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Technical Lecture Session

T15 - Power Electronics Applications I

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Location: Level Three, A313

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    A GaN-Based Single-Stage Solid-State Transformer Replacement for 40 VA Class 2 Line-Frequency Transformers

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Allen T. Nguyen (he/him/his) – Dartmouth

    Co-Author: Charles R. Sullivan, PhD – Dartmouth

  • 8:50 AM – 9:10 AM ET
    Survey of Components and Topologies for High-Efficiency and High-Power Density 48V DC-DC Converters

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Joseph Winkler, MA (he/him/his) – Leibniz University Hannover

    Co-Author: Niklas Deneke, MSc (he/him/his) – Institute of Microelectronic Systems, Leibniz University Hannover

    Co-Author: Bernhard Wicht, PhD – Leibniz Universität Hannover

  • 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    A Novel Solid-State Circuit Breaker using B-TRAN™

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Mudit Khanna – Ideal Power

    Co-Author: Mouzhi Dong, MS – Ideal Power Inc.

    Co-Author: Ruiyang Yu – Ideal Power

    Co-Author: Milad Tayebi – Ideal Power

    Co-Author: Jeffrey Knapp – Ideal Power Inc.

    Co-Author: Jiankang Bu – Ideal Power Inc.

  • 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM ET
    Development of a Supercritical Fluid-Insulated Fast Mechanical Switch for MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breakers

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Zhiyang Jin, PhD (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Qichen Yang – University of Central Florida

    Co-Author: Alfonso Cruz – Georgia Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Lukas Graber – Georgia Institute of Technology

  • 9:50 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    Dynamic Impedance Matching for a Variable Reluctance Energy Harvesting Application with Constrained Space

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Fernando Perez – Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

    Co-Author: Alejandro Redondo – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Co-Author: Airan Frances, PhD (he/him/his) – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Co-Author: Gabriel Mujica – Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

  • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Renewable Energy-Powered DC-Converted Refrigerator based on a Supercapacitor-Assisted Technique

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Nihal Kularatna, DSc – The University of Waikato

    Co-Author: Nirashi Rangika Polwaththa Gallage, Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (she/her/hers) – University of Waikato

    Co-Author: Alistair Steyn-Ross – University of Waikato

    Co-Author: Dulsha Kularatna-Abeywardana – University of Auckland

  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM ET
    Design and Evaluation of Flexible Inductors for Wearable Power Electronics

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Sean Logi (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University

    Co-Author: Selin Bagci (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University

    Co-Author: Katherine Kim (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University

  • 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM ET
    Design of Boost Power Factor Corrector and Asymmetrical Half-Bridge Flyback Converter for USB-PD Applications

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Kai-Hui Chen, PhD – National Cheng Kung University

    Co-Author: Yun-Keng Cheng – National Cheng Kung University

    Co-Author: Tsorng-Juu Liang – National Cheng Kung University

    Co-Author: Ming-Chang Tsou – Leadtrend Technology Corporation

  • 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Computationally Efficient Current Sensorless Predictive Control for PMSM Drive Fed by a Matrix Converter with CMV-Free Operation

    Technical Lecture Presenter: Mokhtar Aly – San Sebastián University Santiago, Chile

    Co-Author: Ali Sarajian (he/him/his) – Technical University of Munich

    Co-Author: Ibrahim Harbi – Technical University of Munich

    Co-Author: Quanxue Guan – Sun Yat-Sen University

    Co-Author: Davood Arab Khaburi – Iran University of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Ralph Kennel – Technische Universität München

    Co-Author: Jose Rodriguez – Universidad San Sebastian

    Co-Author: Patrick Wheeler – University of Nottingham