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Industry Sessions

  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    IS07 - The Transformer in the Solid-State Transformer
    Industry Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Industry Session Chair: Edward Herbert, BEEE (he/him/his) – PSMA
    Student Session Assistant: Alyssa Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    PSMA Session
  • 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    IS08 - Gate driver, Protection & Safety Circuits
    Industry Session Chair: Emanuel Eni, PhD – Infineon Technologies
    Industry Session Chair: Sasikala Thangam, B.E EEE – TI
    Student Session Assistant: Hoang Le (he/him/his) – Lakehead University
  • 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    IS09 - AC-DC & Flyback Applications
    Industry Session Chair: Elisabetta Mahmutovic – Texas Instruments
    Industry Session Chair: Davide Giacomini (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies AG
    Student Session Assistant: Tobias S. Zekorn, MSc (he/him/his) – Integrated Analog Circuits and RF Systems at RWTH Aachen University
  • 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    IS10 - AI Tools for More Efficient Power Electronics Design
    Industry Session Chair: Kevin Hermanns – PE-Systems GmbH
    Industry Session Chair: Stephanie Watts Butler, PhD, PE (she/her/hers) – WattsButler LLC
    Student Session Assistant: Tung Tan Nguyen (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    IS11 - WBG Converter Design
    Industry Session Chair: Darwin Fernandez – Texas Instruments
    Industry Session Chair: Jason Zhang, MSEE (he/him/his) – Navitas Semiconductor
    Student Session Assistant: Mowei Lu – University of Cambridge
  • 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    IS12 - New Era of Power Technologies, Devices, Topologies and Applications
    Industry Session Chair: Karthick Murukesan, PhD – Power Integrations
    Student Session Assistant: Shibaji Basu – Queens University
    PSMA Session
  • 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    IS13 - Powering AI Server Demands
    Industry Session Chair: Francesco Di Domenico – Infineon Technologies
    Industry Session Chair: Harry Soin, MASc – AEI
    Student Session Assistant: Mehrnaz Madadi (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
  • 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    IS14 - Advancing Power Solutions: Integrating Wide Bandgap Technologies for Next-Generation Applications
    Industry Session Chair: Renee Yawger – Efficient Power Conversion (EPC)
    Industry Session Chair: Llewellyn Vaughan-Edmunds – Navitas Semiconductor
    Student Session Assistant: Shibaji Basu – Queens University
    PSMA Session
  • 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    IS15 - DC-DC Conversion
    Industry Session Chair: Sudhakarababu Chakkirala, Ph. D – Power Integrations
    Industry Session Chair: Richard Chung – ST Microelectronics
    Student Session Assistant: Jenson Joseph C. Attukadavil (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    IS16 - Power Modules & Emerging Applications
    Industry Session Chair: Anuj S. Narain, MSEE – Wolfspeed
    Industry Session Chair: Adam Anders – Wolfspeed
    Student Session Assistant: Md Tariquzzaman – Oregon State University
  • 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    IS17 - Advanced Magnetics
    Industry Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Industry Session Chair: Edward Herbert, BEEE (he/him/his) – PSMA
    Student Session Assistant: Haoyu Wang – The University of Texas at Austin
  • 1:30 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    IS18 - Advanced Power Electronics & System Designs to Accelerate Transportation Electrification
    Industry Session Chair: Fernando Salcedo – U.S. Department of Energy - VTO
    Industry Session Chair: Dinesh Kithany, MBA (Marketing) (he/him/his) – Wired & Wireless Technologies (WAWT)
    Student Session Assistant: Shraf Eldin Sati – Khalifa University of Science and Technology
    PSMA Session