M. Tech. in Power Electronics and Drives

About Us

M Tech Power Electronics and Drives course was introduced by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering,Coimbatore, in 2003. Internship oppurtunities are available in core industries. A well-equipped laboratory to facilitate the research needs of graduate students includes experimental laboratory with three phase IGBT based inverter,FPGA and PWM card,PLC training kit, Dspace ACE training kit, NI-DAQ ,TMS kits and computer lab with softwares like MATLAB, OrCAD , LabVIEW, ETAP,PSCAD,DIgSILENT,Xilinx, MultiSim, etc. Alumni of the course are placed in ABB, Robert Bosch, L&T, etc. Students publish research papers in scopus indexed journals or conferences as a part of their course. Many students received best paper awards in various conferences for their research papers.

Duration of the Course: Two years

Academics

This course aims at training graduate engineers in the field of Power Electronics, with the state of the art techniques in system-level modeling analysis, design and integration of motor drives, renewable energy technologies, smart grids and electric vehicles. The course also covers advanced topics in digital signal processors and embedded controllers, which are very much needed for today's Power Electronics engineer. The Program culminates with a project work in which the students are encouraged to work on specific areas involving design, simulation, fabrication and testing of any power electronics system having research/industrial application values.

The major objectives of the M.Tech. programme in Power Electronics are to equip the students with adequate knowledge and skills in Power Electronics and to prepare them for the following career options:

• Research programmes in Power Electronics, Electric Drives, Renewable energy technologies and related areas
• Employment in R & D organizations related to power electronics, drives and sustainable technologies
• Pursue doctoral research work in-house and various other premier R & D institutions
• Work in power electronic circuit design and fabrication industries
• Faculty positions in reputed institutions

Programme Outcomes for Power Electronics

A student who has undergone M.Tech. programme in Power Electronics (PE) will

• Have an ability to evaluate and analyze problems related to Power Electronic Systems and incorporate the principles in the state of art systems for further improvement
• Be able to investigate critical PE problems and to arrive at possible solutions independently, by applying theoretical and practical considerations
• Be able to solve PE problems such as switching control, converter design, analysis and control of solid state drives and stability studies
• Be able to develop appropriate power converters for sustainable energy technologies
• Be able to identify optimal solutions for improvising power conversion and transfer capability, enhancing power quality and reliability through PE based solutions
• Be able to evolve new power electronic topologies and control schemes based on literature survey and propose solutions through appropriate research methodologies, techniques and tools, and also by designing and conducting experiments
• Be able to work on small, well-defined projects with particular goals to provide real time solutions pertaining to power electronics
• Be able to develop, choose, learn and apply appropriate techniques, various resources including sophisticated digital controllers and IT tools for modern power electronic system simulation, including prediction and modeling with existing constraints
• Be able to develop dedicated software for analyzing and evaluating specific power electronics and control problems
• Be able to participate in collaborative-multidisciplinary engineering / research tasks and work as a team member in such tasks related to PE domain, giving due consideration to ecological and economical intricacies, and lead the team in specific areas
• Be able to confidently interact with the industrial experts for providing consultancy
• Be a responsible professional with intellectual integrity, code of conduct and ethics of research, being aware of the research outcomes and serve towards the sustainable development of the society