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SUMMARY:The Cutting Edge of Power Electronics for High-Power Applications
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Hirofumi Akagi\, Tokyo Institute of Technology\nThis tal
 k presents generalized circuit configurations\, controls and applications 
 of the family of modular multilevel cascade converters for high-voltage gr
 id connections and medium-voltage motor drives\, showing experimental wave
 forms obtained from different downscaled systems designed\, constructed an
 d tested in the speaker.s laboratory.  Moreover\, his talk describes a 75
 0-V\, 100-kW\, 20-kHz bidirectional isolated dc-dc dual-active-bride conve
 rter that consists of four 1.2-kV\, 400-A SiC-MOSFET/SBD dual modules and 
 a 20-kHz transformer\, focusing on conversion efficiency and power-loss br
 eakdown. It is interesting that the SiC dual (two-in-one) module is the sa
 me in appearance\, that is\, size\, shape\, and terminal/pin arrangement a
 s the latest 1.2-kV\, 300-A Si-IGBT dual (two-in-one) module.\nBio: Prof. 
 Hirofumi Akagi received the Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from t
 he Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1979. He is currently Full Professor i
 n the department of electrical and electronic engineering at the Tokyo Ins
 titute of Technology. Prior to it\, he was working for Nagaoka University 
 of technology and Okayama University as Assistant\, Associate and Full Pro
 fessors. His research interests include power conversion systems and their
  applications to industry\, transportation\, and utility. He has authored 
 and coauthored more than 120 IEEE Transactions papers. The total citation 
 index for all his papers in Google Scholar is more than 25\,000 times with
  an h-index of 70.\nDr. Akagi received six IEEE Transactions Prize Paper A
 wards. He is the recipient of the 2001 IEEE Power Electronics Society Will
 iam E. Newell Award\, the 2004 IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstand
 ing Achievement Award\, the 2008 IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Technical Field 
 Award\, the 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society Nari Hingorani Custom Power A
 ward\, and the 2014 EPE Outstanding Service Award. He was elected as an IE
 EE Fellow in 1996 and as IEEE PELS and IAS Distinguished Lecturers from Ja
 n. 1998 to Dec. 1999.  Dr. Akagi served as the President of the IEEE Powe
 r Electronics Society from Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2008 for two years. Since Jan
 uary 2014\, he has been serving as the IEEE Division II Director-Elect
LOCATION:ELG120 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=EG120
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