Electrical Engineering in the 21st Century

Tsuyoshi FUNAKI (Graduate School of Engineering)

Capacity
   10

Course Objective
   This course explores two categories of electrical engineering in the 21st century, that is, 1) systems, control and power engineering, and 2) electromagnetic energy engineering. In this course, professors and associate professors of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems, Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University will give lectures to the students every week about topics of present research, so that they will be exposed to wide areas of electrical engineering in the 21st century.

Course Content

1. systems, control and power engineering
2. electromagnetic energy engineering

Class Plan

1. Introduction and Overview of the Lecture
2. Power Electronics and Electrical Energy
   (Prof. Toshifumi ISE and Associate Prof. Yushi MIURA)
3. Intelligent Systems
   (Prof. Shigemasa TAKAI and Associate Prof. Toshiyuki MIYAMOTO)
4. Power and Energy Systems
   (Prof. Tsuyoshi FUNAKI and Associate Prof. Hideharu SUGIHARA)
5. Systems Analysis and Optimization
   (Prof. Tetsuzo TANINO and Associate Prof. Keiji TATSUMI)
6. High Intensity Laser Engineering
   (Prof. Kazuo TANAKA and Associate Prof. Kiminori KONDO)
7. Advanced Plasma Engineering
   (Prof. Yoshio UEDA)
8. High Energy Density Engineering
   (Prof. Ryosuke KODAMA and Associate Prof. Isao MURATA)
9. (Advanced Beam Systems Engineering
   (Prof. Toshiyuki IIDA and Associate Prof. Yushi KATO)

Textbooks
   none

Grading Polivy

• Participation in class 50%
• Short papers (5 times) 50%