Title :
Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics Promotion for Secondary School Kids
Author_Institution :
Landesschulrat fÿr Steiermark, Graz, Austria
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006
Abstract :
Industry lacks researchers, developers and service engineers in the whole area of Electrical Power Engineering. However, graduates do not emerge automatically from universities or technical colleges. The critical age is less than 14 years when the path to the future profession is selected. We have to provide sufficient information for that decision and also encourage kids to have active contact with the great field of experimental science. Careful guidance and special tuition steps address the inherent anxiousness and playing attitude of kids. The attribute of Electrical Engineering shall change from "danger" into "fascination". A first successful approach to power electronics is to be laid by a manually operated buck converter in an illumination task.
Keywords :
Application software; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Microcomputers; Physics education; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2006. EPE-PEMC 2006. 12th International
Conference_Location :
Portoroz
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0121-6
DOI :
10.1109/EPEPEMC.2006.4778717