ES 332 - Fall 2018

ES 332: Electrical Engineering

Syllabus subject to change with notice and may be updated throughout semester

Instructor: Kevin Wedeward (Workman 221, 835-5708, kevin.wedeward@nmt.edu, https://sites.google.com/nmt.edu/kevin-wedeward/

Time and Place: MWF 1100-1150 in MSEC 101

Office Hours: MWRF 0930-1030, by appointment, or anytime door is open

Help Sessions and Tutoring: Electrical Engineering Digital Lab (Workman Center 116) MTWR 1700-2000 and Office for Student Learning

Prerequisites: PHYS 122 (General Physics II) and MATH 132 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry II)

Course Description: Introduction to the fundamentals of electronics and circuits for applications (e.g., instrumentation, control systems and power systems) encountered by engineers. Techniques for analysis to determine voltages, currents and power are based on Kirchhoff’s Laws, and include mesh and nodal analysis. Devices considered are resistors, inductors, capacitors, independent sources, dependent sources, diodes, operational amplifiers, digital‐to‐analog converters and analog‐to‐digital converters. Circuits addressed will contain constant (DC) sources, switched sources and sinusoidal (AC) sources, for which appropriate techniques will be developed and applied to determine responses in voltage, current and power.

Grading:

  • Homework: 20%
    • Typically assigned every other class.
    • Collaboration is encouraged, but the work turned in must be your own.
    • Homework should be neatly written with all steps clearly shown, single-sided and stapled when multiple pages.
    • Late homework not accepted.
  • Four exams (including final exam): 80%

Textbook: Electrical Engineering: Principles & Applications, 7th Ed. by Allan R. Hambley, Pearson, ISBN-13 9780134484143 (Companion website with student solutions manual and Matlab files.)

    • The course will cover material taken from chapters 1-5, 7, 9, 13-16 of the text.

References (other textbooks with similar content that make good references, but not required):

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Assignments:

  • Wed Aug 22, 2018 - Read Chapter 1
  • Fri Aug 24, 2018 - Homework 1
  • Wed Aug 29, 2018 - Homework 2
  • Wed Sep 5, 2018 - Homework 3 and Read Chapter 2
  • Wed Sep 12, 2018 - Homework 4
  • Mon Sep 17, 2018 - Homework 5 and Read Chapter 3
  • Fri Sep 21, 2018 - Exam 1
  • Wed Sep 26, 2018 - Homework 6 and Read Chapter 4
  • Wed Oct 3, 2018 - Homework 7
  • Mon Oct 8, 2018 - Read Sections 5.1-5.5, 5.7
  • Wed Oct 10, 2018 - Homework 8
  • Mon Oct 15, 2018 - Exam 2
  • Wed Oct 17, 2018 - Homework 9
  • Wed Oct 24, 2018 - Homework 10
  • Wed Oct 31, 2018 - Homework 11
  • Mon Nov 5, 2018 - Homework 12
  • Fri Nov 9, 2018 - Homework 13 and Read Sections 7.1-7.5
  • Fri Nov 16, 2018 - Homework 14
  • Mon Nov 19, 2018 - Exam 3
  • Mon Nov 26, 2018 - Read Chapter 13
  • Wed Nov 28, 2018 - Homework 15
  • Mon Dec 3, 2018 - Homework 16
  • Sat Dec 8, 2018 - Exam 4