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Technical Lecture Sessions

Technical Lecture Sessions

  • Tuesday, March 18, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T01 - AC-DC Converters I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Mike Ranjram, PhD – Arizona State University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Feng Guo – Apple
    Student Session Assistant: Zhining Zhang (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T02 - Bi-directional DC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Olivier Trescases – University of Toronto
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: David Reusch, PhD – Texas Instruments
    Student Session Assistant: Hélène T.W. Ma Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T03 - Single & Multiphase Inverters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Woongkul Lee – Purdue University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Laszlo Huber – Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd.
    Student Session Assistant: Gabriel Vilkn Vilkn Ramos – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T04 - GaN Power Devices
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Joseph Kozak – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Aaron Brovont – Purdue
    Student Session Assistant: Tian Qiu (he/him/his) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T05 - Magnetics Applications I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wilkowski, MSEE – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Student Session Assistant: Pablo Mateos Gil, PhD Student (he/him/his) – Universidad de Oviedo
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T06 - Control of Power Electronic Converters I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani – Mississippi State University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Misha Kumar, MSEE, SMIEEE (she/her/hers) – Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd.
    Student Session Assistant: Yoshiki Amano – Nagoya Institute Of Technology
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T07 - Modeling & Simulation I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Adam Skorek – University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Yunting Liu, PhD – Penn State
    Student Session Assistant: Soniya Raju, PhD – university of waikato
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    T08 - EV Charging Applications
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Dong Cao, PhD – University of Dayton
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sheldon Williamson, PhD – Ontario Tech University
    Student Session Assistant: Soya Kataoka – Nagoya Institute of Technology
  • 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 Skorek – 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: Jeffery L. Nilles (he/him/his) – Alpha&Omega Semiconductors
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Raj Kumar Kokkonda, MS – North Carolina State University
    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: Zhiguo 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 – 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: Tao Yang – University of Nottingham
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jean Marcos Lobo da Fonseca, PhD (he/him/his) – Caterpillar Inc.
    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: Wenda Feng (he/him/his) – Florida State University
    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
  • Thursday, March 20, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T25 - 48V-to-1V Direct DC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Cahit Gezgin, PhD – Infineon Technologies AG
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Mark DeMarie – IBM
    Student Session Assistant: Haoran Meng – Florida State University
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T26 - Multilevel Inverters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Yunting Liu, PhD – Penn State
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Dingrui Li – Clemson University
    Student Session Assistant: Youssof Fassi, MA – CEA
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T27 - Power MOSFETs & IGBTs I
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Qing Ye – Caterpillar
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ben Lough (he/him/his) – Texas Instruments
    Student Session Assistant: Mohammad Safayet Hossain, M.Sc. – University of Central Florida
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T28 - Design Techniques for Power Modules
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Vidhi Patel (she/her/hers) – ABB USCRC
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Weiqiang Chen, PhD – ABB
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T29 - Gate Drive Circuits II
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Seungdeog Choi – Mississippi State University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Kang Wei – Texas Instruments
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T30 - Energy Flow & Battery Management Systems
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jonathan W. Kimball, PhD (he/him/his) – Missouri University of Science and Technology
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Stanley Atcitty – Sandia National Laboratories
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T31 - MHz Frequency Wireless Power Transfer
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jungwon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Gui-Jia Su – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Student Session Assistant: Dong Jiao, PhD candidate – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    T32 - 48V Intermediate Bus Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xin Zhang, PhD – IBM
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jason Stauth – Dartmouth College
    Student Session Assistant: Rui Kong, PhD (he/him/his) – Aalborg University
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T33 - DC-DC Converter Applications
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Robert Mascia – Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Hoi Lee – University of Texas at Dallas
    Student Session Assistant: Haoran Meng – Florida State University
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T34 - Inverter Modulation & Control Strategies
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Karun Arjun Potty (he/him/his) – Lucid Motors
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Lingyu Zhu – Xi'an Jiaotong University
    Student Session Assistant: Youssof Fassi, MA – CEA
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T35 - Power MOSFETs & IGBTs II
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Marie A. Lawson (she/her/hers) – Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Roberto Scibilia (he/him/his) – TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
    Student Session Assistant: Mohammad Safayet Hossain, M.Sc. – University of Central Florida
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T36 - Magnetics Design & Modelling
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wilkowski, MSEE – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T37 - Packaging of Power Devices & Modules
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Lee Gill – Sandia National Laboratories
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Joshua Stewart, PhD – The Aerospace Corporation
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T38 - Modeling & Simulation III
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Rafal Wojda – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jaeil Baek (he/him/his) – KAIST / School of Electrical Engineering
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T39 - Auxiliary Systems & Applications in EVs
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Rasoul Hosseini, PhD – General Motors
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Wenda Feng (he/him/his) – Florida State University
    Student Session Assistant: Dong Jiao, PhD candidate – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM ET
    T40 - Grid-Tied Inverter Control
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jonathan W. Kimball, PhD (he/him/his) – Missouri University of Science and Technology
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Raj Kumar Kokkonda, MS – North Carolina State University
    Student Session Assistant: Rui Kong, PhD (he/him/his) – Aalborg University