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Electrical Power Engineering Group

گروه مهندسی برق - قدرت

History of the Electrical Engineering Department

The Electrical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering commenced its activities in 1377 with the admission of students in the Associate's degree in Electronics. In 1385, which was the last period of student admission at the Associate's degree level, it began admitting students in the fields of Electrical Engineering-Power and non-continuous Bachelor of Electronics. In 1388, the Electrical Engineering Department admitted students in the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering-Electronics in two periods, Mehr and Bahman.

After several years of activity of the Electrical Engineering Department at the Bachelor's level and two graduation periods of Bachelor's students, from Mehr 1390, with obtaining a license at the Master's level of Electrical Engineering-Power (in the fields of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines, and Power Systems) and in the field of Electrical Engineering-Electronics (in the fields of Micro and Nano Electronics and Electronic Integrated Circuits), it started admitting students for the first time through the national entrance exam. Also, from Mehr 1391 for the field of Electrical Engineering-Power and from Mehr 1392 for the field of Electrical Engineering-Electronics, it started admitting doctoral students.

Currently, the Electrical Engineering Department has 16 full-time faculty members (3 full professors, 3 associate professors, 9 assistant professors, and 1 instructor), 1 Bachelor's degree program (Electrical Engineering), 2 Master's degree programs (Electrical Engineering-Electronics in the fields of Micro and Nano Electronics and Electronic Integrated Circuits and Electrical Engineering-Power in the fields of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines, Power Systems) and 2 doctoral programs (Electrical Engineering-Electronics and Electrical-Power).

Introduction to Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering, relying on the two foundations of physics and mathematics and their amalgamation with an engineering perspective, has created powerful tools in the design of components and systems, in such a way that, in just over a century of its history, it has found the widest applications in science and technology, and today, it is difficult to find a tool, component, or system that does not have electrical or electronic components.

The field of electrical engineering, due to its pervasive nature, expands new branches of industry every day and opens up new methods. Automation, energy production and transmission, terrestrial communications, medical measurement, aircraft electronics, and radars are just some of the application areas that fall within the domain of electrical engineering.

Electrical engineering has four branches: power, control, electronics, and telecommunications.

In the power branch, in general, training and research are conducted in the field of designing and constructing systems used in the production, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electricity. Some of the topics discussed in this branch include:

  • Various methods of electricity generation including hydroelectric, gas, combined cycle, and solar, wind power...
  • How to build transmission lines and types of aerial and underground cables and methods of electricity transmission
  • Types of protective devices and equipment used in various stages of production, distribution, transmission, and energy consumption, with the aim of protecting humans and network installations against undesirable events. Including types of relays, fuses, and power switches
  • Various types of electrical machines and transformers and their operation and application

Also, in the power field at the Master's level, the mentioned topics are discussed more specifically, and in that specific topic, more details are presented. For example, the discussion of electrical energy production and, in particular, new methods of energy production, including solar power plants, wind power plants, etc., is specifically addressed.

Students in this field, after learning the general and basic principles at the Bachelor's level, are expected to connect the learned materials in the Bachelor's degree with their knowledge in this degree and be able to design and analyze power networks.

The control branch deals with the design of process controllers, instrumentation, and industrial automation.

Some of the topics discussed in the control field include:

  • Programming and hardware of programmable controllers, distributed control systems, computer control, and control with microcontroller systems.
  • Design and implementation of control loops.
  • Installation, commissioning, adjustment, and calibration of sensors and actuators.
  • Connecting instrumentation equipment to industrial networks and launching networked control systems.
  • Design and implementation of advanced control methods including multivariable control, nonlinear control, predictive control, adaptive control, stochastic process control, digital control, fuzzy control, control with neural networks, system identification, pattern recognition for control, control based on time series, robust control, optimal control.

In the electronics branch, the design of electronic circuits with basic applications in other fields is addressed. These include:

  • Design of processing and shaping circuits, control circuits, comparators with applications in control.
  • Design of digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converter circuits for communication between computers and the physical world.
  • Design of computer hardware.
  • Design of electromechanical sensors at micro and nano scales.
  • Construction of electronic measuring equipment.
  • Design of industrial electronic circuits and motor drives.

In the telecommunications branch, with two branches of field and systems, it deals with receiving and sending waves and telecommunication signals with the following main applications:

  • Design and launch of telecommunication circuits for receiving and sending waves.
  • Microwave.
  • Wireless telecommunication networks.
  • Wireless sensor networks.
  • The platform for sending messages on the Internet.
  • Network security.

Other fields of the Faculties of Electrical and Computer Engineering include Computer Software, Computer Hardware, Biomedical Engineering for the design of sensor and actuator devices in the medical field, Bioinformatics (the application of computers in biological sciences), Systems Biology (the application of control in biological sciences), and Mechatronics (the combination of electronics, computer, control, and mechanics).

Job prospects, job market, income

Today, with the development of small and large industries in the country, many job opportunities have been provided for electrical engineers, and if we see that despite this, some graduates of this field are unemployed, it is because these people either only look for work in a specific area or, during their studies, instead of deeply learning the courses and, as a result, gaining the necessary abilities, they have only passed their courses.

Also, a good engineer should be an entrepreneur, meaning that they should not seek employment in institutions or ministries, but rather, with the help of their knowledge, identify the technical and industrial needs of the country and meet these needs by designing specific systems and circuits. This is what some of our graduates have done and, fortunately, have also been successful. If an electrical engineering graduate has the necessary abilities, they will not face the problem of unemployment.

According to experts and energy specialists in the country, considering the increasing need for energy in the current world and also the growth rate of electrical energy in the country, about 1500 megawatts should be added to the country's production capacity annually, which requires the construction of new power plants and also specialized electrical and power graduates. Considering that we are currently facing a shortage of efficient forces with high degrees in this field in the Central Province, there is a need to train specialized forces and in postgraduate levels.

The situation of continuing education in higher degrees

Graduates of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering can continue their studies in higher degrees in the following fields:

  • Electrical Engineering-Electronics,
  • Electrical-Power (including branches: Systems and Machines and Energy)
  • Electrical-Telecommunications (including branches: Field, Systems, Wave, Code, Micron Optics)
  • Electrical-Control
  • Biomedical Engineering (Bioelectric branch)
  • Nuclear Engineering (including branches: Reactor Engineering and Medical Radiation Engineering)
  • Computer Engineering (Computer Architecture, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics)

For studying in the specialized doctoral degree, one can take the required number of units in each of the more specialized sub-branches of the mentioned branches and present the doctoral dissertation on that specific topic. The possibility of continuing education in all the mentioned branches at the Master's level and, to a large extent, in the doctoral period, will exist within the country. Electrical engineering, due to its applicability in many other engineering sciences, provides graduates with the possibility of studying in many branches and sciences.

Conditions for student admission at the Master's level

Graduates at the Bachelor's level in all branches of electrical engineering will be able to continue their studies at the Master's level in the field of Electrical Engineering-Power. Also, graduates of Biomedical Engineering can continue their studies in this field if they pass the national entrance exam and also pass the prerequisite courses.