ECEN 5853 teaches you about sensors and motors via their use in renewable energy technology. You will learn about electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar farms and the sensors that that monitor their performance and optimize efficiency.  This course features  the latest electric motor and generator technologies.  Take your new found expertise and apply for jobs with leading sensor and motor firms such as Honeywell, Emerson Electric,  Apple Computer, Danaher, Mettler Toledo, Yokogawa, National Instruments, and TE Connectivity. 

There are very few academic courses that teach you about  motors and sensors. You will learn about magnetic and optical sensors that are used to measure motor speed. We have labs where you will learn how to control a motor in a circuit, as well as measure voltage and current. Mention what you learned in an interview with leading global motor manufacturers such as ABB, Siemens, or Rockwell Automation.  

The instructor for this course has 31 years of hands-on management and design experience in the process control, electrical products, computer, and semiconductor businesses. He is an industry expert for transmitters, process controllers, pressure, thermal and flow sensors, valves, switches and connectors. More importantly, he is very enthusiastic to share what he knows with you.  

In this course students will build systems that take sensor inputs, and sorts, filters and evaluate the resulting data. They will also learn how to use the sensor input to measure properties of motors. There will be homework, lab reports and three exams  to measure a student’s knowledge of the class material.