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Course Outline
Basic Concepts
- Voltage, current
- Resistance
- Ohm’s law
- Power, watts
- RMS, average values
- Inductance
- Capacitance
- Three-phase systems
- Power factor
Grounding Concepts
- Grounding for safety
- Grounding for equipment operation
Basics of Low Voltage Power Distribution
- Power factor
- Transformer operations and system voltages
- Neutral currents and harmonics on neutrals
- Faults, fuses and circuit breakers
System Design Philosophy
- Voltage levels: transformers, theory, types, connections
- Overcurrent protection: fault calculations, interrupting ratings, coordination
- Load study/possible loads: load characteristics, load locations
Standards, Recommended Practices, Guides, and Codes
- Introduction to National Electrical Code® (NEC)
Electrical Construction Materials
- Basic electrical construction materials: wire, raceways, devices, boxes, panelboards, motor control equipment, switchboards
- One-line and riser diagrams
Design Procedures for Lighting and Non-Motor Branch Circuits
- Lighting and non-motor branch circuit design: harmonics consideration, NEC requirements, circuit protection
- Motor branch circuit design: NEC requirements, motor protection, circuit protection, calculations
- Feeder circuit design: NEC requirements, circuit protection, calculations
- Problem Assignment
Design Procedures (Continued)
- Service design: commercial/industrial examples, NEC constraints, utility constraints, equipment, switchboards, metering: CTs, PTs
- Fault current calculations
- Discussion of class problem solution
- Lighting design
Advanced Concepts
- Power quality and harmonics: types of disturbances, harmonics, uninterruptible power supplies, distribution techniques
- Arc flash basics
Course Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
4/28/2025 7:30am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 4/28/2025 8:00am - 5:00pm Central Time
- 4/29/2025 8:00am - 5:00pm Central Time
- 4/30/2025 8:00am - 5:00pm Central Time
- 5/1/2025 8:00am - 5:00pm Central Time
- 5/2/2025 8:00am - 3:30pm Central Time
Location
Venue
Accommodations
Room: rates start at 199
Group Code: Use reservation link below
Reserve by: Apr. 6, 2025
Accommodations include: Complimentary WiFi and Local/Airport Shuttle. Parking available $15/night.
Additional Information
This is a HyFlex (in-person and online) taught course. Your registration is for ONE teaching platform only: in-person or online. Please be prepared to attend all days either in-person or online. Contact us if you have any questions or if you need to make a change.
This course uses the Canvas course management and Zoom platforms. A UW NetID is required to access Canvas and supplemental course materials and resources. Your registration confirmation email will walk you through the NetID process and how to access the Canvas course website.
For in-person students: physical course materials will be available on the first day of class.
For online students: course materials are shipped to you. Please look for an email two weeks before the course regarding the address you would like your course materials shipped to. The email will include a link to an online address verification form.
Enrollments are allowed up to the first day of the course. However, the course materials may not arrive before the start of the course for enrollment within 5 business days of the course start date.
Program Director & Instructors
Program Director
Kevin Rogers
Ryan Kallies
Electrical Engineer
Mr. Kallies PE, LEED AP is a Project Manager and Electrical Engineer at Affiliated Engineers, Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin. His specialty includes knowledge of the special electrical requirements for large scale, technically diverse facilities, such as medical, manufacturing, research, high containment research, data centers and multi-building campus environments. His expertise is in power system design with an emphasis in distribution systems from 15kV to 120V.
Kevin Rogers
Program Director
Kevin Rogers is an electrical engineer with a background in electrical power systems. He is a registered professional engineer, and his 18 years of industry experience spans across electric utility, government, commercial, and industrial applications. His technical responsibilities have included design and commissioning of mission-critical facilities, underground medium voltage distribution planning, design, and operations, high-voltage substation design, and relaying protection and control for complex interconnections.