Enhancement of the computer experience in electric power engineering education at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has recently acquired a commercial software product to complement power system analysis packages previously utilized in the UAF undergraduate power option, which include Power Technologies, Inc.´s (PTI) PSS/E^TM and ASPEN One-Liner ^TM. The most recent acquisition, also used heavily by Alaska´s utilities, is Stoner Associates, Inc.´s Distribution Primary Analysis and Graphics (DPA/G)^TM software. This paper describes how the DPA/G software has extended the electric power program capabilities at UAF in the power distribution area