Title :
Three beneficiaries of project-oriented education in power electronics
Author :
Plumier, Frederic ; Geuzaine, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Abstract :
Power Electronics education at the University of Liege exhibits a particular feature, in that a person from industry is directly involved in the teaching of the introductory Power Electronics course since academic year 2007-2008. Together with him, we teach this subject making use of a project-oriented method. After two years of this experience, it is now of great interest to analyze the main benefits of this method for the students, the teaching team at the University and the company involved in the teaching process. In this paper we present through an example the method that is being used. We mention some interesting technical problems encountered by the students during their project work. We also present the evolution of the method from the first year of application in 2007-2008 to the forthcoming third year in 2009-2010.
Keywords :
power electronics; power engineering education; teaching; University of Liege; power electronics education; project-oriented education; teaching; Circuit testing; Circuit topology; Computer science; Computer science education; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electronic equipment testing; Electronics industry; Power electronics; Power engineering education; Project management; Design; Education methodology; Industrial application; Simulation; Teaching;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4432-8
