US-UAE Workshop: Recent Research and Education Activities in Power Electronics and Drives, Sharjah, UAE, March 2005

[0423637] batarseh该项目支持将于2005年3月1日至3日在阿联酋沙迦美国大学（AUS）举行的美国-阿拉伯联合酋长国电力电子和驱动研究和教育活动研讨会。外方组织者为阿联酋沙迦美国大学电气工程系的rach Dhaouadi博士。研讨会将提供一个重要的论坛，以解决今天需要提供有效的课堂和实验室指导，在电力电子和电机驱动系统。研讨会将讨论电力电子领域的最新发展，如何将这些发展整合到电气工程课程中，详细介绍本科和研究生阶段的课程设置，以及当前行业对电力电子工程师的需求。与会者还将探讨与工业界合作的联合研究项目可能产生成果和补充讲习班成果的领域。本次论坛还将提供一个机会，利用该领域许多专家的集体经验，并就全球电力电子课程达成共识。此外，还将讨论课程教学所需的实验室硬件和计算机模拟支持，以及实验课程大纲，模拟工具和相关教育材料的最终建议。由于最近电力电子领域的技术进步以及随之而来的研究和教学活动的增加，美国和国外的许多大学都在努力开发电力电子领域的现代课程。欧洲和东南亚的几所大学已经开发了这一领域的新课程和实验室，但尚未开发出全面的全球电力电子学课程。美国、阿联酋和其他国家显然需要在这方面有明确定义的课程内容，包括实验室工作。这次研讨会将帮助阿联酋的大学解决这一问题，并将加强美国教职员工和研究人员在阿联酋和邻国之间的合作。希望这次研讨会能使电力电子教育问题得到国际上应有的关注和重视。两名美国青年科学家和一名研究生将参加该研讨会。

0423637BatarsehThis project supports a US-United Arab Emirates Workshop on Research and Education Activities in Power Electronics and Drives, to be held at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), in Sharjah, UAE, March 1-3, 2005. The foreign organizer is Dr. Rached Dhaouadi, Electrical Engineering Department at A.U.S., Sharjah, UAE. The workshop will provide an important forum to address today's need to offer effective classroom and laboratory instructions in the power electronics and motor drive systems. The workshop will address recent developments made in the power electronics area, how these developments can be integrated into the electrical engineering curriculum, detailed course offerings at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and current industry needs for power electronics engineers. Participants will also explore areas in which joint research projects in collaboration with industry might be productive and complement the workshop findings. This forum also will provide an opportunity to make use of the collective experiences of many experts in the field and reach a consensus on global power electronics curricula. Also addressed will be the laboratory hardware and computer simulation support necessary for the course instruction, and the final recommendations for laboratory course outlines, simulation tools and relevant educational materials. Because of the recent technological advances in the area of power electronics and concomitant increases in research and teaching activities, many universities in the US and abroad are working hard to develop a modern curriculum in power electronics. Several universities in Europe and in Southeast Asia have developed new courses and laboratories in this field, but a comprehensive global curriculum in power electronics has not been developed. There is a clear need in the US, the UAE and other foreign countries to have clearly-defined course contents, including laboratory work, in this area. This workshop will help the UAE universities address this issue, and will strengthen collaborations between US faculty and teachers and researchers in the UAE and in the neighboring countries. It is expected that the workshop will give the power electronics education issue the international exposure and the attention it deserves. Two U.S. junior scientists and one graduate student will participate in the workshop.