Faculty Development with NASA/ASEE Summer Programs Leads to Enhanced EET Curriculum

This paper describes research experiences spanning neo consecutive, summer ten-week periods (in 2004 and 2005) at the NASA Glenn Research Center by an electronics engineering technology faculty member. Several types of electronic inverters were investigated using computer models and testing of actual hardware to identify sources of power loss, and to determine methods for mazimizing operating efficiency. Some technologies learned and used during the research experiences have been transferred to the classroom through modifications to senior-level courses in the Electronics Engineering Technology program.