Electric Power Engineering

The Department of Electric Power Engineering has been an independent discipline at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for almost thirty years. The department operates as an autonomous entity within the School of Engineering with its own faculty, staff and students. During that time it has gained a national and international reputation for the quality of its instructional and research programs. It has a strong focus on preparation of engineers for professional practice, serving alike the needs of the electric power industry, its manufacturers of power equipment, consultants and all those who use a large amount of electrical energy. The department interacts on an almost daily basis with these constituencies. It is guided by an Advisory Committee of experienced industrial leaders, and has close ties with several societies within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE).