ELECTRIC MACHINE & DRIVE SYSTEM LABORATORY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: E C E 411 , or graduate/professional standing, or declared in Capstone Certificate in Power Conversion and Control Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use safe laboratory procedures to study high voltage electric machines Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use dynamometers, power analyzers and electrical measurements to characterize electric machines Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Characterize operation of an inverter and its impact on drive performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Determine the operating parameters of a motor-generator dynamometer given input and output constraints Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate and debug electric drive subsystems to control the torque and/or speed of a motor-generator dynamometer Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Interpret and apply techniques from recent research papers on electric drive systems Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use safe laboratory procedures to study high voltage electric machines Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use dynamometers, power analyzers and electrical measurements to characterize electric machines Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Characterize operation of an inverter and its impact on drive performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Determine the operating parameters of a motor-generator dynamometer given input and output constraints Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate and debug electric drive subsystems to control the torque and/or speed of a motor-generator dynamometer Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Interpret and apply techniques from recent research papers on electric drive systems Audience: Graduate