Materials
My two favorite quotes of all time, that answered two critical questions in our creative endeavor:
Can we do it?
and How to do it?
Recommended Tutorials:
A very nice website style dissertation about Power semiconductor physics:
http://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/triebl/node4.htmlBest LabView Tutorial:
http://www.ni.com/getting-started/labview-basics/
Recommended Books:
1. The Gene: An Intimate History. by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The book explores a fascinating aspect of scientific inquiry: the role of human intuition. It shows that all science has something connected at its core, that's the creativity and intuition in our minds. From Mendel's peas and Darwin's birds to Crick's DNA X-ray picture and Virus's surviving technique, it's amazing how much you can learn from a simple phenomenon in nature.
2. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. by Walter Isaacson
In this book, you travel along the river of time as you watch all the greatest moments of electronics and internet in the history come to live one after another. It's inspiring and emotional at the same time. The surprising and romantic birth of modern computer concept from Lord Byron's daughter- Ida; The tragic end of Alan Turing's life in a unforgiving era; The exciting collaborative invention of Internet by industry, universities and government; The fruitful yet twisted life of William Shockley. Prepare to be swept away by these powerful narratives.
3. The Third Industrial Revolution; How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World. by Jeremy Rifkin.
This is a book about the future of power grids, called Internet of Energy (IoE) where WBG power semiconductor devices is going to be the enabling technology at the core of its connectivity.