Electrification Engineering Graduate Certificate

MOT 5101 - Introduction to Electrification (3.0 cr)

Fall Term

Introduction to Electrification is the first in a series of electrification courses intended to prepare technologists, engineers, scientists, and technically minded managers for the migration to an electric future. It will cover electrification trends in the industry, the current state of the art, and a survey of core technologies and safety procedures key to the electrification process. There will be lecture and hands-on components.

MOT 5102 - Electrification for Engineers (3.0 cr)

Spring Term

Electrification for Engineers is the second in a series of applied electrification courses intended for those who have completed the Introduction to Electrification or have a sufficient background in this technology and are seeking more in-depth instruction. This course will incorporate more mathematical models of electrification technologies, include associated laboratories, and explore electrification systems from electromechanical energy conversion to discrete electronic components.

MOT 5103 - Advanced Electrification (3.0 cr)

Summer Term

Advanced Electrification is the third in a series of applied electrification courses intended for those who have completed Electrification for Engineers (MOT 5102) or have a sufficient background in this technology. It is the final course in the sequence. It will provide for mathematical modeling of key electrification technologies, advanced laboratory assessment of electrical and mechanical components, and comprehensive discussion of the physics underpinning and connecting associated systems. There will be lecture and hands-on components.

*Minimum of 3 credits in consultation with the advisor. Other courses may be chosen with director of graduate studies approval.

BBE 5733 - Renewable Energy Technologies (3.0 cr)

Energy security and its environmental, economic and societal impacts. Current and emerging technologies for production and use, characteristics of renewable energy, key methods for efficient production, current and probable future, and impact on sustainable development.

EE 4701 - Electric Drives (3.0 cr)

AC/DC electric-machine drives for speed/position control. Integrated discussion of electric machines, power electronics, and control systems. Computer simulations. Applications in electric transportation, robotics, process control, and energy conservation.

EE 4721 - Introduction to Power System Analysis (3.0 cr)

AC power systems. Large power system networks. Mathematics/techniques of power flow analysis. Short-circuit analysis, transient stability analysis. Use of power system simulation program for design.

EE 4741 - Power Electronics (3.0 cr)

Switch-mode power electronics. Switch-mode DC power supplies. Switch-mode converters for DC and AC motor drives, wind/photovoltaic inverters, interfacing power electronics equipment with utility system. Power semiconductor devices, magnetic design, electro-magnetic interference (EMI).

EE 5041 - Industrial Assignment for Graduate Students (1.0 cr)

Optional industrial work assignment. Evaluation based on student's formal written report covering semester's work assignment. This course counts for 6 credits of Academic Progress for the semester in which it is taken.

EE 5705 - Electric Drives in Sustainable Energy Systems (3.0 cr)

Role of electric drives in wind-electric systems, inertial storage, elec/hybrid vehicles. AC machines for energy-efficient operation using d-q axis modeling. Vector-/direct-torque-controlled induction motor drives. Permanent-magnet and interior-permanent magnet ac motor drives. Sensorless drives. Voltage space-vector modulation technology.

EE 5745 - Wind Energy Essentials (2.0 cr)

Design, planning, development/operation of wind energy facilities. Wind turbine generator types, wind forecasting/assessment, wind farm project development, grid integration, wind turbine controls, blade aerodynamics/acoustics, mechanical/hydrostatic transmissions, materials/structural reliability, wind turbine foundations, radar interference, role of public policy in wind energy.

ME 4131W - Indoor Environment & Energy Laboratory (4.0 cr)

Experiments in psychrometrics, refrigeration, air conditioning, solar energy, indoor air quality, and other topics related to refrigeration, building heating/cooling, and indoor air quality.

ME 4331 - Thermal Energy Engineering Laboratory (4.0 cr)

Measurement/analysis of heat transfer in single phase, multiphase, reacting environments. Experimental measurements relevant to thermal/fluid systems, statistical design of experiments/uncertainty analysis. Heat exchange. 

ME 4431W - Energy Conversion Systems Laboratory (4.0 cr)

Analyze operation/control of engines, power plants, heating/ventilation systems. Performance characteristics of devices, measurement techniques. Interpretation of experimental data. Presentation of results.

ME 5101 - Vapor Power Cycles (4.0 cr)

Vapor power cycle analysis, regeneration, reheat, compound cycle modifications, combined gas turbine--vapor cycle systems, components, fuels and combustion, heat sources - solar, nuclear, geothermal, low T cycles, bottoming cycles, environmental concerns. EES software used extensively for cycle analysis.

ME 5103 - Thermal Environmental Engineering (4.0 cr)

Thermodynamic properties of moist air; psychrometric charts; HVAC systems; solar energy; human thermal comfort; indoor air quality; heating and cooling loads in buildings.

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