Course Syllabus
EE221L – Circuits II Lab – 1 Credits
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
South Dakota State University
Spring Term 2011
W – 2:00 to 4:50 p.m. – Section 1
Th – 9:00 to 11:50 a.m. – Section 2
Th – 2:00 to 4:50 p.m. – Section 3
Room SCEH 347
Instructor:
Dr. Steven M. Hietpas, P.E., Professor and Head
GTAs
TBD (Sections 1 and 2)
TBD (Section 3)
Office 688-4526
Office hours: TBA after first week of lab class. Appointments can be
made via E-mail address below.
E-mail: use D2L course email only when concerning course matters
Homepage: http://eecse.sdstate.edu/facweb/shietpas/home.htm
Technical
Resources:
Helpdesk 605-688-6776 or SDSU.supportdesk@sdstate.edu, or
http://www.sdstate.edu/technology/
Technology Requirements: http://d2l.sdbor.edu/shared/sdsu/require.htm
Distance Ed. Support:
http://www.sdstate.edu/cee/distance/index.cfm
SDSU Library: http://www.sdstate.edu/library/
Student Conduct
Cheating and
Plagiarism:
Each student is expected to maintain a professional attitude and
perform to the best of their abilities without resorting to abusive
conduct, cheating, or plagiarism. Violations of the academic honor
code may result in a failing grade for this class, or a reduction in the
final grade, depending on the relative severity of the violation. Any
violations to the code may be referred to the Office of Student Affairs.
Students should be aware of
http://www.sdstate.edu/campus/student-services/judicial/index.cfm
and take note of information regarding SDSU Student Code located at
http://www.sdstate.edu/campus/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfil
e&pageid=101262 . For view and comments on plagiarism and
cyber-plagiarism, see http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm, by Ronald B.
Standler.
Course
Description:
Catalog description:
Accompanies EE 221.
Course Prerequisites: Pass Math 321 and Pass EE 220 (Circuits I)
with C or better.
Course Co-requisites: Concurrently taking EE 221 (Circuits II)
Technology requirements: http://d2l.sdbor.edu/shared/sdsu/require.htm
Tentative Course Topics:
1) Energy Lab Safety, Load Current Measurements and the Fluke
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2) Reactance, Magnitude and Phase
3) RL and RC Single Phase Circuits
4) RLC Single Phase Circuits
5) VARs, VAs, and Power Factor
6) Power Factor Correction Design
7) Maximum Power Transfer
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8) Balanced 3f Power Measurements and Power Factor Correction
for Circuits in Sinusoidal Steady-State
9) Self Inductance of a Single-Phase Transformer and the
Autotransformer
10) Mutual Inductance and PSpice Modeling of a Single-Phase
Transformer
11) Sinusoidal Frequency Response of RC and RL Circuits
12) Series RLC Bandpass and Lowpass Filter
13) Laplace Domain Transient Analysis of RC Circuit with Non-Zero
Initial Condition
14) Series RLC Bandpass and Lowpass Filter
15) Analysis of a Notch (Bandreject) Filter
Course
Textbook:
Required Textbook: Engineering Circuit Analysis, 7th Edition, Hayt,
Kemmerly and Durbin, McGraw Hill, 2007, (ISBN 13: 978-0-07286611-7 and ISBN 10: 0-07-326380-X)
EE 221 Notes, Steven Hietpas(SDSU Bookstore:
http://bookstore.sdstate.edu)
Software
Required:
Mathworks MATLAB® , latest version.
OrCAD PSpice® LITE version 9.2 or greater
Course Goals:
General Course Objectives:
This course does not satisfy an SGR or IGR goals specifically, but
builds them up and addresses the following goals:
1) Develop the ability to apply knowledge of physics and
mathematics, along with appropriate computer aided tools and
electronic instrumentation, to analyze and solve problems relating
to electrical circuits.
2) Develop skills to communicate effectively through writing.
3) Prepare students for EE 316-Signals and Systems I, EE 320Electronics I, and EE 385-Electromagnetics.
Student
At the end of the semester, students will have abilities in the
following
areas:
(a), (c), (e), (g), (k) are associated with specific ABET
(Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) Outcomes
(1)
(a) Students will demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge
of differential equations, complex variables and linear algebra.
Students will apply principles, that are discussed in the regular
lecture course
(2)
(c) Students will demonstrate an ability to design several
typical circuits often found within a larger system to meet
desired needs. Examples are:
(3)
(e) Students will demonstrate the ability to identify,
formulate, and solve circuit-level engineering problems.
(4)
(g) Students will demonstrate an ability to communicate
effectively in both written and oral form.
(5)
(k) Students will demonstrate an ability to compute complex
arithmetic, frequency responses, and perform parametric
studies using modern engineering tools such as MATLAB and
PSpice through a variety of computer design and analysis
projects.
