Electrical Engineering

Program Director: Dr Dan Trudnowski (406) 496-4681 S&E 306 Department Overview

A Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering provides outstanding career opportunities.  Montana Tech’s program offers graduate courses and research projects in the areas of electric energy and power, automation and control systems, signal processing, and instrumentation.  Other areas of emphasis may be tailored to the students needs.

Montana Tech’s Electrical Engineering faculty have an excellent track record in attracting industry and government funded research projects.  The projects provide students the opportunity to solve many challenging real-life engineering problems.  Recent funded graduate research projects include:

		Development of a battery diagnostic instructumentation system for NASA for next-generation hybrid and electric vehicles. Several students worked closely with researchers from the Idaho National Laboratory.
		Development of blade pitching control algorithms to improve the efficiency of wind turbines.  Many of the concepts are now used in industry.
		Researching new control schemes for improving performance and preventing blackouts in large power grids.  Students work closely with other universities, industry, and researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
		Working with researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory, students are designing and implementing an instrumentation and control system for mine-waste remediation.

Curriculum

All students are required to successfully complete the following courses:

In addition, all students must select at least six credits from the following:

Remaining credits are selected as approved by the graduate committee.

Questions or Comments? Contact Cindy Dunstan
406-496-4304 • Fax: 406-496-4710