State-of-the-Art Practices and Educational Materials for Revitalizing Power Electronics and Electric Drives Curricula

NSF此前曾资助明尼苏达大学开发新的方法和实验室，用于电力电子和电力驱动的教学。这些创新的方法和实验室设置已被证明在吸引学生进入明尼苏达大学电气工程学位课程的电力系统集中方面是有效的，并且这些创新方法已被证明具有灵活性，以满足学生的不同学习风格。因此，这些方法可以作为改进其他机构电力系统课程的国家典范。为此，该项目正在传播这些方法，以努力振兴全国范围内的电力电子和电力驱动课程。该项目的管理团队由来自明尼苏达大学的PI和两名共同PI组成，以及来自其他大学的两名共同PI--一所来自塔斯基吉大学，另一所来自亚利桑那州立大学。该项目的结构包括至少三个研讨会，以传播实践和材料。每个研讨会都是根据明尼苏达大学管理团队使用这些创新方法的经验制定的。每个讲习班的设计人数约为100人。向讲习班参与者提供了制定方法所用的详细方法，并对他们进行了培训，使他们熟悉实验室硬件。目标是让每个参与者获得知识和经验，以便在他/她的母校提供这些或类似的课程。最后，鼓励参与者调整这些实验室，并通过CCLI-A和AMP；I方案寻求资金。该项目包括一个详细的评估和评估计划。

NSF has previously funded the University of Minnesota to develop novel approaches and laboratory setups for the teaching of Power Electronics and Electric Drives. These innovative approaches and laboratory setups have been shown to be effective in attracting students into the power systems concentration in the Electrical Engineering degree program at the University of Minnesota, and these innovative methods have shown to have the flexibility to address the different learning styles of the students. As a consequence, these approaches can serve as national models for improving power systems courses at other institutions. Toward this end, this project is disseminating these approaches in effort to revitalize power electronics and electric drives courses on a national scale.The management team for the project consists of the PI and two co-PIs from the University of Minnesota, and two co-PIs from other universities-- one from Tuskegee University and the other from the Arizona State University.The structure of the project includes a minimum of three workshops for the dissemination of the practices and materials. Each workshop is formulated on the experiences of the management team with these innovative methods at the University of Minnesota. Each workshop is designed for approximately 100 participants. The participants of the workshops are provided with the detailed methods used in developing the approaches, and they are given training to familiarize them with the laboratory hardware. The goal is for each participant to gain the knowledge and experience to offer these or similar courses at his/her home institution. Finally, the participants are encouraged to adapt these laboratories and seek funding through the CCLI-A&I program.The project consists of a detailed evaluation and assessment plan.