Grainger Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratories at Illinois Institute of Technology

At Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), we have established the Grainger Power Electronics Laboratory and Grainger Electric Motor Drives Laboratory with the support of a generous gift from the Grainger Foundation. These state-of-the-art laboratories are used for two senior-level, four-credit hour undergraduate courses (ECE 411: Power Electronics and ECE 412: Electric Motor Drives). Each laboratory consists of 14 experiments, one research projects demonstration, and one major design experience. The laboratory experiments give simple practical introduction to operation and control of electronic switching circuits and motor drives. They are done in groups of 2–3 students. These elective courses are appropriate for senior-level undergraduate electrical engineering and computer engineering students. This paper aims at presenting these two courses with laboratories in detail.