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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, March 24, 2026
  • Student Job Fair
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS01 - What Is the Next Killer Application for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors?
    Industry Session Chair: Timothy K. McDonald – Power Q Consulting, Inc.
    Industry Session Chair: Peter Di Maso, MBA
    PSMA Session
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS02 - AI and Digital Twins Transforming Power Device Innovation
    Industry Session Chair: Jaume Roig – onsemi
    Industry Session Chair: Stephanie Watts Butler, PhD, PE – WattsButler LLC
    Industry Session Chair: Kevin Hermanns – PE-Systems GmbH
    Student Session Assistant: Hamood Ur Rehman, PhD Student – University of Arkansas
    PSMA Session
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS03 - Capacitor Circuit Design Essentials for Modern Challenges
    Industry Session Chair: Alan J. Cooper, Ph.D CEng. MIET – YAGEO
    Industry Session Chair: Frank Puhane, B.Eng (he/him/his) – Wurth Electronik
    Student Session Assistant: Christoph Sachs (he/him/his) – University Of Stuttgart, Institute For System Dynamics
    PSMA Session
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS04 - 3D-Power Packaging for AI and its Application in Power Systems Optimization
    Industry Session Chair: Jason Rouse, PhD, MBA – Taiyo America, Inc.
    Industry Session Chair: Vikas Gupta, PhD – ASE US, Inc
    Industry Session Chair: John Bultitude – Bultitude Consulting LLC
    Student Session Assistant: Mahery Rajemisaona – Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, G2ELab, 38000 Grenoble, France
    PSMA Session
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS05 - Gate Drivers and their Applications
    Industry Session Chair: Emanuel Eni, PhD – Infineon Technologies AG
    Industry Session Chair: Yifu Zhang – Infineon Technologies
    Student Session Assistant: Hongming Zhao – Robert Bosch GmbH & KU Leuven
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS06 - The Future of Powering AI
    Industry Session Chair: Minjie Chen, PhD (he/him/his) – Princeton University
    Industry Session Chair: Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski – UC Berkeley
  • 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
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM CT
    Exhibitor Presentation Example
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    SJF TEST - Meeting Management Services - Table 1
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Plenary Session Example PLN-07