CPES

WHAT IS CPES?

We are a research and education center dedicated to creating electric processing systems of the highest value to society. MORE ABOUT CPES

$5M
Annual research Expenditures

2280
Conference and Journal papers

108
Patents awarded

79
Industry members

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NEWS

Former CPES Director Dr. Fred Lee honored with emeritus status

Dr. Fred Lee Fred Lee, University Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been confer...

CPES Researchers Awarded two ARPA-E CIRCUITS Projects

Diagram of CIRCUITS program research CPES and its partners have been awarded two new projects under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Creating Innovative and Reli...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Insulation Design and Evaluation via Partial Discharge (PD) Test for Power Electronics Application

October 11, 2017

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CPES Industry Webinar Series: Two Core Implementation of coupled inductor paralleled 3-phase converter

November 8, 2017

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CPES Industry Webinar Series: PV penetration in distributed systems

December 13, 2017

Presentation by Ye Tang. Subject to change.

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VIDEOS

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RECENT ADVANCES

Embedded Screen for Containing Common-Mode Current within a Power Module

Invention Disclosure: Christina DiMarino, Mark Johnson, Dushan Boroyevich, Rolando Burgos

Soft-Switching Techniques for Three-Phase AC/DC Converters

Invention Disclosure: Zhengrong Huang, Zhengyang Liu, Fred C. Lee, Qiang Li, Furong Xiao

CPES researchers create first LLC converter meeting iNEMI requirements

News: This is an 800W 400V/12V LLC Converter, operating at 1MHz with GaN devices. It achieves a peak efficiency of 97.6%, which is the highest efficiency...

A Very High-Frequency High-Density WBG-Based 6.6kW Bidirectional On-Board Charger for Electrical Vehicles

News: A wide-band-gap (WBG) devices based 6.6kW bidirectional on-board charger (OBC) system has recently been developed for plug-in electrical vehicles (...

Avoiding Internal Switching Loss in Soft Switching Cascode Structure Device

Patent: Xiucheng Huang, Weijing Du, Qiang Li, Fred C. Lee

Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar Panels

Patent: Xinke Wu, Zijian Wang, Fred C. Lee, Feng Wang

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