05-30, 09:50–10:40 (America/Los_Angeles), Theater
Project-based curriculum at UC San Diego has been a strength over the past decade. Project courses have spread from intro to senior level, where students have been able to build robots, pinball machines, autonomous vehicles and more. PCB design, assembly, and integration skills empower students to apply what they have learned in circuits and embedded systems courses to meaningful projects. In this talk, two UCSD intro and senior level courses that include Kicad and PCB design as part of their curriculum will be discussed in detail. Discussion will be encouraged for how this student learning experience can be improved and scaled.
Morris joined UC San Diego’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department within the Jacobs School of Engineering as an Assistant Teaching Professor in 2020. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCSD working with the Talke Lab for Biomedical Devices and focused on design, numerical methods and control theory. Morris received B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Management Science (Quantitative Economics) also from UC San Diego.
Colin Zyskowski is a maker at heart. His interests include PCB design, woodworking, programming, and 3D/digital design. Though not formally trained as an engineer, Colin has spent the past almost 20 years learning by doing. His background and education are in music and media art, where he focused on interactive applications and hardware design. Colin has worked at EnVision Maker Studio for the past seven years.