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Full Agenda

  • Sunday, April 03, 2016

    • HDI (High Density Integration) Mini-Consortium Review

      for HDI Members
      7:45 AM - 12:45 PM
      with working lunch

    • Tutorials

      13:15 PM - 16:15 PM

      • Tutorial I: Control and Modeling

        Dr. Fred C. Lee, CPES Director

      • Tutorial II: EMI Reduction with Active EMI Filters for Power Electronics Systems

        Dr. Shuo Wang, Associate Professor, University of Florida

    • Industry-Student Forum

      16:30 PM - 18:00 PM
      All conference participants are welcome. CPES industry members are invited to bring tabletop displays featuring company products to stimulate meaningful interactions with students and conference attendees.

    • IAB/SAB Dinner Meeting with CPES Faculty

      18:00 PM - 21:30 PM
      For CPES Industry Advisory Board (IAB) and Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) annual dinner meeting with CPES faculty.

  • Monday, April 04, 2016

    • Welcome Address

      8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
      President Timothy Sands, Virginia Tech

    • Invited Plenary Session

      8:20 AM - 10:50 AM

      • Dr. Junzheng Cao

        Deputy Chief Engineer, NR Electric Research Institute, China
        Chinese HVDC Technology and Application

      • Dr. Fred C. Lee

        CPES Director, University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech
        CPES – The Early Days

      • Dr. Vlatko Vlatkovic

        Chief Engineering Officer, GE Power Conversion
        Going Electric

      • Dr. Wei Chen

        Founder and President, Silergy Corporation

      • Dr. Ashraf Lotfi

        VP & Fellow, Intel Corporation
        Advancing the State-of-the-art in DC-DC Conversion through a Powerful Combination of New Technology, Venture Financed Startups, and Demand Markets

      • Dr. Gary Hua

        Founder and President, Inventronics, Inc.
        Opportunities and Challenges for Electric Vehicle Chargers

    • Technical Sessions

      13:30 PM - 17:30 PM

      • Session T1: Modeling and Control

        13:30 PM - 15:30 PM

      • Session T2: GaN Devices and Applications

        16:00 PM - 17:30 PM

  • Tuesday, April 05, 2016

    • Lab Dialogue Sessions

      12:00 PM - 17:00 PM

      • Session D1: Control and Modeling

      • Session D2: GaN Devices and Applications

      • Session D3: SiC Devices and Applications

      • Session D4: High Density Integration

    • Technical Sessions

      13:30 PM - 17:30 PM

      • Session T3: SiC Devices and Applications

        13:30 PM - 15:30 PM

      • Session T4: High Density Integration

        16:00 PM - 17:30 PM

  • Wednesday, April 06, 2016

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