Class Meeting Schedule
- Lecture:
- Lab:
- Thursdays, 2:10 - 4:55 pm
Lectures will meet in MK419, and lab sessions in MK225. Check the course schedule for meeting room during each session. The first class will meet in MK419.
Policies
- No late work will be accepted except in cases of documented medical emergences.
- Collaboration is encouraged on all assignments except quizzes and exams.
- Assignments will be due in lecture on the day listed in the course schedule. The assignment is due at the beginning of the scheduled period.
Grading
- Prelab Assignments: 15%
- Written Lab Reports: 50%
- Participation and Lab Demonstrations: 20%
- Midterm: 15%
Instructors
- Professor Daniel Costinett
- Email: ude.ktu@ttenitsoC.leinaD
- Phone:865-974-3572
- Office: MK502
Textbook
- Erickson and Maksimovic, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second Edition
- Available at UT bookstore or through online retailers
- You are encouraged, though not required, to purchase hard copies of the textbook.
Additional Readings
These readings may be useful for students enrolled in the course, but are not required reading:
- Mehrdad Ehsani, Yimin Gao, Sebastien E .Gay, and Ali Emadi, Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles, CRC Press 2004. (available online)
- C.Mi, M.A.Masrur, D.W.Gao, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Wiley 2011 (available online)
Additional notices for all students
- If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. (865-974-6087, 2227 Dunford Hall).
- Every effort will be made to reasonably and fairly deal with students who have serious religious observances that conflict with scheduled exams, assignments, etc. Please notify the instructor well in advance, so that there is time to make adequate arrangements.
- All students of the University of Tennessee are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported. Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). For further information, please refer to the university Standards of Conduct and the academic policies and procedures, present in hilltopics.
Course Topics
- Battery Modeling
- Modeling and Characterization of AC Machines
- DC/DC Converter Analysis and Design
- Loss Modeling of Power Electronics
- Basic Magnetics and Transformers
- Debugging and prototyping techniques
- Current-mode Control
- Feedback Loop Design
- Layout of Power Electronics Circuits
- BLDC and PMSM Control Methods
- System-Level Control Design
