Postgraduate Course: Power Engineering Research Techniques (MSc) (PGEE11167)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to equip students with essential skills for power engineering research and comprises three parts:
Research Methods: through lectures delivered in the first three weeks, students will study essential topics for the completion of a research project such as literature surveying, project planning & reporting, time management, Gantt charts, plagiarism & Intellectual Property issues, presentation of research outcomes etc.
Power Engineering Modelling Techniques: working in the computer laboratory, in the following four weeks students will gain experience in using software tools such as Matlab/Simulink to model power systems & machines.
Power Engineering Group Project: the final part of this course will require students to work in small groups and deliver a research project in power engineering. The project will allow them to use all the skills and tools they learned earlier in this course and will conclude with the submission of a report and preparation and presentation of a poster.
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| Course description |
Lectures:
Literature surveys: methods and sources of information
Project planning & Gantt charts
Project management & reporting
Time management
Plagiarism & Intellectual Property
Scientific writing
Presenting research outcomes
Laboratory topics:
Mathematical modelling using Matlab
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Good knowledge of Power Engineering. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be able to research the literature databases to find, assimilate, formulate and communicate new information from diverse sources.
- Gain technical understanding of research in the field of electrical power engineering through study of a particular problem in depth.
- Gain experience in team working, project planning and leadership skills in ways which show clear awareness of his/her own and others' roles and responsibilities.
- Have an understanding of research in a wider societal context and an ability to present technical information to a non-specialist audience.
- Be able to use specialist software tools to carry out a power engineering research project.
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Reading List
| Power System Analysis (3rd ed.); Hadi Saadat, PSA Publishing; ISBN-13:978-0984543809 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Research methods,power system modelling,Matlab,Simulink |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Aristides Kiprakis
Tel: (0131 6)50 5586
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Course secretary | Mrs Megan Inch-Kellingray
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
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