EE 1350 Intro to Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

 

 

 

Course Syllabus

Syllabus

 

 

 

Our Grader is Michael Figg!

 

Michael will hold Office hours in the Junkins 3rd Floor computer lab:

·        Mondays: 4 - 6 PM

·        Tuesdays: 8 - 10:50 AM

·        Thursdays: 12:30 - 1:50 PM

 

mfigg@mail.smu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday Textbook:

 

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I

Don Johnson, Rice University

OpenStax, available at:

https://www.ece.rice.edu/~dhj/courses/elec241/col10040.pdf

https://cnx.org/contents/fpkWedRh@2.3:tQa_RWkY@3/Dedication-of-A-First-Course-in-Electrical-and-Computer-Engineering

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 1 (local)

 

 

 

Wednesday Skills (more coming):

 

How to get an A in Engineering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxORqKvQU8c

 

How to Read an Equation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyDEW-FTAc

 

On Algorithms

Local excerpt

 

 

 

Friday Textbook:

 

How We Got Here

Andy Kessler

https://www.andykessler.com/andy_kessler/2005/04/hwgh.html

https://www.andykessler.com/andy_kessler/2011/07/audio-version-of-how-we-got-here-available-for-free-download.html (audio)

How We got Here (local)

 

Friday Cases (more coming):

 

Without the Hot Air, David MacKay

https://www.withouthotair.com/

Without the hot air (local)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOiKmiG8yE

 

Vari-Lite, Jim Bornhorst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L9PcMvuogg&list=PLWrAMJHTrtPKwHLQ9ErFBIvTWg7Cw_ani&index=2&t=0s

 

How the Game is Played, Bob Paluck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCNNKAoNK0o

 

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns ($5 – get together and split the cost)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxbaKiHJHa4

 

Semiconductor Processing

TSMC Economist Article

 

Computing Power

Nordhaus 2001

Nordhaus 2006

 

Apple

Apple Preliminary Offering

Mackintosh Business Plan