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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Electric Power Systems by University at Buffalo

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About the Course

This course familiarizes you with standards and policies of the electric utility industry, and provides you with basic vocabulary used in the business. It introduces the electric power system, from generation of the electricity all the way to the wall plug. You will learn about the segments of the system, and common components like power cables and transformers. This course is for individuals considering a career in the energy field (who have a high school diploma, at minimum, and basic knowledge of mathematics), and existing energy sector employees with less than three years of experience who have not completed similar training and would benefit from a course of foundational industry concepts. The course is a combination of online lectures, videos, readings and discussions. This is the first course in the Energy Production, Distribution & Safety specialization that explores various facets of the power sector, and features a culminating project involving creation of a roadmap to achieve a self-established, energy-related professional goal. To learn more about the specialization, check out a video overview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yh9qIYiUDk....

Top reviews

RS

May 9, 2020

The course was very easily explained including all the minor details it's like a journey of powers system where you get to know about all the key elements required to have the knowledge in this field.

MM

Jan 17, 2020

What an Extraordinary Course, I really appreciate meeting with such a skilled professor and a tutor too.

Though his main focus was on the USA and quiz were mainly focusing on the USA not globally.

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By Mohammad A

Dec 16, 2018

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By Fernando O

Jul 14, 2020

It is a nice course to understand the basics of how energy systems work and how it can and need to be improved. But, is a little distracting to watch the professor reading a script in every video, just do not feel natural and makes difficult to feel more immerse into the subjects of every sesion. Also, as i said is very useful, and i definitely will recommend it to my friends and colleagues.

By Mian U A

Apr 26, 2020

This Course is extremely helpful in providing the foundation of electric power system and smart grid with the flavour of Renewable/sustainable energy which is definitely the future of the world as per the global climate change and running out of supplies of fossil fuels. By learning and practicing this course, one could definitely achieved new skills and expertise in his energy career.

By Kuber K

Jul 7, 2020

The course was very informative, and even though I am from a non-science background, I understood the concepts well. The only issue I found in the course was the lack of interaction and excitement on the part of the instructor. It is clearly noticeable that he is reading from the teleprompter.

Overall, a good course, but a little bland because of the delivery.

By Priya R S

Jun 3, 2020

This is a good course for beginners to learn about power systems. The week 3 is the content with deep knowledge about how power sub-stations work and was wonderful to at least get acquainted with. This has given me a chance to have a little bit more confidence to take on more complex topics, I feel ready for it. Thank you very much to have this course here.

By Mike K

Jun 11, 2020

First sections are very good and informative, Thanks. Esp. week 4 is a soap box and lacks how renewable energy supply is accommodated in the grid. The only word used is smart. A worked out example of how the grid now responds to a day without wind / sun or a heavy storm compared with how a smart grid would accomodate such events would be much more useful.

By Hanna J A

May 7, 2023

It is a very useful course to begin to know more about electrical power systems and everything from generation to distribution. It is a simplified course, which is easy for anyone to understand. An important note for people, who want to take the course is that during the whole period of studying you will not dive deep in the physics behind electricity.

By SEAN O

Jul 22, 2020

Some of the questions were not logical. Example: "All of the above" included "None of the above" as an answer, which negates the question.

Some answers were not in the relevant text.

Scores have to be refreshed if you retake a test, and sometimes the "continue study" button doesn't appear, leaving me to "back" button.

By Jakesh P K L w J

Jun 5, 2021

I have find this course useful. I am an industry experienced engineer and this course still helped me to refresh the college notes and basic concepts. I have find come of the links in the optional reading materials are obsolete and could not get the details. This course is not made for a practical oriented view!

By ADARSH K T

May 21, 2023

I am giving 4 star because the knowledge i get from this course is very nice ,I deducted one star because you can make it more attractive I mean seeing the same face without any expressions looks so boring i felt sleepy sometimes when I was watching the videos , Afterall thank you for this opportunity

By S M A F

May 14, 2020

It was a great course for electrical engineering students to gain a detail idea in this power sector. I think i'm able to take a that much idea whatever i can make sink in my EEE journey. Thanks for the course. I'm thankful to coursera to include this effective and much needed course for us.

By Mani P

Oct 2, 2022

Power System is a Fundamental course. Every Electrical Engineer should know the Generation,Transmission,Distribution and the voltage level at each and every stages.

In this course it is clearly explained in detailed manner .

I submit my sincere thanks to professor Ilya Grinberg.

By Mihirkumar P

Apr 13, 2020

It was really helpful and interactive type course. I got to learn from the basics of the electricity to the distribution stage and real time development in smart grids. I am thankful to the team to give me financial aid studies so that i could learn and sharpen my knowledge.

By Shaik K T

Jun 11, 2020

It's a very well designed course to under the basics even the learner is not from an electrical background. One can know the basic definitions and key terms regarding the concepts of electrical power systems and it's components. Thank you, Coursera.

By Pornpaisarn C

May 30, 2021

This course great value and ease to understand. we can use this knowledge to intregrate more in our job and help me to use this knowledge to work with my colleagues and other relating persons in my job and involve more in engineering aspect.

By Abdul A H

Feb 2, 2020

Its a good overview of the electrical grid focusing mostly on smart grid and reasons to implement it. I was hoping for a little more technical information on the components of the existing power grid. A good course to start nonetheless.

By Godwin M M

Oct 21, 2020

some quiz questions were tailored towards America (like about percentages in USA), well as it is good, I think its better if quiz questions are directed more towards the content and the concept otherwise its a good course, i liked it.

By Muhammad U M

Apr 18, 2020

A very well designed course, it gave me full insight about power systems and related stuff. However, US was the targeted country throughout the course. It would be better, if other countries power systems also took into account!

By Piyas C

Jul 26, 2020

The course is excellent. It would be better to give resource materials like pdf or ppt besides lecture videos. Some questions of quizzes are out of the lectures. So it will be helpful to give additional learning materials.

By Ezeudu P O

May 21, 2021

I like it, it really explained a lot about the electric transmission and distribution.It also explained the present situation of the U.S electric systems and how it can be improved by the use of the smart grid.👍🏾👍🏾

By Giorgio G

Sep 21, 2019

Interesting course to understand the basics of electricity and the grid. I think that the facts related to renewable energy should be more up to date since this is a sector that evolves very rapidly.

By Tomas M S

Jan 14, 2021

Great course for learning the fundamentals of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution. If the power utility business sounds like an strange topic, this is the right place to start.

By Lauro A J O

Sep 11, 2020

The contents are good however the exercises some times ask for questions not directly explained throughout the videos. This made me feel like I was not paying attention but that was not the case.

By Hanna S

Jan 12, 2019

The course is good, all the main topics of power stations and substations are dismantled. Gives a general idea of the topic. And also affects the new technologies as smart grid! Recommend!!

By Mariam K G

May 31, 2020

The course is specifically related to the USA scenario and hence the students from other countries might find it unnecessary to have those information. Yet well executed and informative.