ECE 361Power Systems and Components
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2024
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2024 and last ran in Winter 2020. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- W20
Ran in 1 term, Winter 2020 to Winter 2020.
This course is an introduction to basic modeling and analysis techniques in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, including basic concepts in nonlinear system analysis. Functional descriptions and modeling of generators, transformers, transmission lines, motors and other loads are discussed. Power flow analysis techniques are studied in detail, from the basic equations to their use in power networks. Fault analysis and basic protection concepts are also discussed. [Offered: F]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: ECE 106, 140; Level at least 3B Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Antireq: ECE 260, 360
In today’s calendar
Reviewed on UW Flow
68% liked it63% easy83% useful
From 25 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
A good introduction to power systems. A different view of circuits than the circuit design and IC courses ECE students have to take until that point. Not hard if you drill practice problems, probably prof-dependent.
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Practice your calculator skills. Any typo could be critical.
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Basic of generation, transmission and distribution. Prof shat-shat is the man!
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
15 posts and comments in 11 threads mention ECE 361, July 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2021
Any suggestion between ECE 373 and ECE 360 1 point, 7 comments
“Hi, for the 3B ECE course selection, does anyone have suggestions between ECE 373 and ECE 360? Ramadan El Shatshat \-360 Raafat Mansour \- 373 Thanks for reply!”
u/Plane_Razzmatazz_143: “… ECE 360 is a new course, I believe it is adapted from the old ECE 361 syllabus (last offered to graduating class of 2021). Based on the description, it will likely discuss topics related to 3 phase power analysis. …”
Fall 2019
Advice for getting ready for ECE 3B? 5 points, 9 comments
u/Mohtheproo: “… Here's a list of my courses are : ECE 224 - Embedded Microprocessor Systems, ECE 318 - Communication Systems 1, ECE 361 - Power Systems and Components, ECE 390 - Eng Design, Economics, Impact. …”
u/Frozen-Penis: “… ECE 361: picks up were 140 leaves off (AC power), it reviews the stuff you need but can't hurt to review it yourself if you want (power triangle, leading-lagging, power factor, all that jazz) ECE 390: doesn't really depend on anything, I found it boring and hard to study for …”
ECE 3B - How is it? How do I survive? Maybe even thrive? 2 points, 12 comments
u/minecraftraytracing: “… Rodolfo Pellizzoni ECE 361 - Power Systems and Components - Prof. Sahar Pirooz Azad ECE 390 - Engineering Design, Economics, and Impact on Society - Prof. Magdy Salama ECE 318 - Communication Systems 1 - Prof. …”
What is 3B Electrical Eng Like? 7 points, 5 comments
“Basically the question above, wanted to know what your experiences were like, anything you would suggest to watch out for and any course that might be worth reading up on during the coop to ensure …”
u/Frozen-Penis: “… a decade ago so it's not the highest quality production and some slides might be outdated) ECE 361 basically picks up where ECE 140 leaves off, might be a good idea to brush up on the AC power stuff from 140 since we didn't deal with it much in other courses. …”
Spring 2019
What is ECE 3B like? Same as 3A or would you say harder? 2 points, 3 comments
u/powerfulwizkid: “… The courses are: ECE 318 - Analog and Digital Communications ECE 361 - Power Systems and Components ECE 390 - Engineering Economics, etc. …”
u/Frozen-Penis: “… Labs are decent and don't take that much time (just your typical prelab, inlab, postlab ECE labs) ECE 361: it basically picks up where ECE 140 left off. …”
Fall 2018
ECE Course Complaints? 24 points, 6 comments
u/WaterlooEE: “… I legitimately want a refund for ECE 361 because of how garbage that class was. …”
Spring 2018
About the education in UW, is it just me or... 9 points, 20 comments
“Do we cover way too much in some classes? I am in math/Statistics so I can't really speak for others, but some courses we learn so many equations/formulas that profs just skim over because of time …”
u/microwavemasterrace: “I honestly feel like we didn't cover anywhere near enough in ECE. I'd have liked to see more advanced classes in algorithms, real time programming, and digital hardware design.”
u/Frozen-Penis: “… My UofT EE friend ended up graduating by not taking any equivalents to many core EE courses here such as: ECE 242, 209, 331, 361, 380, 224, 250, and 290. …”
Winter 2018
As a first year ECE, should I go into software? 17 points, 24 comments
“I was originally in EE and then switched to CE at the beginning of 1A since over the summer I did some coding and liked it. …”
u/CapturedSoul: “… You can try learning about concepts like 3 phase power online to get it on your resume (if your interested in ECE361 notes let me know). …”
u/lifeistragic: “… I also learned most of ECE 361 on the job in second year.”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… ECE 224 ECE 240 ECE 242 ECE 250 ECE 254 ECE 290 ECE 300A ECE 300B ECE 318 ECE 356 ECE 358 ECE 361 ECE 390 ECE 400A ECE 400B ECE 451 ECE 484 ECE 498A ECE 498B ECE 499 ECE 600 ECE 601 ECE 604 ECE 606 ECE 611 ECE 613 ECE 614 ECE 621 ECE 630 ECE 633 ECE 635 ECE 636 ECE 637 ECE 639 …”
How hard are the ece X60’s relative to other ece courses? 0 points, 5 comments
“title looking for advice. and what courses should i aim to do well in before i start ece260. currently in 1A”
u/tris_for_the_guys: “… It sounds similar to the existing ECE 361 though which isn't too difficult. …”
u/tris_for_the_guys: “Yeah there are a few concepts from 106 that re-appear (such as flux) but 106 was more integration-heavy than anything we've done in power courses so far. I didn't do too well in 106 but haven't found it an issue in ECE 375 or ECE 361 (both power).”
Spring 2017
What courses are you taking this fall? 28 points, 129 comments
“With course selection and add/drop happening this week I figured this would be a cool discussion post. …”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “ECE 300B - schedule conflicter ECE 224 - some second year CE course that EEs have to take in 3B for some reason ECE 361 - power systems n shit ECE 318 - analog and digital communication ECE 390 - bullshit CEAB requirement ENVS 200 - currently enrolled but trying to switch into …”
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