competency inmagnetic design for accreditation5, but fell short of actually taking such a step. At Cal Poly StateUniversity in San Luis Obispo we have taken the position that magnetic design is a criticaldesign skill set to our electrical engineering graduates. Thus, in 2009 we revised our existingmagnetic course and reintroduced the course to enhance students’ practical design andconstruction skills in magnetic components. Below is the catalog description of the course6.EE 433 Introduction to Magnetic DesignDesign of magnetic components. Fundamentals of magnetics, magnetic cores, design of powertransformer, three-phase transformer, dc inductor, ac inductors, dc-dc converter transformerdesign, actuators. Use of commercially available software. 3
50% 10% 40% 9. First Order Circuits and Oscilloscopes 30% 70% 10. First Order Time Domain Simulation 60% 40% 11. Complex Numbers, Phasors and MATLAB 100% 12. Phasor Nodal, Mesh and MATLAB 100% 13. Measuring AC Circuits 20% 80% 14. Intro to Microcontrollers 30% 50% 20% 15. Frequency Selective Circuits 30% 30% 10% 30%3