The links below provide access to course materials to classes that I have taught in the past or are currently teaching. If there is no active link on a course, it means I have removed the link because of the course has been updated or is in need of significant updating, or for copyright purposes. Those interested in reviewing the course material for courses I have taught can contact me for access.
Class material for ECE 3410 Electronics I - Spring 2001
Class material for ECE 3420 Electronics II - Fall 2001
Class material for ECE 5130 Microwaves II - Fall 2001
Class material for ECE 5480 Electromagnetic Compatibility - Spring 2002
Class material for ECE 5930 Near Field Antenna Measurements - Summer 2002
Class material for ECE 5430 Advanced Electronics - Fall 2002
Class material for ECE 5830 Microwaves II - Fall 2002
Class material for ECE 5490 Radar I - Spring 2003
Class material for ECE 6930 Remote Sensing: Systems and Instrumentation - Fall 2003
Class material for ECE 5480 Electromagnetic Compatibility - Spring 2004
Class material for ECE 6490 Radar I - Spring 2004
Class material for ECE 5850 Antennas I - Fall 2004
Class material for ECE 6490 Radar I - Spring 2005
Class material for ECE 6930 Remote Sensing: Systems and Instrumentation - Spring 2005
Class material for ECE 3870 Electromagnetics I - Fall 2005
Class material for ECE 5850 Antennas I - Fall 2005
Class material for ECE 6930 Radiometry and Detection - Fall 2005
Class material for ECE 5480 Electromagnetic Compatibility - Spring 2006
Class material for ECE 5870 Wireless Communications - Fall 2006
Class material for ECE 5810 Microwaves I - Spring 2007
Class material for ECE 5930/6930 Introduction to Power Engineering - Spring 2008
Class material for ECE 5930/6930 Energy Generation and Conversion - Fall 2008
General tutorial material for above classes
Recommended Software for my courses: For ALL of my courses, I normally have a programming project, and I usually have my students use MATLAB to develop the required modeling tools. One of the smartest things you could do, if you plan on doing extensive work in Electromagnetics, EMC, Microwave Engineering, Radar, or Digital Signal/Image Processing is to get your own copy of the Student edition of MATLAB. Release 14 service pack 1 is the latest version. With this on your computer, you can free yourself from the computer lab, and it's cheaper than the cost of a typical engineering text.
Another suitable tool for system performance modeling is Mathcad by the company Mathsoft. This program is more interactive than MATLAB, and is thus very well suited to developing what-if design packages.
I use and recommend both packages. The Mathcad worksheets give you a better "view" of what is going on in the development of modeling scenarios, especially while you are in the cut and try design stage of putting an analysis package together. Plus, you can see the intermediate results in a more straightforward fashion. On the other hand, when I know what I want to do and how I want a package to operate, I like the GUI interface possible with MATLAB. I consider these two packages to be complementary and it is worth your time to learn how to use both and then to use them in all of your engineering classes. However, if you can only afford one package, get the MATLAB student version. By the time you graduate you'll be glad you did. If you are not familiar with programming in MATLAB, start out by looking at the demos that come with the package, or check out my Tutorial page, and select the MATLAB link.
I am just starting to investigate the possibility of using a package called Maple, by the company Maplesoft, for these projects, and will provide my comments as soon as I use it enough to have a useful opinion. The latest version for students is Maple 12 Student Edition. It is widely used in the math and computer science departments here on campus, so we do have a large number of seat licenses available for those that want to use it in the labs. Whichever program you use, you will be learning some important skills that will stand you in good stead when you enter the job market. I have had students come back to me and tell me that they have been hired specifically because of the skills they picked up in my classes with these tools, so take that for what it is worth to you.
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