Solid State Power Conversion
ECE 712: Solid State Power Conversion covers advanced switching power converter topologies, commutation, and control.
Summary
Historical reviews of Steven Fredette: Reviewers report excessive homework even in groups of four and difficult coding components.
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Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
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Historical reviews of Steven Fredette: Steven Fredette's instruction is criticized for poor lectures and excessive homework, even in groups. Reviewers report minimal learning and a lack of support for the required MATLAB coding tasks, describing the course experience as terrible and not reflecting expected university quality.
STEVEN FREDETTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Historical reviews for Steven Fredette describe the course as terrible, with horrible lectures and excessive homework.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Steven Fredette: Reviewers report excessive homework even in groups of four and difficult coding components.
Historical reviews of Steven Fredette: Students found lectures horrible, learning minimal, and noted a lack of help with MATLAB coding.
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