Power and Energy Certificate
The Philip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Íæż½ã½ãECE) offers the certificate in Power and Energy as a set of elective courses to BSEE holders, specifically engineers in industry, to prepare these engineers for work at a diverse range of power and energy relevant companies.
The certificate was designed to cover industry necessities including design and implementation of electric machines and power electronics drives, control of the dynamics of power generation units, power system monitoring and protection, power system modeling and the concept of the smart grid.
Facilities that typically require power and energy engineers trained in the areas covered by the certificate include, but are not limited to:
- power and chemical plants
- transmission and distribution facilities
- utilities
- chemical and petrochemical plants
- pulp mills
- sawmills
- food production plants
- any industrial organization that consumes power
The certificate will be awarded to students who successfully pass the P&E courses below. P&E students need not be enrolled in the Íæż½ã½ãEE MSE/EE program.
P&E engineers research and implement ways to integrate renewable power technology and are often involved in public works projects, and employed on federal projects that involve the integration of large power grids.
Undergraduate Certificate
In undergraduate level, candidates take two core courses and one electives to receive the certificate. Whoever passes these 3 courses with minimum GPA: 3.5 will receive the certificate in power and energy.
Undergraduate Certificate Requirements
Core Courses
- ELEN 3441: Fundamentals of power engineering
- ELEN 4309: Power system monitoring and protection
Elective Courses
- ELEN 4310: Electric machines and power electronics drives
- ELEN 4311: Power system stability and control
Undergraduate Program Outcomes
The general outcomes for the certificate are as follows:
- Outline power system design techniques and analytical skills of various combinations of power apparatus that include transformers, transmission lines and requisite transmission line parameters, per-unit values, synchronous motors and generators, and induction motors in all various configurations.
- Describe the characteristics and circuit models of AC machines in both short circuit and steady-state modes of operation and expanding same for advanced study of monitoring, control and protection.
Apply basic engineering sciences to the design, analyses and steady-state operation of power apparatus in stable power systems. - Apply basic engineering sciences to the design, analyses and steady-state operation of power apparatus in stable power systems.
- Apply modern simulation ((PowerWorld/PSCAD/LabVolt, ETAP) and mathematical (Matlab) tools for the design, analyses, and performance of power system networks.
- Formulate the requisite problem solving skills associated with power system analysis and design.
- Design power systems and networks to meet desired operation conditions and specifications.
Graduate Certificate
In graduate level, candidates take three core courses and then select one of two electives to receive the certificate. Whoever passes these 3 courses with minimum GPA: 3.5 will receive the certificate in power and energy.
Graduate Certificate Requirements
Core Courses
- ELEN 5355/6355: (Advanced) Electric machines and power electronics drives
- ELEN 5356/6356: (Advanced) Power system stability and control
- ELEN 5357/6357: (Advanced) Power system monitoring and protection
Elective Courses
- ELEN 5301/6312: (Advanced) Power Electronics
Graduate Program Outcomes
After completing the P&E certificate, the learners will be able to achieve the following objectives:
- Understand power systems controls, multi-area and automatic generation control.
- Formulate the requisite problem-solving skills associated with power system analysis and design.
- Dynamic modeling and analysis of power generation, transmission and distribution components.
- Apply engineering sciences to the design, analyses and steady-state operation of power apparatus in stable power systems.
- Apply modern simulation (PowerWorld, PSCAD, ETAP) and mathematical (Mathcad and/or Matlab) tools for design, analyses, and performance of power system networks.
- Formulate the requisite problem solving skills associated with power system analysis and design.
- Design power system networks to meet desired operation conditions and specifications.
- Design DSP-based relays and understand associated functions such as aliasing, sampling, Discrete Fourier Transform and its application to current and voltage phasor estimation.
- Design and compare numerical relaying algorithms for over current, distance and differential protection with application to transmission systems to include transformer and bus bar protection.
- Discuss and implement wide area monitoring, protection and control (WAMPAC).
