This paper presents the visualization examples developed to accompany an Electrical Machines and Power System course. Several of the examples that were developed are currently utilized in the electric machine courseware for the NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition for new Manufacturing Education. The course introduces essential types of electric power and electric machines in industrial applications. Traditional teaching methods find it extremely difficult to relay the concepts of electromagnetic phenomena on which the operation of the entire class of static and rotating machinery lie. The simulation and visualization components and the interactive drag and drop type of examples developed in order to enhance student learning of electric machines are discussed. The visualizations accompany the computer-based courseware developed that presents itself as a self-learning and self-assessing tool for the students. Adaptation of the developed materials into an electric machines course in the EET curriculum are discussed.
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