Power, Machines, Power Electronics, and Energy¶

Audience¶

Learners covering conversion, machines, grids, and energy storage systems

Final outcome¶

Safely complete simulation, control, and design review for a converter, motor drive, photovoltaic, or storage system.

Stages¶

Circuits and electromagnetics¶

Selection rule: Complete all 2 required courses; use the other 1 option only to close a specific gap.

• Circuits and Electronics — Required; MIT; Mainline; S
• Electromagnetic Fields and Waves — Required; Cornell University; Mainline; S
• Electromagnetics and Applications — Optional supplement; MIT; Mainline; S

Stage exit criterion: Build a coupled field-circuit model of an inductor, transformer, or machine magnetic circuit and reconcile flux, stored energy, and port power; steady-state key quantities must agree with hand calculations within 5%, and transient energy conservation must close.

Conversion and control¶

Selection rule: Complete all 1 required course and complete the elective option. The other 2 courses are optional supplements and do not count toward the elective requirement.

• Power Electronics — Required; MIT; Mainline; S
• Introduction to Power Electronics — Elective option; University of Colorado Boulder; Alternative; A
• Converter Circuits — Optional supplement; University of Colorado Boulder; Alternative; A
• Converter Control — Optional supplement; University of Colorado Boulder; Alternative; A

Stage exit criterion: Implement one converter topology and its closed-loop control in simulation or on an energy-limited platform, verifying ripple, efficiency, stability margin, and device stress; preserve derating checks at every operating point and use isolation plus current limiting for hardware tests.

Grid, machines, and energy¶

Selection rule: Complete all 2 required courses and choose 1 of 4 elective options.

• Power System Analysis — Required; IIT Kharagpur / NPTEL; Mainline; A
• Seminar in Electric Power Systems — Elective option; MIT; Alternative; A
• Electric Machines — Required; MIT; Mainline; S
• Electrical Machines II — Elective option; IIT Kharagpur / NPTEL; Alternative; A
• Solar Energy Engineering: Photovoltaic Energy Conversion — Elective option; Delft University of Technology; Mainline; A
• Electrochemical Energy Systems — Elective option; MIT; Alternative; A

Stage exit criterion: Construct one scenario combining a grid, machine, and selected energy technology with power-flow or energy-balance residual below 1%; then run an N-1, fault, or operating-point transition analysis and report constraint violations and recovery time.

Execution rules¶

• Follow each stage's selection rule: complete every required course and the stated number of electives; when complete path options are provided, choose one and finish every course in its listed order; use optional supplements only to close a specific gap.
• Produce at least one reproducible artifact per stage and include failed attempts in the retrospective.
• Work involving mains voltage, high voltage, RF exposure, lasers, chemicals, or fabrication equipment requires local-law compliance and qualified supervision.