Electrical Engineering Courses

Taken from the BS Electrical Engineering curricular proposal document, June 22, 2018 (pdf)

EE 161 (Introduction to Power Electronics)

• Description: Switching devices and converter circuits for the control, storage, and conversion of electric energy.
• Course Goals: The students will gain a basic understanding of power electronic circuits, components, and applications in motor drive, renewable energy, and electric utility systems.
• Prerequisite: EEE 141]
• Credit: 3u (3 hrs lec)

EE 163 (Electrical Machines and Equipment)

• Description: Dynamics and control, overcurrent protection, and surge protection of motors and generators, power and distribution transformers, power capacitors, and power distribution circuits.
• Course Goals: To provide students with models and methods for analyzing steady-state and dynamic behavior of electrical machines and equipment under normal and abnormal operating conditions, that can be used in designing power distribution, control, and protection systems.
• Prerequisite: EEE 145, EEE 155
• Credit: 3u (3 hrs lec)

EE 164 (Power Electronics and Electric Machines Laboratory)

• Description: Electronic control and operation of electrical machines; characterization of electrical machines and transformers.
• Course Goals: To use power electronic devices for machine operation and characterization and to be able to design and characterize transformers.
• Prequisite: EEE 141], EEE 145
• Credit: 1u (3 hrs lab)

EE 165 (Electric Power Generation and Transmission)

• Description: Detailed power system operations and analyses. Various technology options in electric energy generation, storage, and transmission; including future directions.
• Course Goals: This course provides the students with details of grid operation and electricity market operation and teaches students how to conduct common power system studies to practical and realistic electric power systems.
• Prerequisite: EEE 155
• Credit: 3u (3 hrs lec)

EE 167 (Electric Energy Distribution and Utilization)

• Description: Residential, commercial and industrial systems; demand-side management; distribution system modeling, planning and analysis; distributed energy resources; and smart grid technologies.
• Course Goals: To describe the operation and management of electricity distribution networks using network models, and to explore the potential contributions of the demand sector to improve distribution network operation. This course also aims to describe the requirements for safe and efficient utilization of electricity.
• Prerequisite: EEE 155
• Credit: 3u (3 hrs lec)

EE 168 (Electric Power System Laboratory)

• Description: Design and computer simulation of electric power systems from generation and transmission systems to distribution and utilization.
• Course Goal: To develop skills in designing, modeling, simulating and analyzing electric power systems.
• Prequisite: EEE 155
• Credit: 1u (3 hrs lab)

EE 199 (Special Problems in Electrical Engineering)

• Description: Undergraduate capstone project in Electrical Engineering.
• Course Goals: To develop skills in implementing, managing, and documenting a capstone project in Electrical Engineering using a scientific method and complying with ethical standards.
• Prerequisite: EEE 196
• Credit: 3u (9 hrs lab)