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Key to Course Descriptions
Abbreviations
(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit |
Course Descriptions by Curriculum
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Electrical Engineering Tech | | | | IE-100 | | INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICITY | | This course provides the underlying electrical theory and practical applications for those wishing to study the field of industrial electricity. It includes atomic structure; voltage, current and resistance concepts; Ohms Law; static electricity; magnetism; DC series circuits, parallel circuits, combination circuits; electrical measurements; AC current and voltage, AC inductive and capacitive loads; electrical power in reactive circuits; transformers; introduction to three-phase circuits. | | | | IE-101 | | LAB FOR IE 100 | | Experiments include: electrical safety; circuit construction and measurement of voltage, current, resistance and power for DC circuits; series, parallel and combination DC circuits; voltage, current, impedance, phase and power measurement for AC circuits; impedances in series and parallel AC circuits. Single and three-phase AC circuits are considered. Prerequisite: MT 121 | | | | IE-110 | | COMPUTER SKILLS-ELECTRICIANS | | Computer system components; DOS fundamentals including files, directory structure and basic DOS commands; Introduction to Windows; Word and Excel for lab reports; Introduction to simulation using Electronic Workbench. Prerequisite: none | | | | IE-120 | | DIGITAL ELECTRONICS | | Logic concepts using switches; binary and hex numbers; logic gates, drivers, and interfaces; encoders and decoders; flip-flops, registers and counters; a simple adder; RAM and ROM memory; mass storage. Experiments include: simple logic circuits using switches, relays and lamps; integrated- circuit logic gates, encoders, and decoders; registers and counters; a simple adder. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in IE 130 | | | | IE-130 | | INDUSTRIAL ELECTONICS | | Oscillator and timer circuits; SCRs, TRIACs, opto-isolators and power control circuits; linear and switching regulators; inverters, converters, pulse-width modulators, solid-state motor control circuits and variable-speed drives. Activities include component and circuit identification, description of behavior, troubleshooting methods. Experiments include: op-amp oscillators, 555 timers, SCR characteristics and SCR power control, TRIAC characteristics and power control, opto-isolators, linear regulators, switching regulators, power inverters, pulse-width modulated power control, solid-state motor control circuits, and variable-speed drives. Prerequisite: IE 100 | | | | IE-140 | | AC/DC MACHINES | | Topics include: review of AC voltage and current phase relationship and computations of reactance and power; transformers and transformer applications; introduction to generators and motors; single-phase motors; three-phase alternators and motors; DC motors and generators; AC and DC motor control fundamentals. Experiments include: AC phasor computations, singlephase transformers, three-phase wye and delta connected transformers, singlephase AC motor characteristics, threephase alternators, three-phase motors, DC motor and generator characteristics, simple motor starter and control circuits. Prerequisite: IE 100 | | | | IE-150 | | COMMERCIAL+INDUSTRIAL WIRING | | Industrial safety; NEC Code; electrical wiring symbols and drawings; loads, branch circuits, switches and receptacles, branch circuit installation; lamps and lighting requirements; motors and special equipment; circuit breakers, fuses, ground-fault protection, lightning protection; service equipment, panelboards, feeders, substations. Commercial and industrial wiring exercises in accordance with the NEC code. Projects include: branch circuit and receptacle wiring using romex, flexible and rigid metallic conduit, non-metallic tubing and raceways; load computations and branch circuit design; transformers, feeders and service panels; lighting circuits, motor circuits, special circuits; ground-fault protective devices and circuits. Prerequisite: IE 100 | | | | IE-160 | | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLERS | | Introduction to PLCs, hard-wired relay logic versus PLCs, the PLC as a computer; memory addressing and I/O addressing; ladder logic programming; timers and counters; I/O modules; arithmetic instructions; sequencer instructions; troubleshooting PLC systems; plant floor communications and industrial networks; introduction to microcontrollers. Experiments include: PLC I/O characteristics, sinking and sourcing; reading digital inputs and producing on-off outputs; fail-safe circuits; industrial process programming; motor control logic; time delays and timer intervals; counting events; reading AC inputs and controlling AC loads; sequencer control; troubleshooting PLC systems; PID control demo; PLC communications. Prerequisite: IE 120 | | | | IE-170 | | PROCESS CONTROL | | This course provides an introduction to process control and servo control systems. Topics include: open and closed loop control; position, velocity, proximity, pressure, temperature, liquid level and flow sensors; signal conditioning; DC and brushless servo motors, servo drive circuits; stepper motors and drives; electric, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators; feedback control principles, set-point, control and process variables; closed-loop performance; two-point and proportional control, PID control; system stability. Experiments include: position, velocity, proximity, temperature, pressure, and liquid-level sensor characteristics; signal conditioning; electrical and pneumatic actuator characteristics; process control loops for electrical, thermal, mechanical, and pneumatic systems; DC servo control and stepper motor control; PID control concepts and stability. Prerequisite: IE 130 | | |
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