Hybrid DC-DC Converters  Chair: Danny Clavette - Inifineon Technologies; Hanh-Phuc Le - University of California San Diego;

Converter Modeling & Analysis  Chair: Sideng Hu - Zhejiang University, China; Wisam Alhoor - Dialog Semi;

Renewable Energy Applications  Chair: Rui Ma - Northwestern Polytechnical University; Praveen Jain - Queen’s University;

Magnetics and Passive Components  Chair: Matt Wilkowski - EnaChip Inc.; Khurram Afridi - Cornell University;

Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives and Control Strategies  Chair: Rakibul Islam - Dura Automotive Systems LLC; Arijit Banerjee - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;

Control of DC-DC Converters  Chair: Yash Veer Singh - Eaton; Xinke Wu - Zhejiang University, China;

Reliability of Power Conversion Systems  Chair: Zheyu Zhang - Clemson University; Qing Ye - Toshiba international corporation;

Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters and Micro Inverters  Chair: Yongheng Yang - Aalborg university; Li Zhang - Hohai University;

DC-DC Converters for Data Centers  Chair: Olivier Trescases - University of Toronto; Xin Zhang - IBM;

Topologies for Utility Interface Converters  Chair: Andy Lemmon - University of Alabama; Agasthya Ayachit - Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc;

Microgrid Systems  Chair: Ruoyu Hou - GaN Systems;

GaN/Si Devices and Components  Chair: Hengzhao Yang - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ahmed Elasser - GE;

Motor Drives I  Chair: Ziaur Rahman - DOE; Mehdi Narimani - McMaster University;

Control of DC-AC Inverters  Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq - The University of Alabama; Martin Ordonez - University of British Columbia;

Wireless Power Transfer: Design, Modeling, and Applications  Chair: Franceso Carobolante - IoTISSIMO; Veda Galigekere - Oakridge National Lab;

Transportation Power Electronics I  Chair: Jason Neely - Sandia National Labs; Yingying Kuai - Caterpillar;

Resonant DC-DC Converters  Chair: Luke Jenkins - IBM; Robert Pilawa-Podgurski - UC Berkeley;

Controller and Filter Design for Utility Interface Converters  Chair: Malek Ramezani - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Yilmaz Sozer - University of Akron;

Bi-directional Power Converters  Chair: Junpeng Ji - Xi'an University of Technology; Saijun Mao - Shanghai Lingang Power Electronics Research Institute;

SiC Devices and Components  Chair: Ali Salih - ON Semi; Rajib Datta - GE Research;

Motor Drives: Topology and Control Strategies  Chair: Rashmi Prasad - General motors; Mithat Kisacikoglu - The University of Alabama;

Control Applications  Chair: Shahab Mehraeen - Louisiana State University;

Single-Phase AC-DC Converters  Chair: Alex Hanson - University of Texas;

DC-DC Converter Applications  Chair: Pradeep Shenoy - Texas Instruments; Cong Li - GE Research;

Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters  Chair: Shuai Jiang - Google; Shangzhi Pan - Wuhan University, China;

Modeling of Magnetic Components and Systems  Chair: Ali Safayet - Halla Mechatronics; Kasunaidu Vechalapu - Eaton;

Energy Storage Systems  Chair: Majid Pahlevani - Queen’s University; Wei Xu - Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

Design Techniques for SiC-based Power Converters  Chair: Yuzhi Zhang - ABB Inc.; Nathan Weise - Marquette University;

Gumbo Applications 10W LED to KW Converter  Chair: Sombuddha Chakraborty - TI; Pedro Alou - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid;

Gate Drive Circuits I  Chair: Bilal Akin - University of Texas at Dallas;

Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Transportation Applications  Chair: Jason Pries - Oakridge National Lab; Raghav Khanna - University of Toledo;

Transportation Power Electronics II  Chair: Suman Debnath - Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Karthik Jayaraman - Dialog Semi;

Bi-directional DC-DC Converters  Chair: Xugang Ke - Analog Devices; Al-Thaddeus Avestruz - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;

Fault Protection for Utility Interface Converters  Chair: Mithat Kisacikoglu - The University of Alabama; Shahab Mehraeen - Louisiana State University;

Grid-Tied Systems  Chair: Xiaonan Lu - Temple university; Pritam Das - Binghampton University;

Gate Drive Circuits II  Chair: Ahmed Elasser - GE; Mohammed Agamy - University at Albany;

Telecom Applications  Chair: Justin Henspeter - IBM; Jeff Nilles - Alpha & Omega;

Control of AC-DC and DC-AC  Chair: Emanuel Serban - University of British Columbia; Eric Swenson - IBM;

High-Power AC-DC Converters  Chair: Eric Swenson - IBM; Jin Moon - Florida State University;

Wide Bandgap Device and Circuit Modeling  Chair: Jaume Roig Guitart - ON Semiconductor; Tirthajyoti Sarkar - ON Semiconductor;

AC-DC Converters  Chair: JiangBiao He - University of Kentucky; Carl Ho - University of Manitoba;

DC-DC Converters I  Chair: Cahit Gezgin - Infineon Technologies; Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani - Mississippi State University;

DC-DC Converters II  Chair: David Williams - Infineon Technologies; Robert Pilawa-Podgurski - UC Berkeley;

Utility Interface I  Chair: Jonathan Kimball - Missouri University of Science and Technology; Suman Debnath - Oak Ridge National Laboratory;

Utility Interface II  Chair: Ali Khajehoddin - University of Alberta; Blake Nelson - The University of Alabama;

Motor Drives II  Chair: Mehdi Farasat - Louisiana state university; Ziaur Rahman - DOE;

Motor Drive and Inverters  Chair: Mehdi Narimani - McMaster University; Mithat Kisacikoglu - The University of Alabama;

Devices and Components I  Chair: Charles Sullivan - Dartmouth College; Huai Wang - Aalborg University;

Devices and Components II  Chair: Jason Neely - Sandia National Labs; Tomas Sadilek - Delta Electronics;

Power Converter Packaging, Integration, and EMI Considerations  Chair: Sandeep Bala - ABB Inc.; Luke Jenkins - IBM;

Modeling of Components and SiC Devices  Chair: Bilal Akin - University of Texas at Dallas; Thomas Neyer - ON Semiconductor;

Modeling and Simulation of Converters and Systems  Chair: Yue Cao - Oregon State University; Ernest Wittenbreder - Technical Witts;

Control I  Chair: Xiaonan Lu - Temple university; Taesic Kim - Texas A&M University - Kingsville;

Control II  Chair: Guangqi Zhu - Eaton Corporation; Emanuel Serban - University of British Columbia;

Wireless Power Transfer  Chair: Sheldon Williamson - University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Raghav Khanna - University of Toledo;

Renewable Energy Systems I  Chair: Suzan Eren - Queen’s University; Justin Henspeter - IBM;

Renewable Energy Systems II  Chair: Ed Nowicki - University of Calgary; Pritam Das - Binghampton University;

Transportation Power Electronics III  Chair: Yingying Kuai - Caterpillar; Suman Debnath - Oak Ridge National Laboratory;

Applications uPower to Grid  Chair: Jungwon Choi - Univ Minnesota; Juan Rivas - Stanford;