The Electrical Engineering program at RHU aims to help students explore their innate creativity and potential and endow them with the knowledge, skills and abilities to: pursue successful careers in electrical engineering and related fields; think critically in solving complex problems using modern tools and technologies; communicate and work effectively with diverse groups; learn more every day, and succeed in graduate studies in renowned institutions if they choose to.
The program educational objectives of the Electrical Engineering (ELEC) program intend to enable its graduates within a few years of graduation to:
The Electrical Engineering (ELEC) program has adopted the engineering criteria “1” through “7”, so graduates will have:
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ELEC Graduates
This course reviews the fundamentals of good academic writing in English, teaches essay writing essentials and research skills in two rhetorical modes (persuasion and argumentation), and provides practice in writing essays in these modes, research papers and oral presentations.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or TOEFL 550+ (paper) or 80+ (computer).
This course is designed to help students develop effective professional communication skills, both orally and in writing. In this course, students learn how to write emails, memos, letters, proposals, reports, and other forms of employment correspondence. In addition, this course helps students sharpen their presentation skills. Broadly, this course enables students to behave professionally and effectively in their prospective jobs.
Prerequisite: ENGL 210.
Understanding of the basic principles of programming and computer systems; Applications of programming to the solution of engineering problems; Control structures, functions, arrays, pointers, and structures. Laboratory experiments of programming for concepts.
Equivalent to COSC 214.
Probability and conditional probability, Discrete and continuous random variables, marginal distributions, expectation, variance-mean-median-covariance and correlation, conditional expectation, Normal distribution, Sampling distribution, Prediction and confidence intervals, Hypothesis testing, and regression line and correlation coefficients.
Prerequisite: MATH 211.
This course introduces students to contemporary business principles of ethics and social responsibility. Students learn to make ethical judgments on important ethical issues they face daily by relating them to a framework of ethical principles, including utilitarianism, justice, moral rights, ethics of care, and vices and virtues. Ethical dilemmas related to conflict of interest, sustainability in business strategy, and corporate governance are examples of issues discussed in this course.
Prerequisite: Junior Standing.
This course addresses the ethical problems in journalism, public relations, and advertising, particularly in today’s digital media environment.
Prerequisite: CMNS 301.
This course surveys some of the key figures, movements, and texts in cultural studies from the birth of civilization through the Middle Ages. The concentration will be on the historical, political, religious, cultural, and institutional aspects during this period. Students will read, analyze, and interpret certain primary works to gain insight into the contexts in which they originated.
Co-requisite: ENGL 210.
This course surveys some key figures, movements, and texts in cultural studies from the 14th through the 18th centuries. The concentration will be on the historical, political, religious, cultural, and institutional aspects during this period. Students will read, analyze, and interpret certain primary works to gain insight into the contexts in which they originated.
This course surveys some key figures, movements, and texts in cultural studies from the 19th century to the present. The concentration will be on the historical, political, religious, cultural, and institutional aspects during this period. Students will read, analyze, and interpret certain primary works to gain insight into the contexts in which they originated.
The course surveys selected works in English or translation from non-Anglo-American cultural traditions. Texts can be drawn from African, Asian, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern literature focusing on their historical and cultural contexts.
This course will survey language acquisition theories. It will deal with human language processing, learners’ motivational factors, and contextual factors influencing language learning. It will uncover the principles of first and second language acquisition.
This course considers major works of literature, specifically in the context of twentieth-century cultural theory, including Marxism, post-colonialism, national literature, ethnic writings, and feminist theory. The primary intention of this course is to explore how various texts interact with their societies or how those societies influence the construction of literary works.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
This course covers the evolution of graphic communication from prehistory through postmodern design and the digital revolution. This course provides graphic design students with the knowledge and understanding of the places, people, and events, as well as historical and cultural factors and technological innovations that have influenced the development of graphic design into the practice known today. Historical awareness provides a meaningful context for young designers to evolve and contribute positively to the cultures in which they live and work.
Prerequisite: FADR 215.
This course introduces freshman students to poets with intrinsic literary merit. In addition to broadening the student’s understanding and appreciation of literature, the chief aim of the course is to develop the student’s critical thinking and analysis and to encourage original responses to literary expression in well-developed oral and written criticism.
