For UAB Electrical Engineering Students revised Aug. 30, 2008 This is the main page for students in Professor Kuhn's EE351 and EE431/EE531 classes at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
UAB Student Academic Page	For convenience this is a direct link to the UAB student academic page.
UAB Academic Calendar	For convenience this is a direct link to the UAB academic calendar including a link to the final exam schedule.
UAB E&CE Intranet	This is a direct link to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Intranet site.
EE351 Information	This page has specific class information, the text material, and the laboratory exercises.
EE431 / EE531 Information	This page has specific class information, the text material, and the laboratory exercises.
Information, Policies, etc.
Profile of your Instructor	Your instructor is on the adjunct faculty and has been employed doing electronic circuit design for about thirty years.
Email Contact Info	Feel free to email your instructor with questions, etc. anytime.  Unless it is extremely urgent, email is probably the best method as I check it often.
General Information	Instructor contact information, if a class is canceled, and anti-cheating policies.
Test Rules and Policies	All of the things to be aware of and consider when taking a test.
Electronic Devices Policy	The student is only allowed to use certain standard calculators on tests and no other devices are allowed.
How Grades are Computed	The raw calculation, round-up, earned low-grade forgiveness, scaling, etc.
Lab Equipment Manual Links	Here is information on the lab equipment you have in the electronics lab.
Resources for Students The following links contain useful information for students that may be helpful in my classes or any endeavor.  I plan to add more as time permits.
The Science of Design	This article illustrates the mathematics of design.  Design is not some magical power.
Introduction to Design Reviews	This article introduces the concepts of design reviews with an emphasis on preparing for faculty reviews of a senior project.
s plane summary Frequency Response in s	s-plane summary
International Units	Notes on the International System of Units applied to electronic quantities.
Standard Component Values	Standard 5% component values for resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
Standard 1% Resistor Values	Standard 1% resistor values as derived from the 96 values per decade.
Crystal Radio Engineering	This is a collection of articles written by Prof. Kuhn that forms a text book concerning crystal radios that should be very useful to EE421 students doing a crystal radio project.  Each article (or chapter) focuses on the type of engineering research that engineering students should become accustomed to doing.  There is a lot of data and information and the mathematical basis for designing an excellent crystal radio.
Thermal lecture notes Aavid-Thermalloy web site Heat sink selection guide	These links contain various information concerning thermal calculations and the use of heat sinks.
Electronics Information	This is a link to another portion of this web site that has a variety of information students may find useful.  Controls students will find a lot of practical information in the PID C file.
A Guide for Finding a Job	Many students have asked me for advice in finding a job after graduation.  I thought it would be a good idea to write my thoughts down.  This is a work in progress and I am posting the draft here so that students can read it and ask more questions about things I did not include.  Feel free to email me with any questions or comments and I will make additions and revisions.
Editorials Related to EducationThe following are straight talk minus moronic political correctness.  Some readers used to nicey-nice talk may be offended.  Like it or not, these are things you need to understand if you are going to succeed in life.
The State of Education Today and the American Dream	New EE351 students should read this first.  I was going to present this in class but we do not have the time.  In the name of "helping" you the socialists have rigged the education system for you to fail in life by falling into their trap which ends up enriching them.  You can defeat the socialists and succeed in life by being a good student.
Things Students Should be Aware of	These are lifetime observations by your instructor concerning education and students in general.
A Brief Sermon on Education	I wrote this following the academic disaster that occurred in my Fall, 2002, Electronics class.  There were five F's and seven D's in a class of about 25 students.
The Quality of Students Today	Contrary to popular belief, the quality of good students today is as good as that of good students years ago.  Read to learn about the real difference today.
Student and Life Observations	Here are some various observations on students of all schools and life in general I have made over the years.