Graduate Certificate Program for CURENT Students
Graduate students in the Center will have the option of obtaining a certificate that specializes their knowledge in specific research thrusts.
Program Details (PDF)
To earn the CURENT Graduate-level Certificate, students at any partner school will have to complete the following required courses:
- 620 Introduction to Ultra-wide-area- Resilient Electrical Energy Transmission Networks (The CURENT Course) (3 credits) : Ultra-wide-area monitoring, measurement, situational awareness analysis, visualization, actuation and control; modeling, simulation and fast computation for power system analysis; power system state estimation and prediction; transmission network architecture; multi-level flat control architecture; market effect and social impact; communication and cyber security; large-scale system test bed; and hardware test bed. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
- Technical Concentration Courses: Three courses selected from Table 1.
- Entrepreneurship, economics, and innovation courses: One course from Table 2.
Table 1
| UTK | EECS 512 - Multi-variable Linear Control System Design | EECS 599 (2) - Power System Analysis Tools & Application |
| UTK | EECS 521 - Power Systems Analysis I | EECS 615 - Control of Electric Machines |
| UTK | EECS 522 - Power Systems Analysis II |
EECS 621 - Computer Method for Power System Analysis |
| UTK | EECS 523 - Power Electronics and Drives | EECS 623 - Advanced Power Electronics and Drives |
| UTK | EECS 525 - Alternative Energy Sources | EECS 625 - Utility Applications of Power Electronics |
| UTK |
EECS 542 - Communication Systems Simulation |
EECS 631 - Advanced Topics in Electronic Instrumentation |
| UTK | EECS 543 - Digital Communication Systems | EECS 642 Wireless Communications |
| UTK | EECS 599 (1) - Optimization App to Power System | EECS 691 - Power Engineering |
Table 2
| UTK | IE 405 - Engineering Economic Analysis | IE 518 - Advanced Engineering Economic Analysis |
| UTK | ME 517 - Engineering Entrepreneurship |
New Course Development
In addition to the new 'CURENT Course,' several other courses are being developed as well. These courses will be added as soon as they are available.
