University of Alabama at Birmingham Electrical Engineering Students revised June 6, 2026 Professor Kenneth A. Kuhn This is the main page for students in Professor Kuhn's EE351 and EE431/EE531 classes at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
EE351 Information	This page has specific class information, the text material, and the laboratory exercises.
EE431 / EE531 Information	This page has specific class information, the text material, and the laboratory exercises.
Profile of your Instructor	Your instructor is on the adjunct faculty and has been employed doing electronic circuit design for over thirty years.
Email Contact Info	Feel free to email your instructor with questions, etc. anytime. Unless it is extremely urgent, email is probably the best method as I check it often.
Resources for Students The following links contain useful information for students that may be helpful in my classes or any endeavor. I plan to add more as time permits.
Engineering Career begins with Childhood Inspiration	This is the text of an essay I wrote that was published by IEEE Potentials (Volume 31, 2012, Issue 3, pages 8-9).
The Science of Design	This article illustrates the mathematics of design. Design is not some magical power.
Introduction to Design Reviews	This article introduces the concepts of design reviews with an emphasis on preparing for faculty reviews of a senior project.
s plane summary Frequency Response in s	s-plane summary
International Units	Notes on the International System of Units applied to electronic quantities.
Standard Component Values	Standard 5% component values for resistors, capacitors, and inductors. The sequence is based on 24 values per decade.
Standard 1% Resistor Values	Standard 1% resistor values as derived from the 96 values per decade.
Crystal Radios Engineering	This is a collection of articles written by Prof. Kuhn that forms a text book concerning crystal radios that should be very useful to EE421 students doing a crystal radio project. Each article (or chapter) focuses on the type of engineering research that engineering students should become accustomed to doing. There is a lot of data and information and the mathematical basis for designing an excellent crystal radio. Also, see the link below for more information on Crystal Radios.
Thermal lecture notes Aavid-Thermalloy web site	These links contain various information concerning thermal calculations and the use of heat sinks.
Electronics Information	This is a link to another portion of this web site that has a variety of information students may find useful. Controls students will find a lot of practical information in the PID C file.
A Guide for Finding a Job	This was written many years ago and much is obsolete given modern AI and other methods, but there is still good information to know. I thought it would be a good idea to write my thoughts down. This is a work in progress and I am posting the draft here so that students can read it and ask more questions about things I did not include. Feel free to email me with any questions or comments and I will make additions and revisions.
Editorials Related to Education The following are straight talk minus moronic political correctness. Some readers used to nicey-nice talk may be offended. Like it or not, these are things you need to understand if you are going to succeed in life.
The State of Education Today and the American Dream	New EE351 students should read this first. I was going to present this in class but we do not have the time. In the name of "helping" you the socialists have rigged the education system for you to fail in life by falling into their trap which ends up enriching them. You can defeat the socialists and succeed in life by being a good student.
Things Students Should be Aware of	These are lifetime observations by your instructor concerning education and students in general.
A Brief Sermon on Education	I wrote this following the academic disaster that occurred in my Fall, 2002, Electronics class. There were five F's and seven D's in a class of about 25 students.
The Quality of Students Today	Contrary to popular belief, the quality of good students today is as good as that of good students years ago. Read to learn about the real difference today.
Student and Life Observations	Here are some various observations on students of all schools and life in general I have made over the years.
A (politically incorrect) Commencement Address	If I were ever asked to give a commencement address, this is what it would be. There is no danger of me being asked.