M.E - Power Electronics and Drives

Overview:

Power Electronics and Drives is a specialized area of Electrical and Electronics Engineering involving the control and conversion of electric power using solid-state techniques. The students are exposed to various areas including advanced power semiconductor devices, Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, analysis of power converters and inverters, solid state ac drives and dc drives, computer aided design of electrical machines, modern rectifiers and resonant converters, flexible ac transmission systems, wind energy conversion systems, power quality etc. The students will also be exposed to various simulation packages like MATLAB/SIMULINK, PSIM/ORCAD, MAGNET, PSCAD etc.

Graduates of this degree have numerous career opportunities in various sectors with the power sector being the principal employer. A recent estimate suggested that over 40% of all electric power generated utilizes power electronics and this is expected to only increase in the future, leading to a growing demand for power engineers. Numerous job profiles are also available abroad in hardware manufacturing firms and power industry.

Some Highlights of M.E Power Electronics and Drives:

Top Colleges offering M.E Power Electronics and Drives in India:

Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology (AVIT)

Agni College of Technology 

Anna University

BITS 

Christian College of Engineering and Technology 

Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology (ACCET)

Why Study M.EPower Electronics Drives 

M.E Power Electronics Drives  is a course dedicated to the study of semiconductor switching devices for the conversion and control of electrical power. ME in power electronics is a specialization of Electrical Engineering. There are various reasons to opt for this course.

As Power Electronics devices are being used in the power system to control the flow of electric power, Electrical engineers can learn new techniques or devices used in electrical power transfer.
Power Electronics engineers can work in the Aerospace Industry, commercial or Industrial applications, and Telecommunications, thus, there is a plethora of job opportunities for power electronics engineers.

ME Power Electronics And Drives Admission Process

The admission procedure for the ME in Power Electronics course varies from one college to another. The admission is done either based on TANCET/GATE/BITS-HD etc. Candidates must ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for these exams.

Candidates are admitted for the course with a valid GATE score. Thus, candidates with either their previous valid GATE score can apply for admission or apply for GATE.
General candidates require at least 60% marks in their undergraduate degree or 55% for SC/ST candidates.
Candidates that do not have valid GATE scores, will have to sit for the entrance exam conducted by the respective university. However, priority is given to candidates with a valid GATE score. The remaining vacant seats are given to candidates with non-GATE scores.
Candidates before applying for the course must qualify for the eligibility criteria of the respective course.
Entrance Exams that are open for registration are GATE.

M.E Power Electronics Drives : Entrance Exams

Exam Name Exam Dates
GATE
SRMJEE
WBJEE 
AP PGECET
TS PGECET

M.E Power Electronics And Drives Eligibility

The eligibility to pursue the M.E Power Electronics And Drives course is

Candidates must have at least 55% marks in an Undergraduate degree.
Candidates with either Electrical Engineering or Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) can apply for this course. Candidates with other branches can check the eligibility criteria for the respective college and apply accordingly.
Most of colleges/ universities admit candidates after qualifying exams such as GATE/TANCET or BITS-HD. Thus, candidates must qualify for these exams with a good score so that they can take up this particular course.

Career Opportunity 

Power electronics design Engineer
Technician
Assistant Engieer
Executive Engineer
Technical Content Developer
Junior Eginneer

M.E Power Electronics and Drives Syllabus:

Semester 1

Applied Mathematics
Analysis of Electrical Machines
Analysis of Power Converters
Analysis of Inverters
Electromagnetic Field Computation
Elective 1
Practical

Semester 2

Solid State DC Drives
Solid State AC Drives
Special Electrical Machines
Microcontroller and DSP based system design
Elective 2
Practical
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Semester 3

Elective 2
Elective 3
Project phase 1
Theory of Power electronics
Rectifier circuits
Practical


Semester 4

Elective 4
Project Phase 2
Viva-voce