Jorge Cortés

Professor

Cymer Corporation Endowed Chair

MAE 140: Linear Circuits


General Class Information

Lecture times:
Section #724188, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:50pm, Peterson Hall (Map Building 399), room 104 (webpage)
Section #724189, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00am-12:20pm, Herbert F. York Undergraduate Sciences Building (Map Building 137), room 2622 (this webpage)

Discussion section:
Wednesdays, 1:00-1:50pm, Faustina Solis Lecture Hall (Map Building 395), room 104

One extra discussion section before the midterm
Wednesday, 10/26/11, 9:00-9:50pm, Faustina Solis Lecture Hall (Map Building 395), room 107

One extra discussion section before the final!!!
Friday, 12/2/11, 5:00-6:50pm, Center Hall (Map Building 984), room 101

Instructors:
Jorge Cortes (cortes at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Sonia Martinez (soniamd at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Teaching Assistants:
Mike Ouimet (miouimet at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Mondays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Hamed Shisheh-foroush (hshisheh at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Fridays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Chien Wei Lee (chienwei.lee520 at gmail.com)
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305


Handouts

Course Syllabus: pdf, epub (optimized for ipad)

Quiz on complex numbers pdf

Lecture Notes: part I


Lecture Notes: part II


Elvis Notes


Homework Assignments

  • Homework #1 (due 9/29/11): 1.17, 1.20, 1.24, 2.2, 2.8, 2.14, 2.17, 2.23, 2.25, 2.28. Solutions here
  • Homework #2 (due 10/6/11): 2.38, 2.42, 2.44, 2.48, 2.50, 2.54, 2.56, 3.36, 3.37, 3.41. Solutions here
  • Homework #3 (due 10/13/11): 3.72, 3.74, 3.75, 3.1, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.15, 3.16, 3.19. Solutions here
    IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.15, 3.16 and 3.19 using nodal analysis, not mesh analysis as stated! You are not required to use MATLAB or OrCAD in this course. If a homework problem has an item involving MATLAB or OrCAD you do not have to do that item. For instance in prob. 3.8 you do not have to do part c). You have to do all other parts using nodal analysis.
  • Homework #4 (due 10/20/11): 3.12, 3.15, 3.16, 3.19, 3.28, 3.30, 3.33, 4.2, 4.6, 4.15. Solutions here
    IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.15, 3.16 and 3.19 using mesh analysis this time! Remember that if a problem has an item involving MATLAB or OrCAD you do not have to do that item.
  • Homework #5 (due 10/27/11): 2.32, 2.47, 3.20, 3.29, 3.38, 3.39, 3.73, 4.8. Solutions here
    This is a review homework before the midterm. Only 8 exercises on the main topics we have covered so far!
  • Homework #6 (due 11/3/11): 4.20, 4.22, 4.24, 4.27, 4.28, 4.31, 4.32, 4.36, 4.41, 4.45. Solutions here
  • Homework #7 (due 11/10/11): 9.2, 9.4, 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.14, 9.16, 9.19, 9.23, 9.28. Solutions here
  • Homework #8 (due 11/17/11): 10.2, 10.4, 10.6, 10.10, 10.12, 10.17, 10.19, 10.24, 10.27, 10.28. Solutions here
  • Homework #9 (due 12/1/11): 10.53, 11.4, 11.6, 11.10, 11.28, 11.53, 11.58, 12.2, 12.14, 12.56. Solutions here

Exams

You can download the midterm here and the midterm solution here
You can download the final here and the final solution here


Grades

The formula to compute the grade is
    grade = max(0.2 * homework + 0.3 * midterm + 0.5 * final, final)

Even if you count on getting the overall grade with only the final, you should still turn in all your homework. Past experiences reveal that it is nearly impossible to get a good grade in the final without having first done the homework.

You can check your grade online via Ted


Cool linear circuit experiment from MAE171a

Check out the following linear circuit experiment and the accompanying lecture from MAE171a "Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I" (prepared by Professor Raymond de Callafon)

You will really need to master all the material from MAE140 to perform the experiment successfully!


Past Years Websites

You might want to check out the Summer 2011 website, the Fall 2010 website, the Fall 2009 website, the Winter 2009 website, the Fall 2008 website, the Winter 2008 website, the Fall 2007 website, the Summer 2007 website, or the Fall 2006 website, where you will find links to older websites for this class


Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California, 92093-0411

Ph: 1-858-822-7930
Fax: 1-858-822-3107

cortes at ucsd.edu
Skype id: jorgilliyo