OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

02f-11
INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Sadatoshi KUMAGAI, Kiichiro TSUJI, Toshimichi ITO, Takatomo SASAKI (Graduate School of Engineering)

Objective
The twentieth century was a century of Electricity. The twenty-first century can be seen as a still more advanced century of electricity from the aspect of nano-scale electronics, photonics, tela-bit communications, and peta-watt energy generation and distribution. This course is designated to introduce state-of-the-art electrical engineering to undergraduates including non-engineering students in order to understand the recent advancements of various fields of electrical engineering, and to realize the possibility of future development of society in the twenty-first century.

Textbook
No particular textbook will be used.

Lecture Outline
Week 1. New Electrical Energy Generation, Conversion, and Storage I
Week 2. New Electrical Energy Generation, Conversion, and Storage II
Week 3. New Electrical Energy Generation, Conversion, and Storage III
Week 4. Advanced Power Electronics, Superconductivity, and Molecular Electronics I
Week 5. Advanced Power Electronics, Superconductivity, and Molecular Electronics II
Week 6. Advanced Power Electronics, Superconductivity, and Molecular Electronics III
Week 7. Advanced Photo-Electronics and Laser Engineering I
Week 8. Advanced Photo-Electronics and Laser Engineering II
Week 9. Advanced Photo-Electronics and Laser Engineering III
Week 10. Advanced Control and Bio-Engineering I
Week 11. Advanced Control and Bio-Engineering II
Week 12. Advanced Control and Bio-Engineering III
Week 13. Advanced Applications to Global Environments and Green Energy

Grading
Participation in class 50%
Assignment submitted at the end of each class 50%