Proposed power electronics curriculum

Abstract

In this paper, an attempt is made to present undergraduate and graduate curricula in the field of power electronics. This includes detailed class contents for power electronics I & II and associated laboratory assignments for the first course. This work is motivated by the current efforts under way at the University of Central Florida (USA) to develop the power program in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Based on the recent NSF Workshop on power electronics education, this paper also sheds some light into the educational aspects of the field of power electronics. Finally, an outline for the hardware laboratory as supporting facility for effective power electronics education is also addressed.