Recognizing that the undergraduate EE curriculum was missing courses in major electrical engineering areas such as communications and digital signal processing (DSP), I proposed and designed BEE 417 Digital Communications and BEE 442 Digital Signal Processing. These courses, which are in line with my research area, not only have they expanded the breadth of the EE curriculum but they have also enabled me to bring my research work to classroom discussions. Both courses have significant lab components; I have designed the experiments and prepared the lab manuals.
In addition, I introduced the course BEE 447 Control Systems, an introduction courses to another major area of electrical engineering which our curriculum was lacking. Although control systems is not in my research area, I was driven to introduce the course because of its potential to enhance the employment opportunity of our students. Control systems is important to
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Other Teaching Activities:
1. MSEE program proposal: I served as a member of the MSEE proposal committee, and have significantly contributed in writing the proposal. Specifically, I have written the assessment and curriculum sections of the proposal.
2. Capstone Design Projects: In collaboration with other EE faculty, I have supervised capstone projects of two groups of students from autumn 2011 to autumn 2012.
3. Assessment of the student outcomes of the EE degree program: To meet the ABET accreditation requirements, the EE degree program has introduced a process for assessing its student outcomes using course work. I have contributed to the assessment process by collecting data and presenting the result in a Faculty Course Assessment Report (FCAR) for discussion in a faculty meeting.
4. Preparation of additional teaching resources: I continued to produce more video tutorials to supplement the lecture class for BEE 341. I have continued to improve the lab manuals of BEE 417 and BEE 442.
3.3. Self-Reflections on Teaching