Power Program
Overview
Power electronics is a key discipline that enables the development of a wide spectrum of modern technologies. Power electronics studies power processing theory and practice with regards to waveform, level, and other characteristics to meet immense variety and dynamically growing needs of modern society. From utility power systems to cell phone power supplies, from spacecraft to ground transportation, from defense equipment to consumer electronics, from biological implants to steel-mill rolling machines, power electronics is everywhere.
The Power Electronics Laboratory at University of California, Irvine is a modern research facility that is equipped with the state-of-the-art instrumentation for design, simulation, layout, prototyping, and testing of switching/analog circuits. The research in the Power Electronics Laboratory at UCI involves modeling, control, topologies, and integration of switching converters, inverters, class-D power amplifiers, soft switching techniques, single-phase and three-phase power factor correction methods, single phase and three-phase active power filters, power conversion for alternative energy sources, wireless power transmission, system on chips, etc.
Graduate Courses
EECS267A Industrial and Power Electronics (4) W. Power switching devices, pulse width modulation (PWM) methods, switching converter topologies, control, and magnetics. Prerequisite: EECS170C, EECS160A, or consent of instructor. Concurrent with EECS166A.
EECS267B Topics in Industrial and Power Electronics (3) W. Practical design of switching converters, electromagnetic compatibility, thermal management, and/or control methods. Prerequisite: EECS267A or consent of instructor.
Faculty
The following faculty members are affiliated with the power field of study:
