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ECE 584 Electric Power Engineering Practicum II

3 Credit Hours

In this capstone course students will apply electric engineering and science knowledge to an electrical power engineering project. Consideration of the design process including feasibility study, preliminary design detail, cost effectiveness, along with development and evaluation of a prototype accomplished through design-team project activity. Complete written and oral engineering report required. Restricted to Master of Science in Electric Power Systems Engineering.

Prerequisite

Graduate Standing in MS-EPSE Program, ECE 583 Electric Power Engineering Practicum I.

Course Objectives

As a result of mastering the courses in the EPSE curriculum, the Capstone course/project will be used by the student to demonstrate the following:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to integrate learning from all EPSE courses.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to fully plan and implement a comprehensive project plan to a professional standard.
  3. Demonstrate a high level of communication, presentation, and writing skills.
  4. Conceptualize and develop a comprehensive project report worthy of presenting to a corporate management

Course Requirements

Grades are based on a final project report and presentation as well as monthly progress reports and meeting project management requirements.

Textbook

There will be no specified text for this course, however students will be expected to utilize all assigned readings and all previous notes from the spring semester ECE 583 course.

UPDATED 4/16/2024