Program Overview

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Electric Power System Engineering Program

The Master of Science in Electric Power Systems Engineering (MS-EPSE) provides students with a thorough understanding of the tools, methods, and practice of electric power engineering. This program is both focused and practical in its orientation, with the goal of providing an education that is directly applicable to a career in industry.

Program Overview

• The MS-EPSE degree is an accelerated program suitable for new or recent graduates, as well as experienced professionals who want to receive the necessary retraining to change careers.
• The program is offered both in-class and as an online degree.

Master’s Degree Requirements

• The MS-EPSE program requires 30 credit hours of graduate coursework.
• Twenty-seven credits include four core electric power engineering courses; two interdisciplinary courses on power electronics, data communications, cyber security, and environmental issues associated with electric power systems; professional skills training on project management, communication skills, and the business aspects of electric power utilities, and solid hands-on experience through laboratories and a capstone project.
• This program provides a one-to-one interaction with industry partners.

Admission Requirements

• Students must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in electrical engineering with an overall GPA of at least 3.0.
• Students who do not have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in electrical engineering must satisfy:
  • Completion of the following ECE courses (or electrical engineering courses equivalent to ECE 200, 211, 220, 301, and 303.
  • Applicants must have also completed the following courses or equivalent courses: three semesters of calculus, one semester of probability/statistics, two semesters of physics, and one semester of chemistry.
• Three strong recommendations from persons able to comment on the applicant's qualifications for graduate study.
• All non-US citizen applicants (i.e., non-resident aliens and permanent residents) must demonstrate proficiency in English at a level necessary to be successful in a graduate program at NC State University.

Application Deadlines

• Fall: January 9 (US and Intl)
• Spring: July 1

Degrees

• Electric Power System Engineering (MS)
• Electric Power System Engineering (MS): Internship Concentration
• Electric Power System Engineering (MS): Wide Bandgap Power Electronics Concentration

Faculty

Full Professors

• Mesut E. Baran
• Subhashish Bhattacharya
• Aranya Chakrabortty
• Robert Wendell Heath
• Iqbal Husain
• Ning Lu
• Srdjan M. Lukic
• Daryoosh Vashaee
• John Victor Veliadis
• Wenye Wang
• Jonathan Wierer

Associate Professors

• Zeljko Pantic
• Nuria Gonzalez Prelcic
• Nitin Sharma

Assistant Professors

• Amay Jairaj Bandodkar
• Spyridon Pavlidis
• Wenyuan Tang

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

• Douglas C. Hopkins
• David Lee Lubkeman
• Leonard Wilson White
• Wensong Yu

Courses

Civil Engineering

• CE 578/CE 478: Energy and Climate (3 credit hours)
  Interdisciplinary analysis of energy technology, natural resources, and the impact on anthropogenic climate change.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• ECE 511: Analog Electronics (3 credit hours)
  Analog integrated circuits and analog integrated circuit design techniques.
• ECE 516: System Control Engineering (3 credit hours)
  Introduction to analysis and design of continuous and discrete-time dynamical control systems.
• ECE 533: Power Electronics Design & Packaging (3 credit hours)
  Design of high-performance power electronic circuits where the integrated physical topology must be considered as part of the circuit.
• ECE 534: Power Electronics (3 credit hours)
  DC and AC analysis of isolated and non-isolated switch mode power supply.
• ECE 535/MAE 535: Design of Electromechanical Systems (3 credit hours)
  A practical introduction to electromechanical systems with emphasis on modeling, analysis, design, and control techniques.
• ECE 536: Digital Control System Projects (3 credit hours)
  Discrete system dynamics, sampled-data systems, mathematical representations of analog/digital and digital/analog conversions.
• ECE 550: Power System Operation and Control (3 credit hours)
  Fundamental concepts of economic operation and control of power systems.
• ECE 551: Smart Electric Power Distribution Systems (3 credit hours)
  Features and components of electric power distribution systems, power flow, short circuit and reliability analysis.
• ECE 552/ECE 452: Renewable Electric Energy Systems (3 credit hours)
  Principles and characteristics of renewable energy based electric power generation technologies.
• ECE 554: Electric Motor Drives (3 credit hours)
  Topics covered in this course: Principles of Electromechanical energy conversion; analysis, modeling and control of electric machinery.
• ECE 561/ECE 461: Embedded System Design (3 credit hours)
  Design and implementation of software for embedded computer systems.
• ECE 581: Electric Power System Protection (3 credit hours)
  Protection systems used to protect the equipment in an electric power system against faults, fault analysis methods.
• ECE 583: Electric Power Engineering Practicum I (3 credit hours)
  Fundamentals of project management and system engineering principles in a wide range of electric power applications.
• ECE 584: Electric Power Engineering Practicum II (3 credit hours)
  Application of electric engineering and science knowledge to an electrical power engineering project.
• ECE 585: The Business of the Electric Utility Industry (3 credit hours)
  Evolution of the electric utility industry, the structure and business models of the industry.
• ECE 586: Communication and SCADA Systems for Smart Grid (3 credit hours)
  Introductory course on communication technologies and SCADA systems for smart electric power applications.
• ECE 587: Power System Transients Analysis (3 credit hours)
  Review of solutions to first and second order differential equations for electric power circuit transients.
• ECE 589/MSE 489/MSE 589/PY 489/PY 589/ECE 489: Solid State Solar and Thermal Energy Harvesting (3 credit hours)
  Fundamental and recent advances of energy harvesting from solar and thermal energies.
• ECE 592: Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (1-6 credit hours)
  Two-semester sequence to develop new courses and to allow qualified students to explore areas of special interest.
• ECE 650: Internship (3 credit hours)
  Internship with a company or organization outside the University.
• ECE 726: Advanced Feedback Control (3 credit hours)
  Advanced topics in dynamical systems and multivariable control.
• ECE 732: Dynamics and Control of Electric Machines (3 credit hours)
  Dynamic behavior of AC electric machines and drive systems; theory of field orientation and vector control.
• ECE 734: Power Management Integrated Circuits (3 credit hours)
  Review of modern power management converters and circuits; review modeling and control of converters.
• ECE 736: Power System Stability and Control (3 credit hours)
  Principles of FACTS (flexible AC transmission systems) and their applications.
• ECE 739: Integrated Circuits Technology and Fabrication Laboratory (3 credit hours)
  Hands-on experience in semiconductor fabrication laboratory.
• ECE 753: Computational Methods for Power Systems (3 credit hours)
  Computational methods used for power grid operation and planning.
• ECE 792: Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (1-6 credit hours)
  Two-semester sequence to develop new courses and to allow qualified students to explore areas of special interest.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

• ISE 515: Manufacturing Process Engineering (3 credit hours)
  Manufacturing process engineering, primary, secondary, finishing and assembly processes.