Program for a concentration in Power Systems for Masters Degree
in Electrical Engineering:

Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Luis Youn, lyoun@siue.edu

ECE Core Courses:

• Program core requirement specifies a minimum of one course from the following list:

   • ECE 532, ECE 539, ECE 552, ECE 563, ECE 572, ECE 574

Power System Core courses:

• ECE 445 Power Distribution System
• ECE 446 Power System Analysis

Recommended courses (maximum of two out-of-department courses allowed):

• ECE 465 Control Systems Design
• ECE 466 Digital Control
• ECE 562 or ME 550 Modern Control
• ECE 563 Optimal Control
• MATH 421 Linear Algebra II
• MATH 465 Numerical Analysis

Other courses of interest:

• ECE 438 Image Analysis and Computer Vision
• ECE 439 Digital Image Processing
• ECE 476 Electronics II
• ECE 482 Microprocessor Systems
• ECE 483 Advanced Digital Systems Engineering
• ECE 538 Image Analysis and Computer Vision II
• ECE 539 Digital Image Processing II
• ECE 574 Digital Communication

Current Research Projects:

* Mathematical modeling of the topping- and bottoming-cycle co-generating plants.

* Optimal planning and scheduling of small power producing facilities.

* Optimal scheduling of energy storage units operating in parallel with small power producing facility.