Enhance Electric Machines and Power Course

该项目满足了更好地装备新兴工程技术人员的迫切需求，这些技术技能与工业电力电子和机械驱动领域的最新进展相适应。预计这将有助于缩小技术和通信领域的能力差距。NSF支持的绿地联盟(NSF-GC)的多媒体团队与这一PI合作，开发了几个可视化和模拟示例，作为制造课程中电机项目的一部分。该项目增强了其中几个多媒体组件，并将其改编为韦恩州立大学(WSU)工程技术部(DET)的一门高级核心课程--《电机与电力》。驾驶实验，而不仅仅是对单个机器的特性研究，是为了提供与行业相关的动手体验。基于有限元的可视化是为了能够观察导致机器功能的基本现象。可以观察到由于不同的几何形状和材料而导致的通量分布。将进一步开发基于PSPICE/Saber的交互式仿真类型的动画示例，以使概念清晰并观察电机故障的后果。Authorware/Flash动画示例旨在帮助学生更好地理解滑差和功率因数校正等概念。通过实施这些多媒体组件来装备这门课程的传统课程，预计会给学生带来更好的学习。该项目对教育界的影响非常重大。WSU-DET的所有电气、机电和制造技术专业的学生都将从这个项目中受益。其中几个组件将在工程师日、K-C-P计划和开放参观期间用于底特律地区K-12学生访问。传播包括出版物和在会议上的演示。在该司的网页上提供编写的材料，预计会引起其他工程机构的兴趣并加以利用。

This project addresses the critical need of better equipping the emerging engineering technologists with technical skills that are current with the recent advances in industrial power electronics and machine drives. This in turn is expected to help close competency gaps in both technical and communication areas. The multimedia team of the NSF-supported Greenfield Coalition (NSF-GC), working with this PI, developed several visualization and simulation examples as part of a project in electric machines for a manufacturing curriculum. This project enhances several of these multimedia components and adapts them into the 'Electric Machines and Power', a senior-level core course at the Division of Engineering Technology (DET) at Wayne State University (WSU). Drive experiments, instead of mere characterization studies on individual machines, are to provide industry-relevant hands-on experience. Finite element based visualizations are to enable observation of fundamental phenomena that cause machine functionalities. Flux distributions due to differing geometry and material can be observed. Pspice/Saber-based interactive simulation types of animation examples are to be developed further in order to enable concept clarity and observation of aftermath of motor faults. Authorware/Flash animation examples are targeted towards better student understanding of concepts such as slip and power factor correction. Equipping the traditional offering of this course with these multimedia components implemented is expected to impart better student learning. The impact of the project on the educational community is very significant. All electrical, electromechanical, and manufacturing technology students at WSU-DET will benefit from this project. Several of the components are to be used during Detroit area K-12 student visits during Engineer's day, K-C-P program and Open house. Dissemination includes publications and demonstrations at conferences. The provision of the developed material on the division's web page is expected to trigger interest from and use by other engineering institutions.