Program Overview
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
The Electrical Engineering program at the University of Genoa aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of electric circuit theory and its applications. The program is designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyze and design electrical circuits, as well as to understand the underlying mathematical and scientific principles.
PROGRAM DETAILS
- Code: 66016
- Academic Year: 2025/2026
- Credits:
- 4 CFU (second year, Computer Science)
- 6 CFU (second year, Chemical Engineering)
- Scientific Disciplinary Sector: ING-IND/31
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Location: Genoa
- Semester: 2nd Semester
PREREQUISITES
To enroll in this program, students must have completed the following prerequisites:
- Chemical Engineering 8714 (cohort 2024/2025)
- Mathematical Analysis I
- Fundamental of Physics
TEACHING METHODS
The program will be taught through a combination of lectures and practical lab sessions. The full version of the program (6 CFU) will include 51 hours of lectures and 3 practical lab sessions (9 hours), while the reduced version (4 CFU) will consist of 40 hours of lectures.
SYLLABUS
The program will cover the following topics:
- Basics of electromagnetism
- Limitations of lumped-parameter circuit theory
- Concepts of voltage, current, flux, charge, and power
- Introduction to Maxwell's equations
- Concept of electrical components (two-terminal, multi-terminal, and two-port networks)
- Kirchhoff's laws
- Common resistive two-terminal and two-port components (resistor, ideal generators, controlled sources, ideal transformer)
- Series and parallel connections
- Voltage and current dividers
- Th憝enin and Norton equivalent models of composite components
- Analysis of linear circuits in steady-state
- Graph theory and its application to the study of linear electric circuits
- Superposition principle
- Tellegen's theorem
- Key dynamic components (capacitor, inductor, coupled inductors)
- First-order dynamic circuits with various sources, state variables, input/output relationships, natural frequencies, stability, complete response
- Analysis of linear circuits in sinusoidal steady state
- Phasors
- Impedance and admittance
- Complex power
- Average and RMS values of periodic quantities
RECOMMENDED READING
The following textbooks are recommended for the program:
- M. Parodi, M. Storace, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits: Basic & Advanced Concepts, Vol. 1, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, 2017
- M. Parodi, M. Storace, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits: Basic & Advanced Concepts, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, 2020
- L.O. Chua, C.A. Desoer, E.S. Kuh, Circuiti lineari e non lineari, Jackson, Milano, 1991
- C.K. Alexander, M.N.O. Sadiku, Circuiti elettrici (3A edizione), MacGraw-Hill, Milano, 2008
- M. de Magistris, G. Miano, Circuiti, Springer, Milano, 2007
- G. Biorci, Fondamenti di elettrotecnica: circuiti, UTET, Torino, 1984
- V. Daniele, A. Liberatore, S. Manetti, D. Graglia, Elettrotecnica, Monduzzi, Bologna, 1994
- M. Repetto, S. Leva, Elettrotecnica, Citt豋tudi, Torino, 2014
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
The program will be taught by Alberto Oliveri, and the exam board will consist of:
- Alberto Oliveri (President)
- Matteo Lodi
- Marco Storace (President Substitute)
EXAM DESCRIPTION
The exam will consist of a written test worth 20 points and an oral test worth 10 points. The written test will involve the analysis of one or more circuits in transient and steady-state (DC or sinusoidal) conditions, while the oral test will consist of an explanation of a topic chosen by the teacher.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
The theoretical question will allow the evaluation of the ability to explain the most relevant aspects of circuit theory and the fundamental concepts that underlie the operation of the most important electrical components. The exercises will allow the evaluation of the ability to solve problems in the same contexts, by applying the conceptual tools described during the lessons and by justifying the performed choices.