BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

MODULE: Electrical Engineering

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 39 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

Every technical breakthrough, every industry standard, every trend and defining issue for Electrical Engineers and Technicians. All have been a part of this program, which provides a definitive 360º look at the world of electricity, covering its generation, transmission, distribution, measurement, and use, including all the technical aspects needed by engineers working with electrical systems.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Energy Process Engineering

Electric Circuits & Systems

Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Energy Process Engineering

This course explains the concepts and process of energy conversion. It presents power systems structure, components and operation. It deals with the applications of power transmission lines and transformers, energy system representation, load flow, power system protection, symmetrical components, faults and stability.

Instructor: Jose A. Cordova

Electric Circuits & Systems

This course studies circuit elements including power and energy relationships, network theorems, loop and nodal methods, DC, transient analysis, operational amplifiers, AC power, balanced three-phase circuit analysis, mutual inductance, transformers, circuit analysis , frequency response, convolution, two-port circuits and circuit applications.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Electronic Properties of Materials

This course presents the physical electronic properties of different materials, study, the electron theory and conduction, electronic properties of metals, semiconductors, conduction and valence bands, the electrical, thermal, optical, and magnetic properties of materials and their technological applications, and superconductivity.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Electromagnetic Propagation

This course explains transmitting, reception and propagation of electromagnetic waves. It considers wave polarization, radio transmission, antenna concepts and design, and radiowave propagation in the presence of the earth and its atmosphere.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Energy Distribution Systems

This course deals with overhead and underground energy distribution system descriptions and characteristics, considering load, line and cable models, distribution transformers, power flow and fault analysis, overcurrent protection, power factor correction, and energy distribution system planning and automation.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Semiconductor Device Design

This course explains semiconductor material and device physics. It explores charge carrier distributions, generation/recombination, transport properties, physical and electrical properties and fabrication of semiconductor devices such as MOSFETs, bipolar transistors, laser diodes and LED’s. It covers the theory and technology of photolithography, diffusion, oxidation, plasma processing, ion implantation, epitaxial growth, chemical vapor deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, sputtering, and metallization.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Microwave Engineering

This course provides the principles, analyses, and instrumentation used in microwave engineering. It explores microwave theory in relation to circuit parameters, microwave device equivalent circuits, microwave sources, filters and oscillator.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Signal Processing

This course explains the techniques, physical concepts and algorithms for signal processing of data communications. It studies the nature of signals, its classification, manipulations and properties of the systems and means that may transmit a signal. It provides solutions for the different problems associated with signal processing.

Instructor: Jose A. Cordova

Antennas & Wireless Systems

This course explores the theoretical underpinnings and tools for the analysis of antennas, wireless systems and radiowave links. It presents the analysis and design of several communication systems, and the latest technological trends in satellite application and alternative radiant structures.

Instructor: Jose A. Cordova

Photonic Communication Systems

This course addresses the physical principles and circuit models for important optical devices and modules as well as their application in photonic circuits and systems. The main application focus is optical fiber communication systems and networks.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Optical Fiber Communication

This course presents the components and systems design of optical fiber communication. It includes the different types of optical fibers, transmitting and receiving devices, analog and digital transmission methods, the different fiber optic networks architectures, and the problems, costs and technologies associated to the different communication systems.

Instructor: Jose A. Cordova

Electrical Engineering

This course explores all elements of electrical engineering including electrostatics, magnetic fields, AC & DC circuits, mesh and nodal analysis, circuit simplification techniques, circuit components, circuits dynamic and analysis, sinusoids and phasors, amplifiers, transistors, diodes as switches.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

Electronics Engineering

This course explores the analyses, diagnostic and circuits maps of electronic devices, its evolution, components reliability, design, improvement, maintenance, active life and quality control. It studies the fabrication of electronic circuits and devices from assembly through testing, and usage.

Instructor: Higinio Menendez Milanes

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.