Education of Power Eletronics in Japan


Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 268-277, Oct. 2002
10.6113/JPE.2001.02.4.268


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 Abstract

Power electronics is an interdisciplinary area that is interstitial to all of the major disciplines of electrical engineering including power, electronics and control Today, the covering field of power electronics has more widely spread out with the help of ever evolving microelectronics and computer science Whereas, in Japan the tendency is becoming remarkable nowadays that science, especially "mathematics" and "hardware work", are falling into disfavor with the young people. For these reasons, it has become a very important problem to find out "what are the truest essentials of power electronics?" and "How to give students incentives to learn power electronics?" from an educational point of view in under-graduate and graduate courses in universities. On the other hand, the power electronics engineers in companies are always required to comply with the ever changing trend of global and open market. However, it takes long time to cultivate their skills Against the background, "The Cooperative Research Committee on Education of Power Electronics" was established in the lEEJ Industry Applications Society during 2000-2001 The present status of the power electronics education in Japan is surveyed m this paper, and some problems with remedy are pointed out based on the discussions performed in the committee.


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[IEEE Style]

M. Matsui, A. Ueda, K. Oguch, "Education of Power Eletronics in Japan," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 268-277, 2002. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2001.02.4.268.

[ACM Style]

Mikihiko Matsui, Akiteru Ueda, and Kuniomi Oguch. 2002. Education of Power Eletronics in Japan. Journal of Power Electronics, 2, 4, (2002), 268-277. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2001.02.4.268.