This course introduces literature through works of fiction, poetry, and drama. It introduces students to the pleasures of reading literature and to interpretative approaches to literature. It aims to provide students with competence in critical thinking and practice in close reading and analysis, knowledge of the formal characteristics of each genre, and appreciation of literary excellence. Readings include a variety of short stories, poems, and plays selected from a wide range of British, American, and World literature.
Students study Shakespeare's representative comedies, histories, and tragedies in this course. The plays are read intensively and understood in the context of the period's theatrical conventions, the culture of play in early modern England, and the social, cultural, religious, and intellectual history of the period.
This broad survey course provides a narrative of British history from 1066, including political, social, and cultural developments.
This is an elective course whose major objectives are to familiarize students with contemporary issues to enhance their level from historical and cultural points of view.
This course examines the ties between Europe and the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the reaction of Middle Eastern societies to European intervention and influence.
This elective course aims to familiarize students with various events that shaped the evolution of social and economic developments in the Middle East to enhance their level from the historical and economic dimensions.
This is a study of some major topics in philosophy. The course emphasizes theory of knowledge, theory of mind, determinism and free will, and morality and ethical values. Along with some assigned readings, students will watch movies, the analysis of which will help them comprehend the content of the course better.
People often wonder about what makes good ways to live and the right ways to act. They also speculate about the best way of life, what action is right, and what authority moral claims have over us. The course introduces students to the major moral theories and thinkers addressing these questions.
This course introduces contemporary philosophical thinking on ethical issues in business. Students will be exposed to important ethical issues they might face, asked to give sound ethical judgment to problems they might face in their line of work, helped become armed with a set of codes that will prepare them to confront and resolve ethical dilemmas they might encounter at work, and enabled to apply the techniques for analyzing and resolving ethical problems when they arise.
This course introduces students to peace building and conflict prevention by examining the main theories on peace and security. It examines the ideas of Thucydides, Aristotle, Erasmus Grotius, Kant, Gandhi, and other thinkers who believed that the whole peace was of high value. It develops students’ critical skills and understanding necessary to translate their academic learning to specific practical situations, such as those posed by peace building either with the UN, governments, or NGOs. It helps understand the complex and interconnected challenges to peace and provides knowledge to meet them.
This course explores the theoretical and practical ethical questions about communication in four contexts: interpersonal, workplace, communication in one’s community and society, and mass and digital communication. Discussion of ethical theories in communication studies will provide a basis to explore case studies and contemporary communication dilemmas, heightening personal sensitivity to the underlying ethical implications of human communication.
This course provides a survey of the development of thought about education by studying major philosophical writings considered in a historical context.
Prerequisite: EDUC 210.
The primary objective of this course is for educational practitioners to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the inter-relatedness of language and literacy learning and to apply this knowledge in the design and evaluation of effective literacy instruction.
This course aims to allow the student to develop the necessary skills and conceptual tools to understand and deal effectively with human behavior in organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on employee motivation, teamwork, leadership, communication, conflict, negotiation, and an overview of attitudes, values, personality, and perception.
Prerequisite: BMGT 200.
Students will study the general principles of microeconomics. Included are the theoretical constructs of consumer behavior, cost structure, and the operations of business firms in the market economy under conditions of perfect competition, oligopoly, monopoly, and monopolistic competition.
Students will study the general principles of macroeconomics. This course presents the formal Keynesian theory of income determination and its contemporary critiques, including the study of the possible causes and solutions to unemployment and inflation and the importance of the international economy. Government fiscal and monetary policies are examined in detail.
Given the constraints firms face, this course applies microeconomics theory to various management and planning decisions, such as output maximization and cost minimization. Demand analysis, cost analysis, and different market structures are studied.
Prerequisite: BECN 301.
Through reading, writing, and speech, students will become familiar with the persuasive strategy described in Aristotle’s Rhetoric and consider how that strategy can be employed in professional and personal situations in writing, public speaking, and negotiation.
This course integrates methods, perspectives, and concepts of Peace Studies, Culture Communication, and Peace Journalism to explain contemporary debates in the global public sphere. It considers how cultural stereotypes about ideology, religion, and culture frame Arabs and Americans in the mass media. RHU students will engage with students from collaborating universities in the United States in online, asynchronous conversation and participate in shared projects that explore the role of the media in influencing Arab and American relations.
This course is designed to provide a practical introduction to the fundamental principles of public speaking and a forum for practicing public speaking skills. Students will learn how effective speeches are conceived, prepared, and delivered through various instructional strategies (discussion, class workshops, readings, lectures, and presentations).
