Won't you join the Power Revolution? The overarching goal of PowerAmerica is to catalyze the acceleration rate in the adoption of power electronics based on widebandgap (WBG) semiconductors. The current global power electronics marketplace is $20+ billion with silicon devices commanding nearly 87% of this market. WGB power electronics have many performance characteristics that are significantly superior to those of silicon. These characteristics translate to large increases in energy efficiencies and notable reductions in overall production and operating costs. As the WBG power electronics market grows, it will generate new jobs that require people who possess the necessary advanced skill sets to design, manufacture, install, and repair WBG components and the products they enable. The goal of PowerAmerica’s Education and Workforce Development Program (EWD) is to also act as a catalyst, but one that builds a nationwide pipeline and ecosystem of educators, developers, and entrepreneurs dedicated to promoting and providing education and training to the workforces for the production and application of WBG power electronics. As such, EWD will provide opportunities and access to … Summer Institutes for students, educators and workforce professionals; To learn more visit: www.PowerAmericaInstitute.org Internships at industry member organizations; PowerAmerica’s EWD Portal: Webinars; eLearning; MLearning (mobile); Asynchronous short courses; Certificate programs; Topicspecific learning modules; Links to other educational materials and modalities from around the nation and the globe.
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Won't you join the Power Revolution?
The overarching goal of PowerAmerica is to catalyze theacceleration rate in the adoption of power electronics based onwidebandgap (WBG) semiconductors. The current global power
electronics marketplace is $20+ billion with silicon devicescommanding nearly 87% of this market. WGB power electronicshave many performance characteristics that are significantlysuperior to those of silicon. These characteristics translate tolarge increases in energy efficiencies and notable reductions in
overall production and operating costs. As the WBG power electronics market grows, it will generatenew jobs that require people who possess the necessary
advanced skill sets to design, manufacture, install, and repairWBG components and the products they enable. The goal ofPowerAmerica’s Education and Workforce Development
Program (EWD) is to also act as a catalyst, but one that builds anationwide pipeline and ecosystem of educators, developers,
and entrepreneurs dedicated to promoting and providingeducation and training to the workforces for the production and
application of WBG power electronics.As such, EWD will provide opportunities and access to …Summer Institutes for students, educators and workforce
professionals;
To learn more visit: www.PowerAmericaInstitute.org
Internships at industry member organizations;PowerAmerica’s EWD Portal:
Webinars;eLearning;MLearning (mobile);Asynchronous short courses;Certificate programs;Topicspecific learning modules;Links to other educational materials andmodalities from around the nation and theglobe.
Won't you join the Power Revolution?To learn more visit: www.PowerAmericaInstitute.org
Review the curriculum for our Concentration inWBG Power Electronics.
Interested in a concentration in WBG Power Electronics?Please visit http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/graduate/msepse for more information.
MS in Electric Power Systems Engineering and WBG Power Electronics Concentration (Core curriculum – 12 Credit Hours)
ECE 552: Renewable Electric Energy Systems Required
Principles and characteristics of renewable energy based electric power generation technologies such as photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, and fuel cells. Main system design issues. Integration of these energy sources into the power grid. Economics of distributed generation. Credit is not allowed for both ECE 452 and ECE 552.
Pre-Requisites: ECE 305 or ECE 331 Co-Requisites: None Restrictions: None Credits: 3 ECE 734: Power Management Integrated Circuits Required
Review of modern power management converters and circuits; Review modeling and control of converters; Detail discussion of voltage and current mode controllers; Understanding of power converter losses and optimization method, as well as management of power; Integrated circuit design of various power management chips.
Pre-Requisites: ECE 511 and ECE 534 Co-Requisites: None Restrictions: None Credits: 3 ECE 592-042: Electric Motor Drives Required
Principles of electromechanical energy conversion; analysis, modeling and control of electric machinery; steady state performance characteristics of direct-current, induction, synchronous and reluctance machines; scalar control of induction machines; introduction to direct- and quadrature-axis theory; dynamic models of induction and synchronous motors; vector control of induction and synchronous motors.
