EEE-121319 and COE-121878

Introduction to EEE and CoE

Prof. M. Kemal Ozdemir
[email protected]

1
 Introduction to EECS
• Microsoft Team Code : 99rj4ci
• Lectures
– Monday 11:00 – 13:00 C-211 (NON-ÖSYM)
– Monday 13:30 – 15:30 C-211 (ÖSYM)

• Labs : Mon 17:30 – 19:30, 19:30-21:30

• Wed 17:30 – 19:30, 19:30-21:30
Fri 17:30 – 19:30, 19:30-21:30
In Electronics Lab
• Lab sessions will be arranged by the TA

2
 Ex-Classes
• Videos for the previous year classes at : omf9jjb
• We will use Python as the programming language
• Supplementary Books :
– Saeed Moaveni, “Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to
Engineering” Cengage Learning, 5th edition.
– Online by Dr. Freeman of MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-
01sc-introduction-to-electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-i-spring-
2011/Syllabus/MIT6_01SCS11_notes.pdf

3
 Overview of Syllabus

• Syllabus
• What to expect
• General guidelines
• Expectations
– Attendance
• Mandatory
• Participation measurement.
– HW Submissions
– Assessment of Homeworks

4
 Assignments

• 7 Assignments in total, 20% of the overall

grade
• Individual attempt
• Academic misconduct will be penalized.
• Typically, online submission
• Assignments will be given by the following
faculty.
1st : Dr. Özdemir 2nd : Dr. Aktan
3rd Dr. Türkboyları 4th Dr. Kayasandık
5th Dr. AlHajj 6th Dr. Karlıağa
7th Dr. Kaplan

5
 Exams

• 1 Midterm Exams - 30%

• 1 Final Exam - 30%
• Formula sheet will be provided if needed.
• Calculator not allowed
• Midterms during exam week – 1 ½ hr.
duration
• Midterm covers the topics by Dr. Özdemir,
Dr. Aktan, and , Dr. Türkboyları.
• Final covers the topics by Dr. Kayasandık,
Prof. AlHajj, Dr. Karlıağa, and , Dr. Kaplan.

6
 Labs

• Lab Attendance
• Lab Sessions
• 5 Labs (+1 individual), Each (15 % / 6)
• Lab Reports
– TA will collect lab reports either online or on paper.
• Assistants:
• [email protected]
• If you are repeating the course, you can count your
last year’s lab marks.
– Contact the TA.
– However, if you took the lab online and failed the course, you are
required to take the lab face to face.
• The labs typically start third week of the classes.
• The TAs will contact you for the lab sessions formations.

7
 Project – A simple Autonomous Car
• Project 10% + 5 % (BONUS) = 15 %
• Groups of 3-5 students
• The design of a simple autonomous car
• Need to provide a
– Starting report – 10 %
– Mid report – 30 %
– Final report and demonstration : 60 %
• Templates will be provided
• Project description is uploaded into Microsoft Teams.
• BONUS PART: How often do you use lab and get
involved with the project and project performance.
– TA will report your involvement.
– You can use the lab as well. Work with the TA.

8
 Lectures

9
 Fall 2024 Classes

• The Fall 2023 program is now available from

sens.medipol.edu.tr
• Microsoft Teams codes for online courses are also
available through your MEBIS
• Typically, the lectures are face-to-face but some courses
are online and will be given via Microsoft Teams
• Assignments will be collected from MS Teams.
• Academic misconduct is penalized. Typically a month or
so expel from the school.
• We take different measures to ensure that you
comprehend the topics.
• We take this as an opportunity to make Medipol
graduates better than their counterparts.

10

10
 Fall 2024 Classes - 2

• Some classes will have pop-quizzes to ensure that

you attend the classes.
• Assignments will have
– Parametrized questions
– Some submissions will be verified via face-to-face
meetings online.
• Assignments/Exams with reports are run through
TurnItIn
• Computer programming codes are also pre-
processed for their legitimacy.

