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EE
552 Course
Structure T,
Th, 4:10-5:25, Howe 1252 and on-line Professor
James McCalley |
Course: Electrical engineering 552, Energy system planning
Instructor: Dr. Jim McCalley, Coover Hall, Room 1115
Office Hours: You can connect with me for questions and discussion in five ways.
1. During class: ask questions or make comments any time.
2. After class: I am willing to stay after class for 15-30 minutes, as needed;
3. Send email: I will try to respond within 24 hours, if you do not get response in that time, send again.
4. Call me on the phone (this is hit or miss, depending on whether I am busy or not when you call).
5. Request an appointment by either phone or Zoom, as you like.
Method 1 will certainly not be private. Method 2 might be, by only be chance that everyone else disconnects immediately after class. Methods 3-5 will be private.
E-mail & Phone: jdm@iastate.edu, 515-294-4844 (Office), 515-460-5244 (cell). I am usually in my office during working hours, i.e., between ~7:30amCT - ~6:00pmCT (except, of course, during class time), and so you should be able to reach me by my office phone if you call during working hours. But if you need to get hold of me, and I don’t pick up on my office phone, you may use my cell.
Grader: This course has no grader (I grade everything).
Course Web
Page: http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~jdm/ee552/ee552schedule.htm
Course Objectives: See Course objectives link in table at top of this page.
Course Prerequisite: Familiarity with power system analysis methods
is essential. This material is provided in standard textbooks on this subject,
including the ones by Bergen & Vittal, Grainger & Stevenson, Glover,
Sarma & Overbye, Gross, del Torro, Saadat, and Elgerd. If you are not familiar with the content of one of
these books, I suggest that you obtain one of them and keep it on your desk
throughout this course. Familiarity with the following topics is also
essential: matrix algebra, calculus, network analysis theory including electric
power flow analysis, basic optimization concepts, and engineering economics.
Required Student Materials:
None. All course materials will be posted to the website. You are encouraged to download them to your computer on a day-to-day basis. Be aware that I often extend or update materials up to the day of the class where the materials will be presented.
Exams: There will be one open-book, open-note take-home mid-term exam and a comprehensive open-book, open-note take-home final exam. For both of these exams, the only thing that is “closed” is another human – the work on the exam must be your own, with no help. If you contact someone for help, then you are in violation of this policy, and you are asking the person you contact to be in violation as well. I request that if anyone contacts you for assistance during either the mid-term or the final exam, that you (i) tell them “no,” and (ii) report the incident to me. If I learn of anyone requesting or providing help during the mid-term or the final exam, I will request involvement of the ISU Dean of Students.
Assignments: Besides the mid-term exam and the final exam, there will be two different types of assignments.
Homework problems: Problems will be assigned. For each assignment, it will be your responsibility to determine how to solve the problems. There will generally be material in the lectures which provide a basis for solving the problems. Solutions to the problems will be made available to you, at the Schedule of the course Website. You are strongly encouraged to work all assigned problems before each exam.
Course project: The course project 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. Although I am available
to you outside of class, I am not responsible for providing you with
in-class information if you choose not to attend class. Likewise, the existence
of the course website does not mean that all in-class information must be
posted. In other words, I may present information in class for which there is
no other way to obtain it except to be present when it is presented, and you
are responsible for it.
Class Preparation:
·
A schedule of topics is given at the Schedule
of the course website. 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.
·
Notes are posted to the course webpage. I will
always update them before the class where they are discussed, and sometimes I
will update them significantly. Once they are updated, I will place the update
date at the top of the first page.
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I suggest that you read and consider the posted
notes carefully. The very best way to take this course is as follows:
o Read
or at least skim the notes to be discussed in class before the class. This will
get you a bit oriented to what we discuss.
o During
class time, have a hard copy with you that you can write on, or, if you find it
more convenient, have an electronic copy on your computer that you can
annotate.
o After
class, review what we have done and see if there are issues that are unclear to
you. Try to develop a succinct question that addresses what is unclear.
Research it a bit to see if you can develop the answer. Feel free to raise the
question during the next class meeting, or, if you prefer, send it to me via
email.
If your time does not allow you to do all of the above, then try to do as much of it as you can.
In addition, you should complete all homework
assignments as soon after they are assigned as you can, and certainly by the due-date.
Course grading policy:
Mid-term
exam
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30% |
Final
Examination
|
30% |
Project
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20% |
Homework
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20% |
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 |
Canvas usage: I will not be posting to Canvas, electing instead to post to the course website.
Accessibility
Statement: Iowa State University is
committed to advancing equity, access, and inclusion for students with
disabilities. Promoting these values entails providing reasonable
accommodations where barriers exist to students’ full participation in higher
education. Students in need of accommodations or who experience
accessibility-related barriers to learning should work with Student
Accessibility Services (SAS) to identify resources and support available to
them. Staff at SAS collaborate with students and campus partners to coordinate
accommodations and to further the academic excellence of students with
disabilities. Information about SAS is available online at www.sas.dso.iastate.edu, by email at accessibility@iastate.edu, or by
phone at 515-294-7220.
Free Expression Statement: Iowa State
University supports and upholds the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech and
the principle of academic freedom in
order to foster a learning environment where open inquiry and the vigorous
debate of a diversity of ideas are encouraged. Students will not be
penalized for the content or viewpoints of their speech as
long as student expression in a class context is germane to the subject
matter of the class and conveyed in an appropriate manner.
ISU Code of Student Conduct: Students in
this course are responsible for being familiar with the Iowa State University Student Code of
Conduct in the ISU Policy Library – see https://www.policy.iastate.edu/policy/SDR.