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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET
    Technical Lecture and Industry Session Speaker Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Women in Engineering (WIE) Breakfast: Elevated Engineer: Building Unshakable Confidence
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    SPEC Steering Committee
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Student Attendance Support
  • 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
    Spouse And Guest Hospitality Room Open
  • 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
  • 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 (he/him/his) – 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
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Spouse Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    PELS VP of Products Committee Meeting
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    PELS VP of Technical Operations Committee Meeting
  • 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM ET
    Expo Hall Open
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Industry Education Committee
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Transportation Committee
  • 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM ET
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    DE&I Committee Meeting
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Products Awards
  • 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM ET
    Lunch in the Expo Hall
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET
    Exhibitor Presentations
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Packaging Committee
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    PELS Magazine Anniversary Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Reliability Committee
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    PELS VP of Conferences Committee Meeting
  • 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM ET
    Exhibitor Presentations
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    ITRW
  • 1:15 PM ET
    Expo Hall Raffle Drawing in APEC Hub
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    2025 MagNet Challenge Launch
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Capacitor Committee
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Marketing Committee
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    SouthStar Meeting
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    SOBRAEP & PELS Meeting
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    P3105 Working Group Meeting
  • 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    PELS New AdCom Member Orientation
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    PELS Sustainability AdHoc Committee
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    Subcommittee on Education Restructuring
  • 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET
    Wednesday Night Social Event (Ticket Required)