AC 2010-1495: POWER CONVERSION COURSEWORK USING A SOLID STATETESLA COILJustin Reed, University of Wisconsin, Madison Justin Reed received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2005 and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2008. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), where he has experience as a teaching assistant for several electrical engineering courses. His interests include engineering education, power electronics, motors and renewable energy applications.Daniel Ludois
increase the chances of instantaneously placing millions ofcitizens in the dark.It is this very state of affairs that serves as the impetus for expanding coursework in energy andpreparing engineering graduates to leading society through the complex set of issues. All of theaforementioned issues and characteristics are elements of the course described herein, and thesurrounding discussion arguably forged the awareness and opinions of the class participants.Each student registering for the class had to first obtain permission from the instructor, a processwhere an informal interview revealed the student’s interest in energy and provided someassurance that some pre-existing attraction to the topic existed (beyond simply a need forcredits). Those
of the draft objectives among program faculty and back-and-forth with the board, theProgram Educational Objectives were set as follows: (note the sub-bullets represent additionalguidance from the board members) The Energy Engineering program focuses on producing graduates who possess: 1. The necessary skills to be a valued individual and team contributor in a professional environment. a. To prepare students to meet this objective, the program should develop students with adaptability, client focus, integrity, ability to lead and motivate others, conflict management, ability to give and receive constructive criticism, and effective communication
. You can better imagine how government, school systems, private trainingorganizations, public educational organizations, watchdog agencies, standards organizationsCOGS), industry, and utilities view the issues and why."154.3 Knowledge-Building ActivitiesLearning activities and deliverables were developed in order to deepen and broaden theknowledge gained by participants while also capturing and preserving their findings and gainsboth for the participants themselves and for the purposes of dissemination and grant reporting.Most of these activities and deliverables were facilitated and supported through the use of anonline “course” site hosted on Instructure’s Canvas course management system (see Figure 6)and reports, discussions and other