Current efforts in revitalizing electric power engineering at the University of Central Florida

The end of the cold war presents us with the challenge to modernize engineering curricula so as to better address the needs and issues arising from the increasingly competitive global economy. In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida (USA), efforts are underway to revitalize and modernize the academic program in electric power engineering. This paper describes these efforts. The goal is to provide students interested in these fields with a broad and deep set of course offerings that will allow them to build a strong foundation in the theory, design, devices and instrumentation issues pertinent to these areas.