Title :
Principles vs. practices in undergraduate microelectronic systems education
Author :
Carlson, Bradley S.
Author_Institution :
Symbol Technol. Inc., Holtsville, NY, USA
Abstract :
The ideal new hire should be strong in fundamental principles and contemporary engineering practices. With the complexity of CAD tools increasing rapidly care should be taken to not over-emphasize practices. Basic principles must not be sacrificed for the teaching of engineering practices, especially in introductory level courses where the principles are prerequisite to many courses in the curriculum.
Keywords :
circuit CAD; educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; teaching; CAD tools; contemporary engineering practices; curriculum; engineering practices; introductory level courses; teaching; undergraduate microelectronic systems education; Circuit analysis; Design engineering; Digital systems; Education; Educational institutions; Electromagnetics; Hardware design languages; Microelectronics; SPICE; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1156-2
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.2001.932400
