PurposeThe online Graduate Certificate in Power Systems is designed to provide students with the core knowledge and latest advancements in power systems analysis, modeling, operation, control, optimization, and integration of renewable energies, and produce well trained graduates in this specialty. Students will learn the theory in various aspects of power systems and master the tools and techniques for planning and operating power systems and solving real-world problems.
The credits earned through this certificate will count towards the MS or PhD degree in electrical engineering if the students decide to continue their graduate studies at UK.
Admission RequirementsStudents who already are or will be enrolled in a graduate degree program, or those who simply apply for Postbaccalaureate (non-degree) status in order to complete the certificate, are eligible to apply for admission. Apply online through the Graduate School.
The minimum requirements for admission to the graduate certificate curriculum are the same as those for post-baccalaureate status. Applications for admission to the Graduate Certificate will be reviewed by the certificate director, who will notify the Graduate School of the student’s admission. A student is encouraged to apply and be admitted to the certificate curriculum prior to taking any classes that will be counted towards completion of the certificate.
Certificate RequirementsAs required by the Graduate School, a student must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the set of courses required for completion of the graduate certificate.
Certificate curriculum courses taken at graduate level by a student (undergraduate or graduate) before being admitted to the certificate curriculum will count toward the completion of the certificate.
Graduate courses taken at other universities that are transferable to UK may be counted toward the completion of the certificate at the discretion of the Certificate Director.
The curriculum of the certificate will consist of 12 credit hours, including four courses elected from a list of specified courses (view the list of available courses). Students can take appropriate substitute courses for the required courses at the discretion of the Certificate Director to fulfill the certificate requirements.
Faculty RecordDrs. Aaron Cramer, Paul Dollloff, Jiangbiao He, Larry Holloway, Dan Ionel, Yuan Liao, and Joe Sottile
Award of the Certificate in Power SystemsAfter you fulfill the certificate requirements, please submit the application (.docx) to receive the certificate.
For more information about the graduate certificate, contact the Certificate Director: Dr. Yuan Liao, 691 F. Paul Anderson Tower, (859) 257-6064.
For MS and PhD degree inquiries, contact Dr. Aaron Cramer, Director of Graduate Studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering, aaron.cramer@uky.edu, 85-257-9113. For general inquiry about PEIK, contact Dr. Dan Ionel, dan.ionel@uky.edu, 859-257-3926, Director of Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky.
To fulfill the requirements of the graduate certificate in power systems, students are required to take four courses from the following list of courses, a total of 12 credit hours. All courses are 3 credit hours.
EE 537 Power System Analysis I *: Basic concepts relating to electric power systems, with emphasis on the determination of transmission line parameters, representations of components of a power system, and generalized network analysis techniques.
EE 536 Power System Fault Analysis and Protection *: This course teaches computer based methods for performing balanced and unbalanced fault analysis of power systems, and principles for protecting power systems.
EE 532 Smart Grid: Automation and Control of Power System *: This course covers introduction to smart grid, key technologies in transmission and distribution systems that enable smart grid, power market structure, and real time pricing.
EE 535 Power system generation, operation and control *: This course covers essential aspects of the energy management system of power systems. Will cover topics: power system economics, state estimation, power system stability, power quality, and fault location.
EE 698 Spec. Topics Multi-Inst *: This course covers advanced topics on various aspects of electrical engineering, and is a template for courses to be shared among multi-institutions via distance learning technologies. Repeatable and may be used towards the certificate more than once depending on the actual topics covered.
EE 641 Advanced Power Systems *: This course covers advanced topics on electric power systems including power system analysis, operation, monitoring, protection, optimization and control.
EE 643 Integration of Distributed Energy Resources *: This course covers characteristics of distributed energy resources, the challenges and methods for integrating them into the power grid.
EE 546 Electric Power System Fundamentals: Introduction to power transmission basics, power system components, power flow, fault analysis and protection, control, stability, and economic operation of the power grid.
EE 531 Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems: Study of non-traditional, electric generating systems, and the use of renewable energy sources. Energy sources include solar, wind, hydro, and biomass/biogas. Generating technologies include both inverter based equipment and rotating machinery.
EE 539 Power Distribution Systems: Electric utility distribution power systems, addressing topics such as configuration, equation, customer class data, phase balancing, distributed generation, etc.
EE 538 Power System Analysis II: Introduction to modern power system practices, basic transient and steady-state stability analysis with emphasis on digital techniques.
*: Existing online course.
