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3.00 Credits
Introduction to renewable energy sources and their integration into power systems. Includes wind energy: resources, turbines, blades, rotor power characteristics, generators, active and reactive power, variability, and voltage regulation; solar energy: resources, solar radiation measurements, photovoltaic materials and properties, photovoltaic electrical characteristics, and system integration; and demonstrations with commercial-grade solar panels and laboratoryscale wind turbines. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 362R and 379K (Topic: Renewable Energy and Power Systems) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 411 or 331 with a grade of at least C-.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis, design, and construction of a solar-powered car for national competitions involving other universities. Study of electrical, mechanical, and aerodynamic systems. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 362S and 379K (Topic: Development of a Solar Car for NASC) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
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3.00 Credits
Design principles in microwave and radio frequency systems; transmission lines and waveguides; S-parameter representation; impedance matching; microwave network analysis; microwave devices and components; electromagnetic effects in high-speed/highfrequency applications. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 325 with a grade of at least C-.
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3.00 Credits
Same as Mechanical Engineering 379N. Principles of acoustics, with applications drawn from audio engineering, biomedical ultrasound, industrial acoustics, noise control, room acoustics, and underwater sound. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Mathematics 427K with a grade of at least C-.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the engineering design process; assessing engineering problems and customer needs; acquiring, documenting, and verifying requirements; high-level system design principles; effects of economic, environmental, ethical, safety, and social issues in design; writing design specifications. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional laboratory hours may be required for some sections; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Electrical Engineering 155 and 364D may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T, with a grade of at least C-; and credit with a grade of at least C- or registration for Electrical Engineering 438, 440, 445L (or 345L), 445S (or 345S), 461L, or 462L (or 362L).
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3.00 Credits
First course in a two-semester sequence that concludes with Electrical Engineering 464S. Teams of students starting companies focus on skill development and mentoring in start-up formation, technology development, market validation, marketing, sales, operations, human resources, program management, and finance. Includes discussion of the role of intellectual property, the social issues in design, as well as ethical and safety considerations. Emphasis on written and oral presentation of start-up activities. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged. Only one of the following may be counted: Computer Science 378 (Topic: Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship), Electrical Engineering 364E, Engineering Studies 377 (Topic: Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship), Management 337 (Topic: Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship). Electrical Engineering 364E and 464S may not be counted by students with credit for Electrical Engineering 364D, 464H, 464K, or 464R. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C- in Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T; credit with a grade of at least C- or registration for Electrical Engineering 440, 445L (or 345L), 445S (or 345S), and 461L or 462L (or 362L); and consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Business organization; discounted cash flow calculations, including present-worth and rate-of-return calculations; replacement analyses; financial analyses; accounting and depreciation; income taxes; inflation; risk analysis, utility theory, decision models, sequential decision making; value of information. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C- or registration for Electrical Engineering 351K.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of risk management, including portfolio theory, capital asset pricing theory, and optimal project mix; hedging financial risk; advanced economic analysis of alternative energy systems; and advanced mathematical modeling techniques for economic analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 366 with a grade of at least C-.
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3.00 Credits
Statistical analysis applied to the development and control of manufacturing operations; quality control, statistical process control, and design of experiments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 351K with a grade of at least C-.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of power systems emphasized through laboratory experiments; complex power, three-phase circuits, per-unit system, transformers, synchronous machines, transmission line models, steady-state analysis, induction machines, capacitor banks, protective relaying, surge arrestors, and instrumentation. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 368L and 379K (Topic: Power Systems Apparatus and Laboratory) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 411 or 331 with a grade of at least C-; and credit with a grade of at least C- or registration for Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T.
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