Electrical Engineering Circuit Theory

1. Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Layers of Abstraction
2. Units/Dimensions and Electrical Charge
3. Voltage and Current
4. Basic Elements of Circuit Theory
5. Resistors and Ohm's Law
6. Kirchhoff's Current Law
7. Kirchhoff's Voltage Law
8. Electrical Safety
9. Equivalent Resistance
10. Voltage Division
11. Current Division
12. V-I Measurements and Delta-Wye Transformation
13. Introduction to Nodal Analysis
14. Solving Systems of Linear Equations
15. Basic Nodal Analysis Continued
16. Nodal Analysis and Dependent Sources
17. Nodal Analysis and Supernodes
18. Mesh Analysis
19. Circuit Simulations
20. Mesh Analysis: Supermesh and Dependent Sources
21. Mesh Analysis: More Examples
22. Conclusion of Mesh and Nodal Analysis

This unit of study aims to develop knowledge of the fundamental concepts and building blocks of electrical and electronics circuits. This is a foundation unit in circuit theory. Circuit theory is the electrical engineer’s fundamental tool.

The concepts learnt in this unit will be made use of heavily in many units of study (in later years) in the areas of electronics, instrumentation, electrical machines, power systems, communication systems, and signal processing.

Topics: a) Basic electrical and electronic circuit concepts: Circuits, circuit elements, circuit laws, node and mesh analysis, circuit theorems, energy storage, capacitors and inductors, circuits with switches, transient response, sine waves and complex analysis, phasors, impedance, ac power.; b) Project management, teamwork, ethics; c) Safety issues