Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
INEL 5406. DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
authorization of the Director of the Department.
Design of electric power distribution systems with
emphasis on distribution transformer connections
and energy tariffs. Transmission line design with
emphasis on conductor selection, and mechanical
considerations. Review of transmission line
parameters.
INEL 5407. COMPUTER AIDED POWER
SYSTEM DESIGN. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INEL
4415.
Design of power systems using digital computers;
load flow, economic load dispatch, symmetrical
and unsymmetrical faults. Selection of breakers.
INEL 5408. ELECTRICAL MOTORS CONTROL.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: INEL 4405, INEL 4416 and
INEL 4505.
Characteristics and selection criteria of alternating
current (A.C.) and direct current (D.C.) motors;
design and control of solid state drive systems;
braking methods; heating and duty cycle
calculations. Performance calculations and design
of closed loop controllers.
INEL 5505. LINEAR SYSTEM ANALYSIS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INEL 4505.
Linear spaces and matrices; state variables
representations for linear continuous and discrete
systems; the Z-transform and its application;
controllability and observability; state estimators;
stability.
INEL 5506. PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION
AND CONTROL ENGINEERING. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: INEL 4206 and INEL 4505.
Design of process instrumentation and control
systems, based on analog and digital instruments
and mini or microcomputers. Standards and
practical considerations emphasized.
INEL 5508. DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisites: INEL 4505.
discrete systems. Practical considerations when
implementing a digital control system.
INEL 5516. AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INEL 4206 or ININ 4057.
Analysis and design of automated pneumatic
systems using programmable controllers.
Programming of industrial robots.
INEL 5995. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One to six
credit hours.
Investigations and special problems in Electrical
Engineering or related fields, open to outstanding
Electrical Engineering students.
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ICOM 4009. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: ICOM 4036.
Techniques used during the software development
cycle; specification, design, testing, documentation
and maintenance. Use of a procedure oriented
language in the design and implementation of a
software project.
ICOM 4015. ADVANCED PROGRAMMING.
Four credit hours. Three hours of conference and
two hours of computation per week. Prerequisite:
INGE 3016.
Advanced programming techniques applied to the
solution of engineering problems; extensive use of
subprograms, logical and specification statements.
Principles of multiprogramming, multiprocessing,
and real-time systems.
ICOM 4017. COMPUTER-BASED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
ICOM 4035.
Analysis and design of computer-based
management information systems; communication
theory and the flow of information within
organizations; methods and procedures of
gathering, disseminating and controlling
information; integrated Electronic Data Processing
versus batch-controlled system; the development
and installation of information processing systems.
Analysis and design of digital control systems;
stability, controllability and observability of
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