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Technical Lecture Sessions

Technical Lecture Sessions

  • Tuesday, March 24, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T01 - Bi-Directional DC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xugang Ke – Zhejiang University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Olivier Trescases – University of Toronto
    Student Session Assistant: Yifan Chen (he/him/his) – Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T02 - Single-Phase AC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Enver Candan – IBM
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Logan Horowitz – UC Berkeley
    Student Session Assistant: William Moreira – Federal University of Santa Maria
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T03 - Data Centers
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sounak Maji – Texas Instrument
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Pedro Alou – Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
    Student Session Assistant: Uzair Asif – University of Illinois Chicago
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T04 - GaN Devices
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Raghav Khanna – University of Toledo
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Marie A. Lawson (she/her/hers) – Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding
    Student Session Assistant: Abu Shahir Md Khalid Hasan, MS – University of Arkansas
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T05 - Inverter Modulation and Control
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Karun Potty – Lucid Motor
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sneha Narasimhan – ABB
    Student Session Assistant: Hye-Won Kang – Dankook University
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T06 - Control 1
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xiaonan Lu – Purdue University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Cong Ma – BorgWarner
    Student Session Assistant: Shumeng Wang – Northeastern University
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T07 - Magnetics Application
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wlkowski – Wurth Elektronik
    Student Session Assistant: Ashwini Kumar Dubey (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Boulder
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T08 - Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Aircrafts
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Yu Zou – GE Aerospace
    Student Session Assistant: Vafa Marzang (he/him/his) – University of Florida
  • Wednesday, March 25, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T09 - Point-of-Load DC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sombuddha Chakraborty – Texas Instruments
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Kishan Joshi – Intel Corporation
    Student Session Assistant: Mami Izumiguchi – Nagasaki University
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T10 - Modeling and Control Techniques for Motor Drives
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ali Safayet, PhD (he/him/his) – Halla Mechatronics
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ziaur Rahman, PhD (he/him/his) – Booz Allen Hamilton
    Student Session Assistant: Abolfazl Najar (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T11 - High Performance Inverter Topologies and Design
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Qingyun Huang – University of Missouri
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Liwei Zhou – The University of Texas at Arlington
    Student Session Assistant: Cheng Tang – University of Arkansas
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T12 - SiC Devices
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Fletcher Fleming – Leonardo DRS
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Daniel Drews – Leonardo DRS
    Student Session Assistant: Haisheng Shen – Nagasaki University
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T13 - Emerging and Diverse Power Electronics Applications
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jeffery Nilles – Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Juan Rodriguez – Universidad de Oviedo
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T14 - Control 2
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jaber Abu Qahouq – University of Alabama
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Qing Ye – Caterpillar
    Student Session Assistant: Haoran Xu – Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T15 - Power Conversion for Microgrids
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jonathan W. Kimball, PhD (he/him/his) – Missouri University of Science and Technology
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Khurram Afridi, PhD – Cornell University
    Student Session Assistant: Sabrina R. Helbig, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T16 - Wireless Power Technologies
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Omer C. Onar – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Shajjad Chowdhury – Oak Ridge National Lab
    Student Session Assistant: Subhabrata Basak (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Science
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T17 - Resonant and Quasi-Resonant DC-DC Converters 1
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Luke L. Jenkins, MS, PhD – IBM
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: David Reusch, PhD – Texas Instruments
    Student Session Assistant: Hean Ming Kang – National University of Singapore
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T18 - Magnetics Modelling
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wlkowski – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Student Session Assistant: Aobo Yang – University of Pennsylvania
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T19 - High Density Power Module Design
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zach Pan – Schneider Electric
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Qing Ye – Caterpillar
    Student Session Assistant: Mahnoor Fatima – North Dakota State University
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T20 - On-Board and Off-Board Charging Systems
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xiaoyan Liu – Tesla
    Student Session Assistant: Juyeon Lee, MS (she/her/hers) – Dankook University
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T21 - Modeling and Simulation: Circuits & Systems; Parasitics Extraction & Optimization; and Software Tools
