Technical Training

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department is offering two-hour technical sessions for high school groups interested in electronics. All sessions are held at the School of Engineering and Technology, 799 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. For additional information or to schedule a session, please call: Pam May (317) 274.2363.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI welcomes high school electronics classes to live a day on campus and experience a college laboratory session in an ECET laboratory. The college day consists of a tour of the ECET laboratories, a hands-on session in the laboratories, and a tour of the other school facilities including the Formula Lightning Electric Race Car. Refreshments are served. These sessions have been popular with and praised by the many schools that have participated.

• Automated Playback System
• Distortion Generation Circuit Design
• Mock Shock
  Save the life of a dummy by learning about difebrillators
• Bar Code Symbols Introduces students to the basics of bar code systems

Automated Playback System
This hands-on session demonstrates using a PC as a controller for an automated voice response system. Students are given an overview of the system hardware and software and then they record words and short phrases which are played back in various sequences to form sentences such as used in an automated response system.

Distortion Generation Circuit Design
This hands-on session discusses a distortion generation electronics circuit suitable for creating a hard rock or metal sound out of an electric guitar. Students observe a signal to which distortion has been applied and listen to electric guitar music before and after application of distortion.

Mock Shock and BMET
In this two hour session, you will save the life of a dummy by learning about defibrillators, how they work, why they are used and why you will need to say "CLEAR!" Also, you will use an Authomated External Difebrillator (AED) just like a flight attendant uses. Learn what an AED is and why the airlines have them. Participants will take home a strip chart of your successful dummy shock to show your family, In aditino, you will talk about the defibrillator and other medical devices from the perspective of a Biomedical Electronics Technician (BMET). Discover why this is a great career for someone who wants to work in the hospital but does not want to give injections or go to school for eight years. Find out what a BMET does. Explore the degree requirements and why this is a great technical field for women. The maximum class size is 20 students. A one hour session is available in combination with other electronics offerings.


Your Name in Bar Code Symbols
This session introduces students to the basics of bar code systems. Students attending this hands-on session will use standard industry bar code label software to create a sheet of bookplate labels. Thsese labels will have the students name in bar code symbols. After the bookplates are created, they will be scanned with a scanner to decode the bar code symbol. The sources for free software and hardware will be provided so that the student can create additional designs using their home computer.