Introducing computer tools into a first course in electrical engineering

Author

Northam, Don Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., US Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD, USA

Volume

38

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

16

Abstract

At a school where engineering students have immediate access to a personal computer, it is important that they become familiar with that tool early in their studies. In introductory engineering courses it is also important that the students learn to perceive the computer as a tool and not as an end in itself. Achieving these goals requires a careful integration of computer usage into such courses by the instructors. In this paper we examine this issue in the context of a first course in electrical engineering that has been taught at the US Naval Academy, and we present specific examples of assignments we have used in our effort to accomplish these goals

Keywords

SPICE; computer aided instruction; educational courses; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; software packages; Mathcad; PSPICE; US Naval Academy; computer tools; electrical engineering course; introductory engineering courses; Circuit theory; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Engineering students; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Road transportation; SPICE;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.350215

Filename

350215