Neveen Shlayan

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Spring 2018 > Power Electronics-ECE 448-1

Spring 2018

Course Information: 

Monday, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM, Room 106 

Tuesday, 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM, Room 106 

Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM or by appointment. 

Course Description:

Principles of power electronics. Operating characteristics of Bipolar Junc- tion Transistors, IGBTs, MOSFETs and Thyristors, power converters, basic switching circuits, AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC converters and their applications. Students are required to design, con- struct, diagnose and test power electronics converters. 

Prerequisite(s): ECE 241 Credit Hours: 3 

Suggested Texts: 

Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design (3rd Edition, 2012) , Author(s): Ned Mohan 

Grade Distribution: 

Project Assignments       50% 

Quizes                             20% 

Final Exam                      30%