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Adam W. Skorek, PhD, IEEE Life Fellow – University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Karun Potty – Lucid Motor
    Student Session Assistant: Han-Vit Kim, MS – Dankook University
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T22 - Gate Driver Circuits
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Dorin Neacsu – Technical University of Iași
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Narayan Kar – University of Windsor
    Student Session Assistant: Flavio Ramos – University of Calgary
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T23 - Design and Control of High Power Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sheldon Williamson, PhD – Ontario Tech University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Dong Dong – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Student Session Assistant: Ji-Eun Seo – Dankook University
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T24 - Wireless Energy Systems - High Frequency
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sounak Maji – Texas Instrument
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Erdem Asa – Oak Ridge National Labarotary
    Student Session Assistant: Sina Navaiyan Kalat – University of Pittsburgh
  • Thursday, March 26, 2026
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T25 - 48V-to-1V Direct DC-DC Conversion
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Kishan Joshi – Intel Corporation
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Cahit Gezgin, PhD – Infineon Technologies AG
    Student Session Assistant: Yijie Qian – Southeast University
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T26 - Solid State and Hybrid Circuit Breakers
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Yuetao Hou – Texas Instruments
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Aitor Vázquez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oviedo
    Student Session Assistant: Preetha Philip (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T27 - Modeling and Simulation: Device & Component Modeling
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Didier Balocoo – Onsemi
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Adam W. Skorek, PhD, IEEE Life Fellow – University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
    Student Session Assistant: Writtik Dutta – Arizona State University
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T28 - IGBTs and Ga2O3 Devices
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Raghav Khanna – University of Toledo
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Samuel K. Atwimah – University of Toledo
    Student Session Assistant: Hamood Ur Rehman, PhD Student – University of Arkansas
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T29 - EMI/EMC & Reliability Investigation of Power Converter
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Weiqiang Chen, PhD – ABB
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Vidhi Patel (she/her/hers) – ABB USCRC
    Student Session Assistant: Koutarou Oguchi – Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T30 - Control 3
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zahra Saadatizadeh, PhD – Mississippi State University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Kaushik Basu – Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru
    Student Session Assistant: Kausik Biswas – Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T31 - Power Electronics for Renewable Energy
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zhehui Guo, PhD (he/him/his) – Delta Electronics (America) Ltd.
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Oleksandr Husev – Warsaw University of Technology
  • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    T32 - Resonant and Quasi-Resonant DC-DC Converters 2
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Olivier Trescases – University of Toronto
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Khurram Afridi, PhD – Cornell University
    Student Session Assistant: Asif Mushtaq Bhat – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T33 - 48V Intermediate Bus DC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xin Zhang, PhD – IBM
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: PENG FANG, PhD – University of Minnesota Duluth
    Student Session Assistant: Hua Chen (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T34 - Integrated Motor Drives and Actuators
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sneha Narasimhan – ABB
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ali Safayet, PhD (he/him/his) – Halla Mechatronics
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T35 - Modeling and Simulation: HIL, Digital Twins, and Rapid Prototyping
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sombuddha Chakraborty – Texas Instruments
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jeffery Nilles – Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T36 - Magnetics Design and Modelling
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wlkowski – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Adam W. Skorek, PhD, IEEE Life Fellow – University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
    Student Session Assistant: Ashwini Kumar Dubey (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Boulder
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T37 - Power Module Integration and Measurement
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Wensong Yu, PhD – NC State Univeristy
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Lei Wang – Dell EMC
    Student Session Assistant: Yacine Badaoui (he/him/his) – University of Tiaret
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T38 - Three-Phase AC-DC Converters
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: John Lam – York University
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Yicheng Zhu (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Student Session Assistant: Eunwoo Lee, MS (he/him/his) – Dankook University
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T39 - Control and Diagnostics of Power Converters and Energy Storage
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zheyu Zhang – RPI
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Mohammed Agamy – University at Albany
    Student Session Assistant: Chang Liu – Zhejiang University
  • 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T40 - DC-DC Converter Applications
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Eric Swenson – STSM – Power Technology and Qualification
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xiaonan Lu – Purdue University
    Student Session Assistant: Yijie Qian – Southeast University