This course examines the strategic uses, impacts, and implications of emerging social media and how social media impacts the daily lives of our society and its members. It expands the student’s knowledge of social media applications in business, advertising, and public relations, as well as its use in political movements and the development of communities.
This course draws on the study of psychological principles, cognitive development, and learning theories applicable to teaching/learning situations. Focus areas include human growth and development, specifically on adolescent development and developmentally appropriate practices, learning theory, motivation theory, instructional and college practices, individual differences, student interpersonal and group behavior, classroom management, and organization.
This course will examine motivational factors that influence children’s learning. Topics include attribution theory, teacher influences (expectancy effects), learning structures (competitive vs. cooperative learning), family influences (the socialization of achievement), cultural influences (how cultural background impacts college performance), and individual differences (intrinsic motivation and sex differences in learning).
This course emphasizes defining news and its importance in a democratic society, the news-gathering process, news elements, introduction to basic news reporting and writing for print and broadcast, use of the Internet as a reporting and research tool, accuracy and fairness as journalistic imperatives. Outside community research and reporting time is required.
This introductory-level course is designed to help students learn the formats and conventions of media and public relations writing, including newspapers, magazines, web and interactive media, advertising copy, public relations writing, and social media. It also addresses ethical issues related to writing in these fields.
This course familiarizes students with concepts and terminology used in various communication fields and helps them understand the development of mass communication in political, economic, social, and cultural contexts.
This course aims to provide students with the theory and development of news stories, with special emphasis on interviewing, observation, document research, source development, and other standard reporting techniques. Students cover community beats, report, and write news stories from those beats, primarily in public affairs reporting.
This course examines the relationship between the media and society, considering how each impacts the other. Students will be introduced to various theories that consider this relationship and its implications.
This course introduces the psychology discipline's theories, concepts, and viewpoints. The course is directed toward understanding human behavior by dealing with topics such as the history of psychology, learning, personality, behavior, motivation, perception, social psychology, mental health, and other areas.
This course studies the dynamics and effects of social influences on individual human behavior. In this course, students will explore topics such as attitude changes, social beliefs, roles, conformity to group processes, and prejudices, with special attention given to the Middle Eastern perspective.
This course presents the theories of personality, including psychoanalytic, behaviorist, humanist, and others, while considering different factors that shape personality and behavior. The study includes methods of assessing personality.
This course examines the biological, sociological, and cultural influences on the psychology of women. It includes such topics as gender stereotypes, the development of gender roles, gender comparisons, women and work, love relations, women’s physical and mental health, violence against women, and women in later adulthood.
This course examines scientific research on happiness and its practical application in three main areas: positive emotions, positive individual traits, and positive institutions. This course also presents practical ways to promote and maintain a sense of well-being and happiness in all aspects of one’s life.
This course is intended to help students be aware of the consequences of war and conflicts on children's mental health and well-being. The course will examine a variety of effects, emphasizing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological conditions that result from war. The course will empower the students with the techniques of working with children affected by war.
This course explores practical theories for understanding congregational conflict and various perspectives on conflict transformation. Students will reflect on their styles of dealing with conflict and learn new ways of responding. They will explore practices of dialogue and mediation for addressing conflict in interpersonal, small group, and congregational settings to develop an approach to addressing inevitable situations of difference, change, and conflict in various situations.
An introduction to the theories of abnormal behaviors, including addiction and substance abuse, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, depression, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, phobias, schizophrenia, and sexual disorders. Students will consider the theoretical implications and treatments for various abnormal behaviors.
This course explores a variety of sociological theories and approaches to understanding society. The student will learn about human social life, groups, and societies and be helped to detect the social influences shaping our lives. The approach used in this course is a self-exploratory process that develops individual and social awareness. A secondary objective is discussing methods common to sociology, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and feminism.
This course deals with cultural issues like cultural awareness, enculturation, acculturation, and cultural shocks. It involves hands-on activities to promote cultural awareness and equip students with skills for dealing with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. It includes team-oriented research and presentation that reflects all the cultural aspects and some minute details of the culture they choose to work on.
Students in this course examine communication theory and case studies to gain insight into the factors that affect human communications. It aims to improve students’ communication skills and equip them with techniques to enhance the quality of their relationships. The course also offers strategies for managing interpersonal conflicts.
This course examines contemporary Arab society, considering its social structures and groups, cultural patterns, and other aspects of the society. Students consider current issues related to Arab culture and society.
Co-requisite ENGL 210.
This course analyzes the role of culture in an individual’s sense of identity, emphasizing how it manifests in the Middle East.
The course addresses class, status, and gender inequalities, examining how they affect individuals and society.
This course tackles the social issues of various political ideologies' historical and contemporary evolution. It aims to develop students’ understanding of the social bases of politics and political ideologies, along with the recent changes in the socio-political world. Different economic and political philosophies are considered, and their effects on the fate of nations and their citizens are detected.
This course provides an in-depth look into selected issues related to psychology and individuals. Current psychology-related issues are thoroughly explored through readings, research, discussion, and guest lectures.
The course covers key components of engineering project management including projects election and planning, project time management, cost estimation and pricing, contract and specifications, quality management, engineering ethics and professional conduct, realizing impact of engineering solutions in various contexts (global, economic, environmental, societal, etc...), sustainability in engineering designs, human resources consideration, communications, risk management, and procurement management.
Prerequisite: ENGR 300.
This course covers fundamental topics in Electricity and Magnetism: Electric forces and Electric Fields for discrete and continuous charge distribution, Gauss’s Law, Electric Potential, Capacitance and Dielectrics, Kirchhoff’s rules, Magnetic Fields and Forces, Biot-Savart Law, Ampere’s Law, Magnetic Flux and Gauss’s Law in Magnetism. It also includes a laboratory component that introduces students to the “real world” by offering a set of experiments in electricity and magnetism.
Prerequisite: None.
First-order linear differential equations, linear differential equations of second and higher order, linear differential equations with variable coefficients, series solutions, systems of differential equations, Laplace transforms, and their inverses.
Circuit elements and laws, mesh and node equations, network theorems, energy storage elements, RC, RL, and RLC circuits, Laplace Transform, sinusoids and phasors and introduction to network theory. Sinusoidal (AC) steady state, mutual inductance, transformers, and introduction to three phase circuit.
Prerequisite: PHYS 191 or Equivalent.
Error Analysis, solutions of nonlinear equations using fixed point- Newton-Raphson-Muller’s methods, solution of linear system using Gaussian elimination-iterative methods, interpolation and approximation using Taylor series-Lagrange approximation-Newton polynomials, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical optimization, solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations using Euler’s and Heun’s and Rung-Kutta methods, MATLAB codes Related to the topics mentioned above.
Prerequisite: MATH 311.
This course emphasizes the fundamental principles of chemistry, including stressing atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, gases, solutions, acids and bases, and solution equilibria.
This course provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of several basic environmental functions, the complicated nature of environmental systems, and the need for multidisciplinary solutions to environmental problems. Topics covered include the hydrosphere, water quantity and quality, soil and the soil ecosystem, biological resources, waste disposal, air pollution, ozone depletion, acid rain, and global warming. The course also includes a set of experiments that offer students practical experience in different environmental analysis settings, including air and water quality.
Physical and chemical properties of earth, structure of the earth, plate tectonic theory and continental drift, volcanism; mountain building processes, surface processes, mineralogy, formation and classification of rocks, earth hazards, geological problems related to civil engineering such as landslide and earthquake, geologic maps, geophysical exploration methods, earth works and tunneling.
Prerequisite: None. Annually.
This course addresses Boolean algebra and logic simplification techniques, data representation, and the design of combinational logic networks for decoders, encoders, multiplexers, and demultiplexers. Design of sequential logic devices including flip-flops, registers, and counters, as well as analysis of devices used to build logic networks, including programmable logic devices.
Equivalent to COSC 351.
This Lab covers design techniques and implementation of combinational and sequential logic circuits. Experiments include logic gates, design and implementation of logic circuits, combinational logic circuits (decoders, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers and adders), and design of sequential logic devices using flip-flops, registers, and counters.
Prerequisite: CCEE 221.
Equivalent to COSC 351L.
This course addresses the design of embedded real-time systems, models of computation, validation techniques, and automatic synthesis. Finite state machines, synchronous languages, data flow networks, Petri nets, software optimization and performance estimation, operating systems and scheduling, system-level simulation, and interface-based design.
Prerequisite: CCEE 221. Equivalent to COSC 356.
