DSP-based, Software-Reconfigurable Laboratory to Nationally Revitalize Electric Drives and Power Electronics Curricula

工程-电气(55)电气驱动和电力电子使机器人和自动化工厂等重要应用的技术成为可能。据估计，节能将节省相当于纽约州、电动汽车和混合动力汽车所消耗的能源，这些汽车将重塑每年数万亿美元的汽车行业、新兴的微电子机械系统(MEMS)以及重要的空间和国防应用。该项目正在朝着扭转全国相关课程入学人数下降的趋势迈出重要的一步。该项目正在开发电气驱动(机械)和电力电子课程的创新课程。这些课程以使用数字信号处理(DSP)软件控制各种电机和驱动器为基础。具体地说，正在为教师和学生编写实验室手册。这个基于DSP的实验室使用快速原型制作工具，为学生提供真实世界的体验。我们使用工业中的真实例子来教授学生能量转换的基本概念。这项工作的自然延伸是电力电子实验的数字控制，这与工业数字控制的趋势很好地契合，从而使学生更好地做好准备。该项目有9个试验点，奥本大学、塔斯基吉大学、德雷塞尔大学、亚利桑那州立大学、霍华德大学、德克萨斯理工大学、俄勒冈州立大学、密苏里-罗拉大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学，这些大学也将作为地区分销中心。此外，还将利用互联网传播实验室手册，以便交流创新的想法和改进建议。

Engineering - Electrical (55)Electric drives and power electronics are enabling technologies for important applications such as robotics and automated factories. The energy conservation is estimated to save an equivalent of the energy consumed by the state of New York, electric and hybrid-electric vehicles that will reshape the trillion dollar/year automotive industry, the emerging micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and vital space and defense applications. This project is making a significant step towards reversing the national trend of falling enrollments in related course.The project is developing an innovative curricula for Electric Drives(machines) and Power Electronics courses. The courses are based on the use of the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) software for control of various electric machines and drives. Specifically, laboratory manuals for both instructors and students are being developed. This DSP-based laboratory uses rapid prototyping tool and is providing students with real-world experiences. Real examples from industry are used to teach students the basic concepts of energy conversion. A natural extension of this effort is digital control of power electronics experiments, which meshes well with the trend towards digital control in industry, thus making students better prepared. The project has 9 test-sites, Auburn University, Tuskegee University, Drexel University, Arizona State University, Howard University, Texas Tech University, Oregon State University, University of Missiouri-Rolla, and Penn State University, which will also serve as the regional distribution centers. In addition, the laboratory manuals will be disseminated by the use of the internet allowing for exchange of innovative ideas and suggestions for improvement.