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Three-day NSF-Sponsored Faculty Workshop
Teaching of First Courses on Power Electronics and Electric Drives and
Advance Course on Power System Applications of Power Electronics
January 5-7, 2003
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Organized by the University of Minnesota and Arizona State University
Endorsed by the IEEE Power Engineering Society’s Power Engineering Education Committee
In-cooperation with the IEEE-IAS and technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE-PELS
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Workshop Outline and Schedule:
Sunday January 5, 2003
9:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Tutorial on Using PSpice in Teaching of Power Electronics
1:30 – 4:30
Hands-on Tutorial on Using Simulink in Modeling of Controlled Drives
Monday January 6, 2003
8:30 – 9:00
Welcome
9:00 – 10:00 Panel discussion to identify needs, challenges and solutions
Panel Moderator: Prof. John G. Kassakian – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James F. Soeder – NASA Glenn Research Center
Terry Ericsen – Office of Naval Research
Thomas Podlesak – Army Research Lab
Joseph Weimer – Air Force Research Lab
Donald Adams – Oak Ridge National Lab
10:30 – 12:00 First Course on Power Electronics; Discussion on new developments in the
power electronics laboratory
1:30 – 3:00
First Course on Electric Drives including labs; Discussion on new developments
in the DSP-based drives laboratory
3:00 – 5:00
Poster Session Presented by Attendees (Papers for Poster Presentations will be
included in the workshop proceedings)
Tuesday January 7, 2003
8:30 – 9:15
Modules for Advanced Course in Power Electronics
9:15 – 10:00 Modules for Advanced Course in Electric Drives
10:30 – 12:00 Advanced Course on Utility Applications of Power Electronics
1:30 – 2:30
CCLI Proposal writing for those interested (Dr. Salters from NSF has agreed to
address the participants) in obtaining equipment funds
2:30 – 4:00
Workshop Discussion, Conclusion
Tutorials
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All participants are encouraged to bring their Laptop PCs. PSpice (Evaluation
version) and Simulink (full version with limited-time license) will be loaded into
the participants’ PCs to follow along during the tutorials.
These tutorials will be totally free-of-charge to the Workshop Participants.
For further information: http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/workshop2003
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A Call for Papers for the Poster Session
As a workshop participant, you are invited to present a poster paper at this workshop in
which a session has been organized.
You are welcome to choose any topic that will enhance the discussion and benefit other
attendees at this workshop. Some example topics are listed below:
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Power Electronics Course: Structure and Syllabi
Machines and Electric Drives Course: Structure and Syllabi
Energy Conversion Course Structure and Syllabi
Utility Applications of Power Electronics: Course Structure and Syllabi
Use of Simulation Software
Hardware Laboratories
Design Projects
Summarizing what you do in these courses and how they are received by students will
useful for discussion purposes.
We plan to include all submitted papers on a CD for the workshop participants and also
host it on a website for other to download.
Format and Deadline:
The deadline for submission (electronic only, in pdf, not to exceed 5 MB) is December 5,
2002. The format can be traditional text version or PowerPoint based. Please send it to
Prof. Raja Ayyanar at Ayyanar@asu.edu.
Hotel Accommodations
Hotel accommodations are being finalized and details will be sent to you upon
registration.
For Additional Technical Information Contact:
Professor Ned Mohan, mohan@ece.umn.edu; telephone: 612-625-3362
Professor Bill Robbins, robbins@ece.umn.edu; telephone: 612-625-8014
Professor Raja Ayyanar, rayyanar@asu.edu; telephone: 480-727-7307
For Registration Information Contact:
Brooke Reseland, breselan@cce.umn.edu; telephone: 612-625-4265
(Please see next page for the Registration Form.)
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Registration Application
NSF Workshop – Power Electronics and Drives
January 5-7, 2003
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This workshop is sponsored by NSF. Four nights of free lodging at a nearby hotel will be provided on a
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