1. ECE 2004 Electric Circuit Analysis Dr. Kathleen Meehan Room 460 Whittemore Hall kameehan@vt.edu 540-231-4442

2. Textbooks Required Text: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 4 th Edition C.K. Alexander and M.N.O. Sadiku, McGraw-Hill – This book will be used again in ECE 3004 PSpice for Basic Circuit Analysis, 2 nd Edition, J.G. Tront, McGraw-Hill. Recommended Text: Mastering MATLAB 7, D.C. Hanselman and B.L. Littlefield, Prentice-Hall, 2005.

3. Software Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 MATLAB (Students should already have this from the freshmen package for engineers.) PSpice (version that comes with the Tront book, version 9.1, or version 16.2)

4. Homework There will be 30 homework assignments due by Saturday at 9 pm on the week in which they are assigned. – All must be submitted electronically through Scholar. Assignments submitted with poor workmanship will not be graded and a zero will be entered for that assignment. – Late submission and e-mailed assignments will NOT be accepted and will receive a grade of 0. – The lowest two homework grades will be dropped if all 30 assignments are submitted, even if some of them are late.

5. Attendance/Quizzes Attendance will be checked frequently and 1 point will be given to those students who are in class. Occasionally, questions on the lecture materials will be posted on Tests and Quizzes at random multiple times during the semester. 1 point will be given for all appropriate answers that are submitted before the quiz deadline. – A replacement grade will be given to students who provide Dr. Meehan with information on a volunteer activity that they have done at some point during the semester. – The lowest grade will be dropped when calculating the contribution of these responses in the final grade for the course. – A total of 5 extra points will be awarded to students who find errors in the online lecture notes and provide lecture, slide number, and a statement on the required correction.

6. Tests There will be three 50-minute in-class tests, given on the dates specified in the course schedule. – No postponements or makeup tests will be allowed except in documented cases of hospitalization or situations of similar severity. Students who need special accommodations for the tests are encouraged to contact Dr. Meehan early in the semester to make the necessary arrangements. If a student takes all three tests and the final, the lowest grade will be dropped. – The tests will be closed book and closed notes. Students will not be allowed to use computers or cell phones during a test. No formula sheets will be permitted. Tests will be conducted under a strict interpretation of the Honor Code. Papers of students suspected of cheating will be turned over to the Honor System without warning.

7. Final The final exam will be given on the date specified and will last two hours. It will be conducted under the same rules as the tests.

8. Grading 3 Tests and the Final * Lowest grade will be dropped if all four exams are taken 70% 30 Homework Assignments * Lowest 2 of 30 grades will be dropped if documentation is provided on professional activity * Lowest grade will be dropped if all 30 are submitted and graded 20% ~ 20-30 Quizzes * Lowest of the grades dropped if statement about volunteer activity is provided. * Extra 5 points for identifying errors in lecture notes. 10% Total100%

9. Announcements Virginia Tech IEEE student chapter is looking for members, particularly ones that would like to help with the SPAC (Student Professional Activities Conference), which is held every spring. – http://www.ieee.vt.edu/ http://www.ieee.vt.edu/ Virginia Tech Eta Kappa Nu student chapter is planning a 3 rd Annual ANDY Board Design Competition.

10. Class Preparation You should read the text, or listen/scan the online lectures that I post, or find an internet lecture to view on the topic for the coming class each day. – I do not plan to lecture very much during our classes. I would like to discuss aspects of the material that are covered in the text and lectures and to go through the analyses. You should bring you computer with you to our next class.

11. Units QuantityBasic MeasureUnit LengthMeterm MassKilogramkg TimeSeconds TemperatureKelvin (Celsius)K ( o C) Electric CurrentAmpere (Amp)A ChargeCoulombC VoltageVoltsV

12. Prefixes 10 18 ExaE10 -1 Decid 10 15 PetaP10 -2 Centic 10 12 TeraT10 -3 Millim 10 9 GigaG10 -6 micro  10 6 MegaM10 -9 nanon 10 3 Kilok10 -12 picop 10 2 Hectoh10 -15 femtof 10 1 Dekada10 -18 attoa