Power Engineering Systems – Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

The Power Engineering Systems area covers the analysis and design of electrical power generation, transmission and distribution systems. It also covers NEC compliance issues, energy utilization, illumination, power quality, and the corresponding electronic controls. Recent technological advances in semiconductor made possible the introduction of power electronics in all areas of power systems. Thus, students in the Power Engineering option get to choose their MDE project in one of the two options: power systems or power electronics. Besides power engineers, students from electronics or control areas usually attend power electronics courses. The courses required in the area are described in this table. Students must take one of the courses marked with R and one other course within the area prior to registering for the Capstone course. If the student chooses INEL 4415, the second course must be one marked as RE. If the student chooses INEL 4416, the second course must be one marked as RE₂. All students choosing the power area must take both courses marked with R. The order is chosen based on the Capstone project of interest.

Course	Description	Credits	Required	Prerequisites
INEL 4407	Electrical Systems Design I	3	RE	INEL 4103 or INEL 4075
INEL 4408	Electrical Systems Design II	3		INEL 4407
INEL 4409	Illumination Engineering	3		INEL 4103 or INEL 4075
INEL 4415	Power System Analysis	3	R	INEL 4103
INEL 4416	Power Electronics	3	R	INEL 4103 and INEL 4201
INEL 4417	Alternative Power Generation	3	RE₂	INEL 4416
INEL 5406	Design of Transmission and Distribution Systems	3	RE	DIR
INEL 5407	Computer Aided Power System Design	3		INEL 4415 or DIR
INEL 5408	Electrical Motors Control	3	RE, RE₂	INEL 4416 and INEL 4505 and INEL 4405 or DIR
INEL 5415	Protection Design for Electrical Systems	3	RE	INEL 4415 or DIR
INEL 5417	Power Electronics Applied to Renewable Energy Systems	3	RE₂	INEL 4416 and or DIR