Session Index

Lecture Sessions
Tuesday March 18, 2025 (08:30-12:00)

AC-DC Converters I  Chair: Mike Ranjram - Arizona State University; Xiaofan Cui - University of California at Los Angeles;

Bi-directional DC-DC Converters  Chair: Olivier Trescases - University of Toronto; David Reusch - Texas Instruments;

Single & Multiphase Inverters  Chair: Woongkul Lee - Purdue University; Laszlo Huber - Delta Electronics, Inc.;

GaN Power Devices  Chair: Joseph Kozak - Applied Physics Laboratory; Aaron Brovont - Purdue;

Magnetics Applications I  Chair: Matt Wilkowski - Wurth; George Slama - Wurth;

Control of Power Electronic Converters I  Chair: Masoud Karimi - Mississippi State University; Misha Kumar - Delta Electronics, Inc.;

Modeling & Simulation I  Chair: Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières; Yunting Liu - Pennsylvania State University;

EV Charging Applications  Chair: Dong Cao - University of Dayton; Sheldon Williamson - Ontario Tech University;

Wednesday March 19, 2025 (08:30-12:00)

Point-of-Load Converters  Chair: Peyman Asadi - Renesas Electronics; Cahit Gezgin - Infineon Technologies;

Magnetics Modelling  Chair: Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières; Matt Wilkowski - Wurth;

Power Conversion for Microgrids  Chair: Ali Khajehoddin - University of Alberta; Jacob Mueller - Sandia National Laboratories;

Control of Power Electronic Converters II  Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq - The University of Alabama (UA); Paolo Mattavelli - University of Padua;

Renewable Energy Systems  Chair: Yongheng Yang - Zhejiang University; Haoyu Wang - ShanghaiTech University;

Wireless Power Transfer: Design & Control  Chair: Zeljko Pantic - North Carolina State University; Weijin Qiu - John Deere;

Power Electronics Applications I  Chair: Jeffery Nilles - Alpha&Omega Semiconductors;

Motor Drives I  Chair: Ali Safayet - HL Mechatronics; Ziaur Rahman - Booz Allen Hamilton;

Wednesday March 19, 2025 (13:30-17:00)

Resonant & Quasi-Resonant DC-DC Converters  Chair: Mladen Ivankovic - Infineon Technologies; Sombudha Chakraborty - Texas Instruments;

GaN & SiC Power Devices  Chair: Jaeil Baek - KAIST; Zhiguo Pan - Schneider Electric;

Gate Drive Circuits I  Chair: Zahra Saadatizadeh - Mississippi State University; Davide Giacomini - Infineon Technologies;

Modeling & Simulation II  Chair: Jason Neely - Sandia National Laboratories; Jingbo Liu - Eaton, US;

Critical Applications in Space & Transportation  Chair: Tao Yang - University of Nottingham; Jean Marcos Lobo da Fonseca - CAT;

Motor Drives II  Chair: Ziaur Rahman - Booz Allen Hamilton; Ali Safayet - HL Mechatronics;

Solid State Transformer Design & Control  Chair: Ali Khajehoddin - University of Alberta; Hang Dai - GE Aerospace Research;

Reliability, Efficiency, & Thermal Performance of Power Modules & Components  Chair: Vidhi Patel - ABB; Zhou Dong - ABB Inc.;

Thursday March 20, 2025 (08:00-09:40)

48V-to-1V Direct DC-DC Converters  Chair: Cahit Gezgin - Infineon Technologies; Mark DeMarie - IBM;

Multilevel Inverters  Chair: Yunting Liu - Pennsylvania State University; Dingrui Li - Clemson University;

Power MOSFETs & IGBTs I  Chair: Ming Liu - Shanghai Jiaotong University; Benjamin Lough - Texas Instruments;

Design Techniques for Power Modules  Chair: Vidhi Patel - ABB; Weiqiang Chen - ABB;

Gate Drive Circuits II  Chair: Seungdeog Choi - Mississippi State University; Kang Wei - Texas Instrument;

Energy Flow & Battery Management Systems  Chair: Jonathan Kimball - Missouri University of Science and Technology; Stanley Atcitty - Sandia National Laboratories;

MHz Frequency Wireless Power Transfer  Chair: Jungwon Choi - University of Washington; Gui-Jia Su - Oakridge National Lab;

48V Intermediate Bus Converters  Chair: Xin Zhang - IBM; Jason Stauth - Dartmouth College;

