Education

Lectures in power electronics taught by PES were aimed at communicating basic concepts and their relationships, as well as analysis methods, where in all cases industry applications were used as the basis of the explanations.

Through the methodical development of converters and control schemes, an early attempt was made to awaken the students’ creativity and to encourage them to synthesize new converter structures by combining basic functions.

Further important elements were the mathematical description of the stationary and dynamic operating behavior and computer exercises introducing circuit simulation and CAD, which formed a main pillar of all industrial design processes at the time.

Finally, in order to cover the entire spectrum from analysis and dimensioning to measurement techniques and experimental analysis, knowledge acquired in lectures and exercises could be applied in specialized practicals using industry-like laboratory hardware or in Semester and Master theses, where undergraduates worked on sub-tasks of research projects under the close supervision of PhD students or Postdocs.