11

11
 Introduction to Engineering Profession

12

12
 Objectives
The objectives of this lecture are to
• Introduce the engineering profession and its
various branches
• Provide some answers to
Do I really want to study engineering?
What is engineering and what do engineers do?
What are some of the areas of specialization in
engineering?
Which disciplinary area of engineering do I want to
pursue?
How will I know that I have picked the best field for me?
Will the demand for my area of specialization be high
when I graduate, and beyond that?

13

13
 Endeavor of 100 000 Years

Engineering Biomedical Medical

14

14
 How engineers contribute?

• Computer
• EE
• Industrial
• Biomedical
• Civil

15

15
 Engineering Research at Medipol

• Wireless Communication (5G-

-6G Research
• IC design
• Microscope design for 3D
imaging
• Robotics
• Human Machine Interaction
• Big data analysis
• AI/Machine Learning
• RF System Design
• Health Systems
16

16
 Future of Engineering

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/most-useful-majors /
https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/tools/skills-intelligence/trend-focus/future-jobs#2

• STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering ve Math

• But different research teams find different rankings.
– Also check indeed.com
17

17
 Products by Engineers

Engineers make products and

provide services that make our lives
better
Engineering Work Is All Around Us

Example of products and services designed by engineers

18

18
 Engineers
Engineers apply physical and chemical laws and
principles and mathematics to design millions of
products and services that we use in our everyday
lives

The design of an autonomous car

How a high schooler, an undergrad, and an
engineering graduate will tackle the problem?

19

19
 What Do Engineers Do?

• Engineers consider factors such as cost,

efficiency, sustainability, reliability, and safety
in their designs
• Engineers perform tests to ensure their
designs can withstand the loads and
conditions prescribed
• Engineers continue to seek ways to improve
existing products and services
• Engineers continue to develop new, advanced
materials to make products lighter and
stronger for different applications

20

20
 Traits of Successful Engineers

Engineers
• are problem solvers
• have firm grasp of fundamental
principles of engineering
• are analytical, detailed oriented, and
creative
• have desire to be lifelong learners
• have ability to work outside their
area of specialization in other related
fields

21

21
 Traits of Successful Engineers

Good Engineers
• have good communication and time
management skills
• have good “people skills”
• are good team player
• have ability to use modern tools to solve
various engineering problems or to solve
problems in various ways
• are active in the profession and community

22

22
 Areas of Engineering Disciplines and
Their Corresponding Organizations
to learn more about what engineers do……….

Electrical & Electronic

Engineering
Engineering in Medicine
and Biology
Civil Engineering

23

23
 What Do Electrical Engineers Do?

Electrical Engineers traditionally design, develop,

test, and supervise the manufacturing of
electrical equipment, including lighting and
wiring for buildings, cars, buses, trains, ships,
and aircraft; power generation and transmission
equipment for utility companies; electric motors
found in various products; control devices; and
radar equipment.
However, EE is now more about electronic
systems and their programing.

24

24
 What Do Electrical Engineers Do? (continued)

An electrical engineer at work

25

25
 What Do Electronics Engineers Do?

Electronics Engineers design, develop, test,

and supervise the production of electronic
equipment, including computer hardware;
computer network hardware;
communication devices such as cellular
phone, television, and audio and video
equipment; as well as measuring
instruments.

26

26
 What Do Computer Engineers Do?
• Computer engineering is engineering applied
to computers and computer-based systems.
• They build computers such as PCs,
workstations, and supercomputers.
• They also build computer-based systems such
as those found in cars, planes, appliances,
electronics, phones, communication networks,
and many, many other products.
• Computer engineers typically design not only
the hardware, but also much of the software in
computer-based systems
• Recently most computer engineers work on the
field of data science and not the hardware.
27

27
 1987 vs. 2024

System IBM PC/AT Nokia N95-4 Smartphone

Year 1987 2024
Cost $2000 $999 (MSRP)
Form factor ½ desktop Pocket
CPU 12 MHz 80286 4GHz, A18 Pro chip
with 6-core GPU
Memory 512KB 8+ GB
Storage 20MB hard disk, 1.2MB floppy Up to 1 TB
Display 80x25 monochrome text Super Retina XDR display
2796x1290-pixel resolution
Peripherals Keyboard Camera, phone, web,
28
touchscreen

