Electric Power & Power Electronics Program 

 Dr. Hamid Toliyat , Program Coordinator
Department of Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas  77843-3128

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.
 
 
 
 

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
• ECEN 689-605 Power Electronic Energy Conversion for Sustainable Energy Systems
• 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 , has 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Faculty

H. Abu-Rub	S. Ahmed	R. Balog	K. Butler
M. Ehsani	P. Enjeti	G. M. Huang	M.  Kezunovic
B. D. Russell	C. Singh	H. Toliyat	L. Xie