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Electronic & Electrical Engineering Introductions

Information for Stage 1 Students • Professor Tony Fagan – March 2015 • Professor Federico Milano – Electrical Engineering • Adam Herrmann – 3rd year student, electronic engineering • Róisín Mossop – final year ME student, electrical energy engineering • Brian Mulkeen UCD School of Electrical, Scoil na hInnealtóireachta Electronic and Communications Leictrí, Leictreonaí agus – lecturer, electronic engineering Engineering Cumarsáide UCD – programme coordinator, E&E engineering

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UCD Engineering Pathways – DN150 Why Choose Electronic/Electrical?

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 ME Programme • Master of Engineering Biomedical Engineering ME • 2 years specialised study • Interesting and exciting field • Work experience – technology is changing all the time • Entry requirement… Chemical & Bioprocess – making possible new products, new systems… Engineering – you have an opportunity to be part of that! Stage 4 Civil Engineering • Broad field – specialise further later Bachelor of BE Engineering – within degree programme (more on this later…) Decision Point Decision Point 1 Decision Point 2 Engineering Electronic & Electrical – after graduation – where you work, what you do… Engineering For 2014 • Difficult field? Mechanical Engineering BSc entrants – depends on your aptitude and interests – relies heavily on maths – design, analysis, etc… – – use as tool, solve complex problems… 4 • also write software, design hardware…

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Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering

• Electricity as a form of energy • Electricity for information – for heat, light, transport, machines, etc. – – storing and processing information… • Electricity generation – renewable and other – – moving information… – entertainment – delivering content, gaming… • Electricity transport - national and international – electricity grid is critical infrastructure in 21 st century • Electricity for control – electronic controls in aircraft, cars, washing machines… • Electrical machines, electrical installations – often hidden, now becoming connected… – in every building, domestic, commercial, industrial… • Usually low power – less is better? • Usually large scale, high power… 5 6

E&E Stage 2 E&E Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 3

Electrical • Solid-State Core modules: Electronic & • Multivariable Calculus 2 Electrical • Computer Engineering Engineering • • Circuit Theory Electronic • Electronic & Electrical Circuits • Computer Science for Eng 2 • Signals & Systems • Multivariable Calculus Choose two of: • Electromagnetic Waves • Electrical Machines • Analogue Electronics • Electronic Circuits • Power Systems Eng. Choose one of: • Signal Processing • Engineering Electromagnetics • Digital System Design • Applied Dynamics • Modelling and Simulation • Electrical Energy Systems • Communication Systems • Communication Theory • Statistics & Probability • Specialise further: Electrical or Electronic • Fundamentals of Electronic/Electrical Engineering – by choosing two option modules – both areas build on the same principles • More complex topics, but more interesting… – start to apply knowledge to real-world problems – still plenty of laboratory & computer work – lots of lab work, mostly in groups of two… • Opportunities for study abroad

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Study Abroad Decision at end of Stage 3

• Usually in Stage 3 – one semester or both • Continue towards BE (bachelor of engineering) – arranged through UCD International… – four years in total • Need GPA at least 3.0 – higher for some – traditional qualification for professional engineer – same for all Engineering students • Enter ME (master of engineering) programme • 2011-12: 10 students – two years specialised study (five years total) – USA, Australia, Singapore • including work placement • 2012-13: 4 students – various options available… – Connecticut, San Diego, Melbourne, Munich – entry requirement – GPA 2.8 or better – fees required… • 2013-14: 11 students – Connecticut, California, Texas, Washington, • Option to graduate with BSc (Engineering Science) Valencia, Lausanne, Montreal, Melbourne – not professional qualification • 2014-15: 11 students – for work, further study in another area – or ME programme elsewhere – California, Maryland, Purdue, Texas, Montreal, 9 10 Melbourne, Ningbo, Singapore

Electrical Engineering Choices Electronic Engineering Choices

Electronic & Computer Electrical Energy ME ME Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 3 Engineering

