Principles & Applications of Electrical Engineering
Rizzoni

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Rizzoni provides a solid overview of the electrical engineering discipline that is especially geared toward the many non-electrical engineering students who take this course. The hallmark feature of the text is its liberal use of practical applications to illustrate important principles. The applications come from every field of engineering and feature exciting technologies such as Ohio State's world-record setting electric car. The appeal to non-EE's is further heightened by such special features as the book's Focus on Measurement sections, Focus on Methodology sections, and Make the Connection sidebars.Controls and the FET's are hot topics. How do you approach these in your class now? Would you be willing to examine Rizzoni's new sections on both Controls and FET's?With students always trying to find a way to better comprehend and take in material, how important in your textbook decision are pedagogical features that helps out the student retain knowledge and key concepts?How do your students currently make the analogy between electric circuits and hydraulic, thermal and mechanical systems?Do your students, especially non majors EE struggle a bit in this course? Would a text that has interesting applications that students can understand and then apply to the principles they are reading about be beneficial? Extensive use of practical, interesting applications from all areas of engineering to illustrate principles Two new chapters in the increasingly important area of communications New section on Controls and FET's Outstanding Pedagogy: -Learning Objectives -Make the Connection Sidebars -Check your Understanding Exercises follow examples -Focus on Methodology Boxes -Focus on Measurement Boxes -Extensive examples, applications and homework problem setsMake the connection Sidebars--presents analogies between electric circuits and hydraulic, thermal and mechanical systems The Hallmark Feature of Rizzoni is: Extensive use of practical, interesting applications from all areas of engineering to illustrate principles An Online Learning Center can be found at www.mhhe.com/rizzoni. This site contains resources for students and instructors. It includes such things as password-protected solutions for instructors, data sheets, new instrumentation examples, sample syllabi, an additional chapter on Communications for schools that cover this material, web links, and more. Also, a section called "Find it on the Web" has been added throughout. These sections provide web links to global companies that manufacture the devices mentioned in the text. Students will be able to quickly look up manufacturer's data sheets and other useful information for use in design problems. This material will be revised and updated.. Students can identify with the applications and better comprehend the overall material Would it be helpful to have your students work on a variety of relevant applications of electrical engineering principles? Would this approach help them in retaining knowledge?How important is the area of communications within your course? Would new chapters in this area, be of interest to you?