Pre-Requisites: ECE 305 Co-Requisites: None Restrictions: None Credits: 3 ECE 551: Smart Electric Power Distribution Systems Elective
Features and components of electric power distribution systems, power flow, short circuit and reliability analysis, basic control and protection, communications and SCADA, new "smart" functionality such as integrated volt/var control, automated fault location isolation and restoration, demand response and advanced metering infrastructure, integration of distributed generation and energy storage.
Pre-Requisites: ECE 451
Co-Requisites: None Restrictions: None Credits: 3 ECE 732: Dynamics and Control of Electric Machines Elective
Dynamic behavior of AC electric machines and drive systems; theory of field orientation and vector control for high performance induction and synchronous machines; permanent magnet and reluctance machines and their control; principles of voltage source and current source inverters, and voltage and current regulation methods.
Additional course information provided by the department:
This course will establish an understanding of techniques required for working with electronic circuits at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies. Includes discussion of circuit components operating at these frequencies.
MS in Electric Power Systems Engineering and WBG Power Electronics Concentration (WBG Concentration - Credit Hours)
ISE 589-04: Manufacturing Systems Required
This is a graduate-level special topics class on manufacturing systems taught by Dr. Ola Harrysson of the Industrial and Systems Engineering department. The course is specifically tailored to meet the needs of students studying electric power systems.
DC and AC analysis of isolated and non-isolated switch mode power supply. Basic converter topologies covered include: buck, boost and buck/boost and their transformer-couples derivatives. Design of close loop of these DC/DC converters.Power devices and their applications in DC/DC converters. Inductor and transformer design.
The operational physics and design concepts for power semiconductor devices. Relevant transport properties of semiconductors. Design of breakdown voltage and edge terminations. Analysis of Schottky rectifiers, P-i-N rectifiers, Power MOSFETs, Bipolar Transistors, Thyristors and Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors.
Pre-Requisites: ECE 404 Co-Requisites: None Restrictions: None Credits: 3 ECE 792-030: WBG Power Devices SiC and GaN Required
This is a graduate-level special topics class on WBG SiC and GaN power electronics devices taught by Dr. Jayant Baliga of the ECE department. This course provides students with an in-depth knowledge of power devices built from wide bandgap semiconductors. The design of high breakdown voltages, a key distinguishing parameter for power devices, with limitations imposed by the edges, is reviewed. The physics of unique power rectifier structures suitable for SiC material is analyzed. The operating principles for unique SiC power MOSFETs, and GaN HEMT devices is discussed. The development of bipolar power devices from SiC to achieve ultra-high voltage performance is described. The performance of wide bandgap semiconductor power devices is compared with advanced silicon devices.
Pre-Requisites: TBD
Co-Requisites: TBD
Restrictions: TBD Credits: 3 ECE 592-XX: Power Electronics Packaging Required
This is a graduate-level special topics class on power electronics packaging taught by Dr. Douglas Hopkins of the ECE department.
This is a graduate-level special topics class on product innovation taught jointly by faculty from the Colleges of Engineering, Management, and Design. It is taught in place of the traditional capstone project.
Processes used in fabrication of modern integrated circuits. Process steps for crystal growth, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, lithography, chemical vapor deposition, etching, metallization, layout and packaging. Process integration for MOS and biopolar processes. Characterization techniques, simulation, yield and reliability.
Additional course information provided by the department:
Introduction to the individual process steps used to fabricate semiconductor Integrated Circuit Chips starting with the refinement of raw materials and finishing with the packaging of completed chips. The integration of these component processes into state-of-the-art CMOS and bipolar device technologies is considered.
An integrated circuit laboratory to serve as a companion to ECE 538. Hands-on experience in semiconductor fabrication laboratory. Topics include: techniques used to fabricate and electrically test discrete semiconductor devices, the effects of process variations on measurable parameters.
