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Course Outline
- Introduction to Power Electronics and Applications/PE Overview
- DC/AC Inverters
- Rectifiers
- Fundamentals of Capacitors and Inductors in Power Electronics
- Basic DC/DC Converters
- Electric Vehicle Chargers
- EMI for Power Electronics I
- EMI for Power Electronics II
- Reliability Engineering for Power Electronics I
- Reliability Engineering for Power Electronics II
- Thermal Engineering Practice for Power Electronics I
- Thermal Engineering Practice for Power Electronics II
- Controls and Dynamics
- Insulation and Dielectric Design
- Introduction to Wide Bandgap Devices
- Examples of Power Electronics in EVs/HEVs
Instructors and Program Director
Instructors
Thomas Jahns
Grainger Professor of Power Electronics And Electric Machines
Dr. Thomas M. Jahns received his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from MIT, all in electrical engineering.
Dr. Jahns joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He served for 14 years as a Co-Director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), a world-renowned university/industry consortium in the electrical power engineering field. Since 2021, he is the Grainger Emeritus Professor of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines.
Prior to coming to UW-Madison, Dr. Jahns worked at GE Corporate Research and Development (now GE Global Research) in Niskayuna, NY, for 15 years, where he pursued new power electronics and motor drive technology in a variety of research and management positions. His current research interests at UW-Madison include integrated motor drives and electrified propulsion for both land vehicles and aircraft.
Dr. Jahns is a Fellow of IEEE. He received the 2005 IEEE Nikola Tesla Technical Field Award “for pioneering contributions to the design and application of AC permanent magnet machines”. Dr. Jahns is a Past President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. He was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2015 and received the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering in 2022.
Tim Burress
Electric Machines Team Leader
Tim Burress, Electric Machines Team Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Burress has led developments of motor controls and drives as well as comprehensive dynamometer evaluations for over 10 years. He also leads novel machine design projects for transportation applications.
Program Director
Ahmad Khan