Workshop on Enhancing the Role of Universities in Power Electronics Education and Research, in Baltimore, Maryland on July 6 and 7, 1989.

举办这次研讨会的目的是让来自大学、电力公用事业、工业、军事和政府的代表齐聚一堂，以满足国家在电力电子教育和研究方面的需求。研讨会的目标将包括：评估2000年及以后全国电力电子领域的人力需求；审查美国和国外电力电子教育和研究的现状；审查美国和国外在研究支持、专利问题、出版问题、技术转让和商业化、电力电子领域的就业机会等方面的大学/行业/政府关系；审查大学在建立电力电子项目方面的需求；审查公用事业、工业、政府和军队与大学合作以满足国家电力电子教育和研究需求的机制。

This workshop has been organized to bring together representatives from universities, electric utilities, industry, the military and government to address national needs in power electronics education and research. The objectives of the workshop will include: assessment of national manpower needs in power electronics through the year 2000 and beyond; review of the present status of power electronics education and research in the U.S. and abroad; review of university/industry/government relations in the U.S. and abroad with respect to research support, patent issues, publication issues, technology transfer and commercialization, job opportunities in power electronics; review university needs in establishing power electronic programs; and review of the mechanisms by which utilities, industry, government and the military can work with universities to meet national needs in power electronics education and research.