Degree Requirements

This concentration will require an Internship of at least four months duration (maximum of seven months) and the student to take  3 credit hours of ECE 650 and obtain a Satisfactory grade. An internship of at least four calendar months duration would require that it span at least one semester and possibly part of summer. The credits for ECE 650 would be taken during the semester that includes the internship. The  student would be considered as being enrolled full time during that semester. 

A student would not enroll in this concentration in their first semester. They would switch to it in  a later semester if they secure a suitable internship. Per normal CPT rules, International  students studying on an F-1 visa would have to be present on a US campus for two full semesters (a full academic year), and present at NC State for one semester, before using CPT  privileges to take an internship. If a student switches to this concentration but does not start the  internship, they will switch back to the original plan. 

This will be a concentration only for on-campus students. Students enrolled in our distance  education – Engineering Online (EOL) - option will not be eligible.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Core Courses		18
ECE 550	Power System Operation and Control
ECE 551	Smart Electric Power Distribution Systems
ECE 552	Renewable Electric Energy Systems
ECE 583	Electric Power Engineering Practicum I
ECE 584	Electric Power Engineering Practicum II
ECE 534	Power Electronics
or ECE 587	Power System Transients Analysis
Concentration Requirement		3
ECE 650	Internship *
Elective Courses		9
Select a minimum of four of the following:
ECE 516	System Control Engineering
ECE 534	Power Electronics
ECE 535	Design of Electromechanical Systems
ECE 554	Electric Motor Drives
ECE 581	Electric Power System Protection
ECE 585	The Business of the Electric Utility Industry
ECE 586	Communication and SCADA Systems for Smart Grid
ECE 587	Power System Transients Analysis
ECE 589	Solid State Solar and Thermal Energy Harvesting
ECE 592	Special Topics In Electrical Engineering
ECE 726	Advanced Feedback Control
ECE 732	Dynamics and Control of Electric Machines
ECE 736	Power System Stability and Control
ECE 753	Computational Methods for Power Systems
CE 578	Energy and Climate
Total Hours		30

*

ECE 650 requires that a written report be submitted and accepted by an ECE faculty examiner as meeting the standards required by the course. The written report should cover both technical and non-technical aspects of what the student did and learned during the internship. The report should not disclose company proprietary information.

Faculty