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Computer Engineering Option
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Bog'liq BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING ECU 500: ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND ETHICS
Engineering Ethics: Fundamental principles of engineering practice. Rules of practice. Professional obligations. Engineering Consultancy. The nature and sources of contract. The law of tort. Intellectual property laws. Contractual obligations. The Engineers Act. Engineers Professional Societies. The engineer as a consultant. The engineer as a contractor. Engineer in contractual disputes. The role of an engineer in society. The Occupational Safety and Health Act and conditions of work. ISO 9000. ISO 14001. ISO 18000. Industrial relations in Kenya. Trade unions, Collective bargaining, labour laws, arbitration and the industrial court. Kenya Bussiness Units: sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, parastatal and cooperatives.
Each student will be required to undertake a simple practical project involving specification, review, analysis, design, development and research. The student is presented with a real world engineering problem, and the solution to the problem must demonstrate a rigorous scientific approach, i.e. problem definition, analysis, design, construction, measurement, evaluation and communication. Students are expected to work largely on their own initiative. The duration of each project is two semesters in the fourth year of study.
Introduction to renewable energy sources. Quantification of solar and wind energy sites. Photo-voltaic energy conversion. Maximum power point tracking. Principles of wind energy conversion (wind farms and maximum power point tracking). Modelling and simulation of photo-voltaic (PV) and wind energy generators. PV applications: grid connected and solar home systems. System sizing. Energy storage, batteries, fuel cells, flywheels, configuration and design. Micro-hydro systems and design principles. Grid interfacing of renewable energy systems. Hybrid systems for remote area power supplies. Solar water pumping. Economics of renewable energy systems. Case studies of renewable energy systems.
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