SPRING SEMESTER 2026

INFORMATION SHEET AND COURSE TOPICS

CLASS TIMES:        Thursdays: 5:00-7:30 PM Room EC-3930.

OFFICE HOURS:    Thursdays, 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM in EC-3951 or by special arrangements with
Professor Mohammed. The laboratories are EC-3960, EC-3260, EC-3810, and
EC-3925.

PRE-REQUISITE:    EEL-4213 or permission of instructor

CREDIT HOURS:    3 Hours

TEXT_BOOK AND NOTES and Software:

1. Power Systems Generation, Operation and Control by Allen J. Wood, Bruce F. Wollenberg, Gerald B.
Sheblé 3rd edition, Wiley,
2. Selected lecture notes and other demonstration material and examples will be made available as authored
by Professor Mohammed.
3. The software package will be made available to students. Additionally, other downloadable programs and
material pointers will be made available in the virtual office area.

Who Should Take This Course:

• FIU Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate/Advanced Students
• Graduate or Advanced Students at other Universities in Florida or out of State
• Engineers and technical personnel in the industry are preparing for the Engineering License
• Engineers and technical staff who want to keep current and reach a deep understanding of Power
System Operation, Generation, and Control concepts.
• Electric Utility managers and supervisors are seeking ongoing training.
• Engineering contractors and consultants for familiarity with electric utility operation

Catalogue Data: : EEL-6261 Power Systems Engineering (3 credit hours). Power systems operations
topics include power flow, economic operations, environmental dispatch, demand and supply side
management, security analysis, state estimation, fault studies, load flow, and online control. Practical
applications and projects. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

Course topics:

• Review of Power System equipment models, power flow
• Characteristics of power generation units.
• Economic dispatch of thermal units, loss inclusion, methods of solution… a deeper look
• Environmental dispatch
• Unit commitment, solution techniques, and recent advances.
• A generation with a limited energy supply
• Energy production cost models for fuel budgeting and planning
• Control of generation and interchange evaluation
• Power Systems Security Analysis
• State Estimation.
• AI Applications
• Practical applications

ASSISTANCE: Please try to schedule an appointment with Dr. Mohammed during his listed office hours. If
this proves impossible, a personal appointment should be arranged by calling the above phone number or the
ECE department secretary at phone number (305-348-2807).

ABSENCE:  Class attendance is very important and is considered in your overall performance in the
course. Students are responsible for all material covered in their respective classes.

IMPORTANT RULE: Students are encouraged to discuss course topics with the professor and with one
another. Any work submitted (Homework, Tests, projects, etc.) should be pledged and signed as the students’
own work, and that no unauthorized help was obtained. Violators will be subject to academic misconduct,
which may result in dismissal from the university.

GRADING POLICY:

Your Grade will be calculated as follows:

SEMESTER PROJECTS:

Students will gain valuable practical experience during the semester through several assigned projects.
The projects will involve the analysis and operation of utility systems. Presentations (oral and/or written)
of the project results will be required. Software available for this class can be utilized for the projects.