Applied electromagnetics design education in modulators and power electronics-at the undergraduate level

Applied electromagnetics contains, as a model, the full set of Maxwell's differential equations, plus constitutive relations, that form a suite of "mathematical concepts", that are often difficult to clarify without readily available graphic visualization. Students in power electronics engineering research projects have been shown to learn far more efficiently with visual representations to support the theory behind the simulation. The 1990s have brought with it an era of visual learning/basic subsystem design, as well as exponential growth in computer technology. While the model architectures that form applied electromagnetics have not changed, the method of education of the next generation of modulator and power electronics design engineers can benefit from advances in simulation technology.