Power Electronics Course in Electrical Engineering Class at Teacher Training Faculty

We have developed power electronics course in electrical engineering class for university students in teacher training faculty who have not background of physics and advanced mathematics at high school. The purpose of this course is to let students understand that power electronics is one of vital and realistic solutions for environmental and energy problem. An educational induction heating machine has been designed and developed for the class. Features of the inverter for this machine are simple circuit configuration with self-oscillation using magnetic saturable core, soft-switching scheme, and safety at classroom. Finally, this course was evaluated by questionnaires and interview