Power Systems

The power industry around the world is experiencing dramatic changes leading to increasing competition through deregulation.  The industry is responding to an enhanced awareness of climate change and subsequent environmental constraints, consistent demand growth, and limited expansion to cope with the growing demand for electricity and sustainable development needs.  The demand for engineers with strong power systems knowledge is continually increasing.

This field aims at building a strong power and energy systems knowledge on top of a BE in electrical engineering and relevant fields, to supply the much needed skills required by industry.  The focus of this program is on power system stability and reliability, operations and planning, deregulation, condition monitoring, sustainability and renewable energy issues, as well as future trends in power engineering.

Projects in this area will generally follow the research strength of the teaching staff.  Currently, this includes power system stability and reliability analysis, distributed generation integration, and condition monitoring of electricity assets.

Power Systems Engineers are typically employed in electricity utilities as well as in the private sector, including consulting companies and large national and multinational electrical equipment/plant manufacturing companies.

Details of the program requirements and available courses are here.