Introduction of Circuit Simulator to Power Electronics Education in Interdisciplinary Educational Environment

In recent years, the engineering field is becoming more and more complicated, and collaboration with other disciplines is becoming more critical. As a result, interdisciplinary programs are rising at the graduate level and higher education stages, centered around universities. One drawback of this trend is that students who lack foundational knowledge related to certain lectures may take specialized courses. This can lead to significant differences in the knowledge acquired by the students, depending on how the lecture content is tailored to accommodate their respective levels. To address this issue, various efforts have been made to solve this problem. This paper presents a case study of introducing a circuit simulator to conduct a semiconductor power conversion engineering, in a class with not a few students who do not have circuit theoretical backgrounds.