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PE Review Course Outline

Module 1 – PE Review Problems on Basic Circuits - View the sample!

  • Chapter 1: Steady-state DC Circuit Analysis
  • Chapter 2: Time-domain Circuit Analysis
  • Chapter 3: Steady-state AC Circuit Analysis
  • Chapter 4: AC Power
  • Chapter 5: Balanced, Three-phase Circuits
  • Chapter 6: Resonance
  • Chapter 7: Mutual Inductance
  • Chapter 8: Two-port Networks

Module 2 – PE Review Problems on Basic Electronics

  • Chapter 1: Diode Circuits
  • Chapter 2: Small-signal BJT Amplifiers
  • Chapter 3: Small-signal FET Amplifiers
  • Chapter 4: Other Applications of Transistors
  • Chapter 5: Op-amp Circuits

Module 3 – PE Review Problems on Basic Controls

  • Chapter 1: Laplace Transform Analysis
  • Chapter 2: Modeling and Second-order Systems
  • Chapter 3: Routh-Hurwitz Tests and Steady-state Errors
  • Chapter 4: Nyquist Stability Criterion
  • Chapter 5: Bode Plots
  • Chapter 6: Root Locus
  • Chapter 7: Op-amps to Model Differential Equations (by Steve Marrano)
  • Chapter 8: Introduction to State Space Analysis (by Steve Marrano)

Module 4 – PE Review Problems on Power & Machines

  • Chapter 1: Analysis of Balanced Systems
  • Chapter 2: Transmission Lines
  • Chapter 3: DC Motors and Transformers
  • Chapter 4: AC Machines
  • Chapter 5: Analysis of Unbalanced Systems

Module 5 – PE Review Course on Circuit Analysis

Chapter 1: First Concepts and Principles
Chapter 2: Analysis of Series-Parallel Resistive Circuits
Chapter 3: Applications of Resistive Circuits
Chapter 4: Nodal and Loop Analysis Techniques
Chapter 5: Network Theorems
Chapter 6: Ideal Op-amp Circuit Analysis
Chapter 7: Energy Storage Elements - Capacitance and Inductance
Chapter 8: Complete Response of First-order Circuits
Chapter 9: Steady-state Sinusoidal (AC) Circuit Analysis and The Phasor Diagram
Chapter 10: Complete Time-domain Response of Second-order Circuits
Chapter 11: Complex-frequency-domain Analysis & Network Function
Chapter 12: Frequency Response (Bode) Plots
Chapter 13: RMS Value, Maximum Power Transfer & Superposition of Average Power
Chapter 14: AC Power
Chapter 15: Balanced Three-phase Circuits
Chapter 16: Magnetically-coupled Coils & The Ideal Transformer
Chapter 17: Resonance in Electric Circuits

Module 6 – PE Review Course on Electric Machines & Transformers

Chapter 1: Single-phase Transformers
Chapter 2: Per-unit Analysis of Balanced Three-phase Systems
Chapter 3: Special Transformer Connections
Chapter 4: Induction Motor Principle of Operation & Equivalent Circuit
Chapter 5: Industrial Considerations & Equivalent Circuit Paramters
Chapter 6: Induction Generator, Plugging & Electromechanical Transients
Chapter 7: Cylindrical Rotor Synchronous Motor
Chapter 8: Synchronous Motor Characteristics
Chapter 9: Cylindrical Rotor Synchronous Generator
Chapter 10: Salient Rotor Synchronous Machines
Chapter 11: Fundamental Concepts of DC Machine Performance
Chapter 12: Equivalent Circuits & Characteristics of DC Motors

Module 7 – FE Review of Economics/Ethics and Computers

Chapter 1: Economics/Ethics
Chapter 2: Computers

Module 8 – PE Review Course on Elements of Power System Protection

Chapter 1: Circuits Fundamentals Review
Chapter 2: Balanced Three-phase Analysis Without Transformers
Chapter 3: Balanced Three-phase Analysis With Transformers in Units
Chapter 4: Per-unit Analysis of Balanced Three-phase Systems
Chapter 5: Balanced Three-phase Fault Analysis
Chapter 6: Symmetrical Components
Chapter 7: Unbalanced Faults
Chapter 8: Introduction to Power System Protection