Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
ENEE 206: Fundamental Electric and Digital Circuit Laboratory
Spring 2005, Prof. S. S. Bhattacharyya
Handout #1
Course Information
Lectures:
Tuesdays, 2:00-2:50, EGR 1202
Instructor: Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya
Office:
1411 A. V. Williams Bldg.
Tel.
301-405-3638
Fax.
301-314-9281
Email:
ssb@eng.umd.edu
Office Hours: Maintained at http://www.ece.umd.edu/~ssb/officehours.txt.
Teaching Assistants:
Punarbasu Purkayastha, ppurka@umd.edu
Puduru (Vishwa) Reddy, vishwa@umd.edu
Hulya Resul, rhulya@umd.edu
Beiyu Rong, byrong@umd.edu
Gavin Rosenbush, gavin@umd.edu
Matthew Simpson, simpsom@umd.edu
Yiming Zhai, ymzhai@umd.edu
Teaching Assistant Office Hours
TAs will hold office hours in Room 1356 A. V. Williams Bldg., the same room where laboratory
sessions
are
held.
The
schedule
of
TA
office
hours
will
be
maintained
at
http://www.ece.umd.edu/~ssb/class/schedule.txt. You are welcome to attend the office hours of any TA; you are
not restricted to just the office hours of the TA who supervises your laboratory session.
Laboratory sessions:
Laboratory sessions are held weekly for each section in Room 1356 A. V. Williams Bldg. The times
are as follows.
Section
Time
Teaching Assistant
0101
M 12-3
Punarbasu
0102
Th 4-7
Hulya
0103
M 4-7
Matt
0104
Tu 8-11
Vishwa
0105
Tu 3:30-6:30
Beiyu
0107
W 12-3
Vishwa
0108
W 4-7
Yiming
0112
F 12-3
Hulya
0113
Th 12-3
Gavin
Web Site
The main course web site is http://www.ece.umd.edu/~ssb/class/enee206main.html.
Some of the course handouts will be placed on this web site. The site will also contain other relevant links.
Required Textbook
Laboratory Manual: Basic Analog and Digital Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers, Fifth
Edition, by W. Lawson
References
Your 204 and 244 textbooks
Grading
The following tentative guideline will be used in determining the course grade.
Quizzes (during lab sessions) 10%
Lab reports
80%
Lab participation
10%
Requests for grading reconsideration: If it is believed that an error has been made in grading a particular
item, a student may submit a request for grading reconsideration. Such re-grade requests must be made in writing
and submitted to your TA within five working days from the day the score of the graded item was reported.
Pre-labs are due at the beginning of each laboratory session. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the
next week’s lab. Each lab report will be weighted equally. Usually, the pre-lab report counts for 30% of the overall
lab report grade and the post-lab counts for 70%. The pre-lab percentage may be less if there are no simulations
required in a given week.
There may be extra credit on some labs. It is expected that normally there will not be enough time to
complete the extra credit. Extra credit designs will be graded (and counted) even if the extra credit experimental
procedures are not performed.
Lab Work
Normally, students will work in pairs. On occasion, you may have to work alone, so you should always be
prepared. Under no circumstances will people be allowed to work in groups of three! You will rotate lab partners
every week and will probably never have the same lab partner more than twice. Your lab partner will not be
assigned until the beginning of the laboratory period! You are expected to be an equal participant in each laboratory
experiment.
The lab reports should be concise and may be handwritten (neatly, please!), but typed is strongly preferred.
Absences
Class and lab attendance is required. Being more than 5 minutes late is considered absent. You must attend
the laboratory session for which you are registered.
More than two absences from your laboratory session will result in your semester grade being reduced by
as much as one full letter grade for each extra absence.
I make no distinction between excused and unexcused absences. I assume that you will only miss a
laboratory session for some very important reason, but I do not need to hear the reason. The two allowed absences
are not “free passes” to skip laboratory sessions; they are to accommodate emergencies that may prevent you from
attending. I strongly recommend that you use them only in emergency situations.
From The Code of Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty is a serious offense which may result in suspension or expulsion from the University.
In addition to any other action taken, such as suspension or expulsion, the grade “XF” denoting “failure due to
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academic dishonesty” will normally be recorded on the transcripts of students found responsible for acts of
academic dishonesty.
Lab Report Procedure and Academic Integrity
You may discuss the labs with classmates to the point of exchanging general ideas (about both the design
and analysis), but you may not copy from one another. You may also NOT give any paper or electronic copies of
any parts of your lab (or work related to the lab) to other students to look at or use. Any students violating these
rules or committing any other acts of academic dishonesty will be turned over to the honor board for possible
disciplinary action. Consider this to be your first and only warning!
Preparation of the PRE-LAB, including all questions, designs, and PSpice simulations is an individual
effort. Make a COPY of your pre-lab. As soon as you enter the laboratory, you will hand your TA the COPY of the
pre-lab, and you will keep the original with you during the lab. You won’t be allowed to do the lab if you don’t turn
in a COMPLETED pre-lab.
Preparation of the post-lab report is a group effort between yourself and your lab partner for that week. Lab
reports are due one week after the lab. You will receive an individual score for your pre-lab, and a common score
for your post-lab write-up.
BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN YOUR LAB WRITE-UP. IF YOUR PARTNER COMMITS AN
ACT OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, BOTH OF YOU WILL BE SENT TO THE HONOR BOARD!!!
Academic Accommodations
If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations with me, please
contact me as soon as possible, and before February 16.
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