This group has been created to implement the Design-Oriented Analysis (D-OA) paradigm in teaching electronics engineers in universities and industry. The D-OA paradigm, developed over many years by Dr. R. David Middlebrook, offers a different approach to circuit analysis from the outset, by avoiding simultaneous solution of circuit equations. Instead, an impressive set of practical techniques and circuit theorems produces a result in which the circuit origins of all the terms are clearly visible, thus making it maximally useful for purposes of design.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Middlebrook has conducted universally acclaimed “technical therapy” short courses in industry. The most frequent comment is “Why wasn’t I taught this in college?” It is time to develop a first-level circuits course based on the D-OA paradigm.
Join the members of this group to discuss the application of the D-OA paradigm, and help spread this approach to as many instructors and engineers as possible. For more information on Dr. Middlebrook’s work, see his website www.RDMiddlebrook.com in which, over a period of several months, he will make available, at no charge, the detailed Rules and Tools of D-OA.