ENSY 5500 — Smart Grid
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: TBostonOnlineTraditionalVideo Streaming
Covers fundamentals of smart electric power grid. Covers definition, design criteria, and technology. Smart grid can be defined as the application of information processing and communications to the power grid. Seeks to motivate development of the smart grid, evaluating options for adding sensing, communications, computation, intelligence, control, and automation to various parts of the electric system. Topics include automation, or lack thereof, in existing power systems; generation; transmission; distribution; and smart grid definition.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 12 | 118 | 10% | 53.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 30% | 21.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 5% | 28.5 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 92% · W 0% · Th 46% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (46% of sections), TR (46% of sections), async (8% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Fariborz Forghan (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Fariborz Forghan (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (ENSY course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ENSY courses · Plan it at numap.app