Workshop on "Teaching of Power Electronics". To be Held at The University of Minnesota, June 25-27, 1998.

ECS-9729197莫汉拟举办为期3天的“电力电子教学”教员研修班。电力电子是一种使能技术，它发现自己是用于计算、通信、办公自动化和娱乐的任何电子设备的一部分。它是机器人、工厂自动化和过程控制中的重要组成部分，这些都对工业竞争力至关重要。基于电力电子的解决方案可以显著节约能源，从而降低能源成本和环境污染。也可以肯定的是，电力电子技术将在电力行业发挥越来越大的作用。因此，所有设有电气工程系的大学都应该开设电力电子学课程(S)。我们向国家科学基金会提出的“电力电子教育创新”的建议最近被接受为基金。在此之前，作为该项目的一部分，我们一直在开发电力电子领域的课程、实验室和其他教育材料。为了传播这一信息，计划于1998年6月25日至27日在明尼苏达大学举办一个关于“电力电子学教学”的讲习班。作为“电力电子教育创新”的一部分，1997年6月19-21日在明尼苏达大学举办了“电力传动教学”研讨会。用于组织三个讲习班的资金(总计3,000美元)几乎全部花在了这个关于“电动传动教学”的讲习班上，这主要是因为参加人数出人意料地多，其中大部分是来自美国大学的教职员工。这项建议的目的是邀请大学和业界共同参与，使下一届“电力电子教学”工作坊取得更大成功。

ECS-9729197 Mohan A 3-day Faculty Workshop is proposed on the topic of "Teaching of Power Electronics". Power electronics is an enabling technology which finds itself a part of any electronics equipment for computation, communication, office automation, and entertainment. It is an important component in robotics, factory automation and process control which are vital for industrial competitiveness. Power-electronics based solutions can result in significant energy conservation, thus reducing energy costs and environmental pollution. It is also certain that power electronics technologies will play an increasing role in the power industry. Therefore, it is desirable that all universities with an Electrical Engineering department should have course(s) in power electronics. Our proposal to NSF "Innovations to Power Electronics Education" was recently accepted for funding. Prior to this and as a part of this project, we have been developing courses, laboratory and other educational material in the area of power electronics. For disseminating this information, a workshop on "Teaching of Power Electronics' is planned at the University of Minnesota, June 25-27, 1998. As a part of "Innovations to Power Electronics Education", a workshop on "teaching of Electric Drives" was organized at the University of Minnesota, June 19-21, 1997. Nearly all the funds (a total of $3,000) allocated for organizing three workshops were spent on this single workshop on "Teaching of Electric Drives", primarily due to unexpectedly large number of participants, mostly faculty members from universities in the United States. The purpose of this proposal is to make the next workshop on "Teaching of Power Electronics" even more successful by inviting both university as well as industry participation.