Bulletin Data: Laboratory and field studies of various electrical engineering practices such as: telecommunications, power generation and delivery, computer networks, and industrial plant control and manufacturing.
Textbook: No Text
Coordinator: Gerald R. Kane, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Course Objectives: To acquaint the entering electrical engineering student with the diversity and challenges of their chosen profession.
Prerequisite: Introductory course, no prerequisites
Corequisite: None
Class/Laboratory Schedule: Students interact in a group setting to design a simple digital voltmeter, a photo detector, the electrification of a small city, a path following robot, and other projects that change at the instructor`s prerogative.
Format: Laboratory format Three (3) hours per week
Estimated ABET Category Content: One (1) hour of Engineering Science
Relationship to Program Outcomes:
Outcome d: Students are assigned to teams with diverse backgrounds and training to develop a team mentality as they solve problems throughout the course.
Outcome j: Students are exposed to a problem where the electrical engineering impacts the environment (a power distribution system). This leads to discussion about how the technology must be utilized not only in an economic but a eco-sensitive manner.
Outcome g: One of the laboratories is devoted to giving and taking instructions in a variety of scenarios.