General information about the Undergraduate Program in Electrical Engineering

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1- EELE 355. Energy Conversion Devices. 4 Credits. (3 Lec, 1 Lab) S

PREREQUISITE: EELE 203. Three-phase power; electromechanical energy conversion devices and motor drives; introduction of power electronic converters for power control and motor drive applications. Laboratory experience includes power measurements; experience with transformers and motor-generator operational characteristics and DC and AC motor drives operation.

2- EELE 454. Power Systems Analysis and Design. 3 Credits. (3 Lec) S

PREREQUISITE: EELE 355. Power system fundamentals and components, power transformers, transmission system design, power flow studies, power system equivalent models, symmetrical components.y.

3- EELE 491. Power Systems Reliability. 3 Credits. (3 Lec) F

PREREQUISITE: .EGEN 350R. power system reliability addresses the issues of service interruption and power supply loss. In several cases, it is defined as an objective to attempt in terms of indices directly related to the customer. Typical reliability index values for US utilities are SAIFI, SAIDI, and CAIDI.Co-convened with EELE 591

4- EELE 452. Power System Operation and Control. 3 Credits. (3 Lec) 

PREREQUISITE: EELE 454. Representation of power system elements, fast-decoupled power flow, optimal power flow, voltage control, load-frequency control, control of active and reactive power flow, electrical faults and contingency calculations, power markets and restructuring. Co-convened with EELE 552.

5- EELE 455. Alternative Energy Power Gen. 3 Credits. (3 Lec) S

PREREQUISITE: EELE 355 or equivalent. Exploration and analysis of alternative power generation sources and systems such as wind, solar, microturbine, and fuel cells, combined sources and their design, power electronic interfacing, and energy storage systems. Co-convened with EELE 555.

6- EELE 408. Photovoltaic Systems. 3 Credits. (2 Lec, 1 Lab) S

PREREQUISITE: PHSX 222. Provide a basic understanding of the design, fabrication and operating principles of solar cells and how they are integrated into photovoltaic systems. Laboratories will perform the steps required to produce and characterize silicon solar cells.

7- EELE 451. Power Electronics. 3 Credits. (2 Lec, 1 Lab) S

Alternate Even Years PREREQUISITE: EELE 317, EELE 321 and EELE 355. Introduction to solid-state power devices; topologies, operating principles, modeling and control, and design of basic power converters; magnetic design; applications of power converters in renewable energy source power systems, electric and hybrid electric vehicles, and other residential, commercial, and industrial systems; laboratory experience with basic power converters.

Under Construction

1- Feasibility study for developing a solar farm with battery energy storage including potential connection to one of several nearby power transmission lines - 2021- 2022

2- MSESL solar microgrid system design - 2021-2022

3- Developing Smart Energy Management Controls tools for Battery Energy Storage Systems - 2019-2020

4- Power System Relaying – Radial Feeder and Transformer Differential Protection - 2019-2020

5- Off-grid Solar and Storage Design – Yellowstone National Park - Sponserd by North Western Energy - 2019-2020

6- MSU Campus Microgrid Design Integrating Solar Panels- 2020-2021

7- Real Time Visualization of Power Grid Synchrophasors - Sponserd by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) -2020-2021