Learning
Outcomes:
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IDEA Survey
At end of semester, students will complete the IDEA survey. The
instructor selected “essential” objectives:
1. Learning fundamental principles, generalization, or theories
2. Learning to apply course material (to improve thinking,
problem solving, and decisions)
3. Developing specific skills, competencies, and points of view
needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this
course
Other Course
Requirements:
Circuits Template: Approximately $10. See Bookstore:
http://www.sdstatebookstore.com/
Report Writing Policy: Students are required to read the report
writing policy located at http://www.sdstate.edu/eecs/forstudents/#Forms, and to follow this policy very closely. This policy is
applicable to all reports, both class and labs, for all EE courses.
Make-up policy: There should be no late assignments. Failure to
meet this basic requirement will result in 0 credits for the
assignment; however, you are still required to submit all
assignments. Please know that if there are extenuating
circumstances, you should explain this to the professor who will take
this into consideration when assigning the grade.
Email
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Evaluation
Method:
Policy: (via D2L) It is the student’s responsibility to check
often. When emailing instructor, you are required to follow
guidelines:
in the email subject line type: EE221L + additional, yet
concise, useful/revealing info, for example: EE221L Need
help on Lab #3 Prelab
salutation for every email should begin with Dr. Hietpas, and
provide sufficient detail in the text message relating to your
subject line.
finish email with your full name and Colleague ID.
It is good practice to not include multiple and un-related topics
within an email – separate them out
Assessment Tools: Engineering Notebook, Typed-Reports, Final
Practical Exam.
Engineering Notebook: Students will be required to maintain
an engineering notebook for all laboratory related work. A
table of contents will be kept. All hand work must be done
within the engineering notebook. Prelab consists of some
mathematical computation (prediction) and is to be placed in
the engineering notebook. Also, some level of notebook
preparation is to be done prior to lab.
Typed Reports: Each lab requires a technical report. You
must adhere to EE 221L Lab Notebook and Report
Documentation Guidelines, found on the EE221Lcourse
homepage.
Final Practical Exam: A final practical exam will be
administered a week before finals. You will be tested on
proficiency of use on lab equipment and also practical
understanding of fundamental concepts learned throughout
the course.
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Performance standards/grading policy
Written reports are due Monday at noon. For each day late (24
hours) on submission of a lab report, your report will be reduced one
letter grade, or 0 points, if not turned in before 6 days has passed
since performing the lab (the report must still be turned in, however).
You are not allowed to miss a lab without an excused absence granted
by the Instructor in written form (email) – hence, you must seek an
excused absence from the instructor before the fact, never after.
Your request to miss a lab must be submitted via email at least 24
hours prior to your lab meeting time. The TA is not allowed to grant
excused absences. Unexcused absences from the lab will result in a 0
for both lab and report; however, the lab must still be conducted and
a report must still be turned in, and within 6 days of the original lab.
If it is not made up before then, you will receive a failing grade in the
lab and course. Graded or not, all assignments must be turned in to
pass the course.
Approximately 12 labs will be graded. All labs must be conducted to
pass the course.
Each Prelab – 10 points, averaged to 100 points
Each Typed Report – 100 points – averaged to
1000 points
Midterm Notebook Submission
Final Notebook Submission
Final Practical Exam
Total Points Possible
100
1000
100
100
300
1600
Final letter grades will be assigned (possibly on a grading curve),
based on the performance of the class compared to past classes. The
following minimum guidelines are guaranteed, where the instructor
reserves the right to lower the cutoff points but will not raise them:
A – 90% to 100%
D – 60% to 69.9%
B – 80% to 89.9%
F – less than 60%
C – 70% to 79.9%
The associated lecture course (EE221) must be taken concurrently
with EE221L (Laboratory Course). To receive a passing grade for
EE221L (C or better), student must pass EE221 with a C or better.
The instructor has the right to lower the grade by one letter because
of two or more unexcused absences from the lecture - email
instructor when knowingly needing to miss a lecture, or provide an
explanation for your absence after the fact – this may be taken into
consideration. If you missed due to illness, a note from your doctor
or SDSU clinic is required.)
ADA Statement:
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This course acknowledges the importance of ADA requirements. Any
student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the
impact of a disability should contact the Coordinator of Disability
Services privately to discuss your specific needs. Please contact the
Office of Disability Services at 605/688-4504 (Voice) or 605/6884394 (TTD), or at the office in Wintrode, Room 123 to coordinate
reasonable accommodations for students with documented
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disabilities. For more information please see
http://www.sdstate.edu/campus/services/disability/index.cfm.
Freedom
in Learning:
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Under Board of Regents and University policy student academic
performance may be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on
opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards.
Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or
views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about
matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content
of any course of study for which they are enrolled. Students who
believe that an academic evaluation reflects prejudiced or capricious
consideration of student opinions or conduct unrelated to academic
standards should first contact the instructor of the course to initiate a
review of the evaluation. If the student remains unsatisfied, the
student may contact the department head and/ or dean of the college
which offers the class to initiate a review of the evaluation.
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