Student-Led Research: Exploring the Impulse Response of Linear Time-Invariant Systems

This paper reviews a student-led, extracurricular research project that was a direct out-growth of an in-class research assignment.Within the Signals and Systems course in the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program at Pittsburg State University (PSU), the theory of convolution, linear time-invariance, and impulse response are introduced.The PSU-EET program prides itself on hands on application of engineering principles in every class.But providing meaningful applications of convolution and linear time-invariant systems at an introductory level can be difficult.The in-class research assignment was an attempt to demonstrate meaningful application of these two fundamental theories.