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Technical Lecture Sessions

Technical Lecture Sessions

  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T09 - Point-of-Load Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Peyman Asadi – Renesas
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Cahit Gezgin, PhD – Infineon Technologies AG
    Student Session Assistant: Soham Roy, MSEE – The University of Texas at Austin
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T10 - Magnetics Modelling
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Adam W. Skorek, PhD, IEEE Life Fellow – University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wilkowski, MSEE – Wurth Elektronik
    Student Session Assistant: Pablo Briz (he/him/his) – Universidad de Zaragoza / I3A
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T11 - Power Conversion for Microgrids
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ali Khajehoddin, PhD – University of Alberta
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jacob Mueller, PhD – Sandia National Laboratories
    Student Session Assistant: Pushkar Saraf (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T12 - Control of Power Electronic Converters II
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq, PhD – The University of Alabama (UA)
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Paolo Mattavelli, PhD – University of Padova
    Student Session Assistant: Mohammad Safayet Hossain, M.Sc. – University of Central Florida
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T13 - Renewable Energy Systems
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Andy Schroedermeier, PhD – EATON
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Haoyu Wang – Shanghai Tech University
    Student Session Assistant: Siva Prabhakar (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T14 - Wireless Power Transfer: Design & Control
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zeljko Pantic – North Carolina State University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Weijin Qiu, PhD (he/him/his) – John Deere
    Student Session Assistant: Yibo Wang (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T15 - Power Electronics Applications I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Cao Zhan – Tesla
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jeffery L. Nilles (he/him/his) – Alpha&Omega Semiconductors
    Student Session Assistant: Purushottam Khadka – RPI
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T16 - Motor Drives I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ali Safayet, PhD (he/him/his) – Halla Mechatronics
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ziaur Rahman, PhD (he/him/his) – Booz Allen Hamilton
    Student Session Assistant: José Andrés Aguilar Croston, MSc – SuperGrid Institute
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T17 - Resonant & Quasi-Resonant DC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Mladen Ivankovic – infineon technologies
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sombudha Chakraborty, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas Instruments
    Student Session Assistant: Shiqi Zhang – Yanshan University
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T18 - GaN & SiC Power Devices
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zach Pan – Schneider Electric
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: He Li, PhD (he/him/his) – Tesla
    Student Session Assistant: Bruno Nanino – University of Udine
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T19 - Gate Drive Circuits I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zahra Saadatizadeh, PhD – Mississippi State University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Davide Giacomini (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies AG
    Student Session Assistant: Divyanshu Bansal (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Science
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T20 - Modeling & Simulation II
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jason Neely – Sandia National Laboratories
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sneha Narasimhan, PhD (she/her/hers) – ABB Inc
    Student Session Assistant: Arpan Laha, MASc (he/him/his) – Queen's University
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T21 - Critical Applications in Space & Transportation
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jean Marcos Lobo da Fonseca, PhD (he/him/his) – Caterpillar Inc.
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Nathan J. Croft, BSc(HONS) (he/him/his) – Atlas Magnetics
    Student Session Assistant: Dheeraj Etta, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T22 - Motor Drives II
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ziaur Rahman, PhD (he/him/his) – Booz Allen Hamilton
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ali Safayet, PhD (he/him/his) – Halla Mechatronics
    Student Session Assistant: Xiaosheng Wang – City university of HongKong
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T23 - Solid State Transformer Design & Control
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ali Khajehoddin, PhD – University of Alberta
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Qingyun Huang – University of Missouri
    Student Session Assistant: Radhika Sarda (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
  • 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    T24 - Reliability, Efficiency, & Thermal Performance of Power Modules & Components
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Vidhi Patel (she/her/hers) – ABB USCRC
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zhou Dong – University of Tennessee at Knoxville
    Student Session Assistant: Yongjie Liu, PhD – Aalborg University