Faculty
Senior Instructor and Associate Head, Undergraduate Academic Programs
Joseph Yan
Micromechatronics, microfabrications, microassembly and biomimetic robotics.
Joseph Yan is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his BASc in 1991 in engineering physics from UBC and his MASc in 1994 in the UBC Electrical Engineering Department. He then joined the Device Technologies Group of QLT PhotoTherapeutics until 1996. In 2002, he received his PhD in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Yan joined the UBC Electrical & Computer Engineering Department in 2002. His areas of interest include controls, micromechatronics and biomimetic robotics.
Research Groups
Courses
| EECE 251 |
Circuit Analysis I The fundamentals of analysis of lumped linear time-invariant circuits; network theorems; operational amplifiers; first order circuits; DC analysis of diodes, BJT and FET circuits. [4-2*-0] |
| EECE 253 |
Circuit Analysis II Phasor analysis and AC three phase power; transfer functions; Bode plots; filters and resonance; Laplace transforms; transformers; two-port networks. First and second order circuits. |
| EECE 280 |
Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory I (THIS COURSE IS NOT OFFERED IN WINTER 2013) Introduction to oscilloscopes, signal generators and electrical measuring instruments. Experiments in analog and digital logic circuits. Course Objectives This is a first EECE laboratory on electric circuits and electronics. You will gain experience in using test equipment, circuit components, and integrated circuits for some simple applications. Course Structure Lecture: 1 hour per week 
Laboratory: 3 hours per week There are 9 laboratory modules and a project to be completed. |
| EECE 281 |
Electrical and Computer Engineering Design Studio Experiments involving electronic devices and circuits, electromagnetics, signals and systems, and microcomputers. Final group project requiring oral presentation of student-prepared slides. [2-6-0] |
| EECE 282 |
Biomedical Engineering Design Studio Experiments involving electronic devices and circuits, electromagnetics, signals and systems, microcomputers, with applications in biomedical engineering. Final group project requireing oral presentation of student-prepared slides. [2-6-0] |
| EECE 284 |
Electronics Laboratory Design project involving electronic devices and circuits, electromagnetics, and microcomputers. |
| EECE 400 |
Nanotechnology and Microsystems Capstone Design Project Design, analysis, and implementation of solutions in response to a real world nanotechnology and microsystems engineering problem. Projects are provided by industry, research laboratories, or other suitable entities. Includes coverage of topics such as project management. Students must have fourth year standing and be registered in the Nanotechnology and Microsystems Option to take this course. Find out more about Capstones. |
| EECE 485 |
Digital Instrumentation for Mechanical Systems (THIS COURSE IS NOT OFFERED IN WINTER 2013) Design of microcomputer-based controllers and instrumentation; basics of digital and analog computer interface hardware; processor structure and function; high-level and low-level languages and system design-related issues. Laboratory experiments in basic logic elements, computer interface control, and sensor-based software control of various devices. Credit will be given for only one of EECE 485 or APSC 380. |
| EECE 496 |
Undergraduate Thesis Project in electrical engineering or computer engineering involving design, experimental and/or computer simulation work as selected from topics supplied by faculty members or proposed by a student and approved by faculty. An individual project report is to be prepared according to specifications available from the departmental office. |
Latest Publications
| 2006 |
A reinforcement learning approach to lift generation in flapping MAVs: simulation results Conference Paper | Robotics and Automation, 2006. ICRA 2006. Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on |
| 2005 |
Force measurements on a scaled mechanical model of dragonfly in forward flight Conference Paper | Advanced Robotics, 2005. ICAR '05. Proceedings., 12th International Conference on |
| 2005 |
A review of biological, biomimetic and miniature force sensing for microflight Journal Article | 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vols 1-4 |
| 2005 |
A review of biological, biomimetic and miniature force sensing for microflight Conference Paper | Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2005. (IROS 2005). 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on |
| 2004 |
Haptic simulation of linear elastic media with fluid pockets Conference Paper | Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2004. HAPTICS '04. Proceedings. 12th International Symposium on |
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Contact
Office: KAIS 3061Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of British Columbia
3061 - 2332 Main Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Canada
The University of British Columbia
3061 - 2332 Main Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Canada
josephy [at] ece [dot] ubc [dot] ca
(604) 827-5219
(604) 822-5949
Website:
http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~josephy
http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~josephy