Energy Systems ME Biomedical Engineering ME Electrical Engineering Electrical Elec. Eng. Elec. Eng. Electronic Electronic Engineering with Business ME Engineering with Business ME

Electrical Electronic BE BE Engineering Engineering

BSc BSc

• Other options possible… • Other options possible… – these are the obvious paths in UCD at present – these are the obvious paths in UCD at present

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BE - Electrical Engineering BE - Electronic Engineering

• Core Modules • Choose two options: • Core Modules • Choose two options – BE Project (15 credit) – Renewable Energy Systems – BE Project (15 credit) – Photonic Engineering – Control Theory – Entrepreneurship in Eng. – Control Theory – Entrepreneurship in Eng. – Power System Operation – Power Electronics Technol. – Digital System Design – Professional Eng. (Finance) – Power Electronics & Drives – Optimisation Techniques – RF Electronics – Power Electronics Technol. – Power System Dynamics & Control – Pow. Sys. Stability Analysis – Wireless Systems – Advanced Signal Processing – Power System Design – Energy Economics & Policy – Design – Neural Engineering – Applications of Power Electronics – Digital Communications – Professional Eng. (Management) – Professional Eng. (Management)

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ME Programmes Electronic & Computer Engineering • Two years of specialised study in chosen field – making five years in total • Electronic Engineering – includes work placement – using electricity for control, – includes major project at Master level (20-25 credit) communication, entertainment, • Entry requirement computing, etc. – based on stages 2 and 3, weighted by factors 3 and 7 • Work at many different levels – minimum GPA 2.8 (equivalent to C grade) – IC design – analogue & digital • Tuition fees – system design – at various scales – currently €6650 per year for EU students – algorithms, signal processing… – may be able to pay for last year only… • Traditional focus on hardware • Work Placement – 2 options: – but most hardware now involves computer – 30 credit, 6-7 months, January - August • embedded processor or linked to processor – 10 credit, summer only • often linked to Internet… – so computer and software side important – UCD will arrange… 15 16

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Electrical Energy

• Electrical Engineering – Power system and smart grid sectors • Many challenging areas – Power system analysis & design Electronic Engineering – Power electronics applications – Sustainable power systems – Smart grid communication architectures Adam Herrmann – Electricity market operations • Real-world, global revolution – Diverse generation & demand-side technologies – Stability & economic operation of future power systems

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Why I Chose E&E What’s It Like?

• I enjoyed the Circuits, Programming and • Every year has been a step up on the previous in terms Robotics Modules in 1 st Year. of work load. • Lots of Labs (15:00 – 18:00+), Maths and Programming! • Very broad field with many options. • The assignments\labs are challenging but interesting. • Electronics are in almost everything now and – Designing a Logic Circuit to Detect a Sequence of Bits (Digital Electronics). this will only continue to grow. • Done in LogiSim, then in a later lab built the circuit. • Everyday devices are starting to become – Designing and implementing a file transfer protocol. (Communication Systems). internet connected (Internet of Things) • Programmed the protocol in the lab and tested it by sending pictures and text files to and from the computers.

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What’s It Like? My Plan?

– Building an Audio (Electronic Circuits). • Designed first in LTSpice (circuit simulation software) and the • Have not made up my mind! built in a later lab. • But that’s the great thing about this – Adding a Load/Generator to the Grid (Electrical Energy Systems) programme, there are many options. • Always make sure the ammeter is connected in series! • I’m more than likely going to do the ME in – Unscrambling an audio file in MATLAB. (Signals and Elec. & Comp. Engineering. Systems). • Lots of late nights! • Really want to get into the Aviation Sector… – Labs/assignments almost always take longer than you would expect. – You’ll do a lot better if you work in groups.

• It’s as much of a Elec. & Comp. sector as it is a Mechanical sector with the progression of ‘Fly by Wire’ technology. • Signal Processing, Programming, Electromagnetics, Communication Theory…

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