Electric Power Systems and Power Electronics Group

Program Description:

Two major efforts constitute the program:

• Power Systems
• Power Electronics.
   

Faculty expertise from both power systems and power electronics is frequently combined in research activities.  Power systems research is performed in the areas of analysis, reliability, monitoring, control and protection of power systems. Some of the faculty also have a strong interest in control systems, digital signal processing, data communications, and intelligent system applications.  Power electronics research is performed in the areas of motor drives, power electronic converters, utility interface issues, active filters, and electric and hybrid vehicle. Some of the faculty also  have  strong interest in power quality and diagnostics of electrical machines.

Associated Research Websites:

• Electric Power & Power Electronics Institute

 

Faculty Members:

Name	E-mail Address	Phone Number	Office
Balog, Robert Assistant Professor	rbalogmail.ece.tamu.edu	979-862-4985	216D ZEC
Butler-Purry, Karen L. Professor Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies	klbutlerece.tamu.edu	845-3628/845-3631	334 I WERC
Ehsani, Mehrdad Robert M. Kennedy '26 Professor II IEEE Fellow, SAE Fellow	ehsaniece.tamu.edu	845-7582	216F ZEC
Enjeti, Prasad TI Professor III in Analog Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Associate Department Head	enjetiece.tamu.edu	845-7466	301F WERC
Huang, Garng M. Professor	huangece.tamu.edu	845-7476	320E WERC
Kezunovic, Mladen Eugene E. Webb Professor IEEE Fellow	kezunovece.tamu.edu	845-7509	323A WERC
Russell, Don B. Regents Professor, Distinguished Professor, Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Chair Professor, NAE Member, IEEE Fellow, NSPE Fellow	bdrusselltamu.edu	845-7912	238 WERC
Singh, Chanan Interim Dept Head,Regents Professor, Irma Runyon Chair Professor, IEEE Fellow	singhece.tamu.edu	862-1553	301I WERC
Toliyat, Hamid Raytheon Company Professor, IEEE Fellow, Electric Power & Power Electronics-Group Leader	toliyatece.tamu.edu	862-3034	216Q ZEC
Xie, Le Assistant Professor NSF CAREER Award	lxiemail.ece.tamu.edu	845-7563	301H WERC

 

 

Courses:

undergraduate courses

• ECEN 459 Electric Power Systems I;
• ECEN 460 Electric Power Systems II;
• ECEN 438 Power Electronic;
• ECEN 441 Electric Motor Drives
• ECEN 442 DSP Based Electromechanical Motion Control
   

graduate courses

• ECEN 611 General Theory of Electromechanical Motion Devices;
• ECEN 612 Computer Aided Design of Electromechanical Motion Devices;
• ECEN 613 Rectifier and Inverter Circuits;
• ECEN 614 Power System State Estimation;
• ECEN 615 Methods of Electric Power Systems Analysis;
• ECEN 630 Analysis of Power Electronic Systems;
• ECEN 632 Motor Drive Dynamics;
• ECEN 643 Electric Power System Reliability;
• ECEN 666 Power System Faults and Protective Relaying;
• ECEN 667 Power System Stability;
• ECEN 668 High Voltage Direct Current Transmission;
• ECEN 677 Control of Electric Power Systems;
• ECEN 679 Computer Relays for Electric Power Systems;
• ECEN 686 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
• ECEN 689 Special Topics: Engineering and Economics of Competitive Power Systems (offered in Spring 2010)
• ECEN 689-605 Power Electronic Energy Conversion for Sustainable Energy Systems (offered in Fall 2010)
• ECEN 690 Switching Power Supplies

Labs:

Electric Machines and Power Electronics (EMPE) Laboratory , is equipped with several state of the art digital signal processor (DSP) controlled motor drive test beds. Innovative motor drive topologies and electric machines are developed in this lab.

Power Electronics and Clean Power Research Laboratory have the capability for experimental work in the development of power electronic devices and circuits, including advanced power converters, motor drives and power electronic device simulation.

Power Electronics & Motor Drives Laboratory , Design, simulation, prototype construction, testing, and evaluation of medium to high power converters, adjustable speed motor drives, and hybrid electric vehicle propulsion components are done in this laboratory. The laboratory is equipped with several test beds, and associated instrumentation, for experimental evaluations. Sophisticated power electronic, motor drive, and vehicle simulation packages have been developed for advanced research and system design. Distributed solid state power systems can also be simulated in this laboratory.

Power Engineering Laboratory Power Engineering Lab, equipped with advanced hardware / latest academic and professional software, provides the students and trainees with hands-on experience in Power Engineering.

Power System Automation Laboratory pursues research activities in the areas of high impedance fault detection and distribution automation.

Power System Control and Protection Laboratory devotes facilities to the development of digital simulators for relay testing and systems for automated analysis of faults.