Power Electronic Engineering | CPES

ABOUT
About

The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), with annual research expenditures of $6-7 million dollars, is dedicated to improving electrical power processing and distribution that impact systems of all sizes – from battery-operated electronics to vehicles to regional and national electrical distribution systems.
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NEWS & EVENTS
- News
  
  Celebrating Tarik Teker's MS Achievement
  
  The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) congratulates Tarik Teke...
  
  CPES Researchers Earn Prestigious 2026 R&D 100 Award Recognition
  
  The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech is prou...
  
  CPES Research Featured in New Technical Video on Medium-Voltage Wireless Power Transfer
  
  A new technical video on the CPES YouTube channel highlights award-winni...
- Events
  
  Industry Webinar - Study of Grid-to-Chip System Architecture Enabled by MVDC and HVDC by William Chong
  
  September 9, 2026
  
  CPES Industry Webinars offer engineers from member companies the opportu...
  
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  Industry Webinar - Selective Removal of Couplings in Multi-winding Integrated and Coupled Magnetics by Promit Datta
  
  October 14, 2026
  
  CPES Industry Webinars offer engineers from member companies the opportu...
  
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  Industry Webinar - Model and Closed-Loop Control for Piezoelectric DC-DC Converters by Zhiyang Cao
  
  November 11, 2026
  
  CPES Industry Webinars offer engineers from member companies the opportu...
  
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CPES continuously releases news regarding our conferences, faculty, and students. We also provide a list of events for webinars, conferences, and many other facets!
INDUSTRY MEMBERS
Industry Members

The CPES Industry Consortium cultivates connectivity among researchers in academia and industry, and creates synergy within the network of industry members. Our industry consortium is the backbone of our strong technology transfer success.
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PUBLICATIONS
- Patents
- Weekly Seminars
Publications

Our library includes the Center's technical papers published in conference and journal papers, presentations, recordings, thesis and dissertations produced by graduates, and a research volume series compiled by CPES faculty.
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EDUCATION
- Curriculum
- Invited Talks
- Short Courses
- Research Volumes
Education

One of the Center's missions is to develop and education program that promotes multi-disciplinary, team-driven, and systems-oriented training to CPES students, as well as provide continuing education opportunities to our industrial partners.
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