Program Overview

Introduction to Electrical Engineering

Content, Progress, and Pedagogy of the Module

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge and understanding within resistive electrical circuits
• Have knowledge and understanding within operational amplifiers (Op-amps)
• Have knowledge and understanding within inductive and capacitive electrical circuits
• Have knowledge and understanding within electrical measurement techniques
• Have knowledge and understanding within laboratory procedures related to electrical circuits
• Have knowledge about different electrical theorems and laws

Skills

• Be able to analyze simple and complex electrical DC circuits
• Be able to use circuit theory to calculate currents, voltages, energies, and powers in DC circuits
• Be able to use circuit reduction methods
• Be able to apply analytical methods to design operational amplifier circuits
• Be able to plan and implement properly designed electrical circuits in a laboratory in a safe and appropriate way
• Be able to use software tools in the design of electrical circuits
• Be able to use software tools for calculating different electrical signals in simple electrical circuits
• Have skills in the following specific topics:
  • Basic DC circuit theory (including energy storing components), Ohm's law, units, Kirchhoff laws, circuit reductions (series and parallel), star-delta connections, dependent and independent sources, nodal and loop/mesh methods, basic and ideal operational amplifiers, Thévenin and Norton theorems, superposition, maximum power transfer, first and second-order transients
  • Measurement of current, voltage, power, and energy, using typical measurement instruments as voltmeter, ampere meter, wattmeter, multi-meter together with oscilloscopes
  • Measurement accuracy and calculation uncertainty
• Be able to use software for calculation of different electrical signals in simple electrical circuits

Competences

• Be able to handle simple development-oriented situations related to electric circuits and laboratory setups in study or work contexts
• Be able to independently engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration with a professional approach in the area of basic DC circuit theory
• Be able to identify one's own learning needs and to structure one's own learning in basic circuit theory and electrical engineering laboratory

Type of Instruction

Lectures with exercises, possibly supplemented with e-learning.

Extent and Expected Workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS course, the workload is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Prerequisite for Enrollment for the Exam

• The lectures in connection with laboratory tests are mandatory, and it is mandatory to hand in all written laboratory reports.

Exams

• Name of exam: Introduction to Electrical Engineering
• Type of exam: Written exam, 4-hour examination
• ECTS: 5
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of grading: Internal examination
• Criteria of assessment: The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the Module

• Danish title: Elektriske grundfag
• Module code: N-EN-B2-2A
• Module type: Course
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Spring
• ECTS: 5
• Language of instruction: Danish and English
• Empty-place Scheme: Yes
• Location of the lecture: Campus Aalborg, Campus Esbjerg
• Responsible for the module: Filipe Miguel Faria da Silva, Mohsen N. Soltani
• Used in:
  • Curriculum for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) Programme in Energy Engineering 2020, Aalborg
  • Curriculum for the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Sustainable Energy Engineering 2020
  • Curriculum for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) in General Engineering, 2021

Organisation

• Study Board: Study Board of Energy
• Department: Department of Energy
• Faculty: The Faculty of Engineering and Science