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EE 458 Course Structure M, W, F 10-10:50,1242 Howe Dr. Jim McCalley |
Course : Electrical engineering 458 – Economic systems for electric power planning
Instructor : Dr. Jim McCalley, Coover Hall, Room 1115
Office Hours : Tuesday 10-11, Wednesday 3-4, or by appointment
E-mail & Phone : jdm@iastate.edu, 294-4844 (Office), 233-0280 (Home), 294-8057 (Secretary)
Grader : Yang Gu, 515-290-9978, guyang@iastate.edu, office hours: T 10:00-12:00.
Course Web
Page: http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~jdm/ee458/index.htm
Course Goals : To enable each student to
(1) characterize existing electric industry structure and market systems
(2) solve linear programming and integer programming problems using commercial optimization software packages.
(3) determine electricity and transmission prices, how they affect the transmission expansion of electric power systems.
(4) be conversant with transmission and resource planning tools and procedures used by today’s industry
Course Prerequisite: EE 303 or Econ 301. Familiarity with the following
topics is essential: matrix algebra, calculus, basic optimization concepts.
Required Student Materials:
1. None. All course materials will be posted to the website.
Quizzes: There will be three 50 minute exams during the semester and a comprehensive final exam. No make-up exams will be given, unless there is a legitimate reason for missing the exam that is not under the student’s control.
Assignments: Besides quizzes and the final exam, there will be two different types of assignments.
· Homework problems: Problems are provided at the end of most of the modules. For each assignment made by your instructor, it will be your responsibility to learn how to solve the problems. They will not be graded. Solutions to the problems will be made available to you, under “HW, Quiz solutions” of the course WEB site. You are strongly encouraged to work all assigned problems before the quiz.
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Group
project: This will be described later in the course.
Class Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend class, but
role will not be called. However, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN-CLASS. The web site,
instructor, and grader, although available to you, are not responsible
for providing you with in-class information if you choose not to attend class.
Class Preparation: A schedule of topics is given under “schedule”
of the web site. Although we may deviate from this schedule a little, if you
are attending class regularly, you should still be able to use it to tell what
reading you need to do before class.
Course grading policy:
Exam
1
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15% |
Exam
2
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15% |
Exam
3
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15% |
Final
Examination
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30% |
Project
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10% |
Homework
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15% |
Total |
100% |
Letter grades will be determined by the following guidelines
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90 and above |
A |
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80 to 90- |
A- / B+ / B |
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70 to 80- |
B- / C+ / C |
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60 to 70- |
C- / D+ / D |
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60- and below |
D- / F |
Communication: Feel free to communicate with me in any way that is
convenient to you (after class, during office hours, phone, e-mail), for
questions
Disability Statement:
Please address any special needs
or special accommodations with me at the beginning of the semester or as soon
as you become aware. Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should
obtain a Student Academic Accommodation Request (SAAR) from the Disability
Resources (DR) office. Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation
based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss your
specific needs. Please contact the Disability Resources Office coordinate
reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. If you
have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this
course, please make arrangements to meet with me soon. Please request that a
Disability Resources staff send a