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Archive for year: 2011

Taking things apart by Dylan Constan-Wahl

30 Nov 2011 / in 2011, AEE Forum

Where do engineers come from? Dylan takes a dive into the fundamentals of being an engineer with a forum on taking things apart.

Fender Champ Vacuum Tube Guitar Amplifier Forum by Dr. Gregory M. Wierzba – Part II

14 Nov 2011 / in 2011, AEE Forum, Tube

Dr. Wierzba presents the second part of an insightful forum on the workings of the Champ tube amplifier.   Pspice_forum_Part_II Champ_head_forum_Part_II

Fender Champ Vacuum Tube Guitar Amplifier Forum by Dr. Gregory M. Wierzba – Part I

07 Nov 2011 / in 2011, AEE Forum, Tube

Dr. Wierzba presents an insightful forum on the workings of the Champ tube amplifier. Pspice_Files_Part_I Champ_head_forum_Part_I

Are we musically pre-conditioned by hollywood with music, sound and emotion?

26 Oct 2011 / in 2011, AEE Forum

Forum on Music , Movies and Emotion by AEE Vice-President Kevin Gladstone.

How to build a Headphone Amplifier for $10 and a deeper dive into circuit and analysis

25 Oct 2011 / in 2011, AEE Forum

This AEE forum by Stephen Zajac starts with why you need a headphone amplifier and dives deeper into the design from impedance matching and distortion to power supply design. A lab that will follow gives students the opportunity to build a CMOY headphone amp that can fit in an Altoids can. headphone_amp_lecture_2011_PDF

Speaker Design and Guitar Tone Factors

18 Oct 2011 / in 2011, Musical Instruments, Speakers

An update on AEE’s Speaker Design Project by Team Leader Stephen Zajac Rob Pollum presenting a forum on guitar tone factors.

Leadership and Team Building, Analog Synthesizer and Isolation Table Design

10 Oct 2011 / in 2011, Musical Instruments, Synth

Rachelle addresses AEE members about leadership. Ryan Bliton shows some components of a modular Analog Synthesizer. This is a proposed AEE project for the fall semester. Werner Dahm presents a forum on the Design of an Isolation Table Design Isolation Table Presentation http://bit.ly/riOLQg Here is the Turntable Vibration Isolation Tool http://bit.ly/o6EZdT

Steve Wozniak delivers a speech at Michigan State University

08 May 2011 / in 2011, Events

What a great time! Steve Wozniak spoke in the MSU Engineering Building, Room 1345, the room in which all electrical engineering students start their mornings. From 8:00am until the 6:00pm Circuit Design Class, ECE 201, 202, 302, 402 students flock to this room every other day for over 2 years. I came in to see […]

Michigan State University Design Day 2011 Guitar Pedal team

06 May 2011 / in 2011, Design Day, Events

Michigan State University Design Day 2011

06 May 2011 / in 2011, Design Day, Events

Guitar Pedals Project Live Demo

21 Apr 2011 / in 2011, AEE Forum, Musical Instruments

[From 4/14/11 General Meeting] Live guitar signal though four great builds. The Guitar Pedal Team demos four of their completed pedal kits from generalguitargadgets.com. Pedals demoed: Tycobrahe Octavia Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer EA Tremolo MXR Phase 45