Facilities
The ECE department has a wide variety of facilities for its faculty and students to utilize for laboratories, independent studies, and senior projects. In 2005 the ECE department, with the help of grants and college assistance, renovated NWSE 100 upgrading both the equipment and the aesthetics of the room to include a multimedia teaching center, projectors, white boards, and student lab areas. You can find a detailed list of our equipment and facilities below.
NWSE 100 and 102
These two laboratories are primarily used in the department for teaching. Each student workbench has an IBM PC, an Agilent 54621A oscilloscope, an Agilent 33120A waveform generator and a DC power supply and digital multimeter. In addition, there is an 8051 microprocessor board and an Altera FPGA design board associated with each workbench for use by students in microcontroller and digital design classes and senior projects.
NWSE 106 and 108
There are two labs which are dedicated to senior projects: NWSE 106
and NWSE 108. The department places an emphasis on having students work as independently as possible on their projects so the equipment in this lab can vary daily! Each workstation in these rooms is equipped similarly to NWSE 100 and NWSE 102 so the students are already familiar with how to use the equipment while working on their own projects.
Acoustics Laboratory
In the past year, Dr. Palma Catravas has been busy putting together an Acoustics Laboratory where she will be conducting research on the acoustics of musical instruments. This will be a great resource for students as well who want to tie together their interests in both music and engineering.
Biological Signal Processing and Informatics Laboratory
This is a brand new lab which is under construction in the remodeled Butterfield Hall. The lab will be under the supervision of Dr. Shane Cotter who will be conducting research in the area of signal processing as applied to biological measurements and systems. Students who have an interest in both biology and electrical engineering will have opportunities to work on senior projects in this laboratory. The lab will be side by side with those of Biology and Mechanical Engineering faculty and the intention is to foster ties between these different disciplines.