Teaching Electric Energy Courses to Rejuvenate Electric Power Curriculum
Date: August 7, 2020
Location: Online
Join faculty nationwide for a focused workshop showcasing ONR-funded, CUSP-hosted courses in power electronics, machines & drives, and power systems. Explore ultra-low-cost, digitally controlled online laboratories with remote access for teaching and research, plus options for online MS delivery. Hear from leaders at NSF, ONR, IEEE PES, NAE, and partner universities—and leave with ready-to-adopt curricula and lab resources.
Speakers
Objectives
Disseminate electric-power related courses and uploaded to CUSP to university faculty for the workforce development nationwide.
Workshop Objectives:
- Disseminate electric-power related courses, developed through ONR-funding, and uploaded to CUSP to university faculty for the workforce development nationwide.
- Describe newly developed extremely low-cost and digitally controlled ONLINE power electronics, electric drives, and power system laboratories, developed through ONR funding.
Agenda
All times are in CDT.
- 9:00 am – 11:00 am — Welcome Session & the Importance of EE and STEM — Prof. Ned Mohan
- Prof. Randy Victora — Head of ECE, University of Minnesota
- Dr. Anil Pahwa — Program Director, NSF
- CAPT Lynn J. Petersen, USN (Ret) — Program Officer, ONR
- Dr. Al Romig — Executive Officer, National Academy of Engineering
- Prof. Edvina Uzunovic — IEEE PES VP, Educational Activities
- 11:00 am – 11:30 am — Outline of ONR-funded undergrad & grad courses uploaded to CUSP — Prof. Ned Mohan
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm — Digitally controlled and remotely accessible labs — Dr. Siddharth Raju
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm — Lunch Break
- 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm — Offering CUSP graduate courses online for MS (Texas Tech University) — Prof. Michael Giesselmann
- 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- First Course in Power Electronics — Prof. Ned Mohan
- Vector Control of AC Machines and Drives — Dr. Siddharth Raju
- Power Gen, Op & Control — Prof. Bruce Wollenberg
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Digital Control of Power Electronics — Prof. Nathan Weise
- Design of Electric Machines — Dr. Jim Hendershot
- First Course in Power Systems — Prof. Ned Mohan
- 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Wide Bandgap Devices — Prof. Anant Agrawal
- Design of Electrical Apparatus using FEA — Prof. Jonathan Bird
- Protection & Relaying — Dr. Pratap Mysore
Recordings
1 Morning Session
2 Electric Drives Track
3 Power Electronics Track
4 Power Systems Track