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Introduction to EE 1205. A Course Orientation. Course Structure. Seminar – Dr. Alavi Lecture/Lab Dr. Dillon – Sections 021 & 023 Dr. Russell – Sections 022 & 024 Grading 20 % Seminar 80% Lecture/Laboratory Attendance Required. Course Objectives.
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Introduction to EE 1205 A Course Orientation
Course Structure • Seminar – Dr. Alavi • Lecture/Lab • Dr. Dillon – Sections 021 & 023 • Dr. Russell – Sections 022 & 024 • Grading • 20 % Seminar • 80% Lecture/Laboratory • Attendance Required
Course Objectives • Learn about the Discipline of Electrical Engineering from Overview Presentations in the Seminar Section • Learn about the Foundation of Electrical Engineering through Lectures and Hands-on Lab Activities in smaller sections
Tour of URL & Syllabus • https://www-ee.uta.edu/Online/alavi/ee1205/index.html • https://www-ee.uta.edu/Online/alavi/ee1205/EE1205-022Fa11Syl%20(2).pdf
Useful Links • http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html • http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/elessonshtml/StartEE.html
Today’s Topics • What is Electrical Engineering? • Electrical Engineering in everyday living • Expectations • Yours • Ours
What is EE? • Electronics • Communication • Power & Energy • Control Systems • Computer Systems • Nanotechnology • Electro-optics
What is EE? • Digital Signal Processing • Bio-engineering • Medical Imaging • Electromagnetics • Robotics
EE in Everyday Life • Wake up to a clock-radio in an environmentally-controlled bedroom • Dine on a breakfast heated in a microwave oven • Morning ablutions including electric toothbrush and shaver or hair-dryer
EE in Everyday Life • Listen to morning news on satellite, cable or fiber-optic fed TV • Drive to work in an automobile served by several on-board microprocessors over a transportation grid controlled by a computer network
EE in Everyday Life • Communicate with almost anyone on planet earth via a personal cell phone • At your workplace, use a networked desktop computer • At home, access hundreds of entertainment and news outlets from your home-networked entertainment system
EE in Everyday Life • Travel safely via traffic-controlled airline system monitored by computer-coordinated radar systems • Enjoy health care supported by modern medical imaging methods (MRI, CAT, etc.) Also robotic surgical techniques
Expectations • Yours • The Lecture: A sheet listing the Listening Points for the day’s presentation • The Lab: • A hands-on assignment involving circuit skills and measurements • A short quiz over the recent lecture’s listening points • Help from Instructors & GTA’s
Expectations • Ours • Your attendance and participation in all lectures and labs. • Deliverables submitted on time • Your mature, ethical and professional approach to all assignments