Preparing For Engineering 2020: A New Course In Electronic Manufacturing For Electrical And Computer Engineering Majors.

A new course in electronic manufacturing for senior electrical and computer engineering was developed at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to incorporate importance of information technology and processes in engineering. The course covers elements from engineering 2020 objectives. This includes new technology with industrial involvement towards the application specific integrated circuits, printed circuit board design, and micro electro motion (MEMS). A layout editor, Catapult software and L-Edit, software from Tanner research Inc have been utilized for the custom ASIC design. The course was offered before at IUPUI with the two components ASIC &FPGA, and PCB technologies, and then modified to feature MEMS technology. The paper details the contents and the CAD tools used in the design. The course was three credit hour delivered in one semester (16 weeks) in three separate modules, one credit hour each. Students can register for one or more module within a semester period. The industrial partner at the Indiana Life Sciences Inc. was part of the teaching team for the PCB and MEMS sections.