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Using MatLab to Teach Electric Energy Courses

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Conference

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Publication Date

June 10, 2012

Start Date

June 10, 2012

End Date

June 13, 2012

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

Tagged Division

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page Count

13

Page Numbers

25.1429.1 - 25.1429.13

DOI

10.18260/1-2--22186

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https://peer.asee.org/22186

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563

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Max Rabiee P.E. P.E. University of Cincinnati

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Max Rabiee earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky (U.K.) in 1987. He has taught electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology courses full-time and part-time for more than 30 years, and he is currently professor in the School of Electronic and Computing Systems (SECS) in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Cincinnati (UC). Rabiee is a registered Professional Engineer (since 1988) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE). He is also a member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.

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Abstract

Using MatLab to Teach Electric Energy CoursesGraduates of baccalaureate degree programs in Electrical Engineering and Electrical EngineeringTechnology programs are hired to work in electric energy industry. During and before 1970’s,typically two or more electric energy courses were part of the electrical engineeringbaccalaureate degree programs. New fields of study were discovered in digital andmicroelectronics field, therefore this has limited the number of course offering in the electricenergy.Now usually only one introductory Electric Machine course is in most of Electrical Engineeringand Electrical Engineering Technology baccalaureate degree curriculums. An introduction tooperating theory and classification of electric machines should be an essential part of ElectricalEngineering and Electrical Engineering Technology curriculums. Topics in this course shouldinclude three-phase power flow, transformers, direct and alternating current machines, and powerelectronics drives. One semester or specially one quarter does not allow enough classroom timeto cover these topics in depth using the traditional lecture style. Author of this paper has usedMatLab during one quarter of lecture and lab class for electric rotating machines course. As ateaching tool, MatLab can help students with analyzing and solving problems for the previouslymentioned topics.I will share my experience using MatLab to teach the electric rotating machines lecture/labcourse last year. He will explain the use of MatLab to solve electric machines problems. He willalso describe how MatLab was used by students to analyze data recorded in the lab. Studentsused Mathlab to simulate and test performance of electromechanical devices. They also used itto find equivalent circuit parameters and draw characteristic curves of the electric machines.This presentation will focus on using MatLab to teach operating principals of devices used inelectric energy system during one quarter term. During this presentation, he will also describeand explain the topics that should be included in an electric rotating machines class.

Rabiee, M. (2012, June), Using MatLab to Teach Electric Energy Courses Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22186

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