ELEC 275

Principles of Electrical Engineering

Summer 2024 Course Outline

Lectures: Section CD – Mo/We 2:45PM - 5:30PM – Room: H 520 SGW

Course Instructor: Dr. Mehdi Abedinpour Fallah
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours:
20 minutes after each lecture time – Room: H 520 SGW

Tutorials: Please see your class schedule for details

Tutors:
Labs:N/A

Course Calendar Description:

Fundamentals of electric circuits: Kirchoff’s laws, voltage and current sources, Ohm’s
law, series and parallel circuits. Nodal and mesh analysis of DC circuits. Superposition
theorem, Thevenin and Norton Equivalents. Use of operational amplifiers. Transient
analysis of simple RC, RL and RLC circuits. Steady state analysis: Phasors and
impedances, power and power factor. Single and three phase circuits. Magnetic circuits
and transformers. Power generation and distribution. Lectures: 2 hours and 30 minutes
per week. LABS, 3 Hours per week, Tutorials: 3 hours and 20 minutes per week.

Prerequisites: PHYS 205; ENGR 213.

Co-requisites: N/A

Specific Knowledge and Skills Needed for this Course:

Students taking this course are expected to have sufficient knowledge of the following topics.
Should you have difficulties in any of these topics, you are strongly encouraged to revise them
before the DNE deadline.
Topics:
All content of prerequisite courses as well as ability to use text editors.

Course materials
Required Textbook: G. Rizzoni, Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, Primis
text of Fifth Edition, McGraw-Primis on line, 2010, ISBN 0071065423 (you may use other
editions)
OR
G. Rizzoni and J. Kearns, Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, McGraw Hill,
2015, ISBN 978-0073529592
Grading Scheme
Attribute Indicators
Laboratory 20 % (ITW-1, ITW-2,ITW-3, ITW-4, UET-1)
Problems during tutorials 5 % (PA-3)
Mid-term examination 15 % (KB-2)
Final Examination 60 % (PA-1,PA-2,PA-3,PA-4,UET-1,KB-2)
Total 100 %

Note: The above setup will not be changed under any circumstance. If a student misses
the midterm test or quiz, those marks will be added to the final exam. During tests and
examinations, only University approved calculators with approved stickers will be
permitted. There is no fixed number to letter conversion for grades in engineering.

During the last half-hour of many of the tutorial classes, one exercise will be set. The
topic covering the problem will correspond with the material taught in the previous
tutorial session(s). The student is expected to solve that problem and hand over the
solution to the TA, who will pass it down to the Marker for marking. Some, not all,
exercises will have formulas provided.

The midterm exam details will be announced and posted later. The syllabus for the test
will be announced later. The rooms will be announced at the appropriate time.

Lab related materials (including the lab test) are handled by the lab coordinator not the
course instructor. * If there is no Lab Test, then the lab grade will be computed using
laboratory only.

Tentative Course Schedule:

The course provides a survey of topics inherent to the electrical and computer engineering
discipline to non-electrical engineering majors. It addresses the underlying concepts and
methods behind various applications ranging from electronic to electromagnetic systems.
From 0.5 to 1 week per topic tentative schedule. In the summer each week equals two
Fall/Winter weeks.
1. Circuit Concepts and Components (Operational Amplifiers) – Sections 2.1 to 2.7

2. Nodal and Mesh Analysis – Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.6 (Lecture 1)

3. Thévenin’s and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems – Section 3.7 (Lecture 2)

4. Inductors and Capacitors (solution of first and second order circuits) – Section 4.1
(Lecture 3)

5. Complex Numbers – Appendix A2 (Lecture 4)

6. Sinusoidal Sources – Section 4.2 (Lecture 5)

7. Phasor representation, nodal and mesh analysis – Sections 4.4 and 4.5 (Lecture 6)
8. Complex power and power factor – Sections 7.1 and 7.2 (Lecture 7)

9. Transformers and impedance matching – Section 7.3 (Lecture 8)

10. Three-phase circuits – Section 7.4 (Lecture 9)

11. Magnetic circuits – Sections 18.1 and 18.2 (Lecture 10)

12. Energy conversion – Section 18.5 (Lecture 11)

13. Electric machines – Sections 19.1 to 19.8 and 20.5 (Lecture 12)

Lab Details
The laboratory will take place in the Hall building Room H-832. A passing grade of 60% in the
laboratory is required to pass the course. Students must perform all the five experiments.
Students must prepare ahead of each laboratory session by reading the experiment instructions
and completing the pre-lab exercise which is submitted upon entry to the lab room. Students
must bring a copy of the Laboratory Manual with them to each session. This is available from
the University Bookstore. The older September 2013 version may also be used but then students
must obtain the updated pre-lab and lab record sheets from Lab schedule and other information
found in link on MOODLE website

Lab Reports must be submitted to your Lab Demonstrator TA at the subsequent lab. There is no
other opportunity for submission. Refer to the Lab Manual for other laboratory regulations.

Lab Test: The mandatory lab test is performed individually and is held in the lab before the final
exam period begins. Generally, it occurs during the regular lab time but the particular schedule
will be announced by email and posted at the lab.

Engineering Tools

Details on assessment tools:

Other relevant information

Graduate Attributes:
Course learning
Attribute Indicator Level
outcome
Problem identification and formulation Introductory 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Modeling Introductory 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Problem analysis Problem solving Introductory 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Analysis (uncertainty and incomplete
knowledge)
Introductory 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
 A knowledge Knowledge base of natural sciences Intermediate 4
base for
engineering Knowledge base in a specific domain Introductory 5
Ability to use appropriate engineering
tools, techniques and resources
Introductory 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Use of
Demonstrate awareness of limitations of
engineering tools
tools, create and extend tools as Introductory 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
necessary
Cooperation and Work Ethics Introductory
Individual and Contribution: Practical/Conceptual Introductory
team work Initiative and Leadership Introductory
Delivering Results Introductory

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:
Upon completing this course students will be able to:
1. Analyze the basic properties of a DC circuit using the nodal and mesh
analysis techniques. (PA,KB,ET)
2. Develop the Thévenin equivalent circuit of a DC circuit and identify the
maximum deliverable power to a load. (PA,KB,ET)
3. Understand the operation of inductors and capacitors. (KB)
4. Analyze the basic properties of an AC circuit using the nodal and mesh
analysis techniques in the phasor domain. (PA,KB,ET)
5. Develop the Thévenin equivalent circuit of an AC circuit and identify
the maximum deliverable power to a load. (PA,KB,ET)
6. Understand the concepts of active and reactive power in an AC circuit
(and to calculate these values). (KB,PA)
7. Analyze the behavior of an AC circuit with an ideal transformer.
(PA,KB)
8. Analyze the behavior of 3-phase balanced AC circuits.(PA,KB)
9. Analyze the behavior of magnetic circuits and evaluate energy
conversion. (PA,KB)
10. Understand the basic properties of electric machines through their
circuit models.(KB)
11. Use and select appropriate electronic measurement devices (e.g.
voltmeter or oscilloscope) (KB,ET)
12. Work with others to perform engineering measurements (I/TW)
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