INDUSTRY MEMBERS
CPES High Power Consortium (HPC)
Explore the goals, membership, research focus, and current work scope of the HPC mini-consortium.
HPC Research Focus
A visual overview of representative technologies and work scope.
Background
Context, motivation, and technical need for this mini-consortium.
The program is strongly leveraged by CPES’ vast expertise and knowledge on wide-bandgap (WBG) based power conversion spanning more than two decades, and its in-depth knowledge of electrical power systems accrued by working closely with the space, transportation, IT, and power industries, as well transmission and distribution utilities. HPC relies too on the strong industrial experience of its faculty, boasting more than 30 years of combined R&D and business development experience. In addition, CPES has been able to continue supporting its research activities within HPC by securing funding from several government agencies, including the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), and several national laboratories.
The above agencies have been instrumental in developing key enabling technology presently used in WBG-based high power electronics applications, and as such represent ideal partners for HPC. Their collaboration over the past years has generated invaluable synergy that has undoubtedly aided in the pursuit of the mini-consortium goals. From a funding standpoint, CPES has been able to effectively quadruple the research activity in this area thanks to their support, ultimately quadrupling too the results and technological advancement that are shared with its members. Newly secured programs by CPES faculty foretell a continuous future collaboration with these agencies and the HPC industry members.
