1. Power Electronics: Teaching and Research at AUB Sami H. Karaki Associate Professor ECE Department American University of Beirut

2. Mission Statement To prepare EE its graduates for leadership by instilling in them skills of life-long learning, critical and independent thinking, professional ethics, innovation and ability to communicate. To promote excellence in education and research, and provide services to the community with special consideration to the needs of Lebanon and the region. To offer American-style education … compatible with the guidelines of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

3. Courses Outlines EECE 473 Power Electronics. 3 credits, annually. Prerequisite: EECE 310. Diodes, diode and rectifier circuits. Thyristors. Line commutated converters. Power transistors. DC choppers. Pulse-width modulated inverters. Introduction to gate and base drive circuits. Switching power supplies. EECE 570 Electric Drives. 3 credits, annually. Prerequisite: EECE 470. Single-phase motors: starting and control. AC drives: solid- state control, dc link in adjustable speed drives, voltage and frequency controls, braking and plugging. DC drives: rectifier and chopper drives, dynamic and regenerative braking, plugging. Stepper motors: types, operational characteristics, control algorithm, power drives configurations. Special motors: brushless dc and permanent magnet motors, servo motors.

4. Power Electronics ( EECE 473) Course Material PresentationCourse Assignments with PSPICE VerificationAssignments Examinations Projects or Term Papers Laboratory PlusLaboratoryPlus

5. Basic Power Electronics Lab Experiments List: –Thyristor Operation –Ac to dc Converter Operation –Ac Voltage Controller –Power Transistor as a Switch –Dc to dc Converters (Buck-Boost) –Pulse-Width Modulated Inverters

6. List of Equipment Basic Power Electronics Trainers Thyristor Control Units Thyristor, Converter, Semi-Converter, and TRIAC Circuit Units Dc-to-dc Converter Unit: Buck, Boost, and Buck- Boost OperationDc-to-dc Converter Unit: Scopes, Power Supplies, Differential Probes, Loads Computer System and Data Acquisition Card

7. Research in Power Electronics Computer-Based Machine Drive: –Set Up and Testing of Data Acquisition –Construction and Testing of DC and AC Power Supplies –Investigation of Classical and Intelligent Motor Control. –Computer-Based Experiments Collaboration with UCF to build and test an Innovative Maximum Power Tracking Controller

8. ProjectionProjection ASHA Grant Request for a Second Computer/DAQ System Ac-dc Machine Sets Focus Current courses Advanced Courses in Drives Control