EE 457

Course Structure
Power System Analysis-II (Spring 2006)

M ,W, F 10-11, 1344 Howe

Instructor: Professor Jim McCalley

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Course Structure for EE 457, Spring 2006

Course :                    Electrical Engineering 457 – Power System Analysis-II.

Instructor :               Dr. Jim McCalley, Coover Hall, Room 2210

Office Hours :          Tuesday 10-12, Thursday 4-5, or by appointment

E-mail & Phone : jdm@iastate.edu, 294-4844 (Office), 233-0280 (Home), 294-8057 (Secretary)

Web:                          http://www.ee.iastate.edu/~jdm/ee457/ee457index.htm

Grader :                    To be announced

Course Goal:         To provide each student with the ability to model, analyze, and design electric transmission systems.

Course Pre- and Co-requisite: EE 303, Credit or Registration in EE 324

Required Student Materials: The required textbook is below:

Book Title	:	Power System Analysis
Book Author	:	Bergen & Vittal
Book Edition	:	2nd
Book Year	:	2000
Book Publisher	:	Prentice Hall

Base Groups: You will be assigned to a base group consisting of 3-4 students. You will keep these base groups for the entire semester.  Some of your work will be done within your base groups, including some homework assignments and the project. If you have problems with your base group that you cannot solve, it is your responsibility to initiate and coordinate with me to help you solve it. Personality clashes are NOT problems that I will address.

Quizzes: There will be 3 “closed notes” exams and an “open note” final. Make-ups will be given only for extenuating circumstances, and arrangements MUST be made in advance of the regularly scheduled quiz. Quiz dates may deviate from the schedule. It is your responsibility to know quiz dates.

Assignments: Homework assignments will be made regularly. Solutions will be provided and posted on the website.

Class Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend class. Some material will be presented that is not in the notes placed on the Web. You are responsible for this material. In addition, a significant amount of learning will occur in class; you will learn less efficiently if you attempt to cover the material without the in-class instruction.

Class Preparation: Reading and studying the scheduled material in the text in advance of the class will be essential. A schedule of topics is given on the website.

Course grading policy:

Final Examination	25%
Exam Average Homework	35%   20%
Class Project	20%
Total	100%

Letter grades will be determined by the following guidelines:

90 and above	A
80 to 90^-	A- / B+ / B
70 to 80^-	B- / C+ / C
60 to 70^-	C- / D+ / D
60^- and below	D- / F

Communication: Feel free to communicate with me in any way that is convenient to you (after class, during office hours, phone, e-mail), for questions about the course material or assignments. E-mail is an especially good way, but response time here is variable, typically ranging from a minute to about 24 hours, depending on the nature of your question and my schedule.