Session Index

Lecture Sessions
Tuesday March 24, 2026 (08:30-12:00)

Bi-Directional DC-DC Converters  Chair: Xugang Ke - Zhejiang University; Mikhail Guz - IP & Technology Experts LLC;

Single-Phase AC-DC Converters  Chair: Enver Candan - IBM; Logan Horowitz - University of Colorado Boulder;

Data Centers  Chair: Sounak Maji - Texas Instrument; Pedro Alou - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid;

GaN Devices  Chair: Raghav Khanna - UToledo; Marie Lawson - Huntington Ingalls;

Inverter Modulation and Control  Chair: Karun Potty - Lucid Motor; Sneha Narasimhan - ABB;

Control 1  Chair: Xiaonan Lu - Purdue University; Cong Ma - BorgWarner;

Magnetics Application   Chair: George Slama - Wurth Elektronik; Matt Wlkowski - Wurth Elektronik;

Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Aircrafts  Chair: TBA

Wednesday March 25, 2026 (08:30-12:00)

Point-of-Load DC-DC Converters  Chair: Sombuddha Chakraborty - Texas Instruments; Kishan Joshi - Intel Corporation;

Modeling and Control Techniques for Motor Drives  Chair: Ali Safayet - HL Mechatronics; Ziaur Rahman - Booz Allen Hamilton;

High Performance Inverter Topologies and Design  Chair: Qingyun Huang - University of Missouri; Liwei Zhou - The University of Texas at Arlington;

SiC Devices  Chair: Fletcher Fleming - Leonardo DRS; Daniel Drews - Leonardo DRS;

Emerging and Diverse Power Electronics Applications  Chair: Jeffery Nilles - Alpha & Omega Semiconductor; Aitor Vázquez Ardura - Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos de Alimentación;

Control 2  Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq - University of Alabama; Qing Ye - Caterpillar Inc;

Power Conversion for Microgrids  Chair: Jonathan Kimball - Missouri University of Science and Technology; Khurram Afridi - Cornell University;

Wireless Power Technologies  Chair: Omer C. Onar - Oak Rodge National Laboratory; Shajjad Chowdhury - Oak Rodge National Laboratory;

Wednesday March 25, 2026 (13:30-17:00)

Resonant and Quasi-Resonant DC-DC Converters 1  Chair: Luke Jenkins - IBM; David Reusch - Texas Instruments;

Magnetics Modelling  Chair: George Slama - Wurth Elektronik; Matt Wlkowski - Wurth Elektronik;

High Density Power Module Design  Chair: Zach Pan - Schneider Electric; Qing Ye - Caterpillar Inc;

On-Board and Off-Board Charging Systems  Chair: TBA

Modeling and Simulation: Circuits & Systems; Parasitics Extraction & Optimization; and Software Tools  Chair: Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières; Karun Potty - Lucid Motor;

Gate Driver Circuits  Chair: Dorin Neacsu - Technical University of Iași; Narayan Kar - University of Windsor;

Design and Control of High Power Converters   Chair: Sheldon Williamson - Ontario Tech University; Dong Dong - Virginia Tech;

Wireless Energy Systems - High Frequency  Chair: Sounak Maji - Texas Instrument; Erdem Asa - Oak Rodge National Laboratory;

Thursday March 26, 2026 (08:20-10:00)

48V-to-1V Direct DC-DC Conversion  Chair: Kishan Joshi - Intel Corporation; Cahit Gezgin - Infineon;

Solid State and Hybrid Circuit Breakers  Chair: Jeffery Nilles - Alpha & Omega Semiconductor; Juan Rodriguez - University of Oviedo;

Modeling and Simulation: Device & Component Modeling  Chair: Yunting Liu - The Pennsylvania State University; Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières;

IGBTs and Ga2O3 Devices  Chair: Raghav Khanna - UToledo; Samuel Atwimah - UToledo;

EMI/EMC & Reliability Investigation of Power Converter  Chair: Weiqiang Chen - ABB; Vidhi Patel - ABB;

Control 3  Chair: Zahra Saadatizadeh - Mississippi State University; Kaushik Basu - Indian Institute of Science;

Power Electronics for Renewable Energy  Chair: Zhehui Guo - Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd.; Oleksandr Husev - Warsaw University of Technology, Poland;

Resonant and Quasi-Resonant DC-DC Converters 2  Chair: Olivier Trescases - University of Toronto; Khurram Afridi - Cornell University;

Thursday March 26, 2026 (10:20-12:00)

48V Intermediate Bus DC-DC Converters  Chair: Xin Zhang - IBM; Peng Fang - University of Minnesota - Duluth;

