Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-4070.

 

Course Listings

 Course#        Course Title (Credit Hours)                 CRN      Day/Time              Location  Session  Instructor

81-010 Principles of Electrical Engineering (4) 20617 M/T 8-9:35am      & T/Th 2-3:50pm PA 360 First Haller
82-010 Junior Lab (1) 20722 T/Th 1:45-4:35pm TBD Second Haller
108-010 Signals & Systems (4) 20618 M/T 9-11:50am PA 258 Second Haller
202-010 Intro. to Electromagnetics (3) 20619 M-Th 12-1:35pm PA 258 First Best
495-010 Research (1-6) 20724 Hours arranged   Full Bartoli

Course Descriptions

81. Principles of Electrical Engineering: Circuit elements and laws. Behavior of simple linear networks. Characteristics of electronic devices and device models. Introduction to functional circuits, such as operational amplifier and logic devices. Principles of electromechanical energy conversion and power systems. Includes a weekly session for review and discussion . Prerequisite: MATH 22. Co-requisite: PHY 21.

 

82. Junior Lab: An introduction to the fundamental laboratory instrumentation and measurement techniques of electrical and computer engineering. Five or six experiments based on the fundamental concepts discussed in the prerequisite courses. Introduction to PSPICE and application of various
computer aids to design and documentation. Discussions of electrical components and laboratory safety. Use of an engineering notebook and report writing. One three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ECE 33 and ECE 81, previously.

108. Signals and Systems: Continuous and discrete signal and system descriptions using signal space and transform representations. Include Fourier series, continuous and discrete Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms, and z-transforms. Introduction to sampling . Prerequisite: ECE 81.

202. Intro. to Electromagnetics: Elements of vector analysis, Coulomb’s law, Biot-Savart’s and Ampere’s laws, Lorentz Forces, Laplace’s, and Maxwell’s equations, boundary conditions, methods of solution in static electric and magnetic fields, including
finite element numerical approach. Quasistationary fields, inductance. Prerequisites: MATH 205, Phys. 21.

495. Research: