Power Electronics and Systems (Online) Graduate Certificate

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Power Electronics and Systems

With the continuing high demand for energy and recent trends toward finding innovative alternative-power solutions that link to national grids, sophisticated power engineers are needed now more than ever. Today, power engineers are engaged in the search for sustainable-energy practices, aiming to achieve increasingly more efficient systems. This unique online graduate certificate prepares students for key roles as power engineers in electric utilities and in the transportation, power equipment and defense industries. Students become familiar with power equipment and systems, ranging from miliwatts, as in a mobile phone, to hundreds of gigawatts, as in an HVDC transmission system.

Required Courses

EL 5613 Introduction to Electric Power Systems 3 Credits
EL 5673 Electronic Power Supplies 3 Credits

Elective Courses (Choose 2)

EL 5663 Physics of Alternative Energy 3 Credits
EL 5683 Electric Drives Characteristics and Controls 3 Credits
EL 6603 Power Electronics 3 Credits
EL 6623 Power Systems Economics and Planning 3 Credits
EL 6633 Transients, Surges and Faults in Power Systems 3 Credits
EL 6643 Relay Fault Protection 3 Credits
EL 6653 Power System Stability 3 Credits
EL 6663 Distributed Generation Systems 3 Credits
EL 6683 Adjustable Speed Drives 3 Credits
EL 96X3 Selected Topics in Power Engineering (X=1, 2,…9) 3 Credits

Power Electronics and Systems (Online) Graduate Certificate