The following courses represent core teaching activities in electrical engineering, combining theoretical foundations with practical implementation across areas such as electric machines, power electronics, control systems, and energy technologies.
IEE3243 – Power Electronics
Description: This course addresses power electronics, a discipline focused on electrical energy conversion and control using solid-state semiconductor devices. It integrates electronics with electrical engineering and applies multiple areas such as semiconductor devices, automatic control, power systems, electric machines, and embedded systems. This discipline is fundamental in applications such as industrial motor control, power generation and transmission, renewable energy systems, electric vehicles, wireless power transfer, energy harvesting, and hybrid energy systems. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Javier Pereda.
IEE3311 – Power Electronics: Smart Grids and Renewable Energy
Description: This course provides advanced training in the control and operation of power converters applied to smart grids and renewable energy. Students will develop the skills to analyze, model, and implement modulation, synchronization, and vector control strategies in power conversion systems, including inverters, direct current (DC) DC/DC converters, and solid-state transformers. Learning will be facilitated through lectures, experimental labs, computer simulations, and a semester-long integrative project. Assessment will combine written exams, project submissions, and lab activities, allowing for the evaluation of both theoretical knowledge and practical and critical analysis skills. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Félix Rojas.
IEE3202 – Topics on Power Electronics
Description: This course provides the competencies required to understand and implement techniques used in the design, control, and development of power converters. It introduces converter topologies and control methods for applications such as photovoltaic systems, energy storage, microgrids, and resonant circuits. Students explore research topics, perform state-of-the-art reviews, develop proposals, and analyze results. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Javier Pereda.
IEE3234 – Electric Mobility
Description: This course provides the competencies required to understand techniques used in the design and development of electrically powered vehicles for cargo and passenger transport, including trains, ships, buses, trucks, automobiles, and aircraft. It covers motor control methods, energy conversion techniques, and energy storage systems. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Juan Dixon.
IEE3254 – Electric Power Generation Technologies
Description: This course provides the competencies required to understand the operating principles of different methods of electrical power generation, including conventional, state-of-the-art, and emerging technologies. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Juan Dixon.
IEE2213 – Electric Machines
Description: This course addresses electric machines, which are devices that transform energy using magnetic fields. Electric machines can be classified as electromagnetic converters (transformers) and electromechanical converters (actuators, motors, and generators). The course covers theory, concepts, and operating principles, including analysis of their characteristics, control, and applications in industry, mining, and electric traction. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Félix Rojas, Javier Pereda, Pablo Bravo.
IEE2224 – Electric Machine Drives
Description: The course aims to describe field-oriented control techniques for electric motors and generators. Design and safety criteria used in the power electronics industry are addressed from both software and hardware perspectives. The course evaluation consists of a guided project in which an electric machine drive is implemented. This project allows students to apply control theory concepts and machine dynamic equations to develop a functional system. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Ricardo Repenning.
IEE2273 – Electrical Machines Laboratory
Description: This laboratory course provides practical experience with rotating electrical machines and transformers. Through measurement and observation, students analyze the behavior of these devices. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Juan Dixon, Mario Sáez.
IEE2463 – Programmable Electronic Systems
Description: This course introduces fundamental concepts for working with programmable electronic systems in electrical engineering. It focuses on understanding system architecture and key technologies, covering both hardware and software operation and their interaction with the physical environment. The course spans a wide range of applications, providing tools to analyze physical dynamics and synthesize design and operational specifications. Students propose technically feasible solutions to real-world problems, implement them, and evaluate system performance. Find the syllabus here.
Instructors: Félix Rojas.