Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Graduate Course Descriptions
ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles
ECEP 411 – Power Systems I
ECEP 421 / 601 – Power Distribution Systems Analysis
ECEP 441 / 641 – Protective Relaying
ECEP 501 – Power System Analysis
ECEP 610 – Power System Dynamics
ECEP 371 – Intro to Nuclear Engineering
ECEP 380 – Intro to Renewable Energy
ECEP 402 – Theory of Nuclear Reactors
High-performance electric-powered race cars are an outstanding application of motor controls, power electronics, and energy management system. These battery-powered cars have a maximum power of 200 kW and can reach speeds of over 225 mph. Learn more about Learn more about this exciting new form of auto racing in these YouTube videos:
Cover picture: By Smokeonthewater – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Graduate Course Descriptions
ECEP 352 – Motor Control Principles
Energy storage is a necessary component of practical solar or wind energy systems. Without storage, a passing cloud or a day of calm winds could result in the lights turning off.
This article from philly.com discusses a proposed energy storage system that may be used to complement wind energy in Central Pennsylvania. The Bucks County-based Merchant Hydro Developers wants to convert 21 out-of-use anthracite coal mines into pumped storage facilities. When power is less expensive, intermittent wind power will be used to pump water into an upper reservoir. When energy prices rise during the middle of the day, the water will be released into the lower reservoirs of the mines, spinning turbines on the way down to generate a consistent and predictable flow of power.
Pumped hydro storage already accounts for the vast majority of stored energy in the world including 97% of the energy storage in the United States. The coal mine reservoir solution is unique because it is a closed system. Most pumped storage draws from flowing bodies of water (e.g. rivers) and released the water back into the same system.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Graduate Course Descriptions
ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles
ECEP 413 – Power Systems III
ECEP 503 – Synchronous Machine Modelling
ECEP 603 – Service and Power Quality in Power Distribution Systems
ECEP T480/643 – Solid State Protective Relaying
ECEP 403 – Nuclear Power Plant Design & Operation
ECEP 406 – Intro to Radiation Health Principles
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Graduate Course Descriptions
ECEP 352 – Electric Motor Control Principles
ECEP 412 – Power Systems II
ECEP 422/602 – Power Distribution Automation and Control
ECEP 502 – Computer Analysis of Power Systems
ECEP 372 – Radiation Detection and Measurement
ECEP 480 – Solar Energy Engineering
ECEP 642 – Protective Relaying Laboratory
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is constructing four offshore hybrid microgrid systems in Singapore under the Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator-Singapore (REIDS) initiative. The microgrids will include over 3,000 square meters of solar panels; their first customers will include fish hatcheries and nurseries in Singapore.
Read more from Asian Scientist Magazine at: http://www.asianscientist.com/2016/11/tech/reids-initiative-singapore-offshore-renewable-energy-system-ntu/
Image credit: Asian Scientist Magazine
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Graduate Course Descriptions
ECEP 354 – Energy Management Principles
ECEP 411 – Power Systems I
ECEP 421 / 601 – Power Distribution Systems Analysis
ECEP 441 / 641 – Protective Relaying
ECEP 501 – Power System Analysis
ECEP 371 – Intro to Nuclear Engineering
ECEP 380 – Intro to Renewable Energy
ECEP 402 – Theory of Nuclear Reactors
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Graduate Course Descriptions
ECEP 352 – Motor Control Principles
Recent repair work in IPSL (Interconnected Power Systems Laboratory) made it possible to take a look inside an IPSL Station. The image below shows the front panel of an IPSL Station and the back of the station with the cover removed. Each station contains the connection terminals for:
The actual rotating machines and their protection systems are located behind each IPSL station (not pictured here). Signal conditioning boxes, used to measure sending end and receiving end voltages and currents, sit on top of each IPSL station. Visit the IPSL Lab Page to learn more.
