ENERGY UTILITY TECHNOLOGY (EUT)

EUT 100 Introduction to Energy Industry 3 credits
This course provides students with an overview of the energy utility industry and occupational opportunities, including but not limited to history of providing reliable service, regulatory influences, electric/gas energy flow and basic terminology, typical conditions for employment, and career opportunities.
Co-requisite: ENG 100 or appropriate placement score. F

EUT 110 DC Circuits & Controls 4 credits
The course examines the foundations of basic DC circuit analysis concepts. Topics include voltage and current sources, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s Laws, concept of resistance, conductance, capacitance, inductance, network topologies such as elements in series and parallel, Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems, and transient behavior of RC and RL circuits. Students utilize computer software tools and laboratory experiments to reinforce concepts.
Prerequisite: MAT 095 or appropriate placement score. F

EUT 111 AC Circuits 4 credits
This course presents the foundations of basic AC circuit analysis for parallel and series circuits. Topics include voltage and current sources, phase and phasor relations, resistance, inductance and capacitance in sinusoidal drive circuits, and Bode plots. Students apply Thevinin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems of maximum power and superposition and analyze transient behavior of networks, transformers, and filters. Students utilize software tools and laboratory experience to reinforce concepts.
Prerequisites: EUT 110. S

EUT 115 Generation, Transmission and Distribution 4 credits
This course presents an overview of the electrical generation process and power plant systems and functions. Students analyze transmission lines for impedance, reflection, and standing wave concepts. Students learn the operation and design of utility power distribution systems including planning; load characteristics; and the application of distribution transformers, substations, primary and secondary systems, and voltage regulation and voltage reductions.
Prerequisite: EUT 100. S

EUT 120 Industrial Safety 3 credits
This course provides an introduction to the principles of safety, guidelines for the design of equipment, and explanations of why certain practices should or should not be followed. Students evaluate human reactions in normal and abnormal conditions, and compare features required for safe working conditions to industry standards.
Prerequisite: EUT 100. S

EUT 299 Cooperative Work Experience 3 credits
In this cooperative work experience, students work in the training laboratories of a major power transmission and distribution company, learning how to splice wires and connect fuses and transformers, using industry-standard techniques and the safe use of tools and equipment. Topics include splicing, meters, underground lines, overhead lines, transformers, substations, circuit breakers, and regulators.
Corequisites: EUT 111, 115, 120. S