This lab complements topics covered in the CCEE 426 course. It involves design of embedded real-time systems, models of computation, validation techniques, and automatic synthesis. Experiments include design using finite state machines, synchronous languages, data flow networks, petri nets, software optimization and performance estimation, scheduling, system-level simulation, and interface-based design.
Co-requisite: CCEE 426. Equivalent to COSC 356L.
This course covers semiconductors, PN junctions, diode theory and circuits, bipolar junction transistors, transistor fundamentals, transistor biasing, amplifiers, MOSFETs, and operational amplifiers.
Prerequisite: ELEC 210.
This is a Lab course with experiments in Electrical and Electronic Circuits. It covers passive electrical elements and sources; lab instruments; voltage divider circuits; Thevenin’s theorem; RC circuits; diode circuits; Op-Amp circuits; BJT and MOSFET characteristics.
Co-requisite: ELEC 320.
This course covers three-phase power systems, symmetrical components, transmission lines, power transformers, power systems modeling, per unit analysis, power flow studies and fault analysis.
This course covers magnetic circuits, fundamentals of electromechanical energy conversion, construction, testing, steady-state analysis, and operational characteristics of DC machines, transformers, induction machines and synchronous machines.
This is a Lab course with experiments on electric machines. It covers the following topics: basics of DC motors and generators, DC series, shunt and separately excited motors and generators, single phase AC induction machines and 3-phase machines.
Co-requisite: ELEC 331.
This course covers vector analysis, static electric fields, static magnetic fields, time varying fields and Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves.
Prerequisite: PHYS 211.
This course aims to teach students how to design various electrical systems based on equipment selection, protection systems, EMC and safety requirements, international standards, draw and interpret schematics and wiring diagrams, cost considerations, energy efficiency.
The aim of this course is to provide the student with information about the different renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and wave energy as well as energy from biomass. This course will also illustrate how to link these sources with loads and how to synchronize them with the grid to deliver electricity reliably and efficiently.
This course familiarizes the students with basic power switch technology and associated electronic circuits. In this course power electronic circuits and switching devices are studied. Their applications in AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC converters as well as switching power supplies are studied.
Prerequisite: ELEC 320.
This Lab course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of power electronics. It covers the following topics: uncontrolled single and 3-phase rectifiers using diodes, controlled single phase and 3-phase rectifiers using thyristors, DC-to-AC converters, DC-to-DC buck and boost converters, applications on DIAC, TRIAC and IGBT.
Co-requisite: ELEC 432.
This course is to explore the modeling of linear dynamic systems via differential equations and transfer functions utilizing state-space and input-output representations; analysis of control systems in the time and frequency domains, study of the classical stability tests, such as the Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criterions, and design methods using root-locus plots and Bode plots; and the development of control techniques based on PID, lead and lag networks.
Prerequisite: CCEE 331.
This Co-op work experience is designed to provide students with five weeks of short-term work experience in the field of electrical engineering. Students are encouraged to network in the discipline-related industries. Report, poster, and power-point presentation are required.
Prerequisites: ENGL 217 ; Senior Standing.
The course is designed to give students a deeper knowledge on the analysis of power systems by covering the following topics: Circuit models, Per unit representation, Network methods, Load-flow studies, Load-flow control, and Economic dispatch. It also covers the Symmetrical three-phase faults, Unsymmetrical faults, Power system stability, and computer methods.
Prerequisite: ELEC 330.
This course focuses on the formulation of the linear control problem by state space methods, frequency response and time response analysis; it introduces students to advanced concepts of controllability, observability, canonical forms, state transition matrices, stability, Nonlinear systems linearization as well as discrete and time-invariant systems.
Prerequisite: ELEC 451.
The lab teaches students how to measure and interpret different types of signals. Experiments include signal, noise, pressure (strain gauge) and temperature measurements; flow, motion and force measurements; and applications using research and simulation kits.
Co-requisite: BIOM 301.
This course focuses on design and measurement processes for medical systems and associated constraints. Students are required to apply the learned concepts in projects to design healthcare technology.
Prerequisites: BIOM 301, Co-requisite: ELEC 320.
This course covers the fundamentals of instrumentation and measurement of various physical quantities. Topics include sensor types, technologies, characteristics and calibration; design of a measurement system; statistical analysis of measured data; measurement noise and uncertainties; data acquisition, data storage and display devices; signal conditioning and interface electronics concepts including filtering, A/D and D/A conversion, amplification, modulation, compensation; applications;
Prerequisite: ELEC 320, Annually.
