Electrical & Computer Engineering - Power Engineering
Courses
ECEP 501 Power System Analysis 3.0 Credits
Core course. Covers modeling of power systems, including: symmetrical components, transmission lines, transformers, per-unit values and one-line diagrams. Introduces power flow. Required of first-year power majors; equivalent undergraduate credits may be substituted.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ECEP 502 Computer Analysis of Power Systems 3.0 Credits
Core course. Covers digital computation methods, including load flow, fault, and transient stability problems. Required of first-year power engineering majors.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 501 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 503 Synchronous Machine Modeling 3.0 Credits
Core course. Covers two-reaction theory, Park's synchronous machine models, modeling of the synchronous machine excitation and governor systems, and the effects on power system stability. Required of first-year power engineering majors.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 502 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 601 Modeling & Analysis of Power Distribution Systems 3.0 Credits
Modeling and Analysis of Power Distribution Systems. Introduction to power distribution system; balanced and unbalanced systems, component and load modeling, radial and weakly meshed topologies; algorithms for unbalanced power flow studies including radial and general structure solver.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 501 [Min Grade: C] (Can be taken Concurrently)
ECEP 602 Power Distribution Automation and Control 3.0 Credits
Power Distribution Automation and Control. Focuses on distribution management systems and their application: including optimizing network operation -capacitor placement and control, network reconfiguration, service restoration. Modern solution technology will be addresses.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 502 [Min Grade: C] (Can be taken Concurrently)
ECEP 603 Service and Power Quality in Distribution Systems 3.0 Credits
Service and Power Quality in Distribution Systems. Focus power distribution systems: service and power quality assessment including stat estimation, voltage quality, trouble call analysis, service restoration, component and system reliability assessment.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 601 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 610 Power System Dynamics 3.0 Credits
Covers system parameters and dynamics, swing equation and solutions for two-machine and multimachine systems, equal area criterion, computer solution techniques, system effects due to dynamic behavior of particular system components, and load characteristics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 503 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 611 Power System Security 3.0 Credits
Covers contingency analysis, including operating and security constraints and network sensitivities; corrective dispatch using linear programming; and state estimation, including network observability, detection, and identification of bad data.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 610 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 612 Economic Operation of Power Systems 3.0 Credits
Covers unit characteristics and economic operation, including transmission loss coefficients, general loss formula, and automatic economic load dispatch.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 501 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 613 Advanced Power System Design 3.0 Credits
Covers components, functions, application, and performance; relative cost and scaling parameters; overall planning problem considering present-worth and cost-benefit principles; system reliability; intersystem pooling; and growth.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ECEP 614 Power System Dynamic Security 3.0 Credits
Covers power system small signal stability and voltage stability modeling, analysis and simulation and its use in power system dynamic security assessment.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 610 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 641 Protective Relaying 3.0 Credits
Covers relay principles and types, instrumentation of system parameters, relay characteristics and response, system component protection, solid-state relaying, underfrequency relays, and load shedding.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 503 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 642 Protective Relay Laboratory 3.0 Credits
Covers electromechanical and static relays. Emphasizes application based on observed performance. Includes testing.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 641 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 643 Solid State Protective Relaying 3.0 Credits
Covers solid-state protective relays as applied to power system stability and protection, including comparisons with electromechanical relays.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 641 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 661 High Voltage High Power Phenomena 3.0 Credits
Covers corona, corona losses, electromagnetic noise, dielectric strength, lightning, impulse testing and safety practices, elements of high-power circuit interruption, circuit and physical phenomena, and circuit breakers.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ECEP 671 AC-DC and DC-AC Power Electronic Converters 3.0 Credits
AC-DC and DC-AC Power Electronic Converters. Study of basic power electronic converter circuits: diode and phase controlled rectifiers and inverters; switch-mode converters. Applications to DC and AC power supplies.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 501 [Min Grade: C] or ECEP 601 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 672 Power Electronic Experiments: Hardware and Software 3.0 Credits
Hardware and Software Lab-Intensive course. Additional lectures on: Study of DC-DC switch-mode converters; Study of power electronic circuitry in residential, industrial and electric utility applications; Optimizing utility interfaces with power electronic systems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 671 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 673 Power Electronic Applications 3.0 Credits
Electric Utility Applications with emphasis on DC Transmission, Optimizing the Utility interface. Resonant converters. Fundamentals of motor drives and their controls: induction, DC, synchronous and specialized motors.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 671 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 697 Research in Power Engineering 1.0-12.0 Credit
Research in power engineering.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP 699 Supervised Study in Power Engineering 0.0-9.0 Credits
Supervised study in power engineering.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP 801 Advanced Topics in Power Systems I 0.5-9.0 Credits
Discusses the latest innovations, theories, and methodologies for the design, planning, and operation of power systems. Requires students to read and discuss technical articles published in the IEEE Transactions on pas, the Journal of Electric Energy and Systems, and other publications.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP 802 Advanced Topics in Power Systems II 3.0 Credits
Continues ECEP 801.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ECEP 803 Advanced Topics in Power Systems III 3.0 Credits
Continues ECEP 802.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ECEP 821 Load Forecasting & Probability Methods 3.0 Credits
Reviews probability methods. Covers probabilistic generation and load models; forecasting methodologies; load classification and characterization; energy and peak demand forecasting; weather-and non-weather-sensitive forecast; and annual, monthly, weekly, and daily forecast.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 610 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 822 Power System Planning 3.0 Credits
Covers deterministic planning, including automated transmission system expansion planning and network sensitivities, and probabilistic planning, including generation and load models, generation cost analysis, production costing, and energy production cost models for budgeting and planning.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 821 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 823 Power System Reliability 3.0 Credits
Covers basic reliability concepts, including probabilistic generation and load models, loss of load probability (LOLP), static and spinning generating-capacity reliability, transmission system reliability, and composite system and interconnected system reliability.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: ECEP 822 [Min Grade: C]
ECEP 890 Advanced Special Topics in Power Engineering 1.0-9.0 Credit
Covers advanced special topics of interest to students and faculty.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP 898 Master's Thesis Power Engineering 1.0-12.0 Credit
Master's thesis in power engineering.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP 997 Dissertation Research in Power Engineering 1.0-12.0 Credit
Graded Ph.D. dissertation in power engineering.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP 998 Ph.D. Dissertation in Power Engineering 1.0-12.0 Credit
Ph.D. dissertation in power engineering.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP I599 Independent Study in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP I699 Independent Study in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP I799 Independent Study in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP I899 Independent Study in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP I999 Independent Study in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP T580 Special Topics in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP T680 Special Topics in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP T780 Special Topics in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP T880 Special Topics in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
ECEP T980 Special Topics in ECEP 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
