CEME Related Courses
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Students interested in electric machinery and electromechanics will find the
following courses helpful in increasing their expertise in this area of study.
Undergraduate
Courses
Credit: 3 hours.
Network equivalents, power and energy
fundamentals, resonance, mutual inductance, three-phase power concepts, forces
and torques of electric origin in electromagnetic and electrostatic systems,
energy conversion cycles, principles of electric machines, transducers, relays,
and laboratory demonstration. Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in
Electrical Engineering. Prerequisite: ECE
210.
Credit: 4 hours.
Theory and laboratory experimentation with three-phase power, power factor
correction, single- and three-phase transformers, induction machines, dc machines,
and synchronous machines. Dynamic behavior of machines; stepping and reluctance
machines. Electrostatic machines. Includes project work on energy control systems.
Credit: 3 hours.
Switching functions and methods of
control such as pulse-width modulation, phase control, and phase modulation;
dc-dc, ac-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac power converters; power components, including
magnetic components and power semiconductor switching devices. Prerequisite: ECE
442.
Credit: 2 hours.
Laboratory study of circuits and devices used for switching power converters,
solid-state motor drives, and power controllers, including dc-dc, ac-dc, and
dc-ac converters and applications; high-power transistors and magnetic components;
design considerations, including heat transfer. Prerequisite: ECE
443 or consent of instructor; credit or concurrent registration in ECE
464.
Graduate Courses
Credit: 3 hours.
This course covers fundamental analysis techniques for the analysis of large-scale
electrical systems, including methods for nonlinear and switched systems. The
course stresses the importance of the structural characteristics of such systems.
The key aspects of static and dynamic analysis methods are presented.
Credit: 4 hours.
Fundamental electrical and mechanical laws for derivation of dynamic models
of electrical machines; simplifying transformations for machine variables;
power electronics for motor control; drive systems and basic control schemes;
nonlinear control as applied to electrical machines, including feedback linearization
and averaging techniques. Typical electromechanical applications in actuators,
robotics, variable speed drive systems, and electric and hybrid vehicles.
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