The lab experience complements the topics covered in MECA 341. Students learn to use the NI ELVIS platform, LabVIEW programing and data acquisition systems characteristics to build a measurement system, perform data analysis and senor calibration, and design and build signal conditioning circuits for various types of measurements. The lab involves a team project to integrate all instrumentation and measurement tools and techniques are applied to build a measurement system and submit a report.
Co-requisite: MECA 341.
This course seeks to impart fundamental concepts of thermal-fluid (including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer) to non-mechanical engineering students. These cover: thermodynamic state and properties of pure substances; concepts of work and heat, energy analysis of closed systems (First Law) and simple flow devices, Fluid statics; Bernoulli’s equation; Conservation of mass, momentum & energy, viscous flow in pipes, introduction to conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer.
Prerequisite: MATH 211. Annually.
This course introduces the fundamentals of transmission and reception in communication systems and the effect of noise. Topics include power spectral density, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, analog communication system performance in the presence of noise, sampling and analog‐to‐digital conversion, introduction to digital modulations, channel capacity.
This course covers time series analysis, frequency analysis, time-frequency and time-scale analysis. It also covers the design of digital filters and signal modeling.
The first phase of a team-oriented, project-based experience that culminates in the creation of an artifact; milestones include: project selection and proposal, creative solution, report, presentation, and demonstration of the created device.
Prerequisite: ENGL 217.
The second phase of a team-oriented, project-based experience that culminates in the creation of an artifact; milestones include: project selection and proposal, creative solution, report, presentation, and demonstration of the created device.
Prerequisite: ELEC 595A.
This course focuses on basic structure and principle of dc and ac drive systems. Constant flux and field weakening. Constant torque and constant hp operation. Effect of non-ideal waveform on motor performance. Application of Space Vector to ac machine analysis. Pulse Width Modulation techniques. Multi-level converters and multi-phase motor drives. Modern methods of motor control: Field Oriented Control, Direct Torque Control, etc. Methods of Sensor less Control.
Prerequisite: ELEC 331 and ELEC 432.
This course aims to teach the students the concept of representing, characterizing, understanding, analyzing, or solving real world problems through modeling and simulation. In this course, students are introduced to the tools and techniques used to model and simulate different systems varying from basic circuits to more advanced and complex technical systems found in various engineering domains.
Prerequisite: PHYS 211 and ELEC 210.
This course introduces high voltage engineering, withstand levels, S curves; insulation coordination; breakdown mechanisms. Non-destructive testing of apparatus; insulation resistance, partial discharge, measurements HV production for test objects. System over-voltages, switching, lightning and over-voltage protection devices.
This course gives general considerations; load characteristics; sub-transmission and distribution substations; primary and secondary distribution, secondary network systems; distribution transformers; voltage regulation and application of capacitors; voltage fluctuations; protective device coordination.
This course introduces Electromagnetic Interference, Conducted and Radiated Emission, Conducted and Radiated Susceptibility, Product slippage. EMC standards and Regulations. EMC Theory and Materials Relating to EMC design. EMC Measurement and test facilities.
This course focuses on power electronic and its applications in power systems by covering the following topics: Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS), conventional thyristor-controlled reactors and phase shifters, voltage source inverter (VSI) based static condenser (STATCON) and unified power flow controller (UPFC).
Prerequisites: ELEC 330; ELEC 432.
The aim of this course is to provide knowledge about energy production from renewable sources, the structure and nature of the interconnected electric power system and the critical need for environmentally sensitive solutions. In addition, the economic and regulatory policy aspects of electricity and electricity markets are discussed. The course covers the basics of Wind energy conversion systems, and micro grids with hybrid power sources. Modeling and control of renewable energy sources such as wind turbine generation, solar panel and fuel cell and power electronics interfaces will be presented.
Prerequisite: ELEC 431.
This course is designed to provide students with a functional knowledge of modeling switching power converters, advanced power converter topologies, design constraints and control methods. It also covers the operation of multi-level DC/AC inverters and matrix converters.
Prerequisite: ELEC 432.
This course presents a comprehensive exposition of the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems and its control. It will focus on the methods of characterizing and understanding the behavior of systems that can be described by nonlinear ordinary differential equations, and as well as the methods for designing controllers for such systems. In this course, both classical and modern concepts from nonlinear system theory will be introduced.
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