Winter break

Hi EE Majors:
I will be out of the office for winter break from December 23-January 3th.   I will be back in the office on January 4th.
Happy Holidays!!!
Nicole

EEL4242C Power Electronics Spring 2016-updated

 Dear EE Majors,
Looking for EE Technical Elective for the Spring semester.  EEL4242C-Power Electronics has open seats. Please read over the handout for more information about the class.  The professor for the courseis Dr. Shuo Wang, shuo.wang@ece.ufl.edu

Why Power Electronics?

•Extremely wide applications:
All electronics products, from computers, iPhones, appliance, medical equipment, PV inverters, lighting, electric vehicles, IC, Oil well drilling and Boeing 787 etc. MUST use power electronics,

•Excellent intern and job market:
Students are receiving multiple offers from IC design companies such as Intel, TI and Linear Tech, electric vehicle companies such as Tesla and Ford, consumer electronics companies such as Apple and Samsung, IT companies such as Google and Facebook, other big names include QUALCOMM, GE, ABB, United Technologies etc

What is Power Electronics?
Power electronics is the applications of solid-state electronics for the control and conversion of electric power
(AC: Alternating current, DC: Direct current)


Course Outline
•Description: 3 hours credit
•Fundamentals of Power Electronics
•Prerequisites: EEE3308C- Electronics Circuits 1
•Textbook: R. Erickson, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Springer, 2nd Ed, ISBN #: 978-0792372707
•Evaluation: Homework, Quizzes, Midterm Exams, Final Exam, Two Projects
•Teaching Philosophy: my teaching objective is NOT to test students, my objective is make sure students can learn power electronics from my class.


Topics to be covered
•(1) Basic power electronics circuit operation
•(2) Power converter modeling
•(3) Control design
•(4) Simple power converter design