Session Index

Lecture Sessions
Wednesday June 09, 2021 (08:30-12:10)

Design Techniques for WBG Power Converters  Chair: Yusi Liu - PN Semiconductor; Muhammad Alvi - General Motors;

Renewable Energy System Control  Chair: Pritam Das - NY State University; Haoyu Wang - ShanghaiTech University;

Circuits & Simulations  Chair: Mostak Mohammad - Oak Ridge National Labratory; Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières;

Inverters  Chair: Rakibul Islam - Nexteer Automotive; Lee Woongkul - Michigan State University;

AC-DC Converters I  Chair: Arijit Banerjee - University of Illinois; Majid Pahlevani - Queen's University;

Resonant DC-DC Converters  Chair: Robert Pilawa-Podgurski - UC Berkeley; Jaeil Baek - Princeton University;

GaN, Silicon, and Passive Devices  Chair: Tanya Gachovska - Solantro Semiconductor Corp.; Hengzhao Yang - Shanghai Tech University;

Topological Advancements in Wireless Power Transfer Systems  Chair: Raghav Khanna - The University of Toledo; Rong Zeng - Oak Ridge National Labratory;

Thursday June 10, 2021 (08:30-10:10)

Control of DC-DC Converters I  Chair: Martin Ordonez - The University of British Columbia;

Low Voltage DC-DC Converters  Chair: Xin Zhang - IBM; Cahit Gezgin - Infineon;

Control of DC-AC Inverters  Chair: Seungdeog Choi - Mississippi State University;

Transportation: On-board Electric Vehicle Charging  Chair: Kartik Iyer - Tesla; Parthasaraty Nayak - Eaton;

Three-Phase AC-DC Converters  Chair: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz - University of Michigan; Mehdi Narimani - McMaster University;

Bi-directional DC-DC Converters  Chair: Fang Luo - Stony Brook University; Olivier Trescases - University of Toronto;

Power Converter System-Level Control  Chair: Mithat Kisacikoglu - University of Alabama; Yilmaz Sozer - University of Akron;

Modeling & Control of Wireless Power Transfer Systems  Chair: Kerim Colak - HEVO Power Inc.; Mehdi Farasat - Louisiana State University;

Thursday June 10, 2021 (10:30-11:50)

Gate Drive Circuits  Chair: Fei Yang - Texas Instruments; Emanuel Serban - The University of British Columbia;

AC-DC-AC Applications & Matrix Converters  Chair: Gerry Moschopoulos - University of Western Ontario;

Control of DC-DC Converters II  Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq - The University of Alabama;

Grid-Converter Efficiency Improvement  Chair: Ali Khajehoddin - University of Alberta; Yenan Chen - Princeton University;

Transportation: Electric Vehicle Drives  Chair: Krishna Raj Potti - IIT Delhi; Anindya Ray - Sandia Labs;

Transportation: Modelling and Diagnostics in Electric Vehicles  Chair: Harish Krishnamoorthy - University of Houston; Rukmi Dutta - University of New South Wales;

High Frequency Magnetics  Chair: Christina DiMarino - Virginia Tech; Cong Li - GE Research;

Friday June 11, 2021 (08:30-11:50)

Control I  Chair: Seungdeog Choi - Mississippi State University; Mostak Mohammad - Oak Ridge National Labratory;

Energy Storage Systems & Grids  Chair: Yue Cao - Oregon state university; Hongchen Liu - Harbin Institute of Technology;

Control II  Chair: Emanuel Serban - The University of British Columbia;

Motor Drives & Control  Chair: Rakibul Islam - Nexteer Automotive; Ziaur Rahman - DOE;

Components and Methods for Fault Protection  Chair: Andy Lemmon - University of Alabama; Bilal Akin - University of Texas at Dallas;

Transportation: Applied Power Electronics in Electric Vehicles  Chair: Babak Fahimi - University of Texas at Dallas; Sheldon Williamson - Ontario Tech University;

SiC Devices  Chair: Sudip Mazumder - University of Illinois at Chicago; Zheyu Zhang - Clemson University;

Hybrid DC-DC Converters  Chair: Wenkang Huang - Infineon; Olivier Trescases - University of Toronto;

Friday June 11, 2021 (14:15-17:55)

Miscellaneous Power Electronics Applications  Chair: Bilal Akin - University of Texas at Dallas;

Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems  Chair: Niraja Swaminathan - Oregon State University; Zhanghai Shi - Southwest Jiangtong University;

Power Converter Component Packaging & Reliability  Chair: Yenan Chen - Princeton University; Harish Krishnamoorthy - University of Houston;

Components Characterization & Design  Chair: Wenkang Huang - Infineon; Christina DiMarino - Virginia Tech;

Design & Analytical Methodologies of Wireless Power Transfer Systems  Chair: Lincoln Xue - Oak Ridge National Labratory; Mohammad Ibrahim - Northrop Grumman;

SST and Inverter Topologies  Chair: Yunwei Li - University of Alberta; Jonathan Kimball - Missouri University of Science and Technology;

Magnetic Analysis & Simulation  Chair: George Slama - Würth Elektronik; Jaeil Baek - Princeton University;

DC-DC Converter Applications  Chair: Sombuddha Chakraborty - Texas Instruments; Olivier Trescases - University of Toronto;

Poster Sessions
Thursday June 10, 2021 (15:15-17:45)

AC-DC Converters II  Chair: Jungwon Choi - University of Minnesota;

DC-DC Converters  Chair: Juan Manuel Rivas-Davila - Stanford University;

Utility Interface  Chair: Alireza Bakhshai - Queen's University; Praveen Jain - Queen's University;

Design & Control of Motor Drives & Inverters  Chair: Ziaur Rahman - DOE; Lee Woongkul - Michigan State University;

Devices I: SiC  Chair: Christina DiMarino - Virginia Tech; Laili Wang - Xi’an Jiaotong University;

Devices II: GaN and Passive  Chair: Gab-Su Seo - National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Cong Li - GE Research;

Power Component Design, Packaging & EMI considerations  Chair: Rashmi Prasad - General motors;

Modeling & Simulation  Chair: Kartik Iyer - Tesla; Jason Neely - Sandia National Laboratories;

Control III  Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq - The University of Alabama;

Control IV  Chair: Martin Ordonez - The University of British Columbia;

Wireless Power Transfer Systems  Chair: Mostak Mohammad - Oak Ridge National Labratory; Erdem Asa - Oak Ridge National Labratory;

Renewable Energy Systems I  Chair: Alejandro Garces - Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira; Junrui Liang - Shanghai Tech University;

Renewable Energy Systems II  Chair: Alireza Bakhshai - Queen's University; Yuanmao Ye - Guangdong University of Technology;

Transportation: More Electric Transportation  Chair: Yingying Kuai - Caterpillar Inc.; Di Pan - GE Global Research;

Power Applications  Chair: TBA

Magnetics  Chair: Edward Herbert - PSMA; George Slama - Würth Elektronik;