Electric Motor Modeling and Control

Electric motors power many modern technologies, from electric vehicles and industrial equipment to robotics and household appliances. In this course, you’ll learn how to model and control electric motors to achieve reliable and efficient performance in real-world systems. You will build and simulate models of permanent magnet synchronous motors and explore how electrical inputs produce mechanical motion. Using manufacturer data and pre-parameterized motor models, you’ll analyze motor behavior by measuring quantities such as voltage, current, and power. Through hands-on exercises, you’ll implement motor control strategies used in modern engineering applications. You’ll design open-loop and closed-loop control systems, configure pulse-width modulation to regulate motor speed, and implement field-oriented control for precise speed and torque control. You’ll receive a free Simulink and Simscape license to simulate motor performance, test control algorithms, and evaluate system behavior before hardware is built. By the end of the course, you’ll gain practical electric motor modeling and control skills used by engineers to design, analyze, and optimize motor-driven systems across industries such as electrification, robotics, industrial automation, and electric vehicles.