The Department of Control Engineering qualifies to obtain a bachelor’s degree in engineering. This department provides scientific methods and skills to solve control problems in a practical framework, whether for industrial systems applications or electric power systems.
The main objectives of the study program for this department can be summed up as teaching methodological competence during the study years and the students’ practice of a sufficient percentage of laboratory exercises, in addition to the student’s performance of some projects supervised by professors from the faculty and assistant staff members.
In the present era, the labor market is in great need of control engineers, especially those who have experience and knowledge in the areas of control system design, power system control, industrial process control, and problem-solving.
Moreover, smart grids are becoming an important part of the cities of the future; thus, smart grid control, load management, energy management, and network security are essential work areas for future control and automation engineers.
-The Energy Control Engineering program aims to provide a sound foundation in the mathematical, scientific, and engineering fundamentals for formulating, solving, and analyzing problems related to energy control engineering and preparing graduates to work in basic industries in addition to working in the sectors of electrical energy production of various types, transmission, and consumption so that they have the ability to take responsibility and have professional and ethical skills.
-In addition to preparing qualified graduates in theory and practice to reduce the current gap between academic study and industry by participating in research and postgraduate studies, in addition to qualifying them to become long-term businessmen.
The Control Engineering Department includes teaching the following courses and scientific majors:
∴Introduction to Programming
∴ Electronics Basics
∴ Logic and Digital Circuits
∴ Electromagnetic Fields
∴ Communication Skills
∴ Microcontrollers
∴ Database Systems
∴ Renewable Energy Systems
∴ Measuring Devices
∴ Automation Theory
∴ Microprocessor and Embedded System Design
∴ Digital Control
∴ Industrial Power Electronics
∴ Intelligent Control Systems
∴ Control of Grid-Connected Solar Energy Systems
∴Programmable Logic Controllers
∴ Power Plant and Systems Control Centers
∴ Energy Management in Buildings
∴ Supervisory Control of Strong Systems
∴ Energy Efficiency
∴ Network Security
∴ Graduation Project.
The job opportunities in the field of Power Control Engineering are numerous. Power control engineers are in great demand in the government and private sectors where they can work in many areas from design and development to testing and report writing.
A graduate of the Energy Control Engineering program can work in almost all production industries, hospitals, research institutes, oil and gas companies, food industries, petrochemical industries, automobile factories, and electronic and home appliance manufacturers, moreover, a power control engineer can find jobs in the railways, construction companies, car companies, pharmaceutical companies, all FMCG factories, electric elevators, the telecommunications sector, the energy production sector and many others.
Thus, a graduate of the Department of Energy Control Engineering can work in the following areas:
♦ Design of autonomous systems for many industries in general and energy in particular.
♦ Design and control renewable energy systems to improve their performance in producing electrical energy.
♦ Control of electric power networks and microwave networks.
♦ Applications of solar energy in the field of agriculture.
♦ Programming.
♦ Monitoring and controlling service networks (electricity, traffic, water, and sewage).
♦ Design of smart buildings to save energy and exploit solar energy.
♦ Designing and programming process control systems.
♦ Dealing with alarm and monitoring systems.
