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

0423637Batarseh该项目支持美国-阿联酋电力电子和驱动器研究和教育活动研讨会，该研讨会将于2005年3月1日至3日在阿联酋沙迦的美国沙迦大学(AUS)举行。外国组织者是阿联酋沙迦市A.U.S.电机系的Rached Dhaouadi博士。研讨会将提供一个重要的论坛，以满足当今在电力电子和电机驱动系统中提供有效的课堂和实验室指导的需求。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，提供本科生和研究生的详细课程，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富有成效的领域，并补充讲习班的成果。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，就全球电力电子课程达成共识。还将讨论课程教学所需的实验室硬件和计算机模拟支持，以及实验室课程大纲、模拟工具和相关教材的最终建议。由于电力电子领域最近的技术进步和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的现代课程。欧洲和东南亚的几所大学已经在这一领域开发了新的课程和实验室，但还没有开发出全面的全球电力电子课程。在美国、阿联酋和其他外国，显然有必要在这一领域制定明确的课程内容，包括实验室工作。此次研讨会将帮助阿联酋大学解决这一问题，并将加强阿联酋及邻国美国教职员工和研究人员之间的合作。预计研讨会将使电力电子教育问题得到国际关注和应有的关注。两名美国初级科学家和一名研究生将参加研讨会。

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.