NSF-Sponsored Faculty Workshop
Reforming
Electric Energy Systems Curriculum
(Supported by innovations in teaching of power
electronics and electric machines/drives and power systems, funded through NSF,
NASA and ONR)
February 17-18, 2006
Coronado Springs Resort, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Workshop Objective: To discuss reforming the entire electric energy
systems curriculum nationwide (there are more than 175 such programs)
Expected
Participation: ECE Faculty Members and Department Heads (our previous workshop had 125
participants)
Workshop Agenda and Schedule:
Friday,
February 17, 2006: Tutorial,
Poster Session and Reception
2:30-4:30 p.m. A
Tutorial - Teaching of Power
Systems: Twice the number of topics with
twice the in-depth knowledge in a single semester (seems impossible? come and
argue!) by Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota
4:30-5:30 p.m. Poster
Session along with Reception
(Dinner on your own)
5:30-6:30 p.m. International Collaboration
·
Presentation
by Profs. James Momoh and Kevin Tomsovic
·
Presentation
by Profs. Issa Batarseh and
Rached Dahouadi
Saturday,
February 18, 2006: Discussion
on Reforming Undergraduate of Electric Energy Systems Curriculum
7:30-8:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
8:00-8:20 Welcome,
Workshop Objectives and Agenda
8:20-10:00 Importance of Electric Energy Education and Need for
Curricular Reform
Susan
Burkett (NSF Perspective)
Terry
Ericsen (ONR Perspective)
Ed
Schweitzer, Schweitzer Engineering Lab
(Industry Perspective)
Chris
Henze, Analog Power Design (Small Industry
Perspective)
Jon Bredeson, Texas Tech (Dept Head/ECEDHA Perspective)
Frank
Barnes, Univ of Colorado
10:00-10:30 Group
Photo and Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Innovations
in Power Electronics, Electric Drives and Power Systems Education at the
University of Minnesota: Ned Mohan, Bill Robbins, Paul
Imbertson, Bruce Wollenberg,
Raja Ayyanar (ASU), Ben Oni (Tuskegee)
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch
(provided)
1:30-2:30 Breakout
Sessions to Discuss the Course Material Developed:
Power
Systems (Chair: Tom Overbye, UIUC, Noel Schulz, MSSTATE)
Power Electronics (Chair: David Perreault, MIT, Prasad Enjeti, TX
A&M)
Electric
Machines/Drives (Chair: Tom Jahns, UWisc, Steve Hietpas, SDSU)
2:30-4:00 Report by
Breakout Session Chairs and Discussion
4:00-5:30 Where do we
go from here? - Plan for Concrete Action
Expected
Course Learning Outcomes
Location and Accommodations
The
workshop will be held at the Coronado Springs Resort, Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the hotel. Two nights of free lodging
will be provided on a first-come basis to a limited number of the qualified
U.S. Power Faculty (tenured, tenure-track or adjunct faculty who are teaching
Power Systems and related course(s) at a university in the United States).
The exact number that we will be able to support will depend on our NSF
funding. If you qualify for the complimentary lodging, we will make your hotel
reservation for you and send you confirmation.
Poster Session
You are invited for a poster presentation on any relevant topic at
this workshop. Further information to the registrants will be provided after November 15, 2005. There
is no requirement of a written paper and we will upload all the poster slides
on our website with your permission.
Registration Deadline
The deadline for registration is November
15, 2005. When you register for the
workshop, you will receive an email confirming your registration for the
course. Hotel confirmation numbers will be emailed to all participants one
month before the workshop.
For Additional Technical Information Contact
Professor Ned Mohan, mohan@umn.edu;
telephone: 612-625-3362
For Registration Information Contact
Heather Dorr or Oona Besse at conferences3@cce.umn.edu; telephone:
612-624-3492
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