Power engineering courses at the University of Utah
The following power engineering courses are offered at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering:
| ECE 3600 |
Introduction to Electric Power Engineering | Fall, Junior year |
| ECE 3300* | Fundamentals of Electromagnetics and Transmission Lines | Fall, Junior or Senior year |
| ECE 3500* | Fundamentals of Signals and Systems | Fall, Junior or Senior year |
| ECE 3510 | Introduction to Feedback Systems | Spring, Junior year |
| ECE 5610 | Power Electronics Fundamentals | Fall, Junior year |
| ECE 5620 | Power Systems Analysis | Spring, Junior year |
| ECE 5630/6630 | Economic Operation of Power Systems | Fall, Senior year |
| ECE 5640/6640 | Power System Security Analysis | Spring, Senior year |
| ECE 5670/6670 | Control of Electric Motors | Spring, Junior or Senior year |
| ECE 5671/6671 | Electric Generators | Fall, Senior year |
| ECE 5960/6960 | Power Systems Protection (even years) |
Fall, Senior year |
| ECE 5960 | Electrical Forensic Engineering and Failure Analysis (odd years) | Fall, Senior year |
| ECE 5960/6960 | Power System Planning and Design | Spring, Senior year |
| ECE 5960/6960 | Modern Power Transmission |
Spring, Senior year |
* ECE 3300 and 3500 are not required for the program, but are recommended and may serve as breadth electives.
For course descriptions, check http://catalog.utah.edu/ then select Course Descriptions, then filter using the prefix ECE.
Control systems courses: the power engineering program is closely connected to control systems. Information about control courses is available at: www.ece.utah.edu/~bodson/advising/index.html.Relevant courses in the mechanical engineering department:
ME EN 2080 Dynamics
ME EN 2500 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems Design I: Wind and Water Power
ME EN 2510 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems Design II: Thermal and Solar Power
ME EN 3600 Thermodynamics II
ME EN 3650 Heat Transfer
ME EN 5600 Intermediate Thermodynamics
ME 5800/6800 Sustainable Energy Engineering
ME 6960 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
Courses from the nuclear engineering program are also highly relevant (http://www.nuclear.utah.edu).