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Technical Lecture Sessions

Technical Lecture Sessions

  • 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 (she/her/hers) – Nagasaki University
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T10 - Modeling and Control Techniques for Motor Drives
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Ziaur Rahman, PhD (he/him/his) – Booz Allen Hamilton
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Rakib Islam – Dauch Corporation
    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, PhD Candidate (he/him/his) – 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: Yuzhou Yao (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    T13 - Emerging and Diverse Power Electronics Applications
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Jeffery L. Nilles (he/him/his) – Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Juan Rodriguez, PhD – Universidad de Oviedo
    Student Session Assistant: Khalil Abo Yonis, M.Sc. (he/him/his) – Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
  • 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, PE (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, PhD (he/him/his) – 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, MEng (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T18 - Magnetics Modelling
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Matt Wilkowski, MSEE – Würth Elektronik
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Student Session Assistant: Aobo Yang, MA (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T19 - High Density Power Module Design
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Qing Ye – Caterpillar
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Joshua Stewart, PhD – The Aerospace Corporation
    Student Session Assistant: Miyu Kobayashi – Nagasaki University
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T20 - On-Board and Off-Board Charging Systems
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Xiaoyan Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – Tesla
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Sandeep Anand (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
    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, Dr. (he/him/his) – Lucid Motors
    Student Session Assistant: Han-Vit Kim, MS – Dankook University
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    T22 - Gate Driver Circuits
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Zheyu Zhang – RPI
    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: 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, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas Instruments
    Technical Lecture Session Chair: Erdem Asa, PhD (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Labarotary
    Student Session Assistant: Sina Navaiyan Kalat (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh