EGB120 Foundations of Electrical Engineering
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| Unit code: | EGB120 |
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| Antirequisite(s): | EGD120 |
| Equivalent(s): | ENB120 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Grade of at least Sound Achievement in Senior Mathematics C (or equivalent) or MZB125, and Fundamental knowledge of simple DC circuits is assumed knowledge. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,190 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $5,100 |
| International unit fee | $5,400 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2020, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | EGB120 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | ENB120 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Grade of at least Sound Achievement in Senior Mathematics C (or equivalent) or MZB125, and Fundamental knowledge of simple DC circuits is assumed knowledge. |
| Anti-requisite: | EGD120 |
| Coordinator: | Jasmin Martin | jasmin.martin@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a foundational electrical engineering unit which covers concepts around the relationship between electrical energy, electronic instrumentation and measurements. It introduces techniques for circuit analysis, instruments for measurement and practical applications in an engineering context. The ability to analyse and understand electrical circuits and related concepts plays a key role in all engineering disciplines, but plays a key foundation for students studying electrical related majors. The concepts in this unit will be built upon in future units. EGB120 combines real world focused lectures, tutorials and practicals to give a hands on experience learning about these fundamentals.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Write and apply basic relationships between electrical energy, electrical circuit components and signals in electrical networks.
- Design, build and test an electronic circuit to measure electronic properties.
- Solve problems involving electrical energy, measurements and circuits at an introductory level and validate your solutions using measurements with software simulations.
- Retrieve, evaluate, present and use relevant information to model and describe the behaviour of simple engineering systems that use electrical circuits.
Content
DC CIRCUITS: measurement of DC electrical quantities, circuit analysis using mesh currents, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, capacitance and inductance, time domain solutions for simple transient behaviour.
AC CIRCUITS: sinusoidal signal representation, impedance, circuit analysis using phasors, frequency response, power in AC systems.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS: Diodes, operational amplifier circuits, filters, rectifiers and voltage regulators.
Learning Approaches
Teaching Mode: 4.8 hours per week (equivalent)
Lectures: 2 hrs per wk x 13
Tutorials: 2 hr per wk x 12
Labs: 2 hr labs x 6
The delivery of this unit is through lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions. Lectures will introduce concepts and techniques illustrated with examples. Tutorial sessions will help you apply these to problems and relate them to practical applications. Practical work in laboratory sessions will help you gain experience in designing, constructing and testing circuits. The laboratory sessions will also introduce you to the use of measuring instruments and circuit analysis tools.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will be provided with feedback in face to face contact with tutors in the weekly tutorials, where the tutorial problems are structured in the same format as marked assessment in the design challenge and the final exam. Solutions for problems similar to the tutorials will be given online. The design challenge exercise in the middle of the semester will provide a strong indication of progress in understanding the material. You will similarly be provided with feedback in face to face contact with tutors in the prac sessions, which prepare students for the DC prac assessment in the middle of semester and the AC prac assessment at the end of the semester. You are encouraged to self-assess your understanding against the problems in the text book. Solutions will be provided online for designated text book problems.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be based on practical performance (20%), problem solving tasks (30%) and a final exam (50%). Practical performance will be based on a demonstration of your prac skills through prac assignments. Theory performance is assessed in problem solving tasks throughout the semester, and in the final exam. Both theory assessments use multi-part integrated questions that require synthesis and application of knowledge across multiple modules. The exam is open book to increase emphasis on understanding rather than memorisation.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
Online Quizzes and DC Circuit Design Challenge problem.
You will complete regular textbook questions throughout the semester to reinforce your learning and understanding of various theoretical concepts. This will be done through an online platform. In the middle of the Semester you will complete a larger problem solving exercise. The DC Circuit Design Challenge involves applying your knowledge of DC circuits to an electrical power or measurement system problem. You will be given a design challenge where you will need to meet a set of engineering and user requirements by designing an electric circuit from a limited set of electrical components. You will need to use circuit analysis techniques, software simulations and problem solving skills to demonstrate that your solution meets the stated requirements.
You may be asked to demonstrate your understanding of your submitted problem solving tasks during the semester in the form of an informal discussion with a member of the teaching team.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 3, 4
Assessment: Laboratory/Practical
Electrical Energy and Measurement Design Practical
The Electrical Energy and Measurement Design Assignment involves working through a series of laboratory experiments where you will learn to use simulated electrical engineering laboratory equipment to analyse electrical and electronic circuits that you design. Your assignment will be assessed by your demonstrated skill is using the software to design and analyse your circuits.
Relates to learning outcomes
2, 3
Assessment: Online Examination (written)
Final Exam - open book
The exam will consist of a multi-part, integrated problem requiring the design and analysis of an electrical system with both DC and AC components. The exam is open book.
You may be asked to demonstrate your understanding of your submitted online exam in the form of an informal discussion with a member of the teaching team.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 4
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Hambley, A. “Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications”, 7th edition
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2020, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | EGB120 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | ENB120 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Grade of at least Sound Achievement in Senior Mathematics C (or equivalent) or MZB125, and Fundamental knowledge of simple DC circuits is assumed knowledge. |
| Anti-requisite: | EGD120 |
| Coordinators: | Jasmin Martin | jasmin.martin@qut.edu.au Sam Cunningham-Nelson | samuel.cunninghamnelson@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a foundational electrical engineering unit which covers concepts around the relationship between electrical energy, electronic instrumentation and measurements. It introduces techniques for circuit analysis, instruments for measurement and practical applications in an engineering context. The ability to analyse and understand electrical circuits and related concepts plays a key role in all engineering disciplines, but plays a key foundation for students studying electrical related majors. The concepts in this unit will be built upon in future units. EGB120 combines real world focused lectures, tutorials and practicals to give a hands on experience learning about these fundamentals.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Write and apply basic relationships between electrical energy, electrical circuit components and signals in electrical networks.
- Design, build and test an electronic circuit to measure a physical real-world property.
- Solve problems involving electrical energy, measurements and circuits at an introductory level and validate your solutions using measurements with hardware and software simulations.
- Retrieve, evaluate, present and use relevant information to model and describe the behaviour of simple engineering systems that use electrical circuits.
Content
AC CIRCUITS: sinusoidal signal representation, impedance, circuit analysis using phasors, frequency response, power in AC systems.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS: Diodes, operational amplifier circuits, filters, rectifiers and voltage regulators.
Learning Approaches
Teaching Mode: 4.8 hours per week (equivalent)
Lectures: 2 hrs per wk x 13
Tutorials: 2 hr per wk x 12
Labs: 2 hr labs x 6
The delivery of this unit is through lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions. Lectures will introduce concepts and techniques illustrated with examples. Tutorial sessions will help you apply these to problems and relate them to practical applications. Practical work in laboratory sessions will help you gain hands-on experience in designing, constructing and testing circuits for making real-world devices. The laboratory sessions will also introduce you to the use of measuring instruments and circuit analysis tools.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will be provided with feedback in face to face contact with tutors in the weekly tutorials, where the tutorial problems are structured in the same format as marked assessment in the design challenge and the final exam. Solutions for problems similar to the tutorials will be given online. The design challenge exercise in the middle of the semester will provide a strong indication of progress in understanding the material. You will similarly be provided with feedback in face to face contact with tutors in the practical sessions, which prepare students for the marked assessment in weeks 6/7 and 12/13. You are encouraged to self-assess your understanding against the problems in the text book. Solutions will be provided online for designated text book problems.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be based on practical performance (20%), problem solving tasks (30%) and a final exam (50%). Practical performance will be based on a demonstration of your practical skills in in-class tests performed in prac groups. The theory performance is assessed in problem solving tasks throughout the semester, and in the final exam. Both theory assessments use multi-part integrated questions that require synthesis and application of knowledge across multiple modules. The exam is open book to increase emphasis on understanding rather than memorisation.
You will be provided with feedback in face to face contact with tutors in the weekly tutorials, where the tutorial problems are structured in the same format as marked assessment in the design challenge and the final exam. Solutions for problems similar to the tutorials will be given online. The problem solving tasks throughout the semester will provide a strong indication of progress in understanding the material. You will similarly be provided with feedback in face to face contact with tutors in the practical sessions, which prepare students for the marked assessment in weeks 6/7 and 12/13. You are encouraged to self-assess your understanding against the problems in the text book, facilitated by associated online problems.
To pass this unit, you must obtain at least 40% in the final exam.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
Online Quizzes and DC Circuit Design Challenge problem.
You will complete regular textbook questions throughout the semester to reinforce your learning and understanding of various theoretical concepts. This will be done through an online platform. In the middle of the Semester you will complete a larger problem solving exercise. The DC Circuit Design Challenge involves applying your knowledge of DC circuits to an electrical power or measurement system problem. You will be given a design challenge where you will need to meet a set of engineering and user requirements by designing an electric circuit from a limited set of electrical components. You will need to use circuit analysis techniques, software simulations and problem solving skills to demonstrate that your solution meets the stated requirements.
You may be asked to demonstrate your understanding of your submitted problem solving tasks during the semester in the form of an informal discussion with a member of the teaching team.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 3, 4
Assessment: Laboratory/Practical
Electrical Energy and Measurement Design Practical
The Electrical Energy and Measurement Design Practical involves working through a series of laboratory experiments where you will learn to use electrical engineering laboratory equipment to prototype and analyse electrical and electronic circuits that you design. Your practical will be assessed by the performance of your design as it is demonstrated in the laboratory, and your demonstrated skill is using the laboratory equipment to prototype and analyse your design.
Relates to learning outcomes
2, 3
Assessment: Examination (written)
Final Exam - open book
The exam will consist of a multi-part, integrated problem requiring the design and analysis of an electrical system with both DC and AC components. The exam is open book. To pass the unit, you must achieve at least 40% of the available marks to ensure that you have met all of the required learning outcomes.
Relates to learning outcomes
1, 4
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Hambley, A. “Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications”, 7th edition
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
You will be required to undertake practical sessions in the laboratory under the supervision of the academic and technical staff of the School. In any laboratory practicals you will be advised of requirements of safe and responsible behaviour and will be required to wear appropriate protective items (e.g. closed shoes). You will undergo a health and safety induction before the commencement of the practical sessions and will be issued with a safety induction card. If you do not have a safety induction card you will be denied access to laboratories.