EE 221 FAll 2011 Syllabus

Text: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Alexander & Sadiku

 

221 Electrical Engineering I                   Rev. 12/02/2011

Week

Lesson

Topic

Read

Homework

Week of 22 Aug

 

1

1.

Basic Concepts pp 1 - 23 Ch 1: 6,10,16,29

2.

Resistance and Ohm's Law (Lecture:Tues first hour, Lab: Tuesday second hour and Wed) pp 29 - 35  

3.

Resistance, Nodes, Loops pp 35 - 43 Ch 2: 1,3,4

 

LAB

Lab #1      Lab Notebook Example

Week of 29 Aug

 

2

4.

KVL and KCL

Series and Parallel

pp 43 - 52 Ch 2: 13,17,19,25

 

5.

Series and Parallel

Resistive Circuit Examples

pp 43 - 52 Ch 2: 30,34,35

 

6.

Voltage Divider and Current Divider pp 43-52 Ch 2: 31,36,38,41

LAB

Lab #1 continued

Week of 05 Sep

05 September 2011- Labor Day Holiday , Tues Sept 6 Monday schedule

3

7.

Nodal Analysis pp 81 - 88 Ch 3: 5,7,17

8.

Nodal Analysis with Supernodes pp 88 - 92 Ch 3: 14,18,20,23

9.

Superposition and Source Transformation pp 127-138 Ch 4: 9,15

LAB

No Lab

Week of 12 Sep

 

4

10.

Thevenin's Theorem pp 139 - 145 Ch 4:22,38,41,43                 (do Thevenin not Norton)

11.

Thevenin's Theorem pp 139 - 145 Ch 4: 48,53,57                 (do Thevenin not Norton)

12.

Maximum Power Transfer pp 150 - 152 Ch 4: 67,73,88

LAB

Lab #2

Week of 19  Sep

 

5

13.

Operational Amplifiers pp 175 - 185  

14.

Operational Amplifiers pp 175 - 185 Ch 5: 12,13,21,29

15.

Operational Amplifiers pp 185 - 190 Ch 5: 37,45,59,70
  Lab #3

Week of 26 Sep

 Academic Reserve Week

6

16.

Capacitors pp 215 - 225  

17.

Exam #1    

18.

Capacitors and Inductors pp 226 - 236 Ch 6: 6,17,26

LAB

Lab #4

Week of 03 Oct

 

7

19.

Inductors pp 226 - 236 Ch 6: 40,53,58

20.

First-Order Natural Response pp 253 - 265 Ch 7: 6,8,11,13

21.

First-Order Step Response pp 273 - 284 Ch 7: 42,49,85

LAB

Laboratory Exam #1

Week of 10 Oct

10 October 2011 - Columbus Day Holiday 

8

22.

First-Order Circuits pp 284 - 299 Ch 7: 53,80

23.

Sinusoids and Complex Numbers pp 369 -378 Ch 9:1,6,8,9

LAB

Lab #5

Week of 17 Oct

  

9

24.

Phasors and Impedance pp 378 - 389 Ch 9: 16,19,30,35

25.

Frequency Domain Circuits pp 389 - 403 Ch 9: 40,44,49,60

26.

AC Nodal Analysis pp 413 - 417 Ch 10: 7,11,17,21

LAB

Lab #6

Week of 24 Oct

 

10

27.

AC Superposition and Source Transformation pp 421 - 426 Ch 10: 44,47,53

28.

AC Thevenin pp 426 - 430 Ch 10: 58,60,67

29.

AC Power pp 457 - 470 Ch 11:5,12,22

LAB

Lab #7

Week of 31 Oct

Academic Reserve Week

11

20.

Frequency Response pp 613 - 619  

31.

Exam #2    

32.

Resonance and Passive Filters pp 629 - 642 ESIT

LAB

Lab #8

Week of 07 Nov

11 November 2011 - Veteran's Day Holiday 

10 November 2011 - Last Day to Drop a Course

12

33.

Resonance and Passive Filters pp 629 - 642 Ch 14: 4,7,42,48,53

34.

Active Filters pp 642 - 648  

LAB

Lab  #9

Week of 14 Nov

  

13

35.

Laplace Transform Definition pp 675 - 690 Ch 14: 61,63,67

36.

Laplace Properties pp 675 - 690 Professional  Assignment

37.

Robot 2   Ch 15: 9,14,18

LAB

Robot 1        Lab report guidance       Sample lab report   Lab report grading

Week of 21 Nov

23 November 2011 - Early schedule

24-25 November 2011 - Thanksgiving Holiday

14

38.

Robot 3    

39.

Robot 5    

LAB

Robot 4

Week of 28 Nov

 

15

40.

Review Laplace   ECE in the News due today

41.

Inverse Laplace Transform pp 690 - 697 Ch 15: 27,34

42.

Laplace Application pp 716 - 725  

LAB

Laboratory Exam #2

Week of 05 Dec

09 December 2011 – last day of class!

16

43.

Second-Order Response   Ch 16: 6,13,25

44.

Second -Order Response The following pages are provided as background reading for a time domain description of  second order response  pp319-326, 331-336  

45.

Course Wrap-up    

LAB

Robot Demonstration Day - Report due    

Week of 12 Dec

 

 

FINAL

13 December 2011   1930-2230