Introduction to Electrical Power and Power Electronics

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Preface

The United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and many other countries are pres-

ently experiencing a shortage of power engineers. The shortage is expected to get

worse in the United States, where about 45% of the utility power engineers will

become eligible to retire before 2020. They would require about 7000 new power

engineering graduates to replace them and about an equal number in the supporting

industries. At the same time, many countries are making huge investments in build-

ing new power plants and power grids that will require even more power engineers

to serve the industry. It is for this trend that university students are ...