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Society News: Congratulations to the 2021 PELS Award Winners

December 1, 2021 by Ashok Bindra

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In keeping with the tradition of recognizing technical professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society and the engineering profession, IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) has announced the winners of its 2021 PELS awards. The winners were announced by the 2021 IEEE PELS Awards chair Andreas Lindemann … [Read more...] about Society News: Congratulations to the 2021 PELS Award Winners

Women in Engineering: Learning Across IEEE: Perspectives From the 2021 IEEE WiE International Leadership Conference

December 1, 2021 by Indhumathi Gunasekaran, Stephanie Watts Butler, Christina DiMarino and Lauren E. Kegley

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Each year, the IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) hosts the IEEE WiE International Leadership Conference (ILC) as a forum to support diversity in technology. This year, the IEEE PELS WiE committee had two committee members as speakers and sponsored committee members to attend the virtual conference for professional development. For more about this article see link … [Read more...] about Women in Engineering: Learning Across IEEE: Perspectives From the 2021 IEEE WiE International Leadership Conference

Expert View: Achieving Higher Power Density With Good-Old Si MOSFETs

September 1, 2021 by Phil Davies

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In 1984 I had the honor of traveling around Europe with the great Rudy Severns on a new technology teaching tour for Siliconix. I was a young applications engineer and the new technology then was the silicon power MOSFET. Engineers were using bipolar transistors in their switching power supplies, and Rudy in his “Advanced Power MOSFET Seminar” pointed out the many advantages of … [Read more...] about Expert View: Achieving Higher Power Density With Good-Old Si MOSFETs

Entrepreneur Viewpoint: Academic Entrepreneurship: The NSF I-Corps Program—Case Study Part II

September 1, 2021 by Issa Batarseh

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In the second part of this two- part article series, I would like to share with you my team’s experience and the lessons we learned by participating in the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored I-Corps program. The eight weeks we spent in the program’s first cohort at the University of Central Florida (UCF) ultimately led to the establishment of my third spin-off company, … [Read more...] about Entrepreneur Viewpoint: Academic Entrepreneurship: The NSF I-Corps Program—Case Study Part II

White Hot: Will a Computer Design Your Next Transformer?

September 1, 2021 by Robert V. White

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Inductors and transformers are vital to most every switch mode power converter. Inductors store and release energy as the switching cycle progresses. Transformers con- vert voltages and currents from one value to another. Transformers also provide the galvanic isolation need- ed to make our converters safe. Yes, I know that switched capacitor converters are developing rapidly … [Read more...] about White Hot: Will a Computer Design Your Next Transformer?

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IEEE Power Electronics Magazine publishes peer-reviewed articles related to power electronics and its applications which encompass the effective use of electronic components, application of control theory and circuit design techniques, and the development of analytical tools used in efficient and effective energy conversion, control, utilization, and conditioning of electric power. The IEEE Power Electronics  Magazine is limited to the field of interest of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. Topics also include publication of new trend technologies that are being pursued by industry, design practices and case studies, significant amount of state of the art surveys tutorials, and non-technical contributions: news about society activities, interviews, and historical articles.

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APEC Organizers, Vendors
Take Virtual Route to Reveal Latest Trends in Power Technologies and Products

A cancelled conference taps alternate methods to disseminate cutting-edge information

With the growing concerns of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the IEEE Power Electronics Society/Industrial Applications Society (PELS/IAS) and Power Supply Manufacturers Association-sponsored 2020 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2020) in New Orleans, Louisiana, was cancelled for the safety of the attendees. While it was a difficult decision, the health, safety, and welfare of the community was paramount for the organizers and sponsors of the 15–19 March 2020 conference. Although this was the first such cancellation in APEC’s 35-year history, the organizers were quick to offer a virtual conference to those registered. In addition, peer-reviewed papers accepted by the conference committee were submitted to IEEE Xplore and are available to all.

Despite the challenges and adversities of COVID-19, the organizers worked diligently to virtually bring the conference and its presentations to the registered community via the APEC 2020 app and the eventScribe web portal. As a result, I was given a password (access key) to access the site and view a variety of the sessions. Before I go through the conference papers and sessions, I would like to take the opportunity to mention the vendors who promptly called IEEE Power Electronics Magazine and presented the latest trends in technologies and products online. The unbelievable situation created by the COVID-19 outbreak did not deter the vendors and emerging companies from taking their latest advances and developments to editors and reporters via phone and virtual meetings and booths. As a result, I was lucky to talk to a variety of power semiconductor companies, passive component suppliers, and power electronics experts, including marketing analysts, and gather the latest advances in power electronics technology.

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