Possible New Courses to Offer
Prof. Cao is offering some new courses or amending some existing courses from the following list:
Advanced Power Electronics: Advanced topics in power electronics, including control and modulation, circuit topologies, inductor and transformer design, power semiconductor devices, gate drives, and thermal design. Numerous application examples such as dc-ac multilevel inverters, switched-capacitor dc-dc converters, resonant converters, wideband gap (SiC and GaN) devices, etc.
Power Electronics Systems Design: Modeling and control of energy systems primarily consisting of power electronics (microgrids/nanogrids, electric vehicles, more electric aircraft, etc.). Detailed/averaged and time-/frequency-domain modeling techniques for power dynamics of switching devices, energy storage, renewable energy sources, and electro-mechanics. Optimization and control of grid-connected conversion and energy flow in multi-physics domains.
Power Electronics for Transportation Electrification: Application-specific (EV, UAV, more electric aircraft, etc.) design principles and considerations of drivetrain architecture, dc-ac/dc-dc conversion, power semiconductor devices, passive elements, motor drives, machines, batteries, and charging; impact of power electronics on mechanical design, drive-cycle based efficiency, thermal management, and reliability. This may be an expansion part of ECE 438/538.
Supplementary labs to ECE 431: Hands on experience is essential in power electronics. Students can benefit much from weekly 3-hour lab work. Covered activities include building and testing various dc-dc, ac-dc, dc-ac converters with in-house made “blue boxes”, constructing gate-drive and control circuits, and a final design project of a full converter from discrete components.
Supplementary labs to ECE 432: This is similar to the course above with weekly 3-hour lab work. Covered activities include characterization and control of ac induction, synchronous, permanent synchronous, reluctance, dc machines, and a final group project of constructing a micro-grid power system.
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*** PowerBox Design Files: download at https://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~caoy2/files/Powerbox_Files.zip ***
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