EPE Association: NORpie 2002 - Topic 12: EDUCATION

NORpie 2002 - Topic 12: EDUCATION
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   Better understanding by visualisation of electric machines and power electronics
By O. Carlson; L.-E. Jonsson [View]
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Abstract: When students at Chalmers University of Technology learn the basics of electrical machines and power electronics they generally succeed quite well in written exams. Still, there is often a lack of genuine understanding. To improve understanding and make the teaching/learning process more interactive, a learning tool, utilizing the modern computer's possibility to visualize and animate dynamic processes, was developed. The concepts of induced voltage and forces on a current conducting winding in a magnetic field were presented in an interactive application, which was meant to support the students' understanding of how the travelling flux and the torque are created in an electrical machine. The evaluation among students and teachers emphasizes improved learning and more variation of teaching. The work with the development of thye learning tool furthermore created a good cooperation between the teachers.

   Meeting the Challenge: Revitalizing Courses in Power Electronics and Electric Drives
By Tore Undeland; Ned Mohan [View]
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Abstract: The traditional courses in electric machines and even in power electronics are attracting reduced number of students in USA and maybe soon in Europe. The paper will analyze why and suggest some remedies for revitalizing these courses. It is important to start with a course that is attractive. That is, it should in addition to power electronics or drives include aspects as theory for feedback control and a laboratory with an easy to program digital control. The goal of this paper is to open for some debate on these challenges.

NORpie 2002 - Topic 12: EDUCATION
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	Better understanding by visualisation of electric machines and power electronics By O. Carlson; L.-E. Jonsson	[View] [Download]
Abstract: When students at Chalmers University of Technology learn the basics of electrical machines and power electronics they generally succeed quite well in written exams. Still, there is often a lack of genuine understanding. To improve understanding and make the teaching/learning process more interactive, a learning tool, utilizing the modern computer's possibility to visualize and animate dynamic processes, was developed. The concepts of induced voltage and forces on a current conducting winding in a magnetic field were presented in an interactive application, which was meant to support the students' understanding of how the travelling flux and the torque are created in an electrical machine. The evaluation among students and teachers emphasizes improved learning and more variation of teaching. The work with the development of thye learning tool furthermore created a good cooperation between the teachers.

	Meeting the Challenge: Revitalizing Courses in Power Electronics and Electric Drives By Tore Undeland; Ned Mohan	[View] [Download]
Abstract: The traditional courses in electric machines and even in power electronics are attracting reduced number of students in USA and maybe soon in Europe. The paper will analyze why and suggest some remedies for revitalizing these courses. It is important to start with a course that is attractive. That is, it should in addition to power electronics or drives include aspects as theory for feedback control and a laboratory with an easy to program digital control. The goal of this paper is to open for some debate on these challenges.