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EE 303 Course Structure T, Th 8-9:15, Carver 205 Professor James McCalley |
Course: Electrical engineering 303
– Energy systems and power
electronics.
Instructor: Professor James McCalley, Coover Hall, Room 1115
Office Hours: Thursday 3-4, Friday 2-3, or by appointment
E-mail & Phone: jdm@iastate.edu, 515-294-4844 (Office), 515-294-8057 (Administrative Assistant)
Grader: Yanda Jiang, yandaj@iastate.edu,
Grader office hours: Monday 9-10:30, Tuesday 2-3.
Course Web
Page: http://home.engineering.iastate.edu/~jdm/ee303/ee303schedule.htm
Course Pre- and Co-requisite: Math 267, Physics
222 and credit or registration in EE 224 AND 230. Familiarity with the
following topics is essential: AC and DC Circuit Analysis, matrix algebra,
calculus.
Required Student Materials: Course modules, to be posted on the webpages.
Suggested student materials: “Electric Power Principles: Sources, Conversion, Distribution and Use,” by J. Kirtley, 2010, Wiley. It is useful for you to read related material in multiple sources to gain better understanding.
Class Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend class, but role will not be called. There is one reason why you may find it difficult to attend class, and that is because it is 8 am. However, there are six reasons why you should make very strong effort to attend class. These reasons are:
1.
It is your job.
2.
I really want you to attend my class. If you do, I
think you will like it; I also think it will cause you to
very strongly consider power/energy engineering as a career path.
3.
You will learn more effectively and do better in the
course if you attend all of the classes and pay careful attention.
4.
Some material will be presented
that is not in the course modules. You are responsible for all information presented in-class. There is no obligation
for anyone to provide you with in-class information if you choose not to
attend class.
5.
I give unannounced pop-quizzes, and I reserve the right
to give them at any time during normal class hours.
6.
I give nine announced in-class quizzes during the
semester, sometimes at the beginning of class and sometimes at the end of
class.
Pop quizzes: I reserve the right to administer a pop quiz at any time, collect them, and grade them. If you are not in class for a pop quiz, then you receive zero for that pop quiz. No pop-quiz make-ups will be considered, for any reason.
Quizzes: There will be nine 15-20min quizzes during the semester, and a 2hr final exam. Quizzes will be similar to homework problems, although not identical. No make-up quizzes will be given for any reason. Quiz dates are posted on the web, under the “Schedule” of the course website. One quiz grade will be dropped. The dropping policy is to convenience students that must miss a quiz for a legitimate reason; it is does not give you license to miss a quiz otherwise. You are expected to take ALL quizzes. If you miss one quiz, that quiz automatically becomes your dropped quiz. Any additional missed quiz will be dropped only if you missed it because of a situation that prevented you from attending the scheduled quiz date AND was out of your control. For example, you have an accident and become injured or you become very ill (will need doctor’s not for both of these), or you experience a death in your immediate family. In all such cases, you are strongly encouraged to communicate with me before the quiz.
Final Exam: I will not give the final exam to anyone except during the regular scheduled final exam date/time; the final exam date/time is posted under the “Schedule” of the course website.
Assignments: Besides scheduled and pop quizzes and the final exam, there will be two different types of assignments.
· Homework problems: Problems are provided at the end of most of the modules. Some will be graded and some will not be graded. For each assignment made by your instructor, it will be your responsibility to learn how to solve the problems. Solutions to the problems will be made available to you, under “HW, Quiz solutions” of the course website. You are strongly encouraged to work all assigned problems before the quiz. Although the grader will grade some of your homework, he will not correct it. It is your responsibility to compare your HW with the solutions on the web pages.
·
Simulator
exercise: You will be asked to complete at least
one assignment using an interactive, menu-driven power system simulator.
Class Preparation: Reading the appropriate material in the text before the class is essential. A
schedule of topics is given under “schedule” of the web site. Although we may
deviate from this schedule a little, if you are attending class regularly, you
should still be able to use it to tell what reading you need to do before
class.
Course grading policy:
Final
Examination
|
30% |
Quizzes
|
40% |
Simulator
exercise
|
7.5% |
Homework
|
15% |
Pop
quizzes
|
7.5% |
Total |
100% |
Letter grades will be determined by the following guidelines
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90 and above |
A |
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80 to 90- |
A- / B+ / B |
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70 to 80- |
B- / C+ / C |
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60 to 70- |
C- / D+ / D |
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60- and below |
D- / F |
Communication: Feel free to communicate with the instructor in any way that is convenient to you (after class, during office hours, phone, e-mail), for questions about the course material or assignments. Regarding e-mail, response time will vary, typically ranging from a minute to about 24 hours, depending on the nature of your questions and the instructor’s schedule. Sometimes it does happen that I miss an email, and so if you do not receive response within 24 hours, please resend.
Inquiries regarding recordings of your grades should be directed to the grader; all other inquiries, including questions on the grading of assignments or quizzes, scheduling of quizzes, special situations, etc., should be directed to the instructor.
Disability Statement:
If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, please communicate to me the need before the first quiz. In addition, I will need a Disability Resources staff to send a SAAR form verifying your disability and specifying the accommodation you will need.