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National Electrical Code in Power Engineering Course for Electrical Engineering Curriculum.pdf

National Electrical Code in Power Engineering Course for Electrical Engineering Curriculum.pdf

US.ChinaEducationReviewB 1(2011)46·52 Earliertitle:US.ChinaEducationReview,ISSN 1548—6613 嚣Ll墨HlH落 NatiOnalElectricalCodeinPowerEngineeringCoursefor ElectricalEngineeringCurriculum RahmanM .M .Azizur GrandValleyStateUniversity,GrandRapids,USA Inordertoensurethesafetyoftheirinhabitantsandproperties,theresidential,industrialandbusinessinstallations requirecomplyingwithNEC (nationalelectricalcode)forelectricalsystems.Electricaldesignengineersa“d techniciansrelvheavily on thesevery importantdesign guidelines.However,these design guidelinesarenot formallytaughtinengineeringcurriculum.Recently,astudywasperformedintheDepartmentofEE (electricl engineerin譬)atGVSU (GrandValleyStateUniversity)aboutthepotentialinclusionofNECinourEEcurriculum asaDartofanexistingcourseonpowersystemsanalysis.Thispaperpresentsthefindingsofthisstudyalongwith theimplemented recommendationsundertaken afterthisstudy.A literaturesurvey wasconducted on the EE curriculumsofotherprominentuniversitiesinthestateofMichiganandthoseofournationalpeerandaspvantpeer universitieswithaspecialemphasisonpowerengineering.Itwasfoundthatpowerengnieernigcurriculum was shrinking atasteady pace.Itwasalso foundthateven though NECswere importantforelectricaldesignof installations,theyweretoomanyandtrivialofrinclusioninaformalcurriculum.Itwasproposedthatweoffera shortcourseonNEC sothatstudentscangetfamiliarwithelectricalcodesandobtaincrucialhands。onexperience· Comp1etionofthisshortcoursewasmadeamandatory partofqualificationofrourshop-labaccess.Impactofthis shortcourseonstudentlearningispresentedinthispaper. Keywords:NEC(nationalelectricalcode),powerengineeringcurriculum,electricaldesign

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