Fundamentals of Engineering Design (FED101)

Description

Teams of students work on open-ended engineering projects. Introduction to real-world engineering design problems in electrical and computer engineering. Topics covered include introduction to basic engineering design elements, introduction to basic electrical and computer engineering concepts with hands-on experiments on circuit design and measurements. Students also learn to use engineering tools for computer-aided design and simulation. Technical writing and oral presentation along with project management skills are emphasized. Students are required to take an FED section corresponding to their declared major. Undecided students are placed in FED sections which best correspond to their interests according to space availability.

Corequisites

HUM 101 and Math 139 or Math 111.

Instructor

Dr. Tariq Elkourdi
Email: tariq(dot)elkourdi(at)njit.edu
Office: FMH 204 on Tues., FMH 304 on Wed.  
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:30am - 12:30pm and Wednesday 2:30pm - 3:30pm or any other time by appointment

Course Material

Laboratory Manual and Supplementary Notes: FED 101 – Freshman Engineering Design, Electrical and Computer Engineering Module, by John D. Carpinelli, Mohammed Feknous, and Marek Sosnowski (available via the ECE Department Laboratory web page at http://coefs2.njit.edu)

Parts Kit, Laboratory Notebook

Software: Multisim – available in computer labs and personal copies for purchase

Grading

Grading is based on quizzes, laboratory and project reports and presentations:

3 quizzes@10% =30%

Laboratory reports and notebook= 35%

How Things Work= 10%

Project and final report= 25%

There are no make-up exams or presentations.

Announcements

 

HTW Presentation guidelines

 

Fall 2013

HTW presentation grades: LCA, LC9

Quiz 1 with solutions: LCA, LC9

Quiz 2 with solutions: LCA, LC9

Quiz 3 with solutions: LCA, LC9

 

Fall 2013: Course schedule

Week

 

Topic

Chapter

Experiment

1

Introduction

1

N/A

2

Electricity, Charge, Current, Resistance

Computer simulation I

2.1-2.3

1

3

Series and Parallel Resistance, Variable Resistors, Kirchoff’s Laws

 

How Things Work Part 1

2.4-2.8

2

 

 

 

 

4

Transistors and Diodes , Quiz #1

3

4

5

Computer simulation

4

3

6

How Things Work Part 2

5

 

7

Digital Logic

6

5

8

More Complex Combinatorial Digital Logic, Quiz #2

6

 6

9

How Things Work Part 3

 

 

10

Digital Sequential Logic

6

7

11

Engineering Design Process. Introduction to Project

Quiz #3

 

7

 

12-14

Design Project

Presentations by students’ teams

7

 

Links

PSpice Student Version 9.1 (same version is used in laboratory)

Tutorial on the 555 timer (pdf)

Electronic Version of the TTL manual from Motorola (pdf)

Compressed version of the electronic TTL manual from Motorola (pdf)

PSpice 9.1 Tutorial (pdf)

Program used to design configurations based on the 555 timer

Program to practice color coding of resistors

Program to assist you in designing filters

From here you can download the files used in the simulation tools chapter

Power point presentation: "How Things work" chapter

Cover Sheet for laboratory reports

NJIT Honor Code

The NJIT Honor Code will be upheld, and any violation will be brought to the immediate attention of the Dean of Students.

 

Changes in the syllabus might be possible. Students will be informed of those changes in the class announcements and on the web.

 
Last updated 09/11/13