Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel
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How is electrical engineering related to music and sound?
As part of his NSF CAREER Award, Dr. Youngmoo Kim initiated the Summer Music Technology (SMT) Program in July, 2007. This innovative, one-week learning experience provided high school first- and second- year students with a unique opportunity to learn about digital audio and music production technology. The program was developed and taught by Dr. Kim and his students in the ECE Department’s Music and Entertainment Technology Laboratory (MET-lab), and program participants were given access to the lab's equipment and facilities. In 2008, the SMT program will be held August 4-8.
New Facilities: Anechoic Chamber
An Anechoic Chamber, a new facility for antenna testing, was installed on the first floor of Bossone Research Enterprise Center this past year. An anechoic chamber is isolated from interference by electro-magnetic signals, such as those emitted by radio and television broadcasts, cell phones, power lines, and other electronic devices. This “quiet” chamber will allow the Department to accurately design, test and characterize antennas operating in the frequency ranges of 1 to 18 GHz, and represents a major new resource to the Drexel research community as well as local industry and government facilities that require a “quiet” electromagnetic environment for measurements and calibration.