> But that is the way that EEs think of diodes, because it works! It's a game of learning what assumptions can be made to simplify analysis. I think you are ge

> But that is the way that EEs think of diodes, because it works! It's a game of learning what assumptions can be made to simplify analysis. I think you are generalizing too much here. There's certainly some cases where a simple model of a diode works, but aren't there other cases where a more exact model is beneficial. I find it hard to believe that EE's graduate believing that one model fits all, unless its a pretty poor curriculum (for whatever reason). I'm not saying it is impossible to find a poor EE program, but we should be blaming those institutions instead of electrical engineering in general.