28
 Some History

Date Event Comments

1947 1st transistor Bell Labs
1958 1st IC Jack Kilby (MSEE ’50) @TI
Winner of 2000 Nobel prize
1971 1st microprocessor Intel (calculator market)
1974 Intel 4004 2300 transistors
1978 Intel 8086 29K transistors
1989 Intel 80486 1M transistors
1995 Intel Pentium Pro 5.5M transistors
2006 Intel Montecito 1.7B transistors
201x IBM 50B transistors

29

29
 What Do Biomedical Engineers Do?
Biomedical Engineers apply the laws and the
principles of chemistry, biology, medicine, and
engineering to design artificial limbs, organs,
imaging systems, and devices used in medical
procedures. They also perform research alongside
of medical doctors, chemists, and biologists to
better understand various aspects of biological
systems and the human body.

Instead of considering the body as a

chemical process based system, consider it
more as an engineered system.

30

30
 To Become an Engineer

• Education – accredited program,

BS and/or MS level
• Professional registration – some
countries
– Fundamental of Engineering Exam
– Professional Engineering Exam
• Professional organizations
• Life-long learning

31

31
 The Future?

• Prof. Harari in World Economic Forum in

2018
– In the past land was important – 1800
– Then capitalism vs. communism
– Now
• Dataism
• Maybe privatism
• Those who own the data will rule
• This puts EE, CE, and BE at the core

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL9uk4hKyg4

32

32
 Preparing for an Engineering Career

33

33
 Making Transition from High School
to College
• You are among an elite group of students
• 5% of B.Sc. graduates are engineers
• You have the capability to become one of
the best
• You just need to work hard and take good
advices for your career.
• However, you are not in high school
anymore.
– Therefore, the classes here and those at high
school have different visions.

34

34
 Making The Transition From H.S. to
College – What to Expect

You will
• learn to look at your surroundings
differently
• learn to ask questions
– How things are made, work, and design
– How to improve things
– How to take an idea from paper to reality

35

35
 Making The Transition (continued)

• How successful and happy you are

will depend primarily on you
– In high school most of your learning
took place in class.
– In college most of your education
takes place outside the class.
– Take responsibility for learning
– Have good study habits
• You need to develop some new habits
• You need to get rid of some old habits

36

36
 Budgeting Your Time
• Time is like money – invest it wisely
• Education is an expensive
investment – requires responsible
management
• Learning is a lot of work at the
beginning, and it’s not much fun
• Often, after even a short period of
time, learning will become a joy and
raise your self-esteem
• Learning and understanding new
things can be downright exciting

37

37
 Budgeting Your Time – An Example of
Weekly Activities

There are still 68 hours left for classes and school work!

For this class ECTS (AKTS) amount is 4. So you need to

spend 4x25 = 100 hrs per semester, or 6.5 hours per week.

38

38
 Budgeting Your Time – An Example of
Weekly Activities (continued)

• How to budget the remaining 68 hours

– Typically, 16 credit hours of courses in a
semester
– Average of 2 to 3 hours of study per one
hour of class time (16x2=32; 16x3=48)
– Some classes are more demanding than
others
– Still have 20 to 36 hours a week in your
budget to allocate at your own discretion

39

39
 An Example of Weekly Schedule for a
Freshman Engineering Student

40

40
 Budgeting Your Time – Other
Considerations

• Consider a 5-year plan instead of a 4-

year plan if you
– need to work, or
– are married and have children
• Take breaks between classes or study
• Maintain a daily logbook to keep track of
how closely you are following the
schedule and where time is being used
inefficiently, and modify your schedule
accordingly

41

41
 Daily Studying and Preparation

• Start from the very first day of class

• Read the materials ahead of time
• Review class materials later on the
same day
• Attend class regularly
• Get help right away
– See professors during the designated
office hours or make an appointment to
see them
• Get to know your professors and visit
them often

42

42
 Daily Studying and Preparation (continued)

• Take good notes

– Don’t use loose papers to take notes
– Study your notes at least an hour or two
the same day you take them
– Understand all the concepts and ideas that
were discussed in class before you attempt
to do your homework assignment
– Don’t try to find an example that resemble
the assignment problem
– There is no shortcut to learning
– Touchpads are being very helpful nowadays.

