Teaching

Courses –

GEEN1400Freshman Projects - 3 hours (Fall 1994 - ongoing most semesters)
A design section for the first year projects course that is a part of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Lab Program. My section topic is service learning, often in the area of assistive technology. The student teams do an open ended project for a specific client in our local community who has a specific need. I have also had students do community outreach to zoos, museums and classrooms.

ECEN1400 ECE Freshman Seminar - 1 hour (Fall) 
Developed and taught this introduction to Electrical Engineering seminar (Fall 1994). The course has had great reviews from the students and is now offered every fall but taught by the chair of the department so the ECE students can get to know him.

ECEN3400Electromagnetic Fields and Waves - 5 hours. 
This is a core class in electromagnetics. It has a 3-hour lecture, 2-hour recitation, and 2- hour lab each week. I teach the traditional material in a collaborative style. In addition students wrote reports and observations about electromagnetics in addition to the tradition problems solving work. Students also have to do an open ended design project at the end of the semester, pushing their knowledge of EM beyond that of the basic material. Students do in class presentations and write up a final report.

ECEN3410 Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission - 3 hours. (Spring)
Traditional information is experienced in an active learning classroom. The students work in teams and collaborative learning exercises are used to enhance the student's absorption of the material. Students write observations about EM and do a final open-ended design project using LC, an FDTD EM simulation tool. Students do in class presentations and write up a final report (in the form of a
journal paper) for their projects.

ECEN3030Circuits for Non-majors – 3 hours.
Basic Circuit Analysis for non-electrical engineering students.

ECEN 4024 / 5024Time Domain/Numerical Techniques - 3 hours.
Theoretical development of the Finite Difference Time Domain Technique and open ended design projects using FDTD for a real world problems.

ECEN 5154Computational Electromagnetics - 3 hours.
Provides a computational study of microwave circuits and antennas, using finite-difference, finite-element, and moment methods. Requires students to develop algorithms, write and execute programs, and prepare reports analyzing results. Circuits include waveguides, microstrip lines, and center-fed dipole antennas.

ECEN 4224 / 5224High Speed Digital Design - 3 hours. (Spring)High Speed Digital Design (HSDD) from a practical standpoint. Students learn basic theory of HSDD, monitor the Signal Integrity industrial list, and do open ended projects

ECEN 4324 / 5324High Speed MicroSystem Packaging – 3 hours. (Fall)
High speed packaging from a practical standpoint. High speed systems must be packaged to obtain a robust final design. Mechanical and electrical concepts are taught in relation to each other.