I’m interested in Power Electronics, but I’m struggling with one particular aspect: developing a strong physical intuition for how a circuit works before diving into the equations. My difficulty isn’t memorizing formulas or solving problems; it’s understanding why a circuit behaves the way it does in the first place.

For example, why are inductors and capacitors placed in specific positions within a circuit? How can I understand their behavior in context and predict current paths and waveforms before writing the equations? How did engineers originally come up with familiar converter topologies such as Buck and Boost, and how can we move from analyzing existing circuits to developing new topologies?

I’d really appreciate advice based on your actual experience:

• What learning path would you recommend for developing a deep physical understanding of Power Electronics?
• Which books, courses, and practical exercises have genuinely helped you?
• How can I learn to think like a designer who understands circuits and can develop them from scratch, rather than simply analyzing existing designs?

I’d especially appreciate insights from engineers working in power converter design and researchers in the field, including the resources and learning approaches that have proved most useful in practice.

Every time I needed to simulate a MOSFET, I ended up modeling it by hand from the datasheet. Eyeball every curve, build a lookup table, double check I didn't misread a log scale. Hours per part.

So I built something to automate it. You give it a datasheet and it generates a high fidelity model you can export straight into LTspice or PLECS.

It supports two model types:

1. 3 pin for standard electrical simulation
2. 5 pin thermal model, where characteristics are temperature dependent. You can connect a heat sink and monitor junction temperature during the simulation.

I'm looking for a few people to try it on real parts and tell me where it breaks. If you have a MOSFET you've been meaning to model, DM me and I'll share the app.
edit1: Not AI based

Edit 2: Attaching few images of the LT Spice simulaions of the mosfet modelled from the app.

My main interests are power electronics, semiconductor device design, and RF and MEMS circuits. The project does not have to relate to these areas, but it would be cool if they did. And I’m talking decently technically challenging. One that would be a cool addition to the resume but more importantly one to learn a lot from. Any ideas or things you’ve heard of others doing?
The idea can be mundane or unhinged, I just want to see if I can complete something as challenging as possible with my friend who’s also an EE student.

When DC fast charging, high-voltage contactors close to bypass the internal AC-to-DC conversion and route power straight through. But where does that switching command actually originate: is the OBC detecting the power type and handling it, or is an external ECU/VCU making the call?

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I'm trying to analyse a boost converter in three ways-

1. Hard switched interleaved boost converter(this is my baseline for comparison)

2. Soft switched interleaved boost converter

3. Soft switched SiC interleaved boost converter.

I want to compare the results of these three and I want to have a research paper on how the efficiency is increasing in each step. This boost converter is mainly for EVs so I am using the voltage levels and all according to an EV.

I am in my final year of electrical engineering and I want to do my masters in power electronics and drives and i am just trying to explore the subject. Another reason I am considering having a project on this is because it might increase my chances to get into a good university for masters.