Nate Shenck - Courses

(On the bridge of a submarine)

Nathan S. Shenck

United States Naval Academy

Department of Electrical Engineering


	ES440 -- Environmental Systems Engineering Wind Energy Systems *This lecture series examines the theory of wind energy and the wind power site design*. A laboratory exercise encourages students to consider the practical factors of turbine and site selection through statistics and data analysis. The final lecture examines some of the issues of sustainable design discussed in FP345 (below).

	FP345 -- Environmental Security Sustainable Energy Policy This lecture treats sustainability as a criterion for energy policy decisions and examines the political and economic forces that affect sustainability considerations.

	EE332 -- Electrical Engineering II Electrical Engineering II for Systems Engineers This course is also a follow-on to EE331, Electrical Engineering I. The course is similar to EE334 except that more time is dedicated to sensor systems and conditioning circuitry, while communications topics are only lightly covered.

	EE334 -- Electrical Engineering II Electrical Engineering II for Engineers This course is a follow-on to EE331, Electrical Engineering I. In this course, modeling and analysis techniques are applied to rotating machines, diodes, op amps, transistors, and amplifiers. Also introduced in this course are amplitude modulation and demodulation as well as combinational and sequential digital logic circuits.

	EE331 -- Electrical Engineering I Electrical Engineering I for Engineers A study of DC and AC electrical elements and circuits, including natural and forced responses of first-order systems, in the time and frequency domains, frequency response, and filters. AC applications include three-phase power and ideal transformers..

	EE301 -- Electrical Fundamentals and Applications Electrical Engineering I for Non-Engineers This course (and its follow-on, EE302) is for non-engineering students at the U. S. Naval Academy to prepare them for the technical systems they will encounter in the fleet. It provides an understanding of AC and DC circuits which can be used to make simplified models of fleet systems. Circuits of ideal resistors, capacitors, inductors and sources are analyzed to predict steady state and first order transient voltage, current, and power characteristics. Principles of operation and analysis techniques for ideal transformers are also covered. Laboratory exercises employ standard measurement equipment found in the fleet to compare and contrast theoretical prediction with real circuit performance.

Email: nshenck@alum.mit.edu