43

43
 Daily Studying and Preparation (continued)

• Take good notes

– Write notes in the textbook margins
while studying
– Keep all engineering books
– May want to type a summary sheet of
all important concepts and create an
electronic file
Then you can use the find command to look up
selected terms or topics

44

44
 Daily Studying and Preparation (continued)

• Select a good study place

– Good lighting and comfortable
– No distraction
– Have roommates who have similar
studying habits
– Maintain a clean desk and avoid
having a picture of your sweetheart in
front of you!
Don’t want to daydream as you are studying

45

45
 Daily Studying and Preparation

Not a good way to study!

46

46
 Daily Studying and Preparation

A good way to study!

47

47
 Daily Studying and Preparation (continued)

• Form study groups

– Need to study on your own first and
then get together with your classmates
to discuss and explain key ideas and
concepts to each other
– Group should agree on the above
process
– Be an active learner
– Don’t be a passive learner

48

48
 Daily Studying and Preparation (continued)

• Prepare for your exams

– There is no substitution for daily studying
– Don’t wait till the night before the exam to
study
– The night before the exam, spend a few
hours reviewing your notes and sample
problems
– Ask your instructor ahead of time what
type of exam it will be; how many
questions there will be; and so on
– Ask your instructor for suggestions to help
you prepare better for the exam

49

49
 Prepare for Your Exam (continued)

• Have a good night sleep

• Read and understand the questions
first, ask your instructor for
clarification if needed
• Answer the easy questions first and
then comeback to more complicated
questions
• If you have test anxiety, in order to
reduce it, prepare well and consider
timing yourself when doing your
homework problems

50

50
 Get Involved with an Engineering
Organization
Professional organizations offer the
following benefits:
• Conduct conferences and meetings to
share ideas in research and
development
• Publish technical journals, books,
and magazines
• Offer short courses
• Advise federal, state, and local
government on technology related
public policies

51

51
 Get Involved with Professional
Organizations (continued)
Professional organizations offer the
following benefits:
• Develop, maintain, and distribute
design specifications and standards
• Provide networking opportunities
– Pool of colleagues to help you solve
problems that may require outside help
– Help look for good engineers to hire
– Help you look for another job when you are
thinking about something different to do

52

52
 Your Graduation Plan
• Know your school’s admission process
– Admission to the university
– Admission to the college or school
– Admission to the program
• Know the requirements for each level of admission
– Meet with your academic advisor
• Develop your graduation plan showing the courses you
plan to take each semester or quarter until you
graduate
• We have agreement with the following schools:
– University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
– Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA
– In Progress, ETH Switzerland

53

53
 Class Pre-requisites - EEE
http://sens.medipol.edu.tr/undergraduate-programs/

54

54
 Class Pre-requisites - CoE
http://sens.medipol.edu.tr/undergraduate-programs/

55

55
 Other Considerations
• Do volunteer work
– Not only you would feel good about yourself,
you will gain a sense of satisfaction and feel
connected to your community
• Be a responsible citizen
– Vote
– Play an active role in local, state, or federal
government
• Get to know your classmates
• Get to know an upper-division
engineering student

56

56
 Summary

• You should use the ideas

discussed in this chapter to make
your transition from high school to
college smoothly
• You should consider the time
management ideas discussed in
this chapter to arrive a reasonable
weekly schedule

57

57
 Summary (continued)

• You should realize that you must

start studying and preparing from
the first day of class, attend classes
regularly, get help right away, take
good notes, select a good study place,
and form study groups
• You should know the importance of
joining an engineering organization
and choose an organization, join, and
become an active participant

58

58