ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS (EES)
The Electric Energy Systems concentration in the Electrical Engineering graduate program offers a wide range of courses in the areas of renewable energy, power systems, electric machines, and power electronics. Recent focus on clean energy and energy efficiency has led to a renewed interest in power and energy systems as well as energy conversion systems. Our faculty conducts research in the areas of solar cell development, battery testing, modeling and simulation of microgrids, power train electronics for electric vehicles, and application of wide-band gap devices in power electronic converters.
Degree Requirements
Ten courses (30 credits) are required to complete a Master’s in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Electric Energy Systems (EES).
Area Courses:
Courses also included in Alternate & Renewable Energy track in Sustainable Engineering are: ECE 7000, 7580, 7805, 7810, 8580, 8815, 8820 and EGR 7850.
Additional courses should be selected to complement those above and to support your professional interests.
Degree plans must be submitted before registering for your first semester. The degree plan must meet general departmental requirements for graduation, and the specific EES concentration requirements detailed above. The deadline for the submission of your degree plan for an EES-Concentration MS Degree is:
- For full and part-time students: before registering for your first semester.
- For 5-year BS/MS students: before registering for fall semester of your senior year.
Academic Advisor
Each student
who selects the EES concentration must work with his/her academic
advisor (for research assistants, this would be his/her research
advisor) to prepare and submit an approved degree plan. The academic
advisor must be a full-time faculty member who teaches courses in the
EES area. Dr. Pritpal Singh is the Academic Advisor assigned to the EES
concentration. Any student interested in the EES concentration is
encouraged to meet with Dr. Singh until he/she has established a
permanent academic advisor.
Full-time ECE faculty who regularly serve as academic advisors for the EES concentration are:
- Dr. Pritpal Singh, Professor, 610-519-7378
- Dr. Nisha Kondrath, Professor, 610-519-8143
Related Research Facilities
Solid-State Materials & Devices Laboratory
The
Solid State Materials and Devices Laboratory is well equipped with
digital oscilloscopes, function generators, multimeters, electrometers,
and electronic loads. A 5 kW fuel cell stack, 10 kW diesel generator,
and a 5 kW Lithium ion battery pack are available for medium-power
applications. Two Solartron 1280B Electrochemical Measurement units and
two Tenney Jr. thermal chambers are available for testing and
measurements of batteries. In addition to the standard instrumentation,
the power electronic test benches at the laboratory are also equipped
with a network analyzer, high-current probes and amplifiers,
differential probes, and a high voltage power supply. Four programmable
power electronic converters (~10kW) – may be configured as AC/DC
rectifier, DC/AC inverter, and electric drives are also available.
Electric machines and drives apparatus as well as power system simulator
available is lab may be used for teaching and research. ECE department
also have licenses to various simulation software such as PSpice,
Labview, and Multisim.
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES
“Villanova offers a strong research-oriented graduate school program. It has extremely qualified faculty willing to help students excel in their areas of interest.”
Shalini Sunkara, Senior Project Electrical Engineer, Lutron Electronics
“The professors in Electrical Engineering are very easy to work with and the program itself is tailorable. I appreciated how I was able to select classes that matched my professional interests.”
Mark Schaff, Systems Engineering Lead, The Boeing Company
“Villanova's professors aren't only academics. They are industry experts who understand how things work. That makes them so much more valuable to us as students.”
Jad Rabah, Advanced Space Systems Engineer, Telesat Canada