Labs

Electric machines & drives · Introductory

Electric Machines and Drives

8 experiments Hardware

This lab provides hands-on experience in the modeling, control, and real-time implementation of electric motor drive systems. Students will characterize DC and AC machines, design closed-loop PI and V/f controllers, and analyze power electronics (DC-DC converters) critical for drive operation.

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Power electronics · Introductory

Switch-mode Power Electronics

13 experiments Hardware

This hands-on lab introduces core DC-DC converter topologies—buck, boost, buck-boost, flyback, forward, and full-bridge—on a GaN/Si power electronics platform.

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Power systems · Introductory

Power Systems Simulation Laboratory

15 experiments Simulation

This simulation-based laboratory complements Introduction to Power Systems with practical studies in transmission-line modeling, power flow, transformers, HVDC, power quality, synchronous generators, voltage regulation, transient stability, economic dispatch, faults, protection, and switching over-voltages.

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Electric machines & drives · Advanced

Vector Control of Drives

7 experiments Hardware

This lab provides hands-on experience in the modeling, control, and real-time implementation of AC motor drive systems. Students will identify machine parameters, build abc→dq models, design and tune V/f, vector (FOC), and DTC controllers, implement SVPWM on a three-phase inverter, and validate performance on hardware using safe measurement practices.

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Renewable energy · Introductory

Climate Crisis: Implementing Solutions Lab

12 experiments Hardware

A twelve-experiment laboratory introducing DC electricity, greenhouse-gas effects, solar and wind generation, battery storage, efficient lighting, motors, renewable-energy economics, and indoor hydroponic farming through simulation, calculation, and hands-on measurement.

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Power systems · Advanced

Power Generation, Operation & Control Laboratory

11 experiments Simulation

MATLAB-based laboratory for generation scheduling and power-system operations. Eleven modular experiments cover economic dispatch, unit commitment, limited-energy scheduling, power flow and losses, security analysis, DC and AC optimal power flow, state estimation, market auctions, and financial transmission rights using supplied code, spreadsheets, and standard network cases.

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