Teaching
Current/Upcoming Courses
| Date | Course |
|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | 18-059: Introduction to Amateur Radio |
| Spring 2026 | 18-095: Getting Started in Electronics |
| Spring 2026 | 18-220: Electronic Devices and Analog Circuits (co-taught with Mark Budnik) |
Previous Courses
| Course | No. Sems | Last Sem Taught | Co-instructors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18-059: Introduction to Amateur Radio | 5 | Spring 2026 | |
| 18-095: Getting Started in Electronics | 8 | Spring 2026 | Ziad Youssfi |
| 18-100: Introduction to ECE | 4 | Spring 2024 | Greg Kesden, Jimmy Zhu |
| 18-220: Electronic Devices and Analog Circuits | 4 | Spring 2026 | Mark Budnik |
| 18-240: Structure and Design of Digital Systems | 2 | Fall 2024 | Bill Nace |
| 18-727: Board-Level RF Systems for the Internet-of-Things | 1 | Fall 2022 | Rick Carley |
Projects
Getting Started in Electronics: Electronics for non-majors
- T.J. Zajdel, A.C. Pensky, Introducing Circuits to Non-Majors for Self-Efficacy and Technical Literacy, Proceedings of 132nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2025.
- G. Verrengia, Getting Started in Electronics, CMU College of Engineering News and Events, 28 July 2023.
Introduction to Amateur Radio: Amateur radio a la carte
- T.J. Zajdel, H. Yan, How do amateur radio experiences influence undergraduate student outcomes?, to be presented at 133rd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2026.
- T. Riley, In the age of satellites, cell towers and web servers, CMU offers amateur radio course, 90.5 WESA, 23 May 2024.
- L. Shea, Amateur radio for aspiring professionals, CMU College of Engineering News and Events, 30 May 2024.
- Kicker: This college class is also a class of amateur radio license, Amateur Radio Newsline, 7 June 2024.
Previous Projects
EE40LX: Analog circuits MOOC for all
With Prof. Michel Maharbiz, I co-taught EE40LX, a lab-based massive open online course (MOOC) about analog electronics which ran from 2015-2016. The purpose of this course was to introduce the fundamentals of electronics to a broad global audience. By following along with the course, students built a simple robot from scratch using a microcontroller and common electronics parts and houshold items. Over 80000 students enrolled from over 190 nations, and >2200 students completed the course, with >850 robots built.
- T.J. Zajdel and M.M. Maharbiz, Introducing electronics at scale with a massive online circuits lab, Proceedings of 123rd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2016.
- D. McGlynn, To teach the world robotics, Berkeley Engineer, June 2015.
- A. Pizano, Berkeley MOOC offers hardware-based engineering training, E2E Texas Instruments, October 2014.