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SUMMARY:EE Distinguished Lecturer Seminar: Advances in Power Electronics f
 or Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Systems
DTSTART:20190517T131500
DTEND:20190517T141500
DTSTAMP:20260917T073522Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dragan Maksimovic received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the 
 University of Belgrade in Serbia\, and his Ph.D. degree from the Californi
 a Institute of Technology\, Pasadena\, in 1989. Since 1992\, he has been w
 ith the University of Colorado at Boulder\, where he is currently an endow
 ed Professor and Director of the Colorado Power Electronics Center (CoPEC)
 . He has co-authored over 300 papers\, and textbooks Fundamentals of Power
  Electronics (2nd edition)\, and Digital Control of High-Frequency Switche
 d-Mode Power Converters. Prof. Maksimovic is a Fellow of the IEEE\, and a
  recipient of the IEEE PELS Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Awa
 rd. His current research interests include power electronics for renewable
  energy sources and energy efficiency\, high frequency power conversion us
 ing wide bandgap semiconductors\, digital control of high-frequency switch
 ed-mode power converters\, as well as integrated circuits for power manage
 ment applications.\nAbstract:  Power electronics is an enabling technolog
 y for energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. The seminar starts w
 ith an introduction to analysis\, modeling\, control and design of switche
 d-mode power converters\, followed by performance improvement approaches b
 ased on advances in converter topologies\, soft-switching techniques\, and
  the use of wide bandgap (SiC or GaN) power semiconductor devices. It is s
 hown how more complex converter topologies may allow for more efficient po
 wer processing\, leading to efficiency and power density gains\, as well a
 s application-specific system-level benefits. Challenges around complex co
 nverter configurations include more complex controls\, and reliability con
 cerns associated with increased numbers of power semiconductor components.
  Addressing these challenges requires innovations in modeling and control\
 , circuit integration\, and packaging techniques. Examples discussed inclu
 de high-density\, high efficiency SiC-based composite dc-dc converters for
  electric vehicle applications\, and modular grid-tied dc-ac converters fo
 r renewable energy applications.\n 
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