Thursday March 20, 2025 (10:10-11:50)

DC-DC Converter Applications  Chair: Robert Mascia - Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Hoi Lee - University of Texas at Dallas;

Inverter Modulation & Control Strategies  Chair: Karun Arjun Potty - Lucid Motors; Diego Raffo - Infineon Technologies;

Power MOSFETs & IGBTs II  Chair: Marie Lawson - Hungtington Ingalls Industries; Robert Scibilia - Texas Instruments;

Magnetics Design & Modelling  Chair: Matt Wilkowski - Wurth; George Slama - Wurth;

Packaging of Power Devices & Modules  Chair: Lee Gill - Sandia; Joshua Stewart - Aerospace Corporation;

Modeling & Simulation III  Chair: Rafal Wojda - Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jacob Mueller - Sandia National Laboratories;

Auxiliary Systems & Applications in EVs   Chair: Rasoul Hosseini - General Motors; Yateendra Deshpande - Conifer Systems;

Grid-Tied Inverter Control  Chair: Jonathan Kimball - Missouri University of Science and Technology;

Poster Sessions
Thursday March 20, 2025 (11:30-13:30)

AC-DC Converters II  Chair: Jinia Roy - University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jim Ching-Jan Chen - National Taiwan University;

High Voltage DC-DC Converters I  Chair: Saad Pervaiz - Texas Instruments; Boyi Zhang - Delta Electronics, Inc.;

Low Voltage DC-DC Converters I  Chair: David Reusch - Texas Instruments; Justin Henspeter - IBM;

High Voltage DC-DC Converters II  Chair: Branko Majmunovic - Texas Instruments; Shuang Zhao - Hefei University of Technology;

Low Voltage DC-DC Converters II  Chair: Yicheng Zhu - U of California at Berkeley; Peyman Asadi - Renesas Electronics;

DC-AC Inverters  Chair: Woongkul Lee - Purdue University; Karun Arjun Potty - Lucid Motors;

Power Devices & Components I  Chair: Raghav Khanna - University of Toledo; Sushanta Gautam - University of Toledo;

Power Devices & Components II  Chair: Raghav Khanna - University of Toledo; Samuel Atwimah - University of Toledo;

Magnetics Characterization & Designs  Chair: Edward Herbert - PSMA; George Slama - Wurth;

Magnetics Applications II  Chair: Matt Wilkowski - Wurth; George Slama - Wurth;

Power Converter Design, Packaging & Integration  Chair: Rafal Wojda - Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jason Neely - Sandia National Laboratories;

Control I  Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq - The University of Alabama (UA); Nathan Weise - Marquette University;

Control II  Chair: Mehdi Farasat - Louisiana State University; Narayan C. Kar - University of Windsor;

Control IV  Chair: Mohamed Gamal Hussien - Tanta University; Nidhi Haryani - Delta Electronics, Inc.;

Control III  Chair: Qing Ye - Caterpillar Inc.; Brian Johnson - University of Texas at Austin;

Modeling & Simulation IV  Chair: Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières; Cao Zhan - Virginia Tech;

Modeling & Simulation V  Chair: Sheldon Williamson - Ontario Tech University; Abraham Gebregergis - Drexel University;

Motor Drives III  Chair: Ali Safayet - HL Mechatronics; Ziaur Rahman - Booz Allen Hamilton;

Utility Applications I  Chair: Stanley Atcitty - Sandia National Laboratories; Lingyu Zhu - Xi’an Jiaotong University;

Utility Applications II  Chair: Yuheng Wu - John Deere; Athar Hanif - Ohio State University;

Power Electronics for Renewable Energy   Chair: Tao Yang - University of Nottingham; Jingbo Liu - Eaton, US;

Transportation Electrification I  Chair: Rasoul Hosseini - General Motors; Antonio J. Marques Cardoso - -;

Transportation Electrification II  Chair: Dong Cao - University of Dayton; Manish Niraula - -;

Wireless Power Transfer I  Chair: Reza Tavakoli - Rivian; Mostak Mohammad - Oak Ridge National Laboratory;

Wireless Power Transfer II  Chair: Khurram Afridi - Cornell University; Weijin Qiu - John Deere;

Power Electronics Applications II  Chair: Jeffery Nilles - Alpha&Omega Semiconductors; Nil Patel - RMIT University, Melbourne;