Power Electronics Option at UPRM
Power electronics have been part of the Power Engineering Curriculum at UPRM for the last seventeen years. Both graduate and undergraduate research work in power electronics has also been performed at UPRM since the 1980s. CPES has supported the restructuring of the undergraduate power engineering curriculum, including formalizing power electronics as an option within power engineering. The diagram below shows the order in which students take courses. An undergraduate design course in power electronics has been developed for Spring 2002 to offer students an opportunity to study power electronics applications beyond the introductory course, and to provide a capstone course offering within the option. The power electronics option was approved at UPRM in January 2002. The diagram below illustrates required courses for the options in both power electronics and power systems:
