This book provides a good and effective introduction to electrical and computer engineering (ECE). With this book, students can be well prepared to grow into an electrical and computer engineer: 1) have a mathematics foundation including complex...read more
This book provides a good and effective introduction to electrical and computer engineering (ECE). With this book, students can be well prepared to grow into an electrical and computer engineer: 1) have a mathematics foundation including complex numbers, phasors, and linear algebra which are the fundamental important but also challenge for our students; build up the mathematical thinking skills; 2) master a "practical and efficient calculation" tool: MATLAB which is powerful and useful in engineering problem modeling, calculation, and visualization; 3) have a basic but comprehensive understanding of ECE subjects through some interesting advanced topics such as vector graphics, filtering, and coding.
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I was impressed with the presentations of the material and the connectivity between the chapters, especially first four book chapters, covering areas needed in many other ECE courses. It is a very useful text for an introductory or preparatory course for electrical and computer engineering. However, chapter 9 is very short is not strictly needed. It can either be inserted into Chapter 8 as a section, or moved to appendix. Materials of Chapter 10 are useful but are more appropriate to the appendix section.
The book actually does a great job of collecting and presenting those areas that are known to be problematic for first introductory courses in electrical and computer engineering. In fact, we have been working on an introductory course and the EE...read more
The book actually does a great job of collecting and presenting those areas that are known to be problematic for first introductory courses in electrical and computer engineering. In fact, we have been working on an introductory course and the EE department has been listing those areas that should be reviewed, provided, and studied prior to the entry into the major EE courses. This book clearly "hit the nail on the head" in terms of the topics covered.
I was impressed with the presentations of the material and the connectivity between the chapters. I believe this is a very useful text for an introductory/preparatory course for electrical and computer engineering. It covers those areas and expertise that we at our university have found to be lacking in many of our entering students. For those universities with preparatory courses covering those fundamental engineering mathematical principles and software applications like MATLAB this would be an ideal text.
This book was written for an experimental freshman course at the University of Colorado. The course is now an elective that the majority of our electrical and computer engineering students take in the second semester of their freshman year, just before their first circuits course. Our department decided to offer this course for several reasons:
We believe engineering educators elsewhere are reaching similar conclusions about their own students and curriculums. We hope this book helps create a much needed dialogue about curriculum revision and that it leads to the development of similar introductory courses that encourage students to enter and practice our craft.Students electing to take this course have completed one semester of calculus, computer programming, chemistry, and humanities.
The first three chapters of this book provide a fairly complete coverage of complex numbers, the functions e^x and e^jand phasors. Our department philosophy is that these topics must be understood if a student is to succeed in electrical and computer engineering. These three chapters may also be used as a supplement to a circuits course. A measured pace of presentation, taking between sixteen and eighteen lectures, is sufficient to cover all but the advanced sections in Complex Numbers through Phasors.
If the users of this book find "Vector Graphics" through "Binary Codes" too confining, we encourage them to supplement the essential material in "Complex Numbers" through "Linear Algebra" with their own course notes on additional topics. Within electrical and computer engineering there are endless possibilities. Practically any set of topics that can be taught with conviction and enthusiasm will whet the student's appetite. We encourage you to write to us or to our editor, Tom Robbins, about your ideas for additional topics. We would like to think that our book and its subsequent editions will have an open architecture that enables us to accommodate a wide range of student and faculty interests. 2ff7e9595c
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