Integrated Motor Drives and Actuators  Chair: Ali Safayet - HL Mechatronics; Sneha Narasimhan - ABB;

Modeling and Simulation: HIL, Digital Twins, and Rapid Prototyping  Chair: Sombuddha Chakraborty - Texas Instruments; Jeffery Nilles - Alpha & Omega Semiconductor;

Magnetics Design and Modelling   Chair: Matt Wlkowski - Wurth Elektronik; Adam Skorek - University of Québec at Trois-Rivières;

Power Module Integration and Measurement  Chair: Wensong Yu - NCSU; Lei Wang - Renesas Electronics;

Three-Phase AC-DC Converters  Chair: John Lam - York University; Yichen Zhu - University of Texas, Austin;

Control and Diagnostics of Power Converters and Energy Storage  Chair: Zheyu Zhang - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohammed Agamy - University at Albany;

DC-DC Converter Applications  Chair: Eric Swenson - IBM; Xiaonan Lu - Purdue University;

Poster Sessions
Thursday March 26, 2026 (12:00-01:45)

AC-DC Converters  Chair: Nathan Ellis - University of Calfornia, Santa Clara; Ping Wang - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;

High Voltage or High Power DC-DC Converters 1  Chair: Evan Reutzel - Texas Instruments;

Low Voltage or Low Power DC-DC Converters 2  Chair: Elie Libbos - Texas Instruments;

Devices 3: GaN and Others  Chair: Raghav Khanna - UToledo; Sneha Narsimhan - ABB;

Control 6  Chair: Cong Ma - BorgWarner;

Motor Drives  Chair: Ashik Amin - Ford Motor Company; Ziaur Rahman - Booz Allen Hamilton;

Power Electronics for Utility Applications 1  Chair: Drazen Dujic - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ; Khurram Afridi - Cornell University;

On-Board and Off-Board Chargers  Chair: TBA

Power Electronics Applications 1  Chair: Aitor Vázquez Ardura - Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos de Alimentación; Juan Ramón G. Meré - University of Oviedo;

Wireless Power Transfer 1  Chair: Khurram Afridi - Cornell University; Shajjad Chowdhury - Oak Rodge National Laboratory;

Magnetics Applications & Characterization   Chair: George Slama - Wurth Elektronik; Ed Herbert - PSMA;

DC-AC Inverters  Chair: Yunting Liu - The Pennsylvania State University; Shivam Chaturvedi - George Mason University;

High Voltage or High Power DC-DC Converters 2  Chair: Rimon Gadelrab - Texas Instruments;

Devices 1: Silicon and Passive  Chair: Samuel Atwimah - University of Toledo; Mohamed Yasko - KU Leuven;

Control 4  Chair: Seungdeog Choi - Mississippi State University;

Control 7  Chair: TBA

Renewable Energy Systems  Chair: Jingbo Liu - Eaton, US;

Power Electronics for Utility Applications 2  Chair: Dong Dong - Virginia Tech; Mohammed Agamy - University at Albany;

Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles  Chair: TBA

Power Electronics Applications: Solid State Circuit Breakers and IOT  Chair: Alexis Gómez - University of Oviedo; Juan Rodriguez - University of Oviedo;

Wireless Power Transfer 2  Chair: Hua Zhang - Lehigh University; Sounak Maji - Texas Instrument;

Magnetics Applications & Design   Chair: Matt Wlkowski - Wurth Elektronik; Ed Herbert - PSMA;

Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing 1  Chair: Zhou Dong - ABB; Justin Henspeter - IBM;

Low Voltage or Low Power DC-DC Converters 1  Chair: Peng Fang - University of Minnesota - Duluth;

Devices 2: SiC  Chair: Fei Yang - TI; Raghu Kumar - DEKRA;

Control 5  Chair: Sneha Narasimhan - ABB;

Modeling and Simulation: Circuits & Systems; and Parasitics Extraction & Optimization  Chair: Kishan Joshi - Intel Corporation; Jeffery Nilles - Alpha & Omega Semiconductor;

Modeling and Simulation: Device & Component Modeling; Software Tools; and HIL, Digital Twins and Rapid Prototyping  Chair: Yunting Liu - The Pennsylvania State University; Sombuddha Chakraborty - Texas Instruments;

Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing 2  Chair: Vidhi Patel - ABB; Justin Henspeter - IBM;

Multilevel Converter and Electric Aircraft Applications  Chair: TBA

Power Electronics Applications 2  Chair: Juan Ramón G. Meré - University of Oviedo; Daniel Ríos - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM);