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SUMMARY:EE Distinguished Speakers Seminar: Power Electronics – A Key Tec
 hnology for the All-Electric/Digital World
DTSTART:20191115T131500
DTEND:20191115T141500
DTSTAMP:20260509T084121Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Johann W. Kolar is a Fellow of the IEEE and has received his 
 PhD degree (summa cum laude) from the Vienna University of Technology\, Au
 stria. He is currently a Full Professor and the Head of the Power Electron
 ic Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Z
 urich. He has proposed numerous novel PWM converter topologies\, modulatio
 n and control concepts and has supervised 70+ Ph.D. students. He has publi
 shed 880+ scientific papers in international journals and conference proce
 edings and has filed 190+ patents. He received numerous awards\, incl. 29 
 IEEE Transactions and Conference Prize Paper Awards\, the 2016 IEEE Willia
 m E. Newell Power Electronics Award\, and 2 ETH Zurich Golden Owl Awards f
 or excellence in teaching. The focus of his current research is on ultra-c
 ompact / ultra-efficient SiC and GaN converter systems\, solid-state trans
 formers\, advanced three-phase inverter concepts for variable speed motor 
 drives\, ultra-high speed and bearingless motors / actuators\, and design 
 automation in power electronics/mechatronics.\nAbstract: This talk will f
 irst introduce the basic concepts of electronic power processing in analog
 y to digital signal processing\, but underline the different scaling laws 
 governing both areas. Next\, the key importance of power electronics conve
 rters will be highlighted in relation to megatrends shaping the world over
  the coming decades and according research vectors will be identified.  F
 inally\, examples of current research activities in Power Electronics and 
 Advanced Mechatronics at ETH Zurich will be presented and future challenge
 s/opportunities for academic research in energy electronics will be discus
 sed.\n 
LOCATION:MXF 1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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