ECG 290 – INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING



ECG 290N – INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

CATALOG DATA

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

TEXTBOOK

Required:

[1] Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering 3rd Edition, by Giorgio Rizzoni, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-256-26116-4, with CD.

Recommended:

[2] Basic Electrical Engineering by Jimmie Cathey and Syed Nasar, Schaum’s Outline Series, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-010234-1.

[3] Electric Circuits by Joeseph Edminister, Schaum’s Outline Series, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-018984-6.

[4] Basic Circuit Analysis by John O’Malley, Schaum’s Outline Series, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-047820-1.

COORDINATOR

Dr. Emma Regentova, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• to provide an introduction to the field of electrical engineering and demonstrate by practical examples how electrical engineering is intimately connected to other engineering disciplines

• to introduce the requirements and make-up of the electrical circuits portion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam

• to provide students with the elements of the theory and practice of analyzing DC and AC circuits

• to provide an introduction to transient analysis of circuits with dynamic elements

• to introduce students to simple AC power calculations, and to the generation and distribution of electrical power

• to provide a fundamental understanding of semiconductor-based electronic devices

• to analyze the properties of the ideal amplifier and explore the features of a general-purpose amplifier circuit

• to introduce the fundamental concepts of electromechanical energy conversion, leading to an understanding of the various electromechanical transducers

• to introduce the basic operation of rotating machines

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Elementary Calculus I

Engineering Physics I

TOPICS

• DC circuit analysis

• AC circuit analysis

• Transient Analysis

• AC power

• Semiconductors and Diode description and operation

• Transistor fundamentals

• Introduction to operational amplifiers

• Principles of electro mechanics

• Electric machines: Principles of operation of DC and AC motors and generators

COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• analyze and solve passive AC and DC circuits

• apply transient analysis techniques to determine solutions for circuits containing dynamic elements

• know AC power calculations and residential wiring basics

• use diode models to design and analyze practical diode circuits

• understand transistor operation and use data sheets to analyze practical transistor circuits

• analyze and solve operational amplifier circuits that are used as filters, integrators, and differentiators

• analyze simple magnetic circuits

• explain operations of AC and DC motors and characterize them

COMPUTER USAGE

Electronics WorkBenchTM, Virtual lab with the provided CD

DESIGN CONTENT

None

CLASS SCHEDULE

Lecture 3 hours per week

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION

Engineering Science: 3.0 credits

Engineering Design: 0.0 credits

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES

These course outcomes fulfill the following program objectives:

COURSE PREPARER AND DATE OF PREPARATION

Richard Hughes, 10 May 2002 (version 1).

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