Title :
Wow! linear systems and signal processing is fun!
Author :
Aburdene, Maurice F. ; Nepal, Kundan
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA, USA
Abstract :
We describe a recent offering of a linear systems and signal processing course for third-year electrical and computer engineering students. This course is a pre-requisite for our first digital signal processing course. Students have traditionally viewed linear systems courses as mathematical and extremely difficult. Without compromising the rigor of the required concepts, we strived to make the course fun, with application-based hands-on laboratory projects. These projects can be modified easily to meet specific instructors´ preferences.
Keywords :
educational courses; electrical engineering education; laboratories; linear systems; signal processing; application-based hands-on laboratory projects; computer engineering students; digital signal processing course; electrical engineering students; linear system course; Band pass filters; Convolution; Finite impulse response filter; Linear systems; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Linear Systems; Signal Processing; Signal Processing Education; Student Learning;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011
Conference_Location :
Rapid City, SD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-468-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2011.6142910
