EE 5707 -- New Course

Tue Apr 28 14:43:54 2009

Approvals Received:

Department
on 04-28-09
by Kyle Dukart
(kdukart@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

College/Dean > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1099 - Fall 2009

Course:

EE 5707

Institution:
Campus:

UMNTC - Twin Cities
UMNTC - Twin Cities Campus

Career:

GRAD

College:

TIOT - Institute of Technology

Department:

11122 - Electrical & Computer Eng

General

Course Title Short:

Elec Drives in Sust En Sys Lab

Course Title Long:

Electric Drives in Sustainable Energy Systems Laboratory

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

1.0 to 1.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Laboratory to accompany EE 5705

Print in Catalog?:

Yes

CCE Catalog
Description:

Grading Basis:

Stdnt Opt

Topics Course:

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Instructor
Contact Hours:

3.0 hours per week

Years most
frequently offered:

Other frequency

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Spring

Component 1:

LAB (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

LAB

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
1.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
1.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

5705 or & 5705

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

000356 - IT grad student

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Ned Mohan

Faculty
Sponsor E-mail Address:

mohan@umn.edu

Liberal Education

Requirement
this course fulfills:

None

Other requirement
this course fulfills:

None

Criteria for
Core Courses:

Describe how the course meets the specific bullet points for the proposed core requirement. Give concrete and detailed examples for the course syllabus, detailed outline, laboratory material, student projects, or other instructional materials or method.

Core courses must meet the following requirements:

They explicitly help students understand what liberal education is, how the content and the substance of this course enhance a liberal education, and what this means for them as students and as citizens.

They employ teaching and learning strategies that engage students with doing the work of the field, not just reading about it.

They include small group experiences (such as discussion sections or labs) and use writing as appropriate to the discipline to help students learn and reflect on their learning.

They do not (except in rare and clearly justified cases) have prerequisites beyond the University's entrance requirements.

They are offered on a regular schedule.

They are taught by regular faculty or under exceptional circumstances by instructors on continuing appointments. Departments proposing instructors other than regular faculty must provide documentation of how such instructors will be trained and supervised to ensure consistency and continuity in courses.

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thinking ethically about important challenges facing our society and world;
reflecting on the shared sense of responsibility required to build and maintain community;
connecting knowledge and practice;
fostering a stronger sense of our roles as historical agents.

Writing Intensive

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as Writing Intensive
curriculum:

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What types of writing (e.g., reading essay, formal lab reports, journaling) are likely to be assigned? Include the page total for each writing assignment. Indicate which assignment(s) students will be required to revise and resubmit after feedback by the instructor or the graduate TA.

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Question 2:

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Question 3:

What types of instruction will students receive on the writing aspect of the assignments?

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Question 4:

How will the students' grades depend on their writing performance? What percentage of the overall grade will be dependent on the quality and level of the students' writing compared with the course content?

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Question 5:

If graduate students or peer tutors will be assisting in this course, what role will they play in regard to teaching writing?

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Question 6:

How will the assistants be trained and supervised?

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Question 7:

Write up a sample assignment handout here for a paper that students will revise and resubmit after receiving feedback on the initial draft.

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Proposal to Add EE 5707

Submitted by Ned Mohan
March 21, 2009

Proposed Title: Laboratory for Electric Drives in Sustainable Energy Systems

Catalog Description: (1 cr)

Experiments to substantiate concepts discussed in EE5705.

Contact Hours: 2hrs/wk

Course Coordinator:
Ned Mohan
EE/CSci 5-111
612-625-3362
mohan@umn.edu

Text:
The Laboratory Manual will be provided.

Prerequisite by Topics:
Understanding of transformers, dc drives and ac machines and drives under balanced sinusoidal steady state.

Course Objectives:
This Lab course is a separate 1-credit hardware lab course added to complement the lecture course EE 5705. This lab is basically an extension of the lab course EE 4703 that uses DSP-controlled (dSPACE system) Electric Drives.

This lab course complements teaching modern topics in sustainable technologies for optimum operation of electric drives, leading to their analysis, control and modeling using a program such as SIMULINK™.

Course Outcome:
Confirmation in hardware of a comprehensive understanding of how electric drives operate under dynamic conditions, how they ought to be controlled for optimum performance.

Outline of Experiments:

1.        Getting familiar with the hardware setup

2.        Space Vector Observation

3.        Speed Control of Induction Motor Drives

4.        Voltage Vector Pulse-Width Modulation

5.        Vector Control and modeling of Induction Motor Drives (2 wk)

6.        Direct-Torque Control and Sensor-less Drives

7.        Permanent-Magnet and Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous-Motor Drives

Relationship to Professional Component:
Aimed at graduate students; co-prerequisite EE5705

Relationship to Program Objectives:
Provides in-depth knowledge in the field of electric drives.

Prepared by: Ned Mohan, Spring 2009