MSEE Non-Thesis Course Requirements for Specialization in Power and Energy Systems*All Graduate level courses are offered online. Each course is 3 credit hours. More on https://www.ece.uh.edu/graduate/degree-requirements Group 1 courses (Mandatory Core and Specialization Electives): |
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| Course # | Course Title | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ECE 6305 | Power Electronics Converters and Control (Mandatory Core Course) | – | X | – |
| ECE 6377 | Power System Analysis (Mandatory Core Course) | – | X | – |
| ECE 6319 | Dynamics of Electric Machines | X | – | X |
| ECE 6343 | Renewable Energy and Distributed Power Generation (Mandatory Core Course) | X | – | X |
| ECE 6379 | Power System Operations and Modeling | – | X | – |
| ECE 6317 | Adjustable speed Motor Drive systems | – | X | – |
| ECE 6327 | Smart Grid Systems (Mandatory Core Course) | X | – | X |
| ECE 6329 | Protection and Monitoring of Power System Infrastructure | X | – | X |
| ECE 6318 | Power Converters- Modeling and Applications | X | – | X |
Group 2 courses (Elective and Breadth Courses):
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Undergraduate level |
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| Course # | Course Title | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 |
| ECE 4363 / ECE 4113 | Electromechanical Energy Conversion | X | – | X |
| ECE 5388 | Renewable Energy Technology | – | X | – |
| ECE 5377 / ECE 5127 | Power System Analysis | – | X | – |
| ECE 5380 / ECE 5180 | Power Electronics & Electric Drives | X | – | X |
| ECE 4335 | Senior Design | X | – | X |
MSEE with Power & Energy Systems Specialization
Group 1: Power & Energy Courses: Core- 9 credits; Elective-9 credits
Group 2: Elective and Breadth courses (12 credits)
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| First semester |
9 credits total ECE 6305 |
Any three courses from group 2
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| Second semester |
9 credits total ECE 6343 |
9 credits total ECE 6305 |
| Third semester |
9 credits total ECE 6317 |
9 credits total ECE 6343 |
| Fourth semester |
Required credits Any group 2 course |
Required credits ECE 6317 |
Power and Energy Systems Courses
- ECE 6305 – Power Electronics Converters and Control
Power Electronics and applications; Review of power devices including wide band gap devices. Harmonics and power factor in non-sinusoidal systems. AC-DC Phase Controlled Thyristor Converters. DC-DC converters: Buck, Boost, and Buck-Boost converters. Flyback, Cuk, and Full bridge converters. DC-AC Inverters: Square wave, Sinusoidal, Space Vector PWM, and current regulated inverters. Active Rectifiers.
Prerequisites: ECE5380 or consent of the Instructor
- ECE 6319 – Dynamics of Electric Machines
Introduction to torque production in DC and AC motors. Operation, analysis, and dynamics of induction, synchronous, reluctance, and permanent magnet motors; Introduction to finite element analysis of electric machinery. Electromagnetic, structural, and thermal fields in electric machines; National Electric Code (NEC) applied in the industrial environment; standards for motors. Transformers for power supplies and power distribution: Basics and operation, Equivalent circuits.
Prerequisites: ECE4363 or consents of the instructor
- ECE 6317 Adjustable speed Motor Drive systems
Control equipment for motors and generators; motor starting. Steady state and dynamic performance of electric machines – induction, synchronous, reluctance, and PM machines. Two axis models of AC machines and AC drives. Control characteristics of electric machines and control methodologies. Direct torque and flux control and current regulated controllers. Field orientation control techniques – stator flux, rotor flux, and air gap flux orientation.
Prerequisites: ECE6305 or consent of the Instructor
- ECE 5377/ECE 6377 – Power System Analysis
Power System Fundamentals. Transmission Line Parameters and Steady-State Operation. The Impedance Model (Zbus), Admittance Model (Ybus) and Network Calculations. Power Flow Analysis, Economic and Reliable Operation of Power Systems, Symmetrical Fault Analysis, Transient Stability, Power Distribution Systems.
Prerequisites: ECE4363 or consent of instructor
- ECE 6379 – Power System Operations and Modeling
Structure and overview of the electric power systems, transmission network, distribution network, AC and DC power flow, contingency analysis, optimal power flow, sensitivity factors, unit commitment, reliability analysis, stability, optimization problem formulation, constraints, and solution techniques, introduction to deregulated power energy markets, locational marginal price.
Prerequisites: ECE5377/6326 or consent of instructor
- ECE 6343 – Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation
Fundamentals of Energy. Sustainability and renewable energy. Interconnection of energy and environment. Grid synchronization. Renewable energy sources and availability. Basics of hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, and fuel cell systems. Power Converters and drives for energy conversion. Converters and controllers for integration of renewable energy sources. Solar and wind energy technologies and system design. Hybrid power generation systems. Grid energy storage systems. Introduction to Microgrids and energy management. Microgrids and Energy Management. Control of Microgrids
Prerequisites: ECE 5380/ECE6305 or consent of the instructor
- ECE 6327 – Smart Grid Systems
Basic of Smart Grid, Definition and Applications. Self-healing, Smart metering and Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Corrective transmission switching, state estimation, PMU, wide area monitoring systems (WAMS), Cyber Security Challenges and power system cyber-attack, microgrid sizing and energy management, demand response, energy storage, integration of electric vehicle into the grid.
Prerequisites: ECE5377/6326 or ECE 6379 or consent of instructor
- ECE 6329 – Protection and Monitoring of Power System Infrastructure
Protection measurement and control basics. Characteristics of relays, circuit breakers, fuses, reclosers. Substation composition and configuration; switching apparatus fundamentals. Fault detection and calculation; protection schemes. Transmission line faults and protections; impedance and equivalence calculations. Protection of buses, transformers, motors, generators. HVDC and SSR protection, FACTS. Wide-area protection via Phasor Measurement Units.
Prerequisites: ECE5377/ECE6326 or consent of instructor
- ECE 6318 – Advanced Power Converters and Applications
Pulse width modulation of converters and inverters. Soft switching converters. High frequency resonant converters. Power factor correction rectifiers and distributed power systems. Active rectifiers. Multi-level converters. Matrix converters. Multiple input converters. Applications for transportation, electrification of oil and gas, and wireless power transfer
Prerequisites: ECE 6305 or consent of instructor