pm
TBE B176

Instructor info for Fall2014

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Professor Ke-Xun Sun

SEB 2172
SEB 2156 / 2157 (I am mostly working in the lab)
SEB 2164 (The small conference room facing my lab)
702-774-1486
Ke-Xun.Sun@unlv.edu
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:15 pm 3:30 pm, or by appointments

Grader
Sergio Contreras

CONTRE47@UNLV.NEVADA.EDU

Lab Assistant
Michael Plies

pliesm@unlv.nevada.edu

Communication
Please include [EE292] in the subject line of all email communications.

Catalog Data
Introduction to electrical circuit analysis, electronic devices and circuits, transducers, electric
machines and power transmission. For non-electrical engineering majors only.

Prerequisite:
PHYS 180 or PHYS 151, and MATH 182
We will review necessary physics and mathematics along with the class. In addition, the textbook
is self-contained.

Textbooks (Available at Amazon.com)

Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications, by A. R. Hambley
Prentice Hall, 6th Edition ISBN: 0132130068.
This is a well-organized textbook now at its 6th edition, providing materials for the first electrical
engineering course for both EE & and non-EE majors, and has been used at UNLV EE292 for
several semesters. Online resources are available to support student learning experiences. The
edition with an access code will allow you to review more online contents such as video solutions
to selected problems.
Schaum's Outline of Electric Circuits, 6th edition, by Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph Edminister
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McGraw Hill 2013 | ISBN-10: 0071830456 | ISBN-13: 978-0071830454
Numerous solved problems are included.
Additional course contents may draw from current research topics. This year we will have more
examples from radiation detection and avionics.

Reference Apps, Websites, and Textbooks

Android App #1:
Lessons in Electrical Circuits
Android App #2:
Basics of Electrical Engineering
Lessons in Electric Circuits, Copyright (C) 2000-2013, Tony R. Kuphaldt
http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/
Nice online contents.
The Art of Electronics 2nd ed. by Paul Horowitz
Winfield Hill, 2nd edition (1989); ISBN: 0521370957
Though aged in digital electronics, this book is well suitable for laboratory electronics designer
and builders.
Avionics: Fundamentals of Aircraft Electronics, by Scott Kenney (Author)
Perfect Paperback August 19, 2013 | ISBN: 0521370957
This is a colorful illustration of practical electronics devices and systems on airplanes. Students
are encouraged to take projects in avionics.

Lab Session and Course Projects

Given that most students have no previous exposure to electronics, we will have several lab
sessions to let students be acquainted with electronics components and basic electronics
instruments. There will one term project. The experimental topics are
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2)
3)
4)
5)

Resistor circuit
Capacitor & inductor circuit
Active device and amplifier circuit
Digital logic circuit
Term design project, demonstration & presentation. The term project should use all the
knowledge

The experiment will be conducted ME Mendenhall Lab located in TBE B173. Mr. Michael Plies
will distribute electronics kits and help you in the lab. For the term project, use of prototype
boards is allowed, even though a more professional PCB is highly valued. Additional electronics
experiments can be made available for interested students.

Lab Safety
Please be absolutely safe when you are doing your experiments. Please follow the advices in
Mendenhall lab to take necessary training, and exercise maximum precautions.
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Active Learning and Teaming
We will attempt to introduce Active Learning. Students will have more involvements and
feedback. The class should have more fun, and should be more effective.
The class will have slides. However, most of the lectures will be taught using hand writing via
document projector. Taking notes is required. Every student will have a notebook.
Teaming is required for all lab experiments, term projects, and active learning. Every 3-4
students should form a group for these activities. All students in each group should at least a
common work time slot for 3~4 hours to allow collective lab and discussion sessions. A mix of
electronics experts, beginners, seniors, juniors, and sophomores, should help every team member.

Course Topics and Coverage

We ill mostly follow the sequence of Hambleys textbook, with adjustments shown below.
However, this textbook has more contents than we can go through in detail. We will selectively
cover the textbook contents. It will be important to attend the classes regularly, and take notes. By
doing so, you will save much time and efforts, and yet to learn the subject effectively. Please
engage in active learning.
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5
6
15
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Introduction
Resistive Circuits
Inductance and Capacitance
Transients
Steady-State Sinusoidal Analysis
Frequency Response and Bode Plots
Magnetic Circuits &Transformers
DC Machines
AC Machines
Diodes
Amplifiers
Field Effect Transistors
Bipolar Junction Transistors
Operational Amplifiers
Logic Circuits
Computer and Microcontrollers
Computer-Based Instruments

Homework
Homework will be assigned every 7-10 days, and due in 7-10 days, depending on length of the
homework and class schedule. Group discussions are encouraged. But the homework completion
must be on your own.

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Tests:
There will be three tests:
Midterm test #1: This test will cover all initial 4~5 weeks of course materials.
Midterm test #2: This test will cover all materials required for Fundamental Engineering Test for
Mechanical Engineering Students. As such, the test will be nearly closed book, same as the FE
exam. However, we will offer two review sessions.
Final Exam: This test will cover the course work materials. Equation sheets are allowed. We will
also offer an additional review session.

Grading
The grades will be assigned approximately assigned based using following distributions. In
addition to doing well in tests, regular attendance, successful team work, and timely completion
of homework assignments are required for this course. They may weigh more for your grades,
especially if your test scores are less ideal.

Team work, course project & presentation (10%)

Homework assignments (20%)
Midterm test #1 (20%)
Midterm test #2 (20%).
Final exam (30%)

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