Electrical Engineering Fundamentals for the Non-Electrical Engineer - Circuits Through Systems

1. Introduction
   • Architecture
   • Sensors
   • Actuators
   • Application Layer
   • Hardware Abstraction Layer
   • Controllers
      
2. Electrical Circuits Fundamentals
   • Circuit Theory
   • Power Laws
   • Energy Storage Components
   • Microcontrollers and Microprocessors
     • Digital Building Blocks (Latches)
     • Peripherals
     • Computational Capabilities
     • Interrupts and Timers
     • Software
   • Interface Circuitry
     • Power Distribution and Wiring
     • Analog I/O A/D, D/A Conversion and Signal Conditioning
     • Digital I/O
     • Serial Comms and Wiring
        
3. Digital Embedded Systems
   • Sensors
   • Actuators
   • Interface Circuitry
   • A/D, D/A Conversion and Delta-Sigma Modulation
   • Interrupts and Timers
   • Serial Comms
   • Microcontrollers and Microprocessors
      
4. Electrical Power Systems
   • Power Components (MOSFETs/IGBT/SCR)
   • AC-DC converters (rectifiers)
   • DC-DC converters: Buck/Boost
   • DC-AC converters (Inverters) - AC power and motor drives
   • AC-AC converters (transformers)
   • Solar converters (photovoltaic conversion)
   • Energy Storage Elements (batteries/super capacitors)
   • Thermal Management
      
5. Digital Control Systems
   • Architecture
   • Sequential Logic
   • Closed-Loop (Feedback Control)
   • Feedback Control Actions (P, I, D)
   • Combined Sequential Logic (Supervisory Control of Subsystems and Scheduling)
   • Feedforward Control (Structure and Uses)
   • Sensor Abstraction (Machine to Physical)
   • Digital Filtering
   • Actuator Abstraction (Physical to Machine)

• Blake Suhre

  Program Director

  Blake Suhre is Program Director, Power Engineering in Interdisciplinary Professional Programs (InterPro) at UW-Madison. He has over 30 years of experience in many aspects of vehicle and powertrain systems, engine systems, and controls development. He was involved in the initial development of model-based controls for internal combustion engines and has experience applying these techniques to all varieties of combustion system in use today. He was co-founder of the MotoTron Corporation and has held a variety of leadership roles in engine systems development and R&D. Suhre holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Erick Oberstar

  Program Director

  Dr. Oberstar is a Program Director with InterPro and has over 27 years of engineering and entrepreneurial experiences. At InterPro he manages programs for and teaches in the areas of AI/ML, Electrification, and Mechatronics. He has deep experience in embedded real time control systems, signal and image processing, robotics, automation, medical devices. He managed the UW-Madison Mechatronics Laboratory for 22 years where he taught courses in mechatronics, manufacturing automation, automatic controls, and discrete time controls.

  He has previous technical roles as a Scientist in the dept. of Medical Physics at UW, consultant for St. Jude Medical, and electrical engineer for Orbital Technologies Corporation, and Automation Components. In addition, he has numerous entrepreneurial experiences working on blood flow quantification,bnight vision, bacterial detection, robotics, automation, and general product development. 

  Dr. Oberstar has a Ph.D in Biomedical Engr., and MS in Electrical and Computer Engr. (WEMPEC) from U.W. – Madison, and a BS Electrical Engr. from U.W. – Platteville. He has over 30 publications with over 400 citations & 3 patents. Dr. Oberstar is a WI Professional Engineer, Harvey Spangler Award for Technology Enhanced Education winner & judge, as well as SPIE & IEEE member.

• Program Director

  Blake Suhre

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