Objective & Syllabus
This course is designed to allow students to acquire a basic understanding and the skills of the practical aspects of the Electronic Engineering profession. During the internship, the student must attach to a company in a study-related position for no less than 12 weeks. The student will have an academic supervisor (as primary supervisor) and an industry co-supervisor from the company, both have the expertise to provide advice to the student. To be qualified for award of the subject credit, the student must submit a report summarizing the internship experience at the end of the internship. Additional presentation may be required by the hosting company. The internship should normally take place in the summer term after a student has finished the first two semesters of studies. Part-time students can decide to undertake the internship in the summer term of either the first or second year of studies. Students are recommended to seek the Professor-in-Charge's comment on potential internship opportunities before enrolling in the course.

Learning Outcome
At the end of the course of studies, a student should be able to

• Have a good understanding and appreciate the characteristics of an Electronic Engineering work environment, including employer expectation, management structure of a team, industrial standards and practices, trends and common issues in the Electronic Engineering, etc.;
• Carry out basic duties in an Electronic Engineering work environment;
• Exhibit good etiquette in the workplace;
• Work independently as well as in a team environment; and
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with peers, supervisors and possibly also clients.

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Objective
Introduction to wearable technology, reviews on wearable robotics, wearable sensor principles, wearable augmentation and machine intelligence, wearable design by "MINDS" (Miniaturization, Intelligence, Networking, Digitization, and Standardization), wearable medical devices and systems, wearable electro-physiologies, implantable therapeutic systems, sensor informatics, data-driven intelligent applications, and project topics of current interests.

Syllabus
Introduction to health informatics, fundamentals in electro-physiologies, reviews on bio-electronics including ion channels, sensor principles, e-textile sensing, flexible-stretchable-printable bioelectronics, organic transistors, wearable design by "MINDS" (Miniaturization, Intelligence, Networking, Digitization, and Standardization), wearable medical devices and systems, wearable robotics, implantable therapeutic systems, sensor informatics, applications, and topics of current interests.

Learning Outcome
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to

• Understand the basic concepts of wearable electronics technology
• Understand the basic principles of sensor technology for wearable device design
• Learn the fundamentals of wearable robotics
• Know how to design wearable devices and systems
• Familiar with applications of machine intelligence in wearable electronics and healthcare

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Objective

Syllabus
This course deals with methodologies to design VLSI circuits for DSP algorithms used in a wide range of signal processing applications. Architectural techniques to optimize for speed, power consumption or size include pipelining, retiming, unfolding, folding and systolic array. The course also introduces a hardware description language(HDL), and shows the example of using HDL to design a signal processing system. Practical work will be arranged for students to gain first hand experience of designing and implementing DSP algorithms.

Learning Outcome

1. Use signal diagram to describe digital signal processing algorithms
2. Understand different architectural transforms to optimize a VLSI DSP circuit for speed, power consumption or size.
3. Understand a Hardware Description Language and has the ability to use the HDL to design VLSI DSP circuits
4. Gain the experience of using FPGA Design Tools

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Objective

Syllabus
Starting with the introduction of different types of Intellectual Property (IP), such as patents, trademarks, registered design, copyright and trade secret, etc., from legal regulations, going through case studies and the best practices of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement, to establish a foundation for the proactive management of IP and commercialization of technologies and innovations.

This course covers the following elements:

1. Introduction of different types of IP from legal definition, requirements, and scope of protection
2. Enforcement of different types of IP and the economic impact of IP
3. IP information analysis and applications
4. IP valuation and finance
5. IP exploitation and anatomy of licensing agreement
6. Formulating IP management strategy

Learning Outcome
This course aims to raise awareness of the principal concepts of Intellectual Property Management (IPM) and its importance as a spur to human creativity and the advancement of economic and social development. It also provides explanation on the development and implementation of an IPM strategy including the management of intellectual property (IP) in a company or an organization.

After going through the course, students are able :

• To identify the proper types of IP protection for an innovation
• To formulate a strategy to exploit a technology with IP protection
• To use IP information for planning and decision making
• To handle IP transactions through licensing
• To establish an IP management strategy for an organization

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