The course introduces you to the principles of electric drive systems and industry applications. Topic areas include principles and characteristics of different types of drives, methods of speed variation, dynamic and thermal considerations in drive systems, and automatic control of electric drives. The course will develop your skills in assessing drive operational requirements for industry application with case studies in conveyor drives, lift drives, electric vehicle drives and rail traction drives.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark for the course will be one of the course marks used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the WAM information webpage for more information.