Conference: Reforming Power Semiconductor Education. To be Held October, 27 - November 1, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.

该项目旨在为学生、弱势群体和年轻研究人员参加将于2013年10月27日至11月1日在加州旧金山举行的第224届电化学学会（ECS）会议上的氮化镓和碳化硅电源技术研讨会提供资金支持。研讨会将讨论与开发和交付从组件到系统的集成电力电子课程相关的研究领域。该计划包括邀请该领域活跃专家的演讲以及定期论文，以便传播当前的想法并促进对各种应用的批判性讨论。演讲者将解释如何在当前的工程课程中实施拟议的课程改革。讨论如何继续确保采用电力电子元件、技术和系统的综合课程，将为更好地理解这一对国家地区至关重要的问题提供机会。提议的会议会议使人们强烈意识到包括设计和构建基于固态电力电子的现代电能转换系统所需的各种组件的物理和技术的重要性。并将重点介绍新兴的宽带隙半导体功率开关器件在大学和社区学院教育课程中的应用。

The proposed project seeks financial support for the participation of student, underrepresented groups and young researchers in the Symposium on GaN and SiC Power Technologies 3 at the 224th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting to be held Oct. 27 - Nov. 1, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.. The Symposium will address research areas related to developing and delivering an Integrated Power Electronics Curriculum from Components to Systems. The program includes invited presentations by active experts in the field as well as regular papers, to enable dissemination of the current ideas and to foster critical discussion on the diverse applications. The speakers will explain how to implement the proposed curricular changes in the current engineering curriculum. Discussions on how to proceed to ensure the adoption of an integrated curriculum in power electronics components, technologies, and systems will provide the opportunity for a better understanding this critical for the nation area. The proposed conference session create a strong awareness about the importance of including the physics and technologies of various components that are needed to design and build modern electrical energy conversion systems based on solid-state power electronics. It will also emphasize the emerging wide bandgap semiconductor power switching devices in university and community college educational curricula.