EE Distinguished Speakers Seminar: Power Electronics – A Key Technology for the All-Electric/Digital World
Event details
| Date | 15.11.2019 |
| Hour | 13:15 › 14:15 |
| Speaker | Johann W. Kolar is a Fellow of the IEEE and has received his PhD degree (summa cum laude) from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria. He is currently a Full Professor and the Head of the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. He has proposed numerous novel PWM converter topologies, modulation and control concepts and has supervised 70+ Ph.D. students. He has published 880+ scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings and has filed 190+ patents. He received numerous awards, incl. 29 IEEE Transactions and Conference Prize Paper Awards, the 2016 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award, and 2 ETH Zurich Golden Owl Awards for excellence in teaching. The focus of his current research is on ultra-compact / ultra-efficient SiC and GaN converter systems, solid-state transformers, advanced three-phase inverter concepts for variable speed motor drives, ultra-high speed and bearingless motors / actuators, and design automation in power electronics/mechatronics. |
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract: This talk will first introduce the basic concepts of electronic power processing in analogy to digital signal processing, but underline the different scaling laws governing both areas. Next, the key importance of power electronics converters will be highlighted in relation to megatrends shaping the world over the coming decades and according research vectors will be identified. Finally, examples of current research activities in Power Electronics and Advanced Mechatronics at ETH Zurich will be presented and future challenges/opportunities for academic research in energy electronics will be discussed.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Elison Matioli
Contact
- [email protected] / +41 21 69 33721