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Technical Dialogue Sessions

Technical Dialogue Sessions

  • Monday, March 23, 2026
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D01 - AC-DC Converters
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Nathan Ellis – University of Calfornia, Santa Cruz
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Ping Wang (he/him/his) – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Thursday, March 26, 2026
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D02 - High Voltage or High Power DC-DC Converters 1
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Evan Reutzel – Texas Instruments
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Olivier Trescases – University of Toronto
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D03 - Low Voltage or Low Power DC-DC Converters 2
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Elie Libbos – Texas Instruments
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Alireza Safaee – Apple Inc
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D04 - Devices 3: GaN and Others
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Raghav Khanna – University of Toledo
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Sneha Narsimhan – ABB
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D05 - Control 6
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Cong Ma – BorgWarner
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D06 - Motor Drives
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Ashik Amin – Ford Motor Company
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Ziaur Rahman, PhD (he/him/his) – Booz Allen Hamilton
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D07 - Power Electronics for Utility Applications 1
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Drazen Dujic – Power Electronics Laboratory, EPFL
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Khurram Afridi, PhD – Cornell University
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D08 - On-Board and Off-Board Chargers
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Xiaoyan Liu – Tesla
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D09 - Power Electronics Applications 1
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Aitor Vázquez, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oviedo
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Juan Ramón G. Meré – University of Oviedo
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D10 - Wireless Power Transfer 1
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Khurram Afridi, PhD – Cornell University
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Shajjad Chowdhury – Oak Ridge National Lab
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D11 - Magnetics Applications & Characterization
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Ed Herbert, BEEE (he/him/his) – PSMAIndependent Inventor
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D12 - DC-AC Inverters
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Yunting Liu, PhD – Penn State
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Shivam Chaturvedi – George Mason University
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D13 - High Voltage or High Power DC-DC Converters 2
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Rimon Gadelrab – Texas Instruments
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Luke L. Jenkins, MS, PhD – IBM
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D14 - Devices 1: Silicon and Passive
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Samuel K. Atwimah – University of Toledo
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Mohamed Yasko – KU Leuven
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D15 - Control 4
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Seungdeog Choi – Mississippi State University
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D16 - Control 7
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Mohamed Hussien – Tanta University
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Che-Wei Chang – Texas Instruments
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D17 - Renewable Energy Systems
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Xinru Li, PhD (he/him/his) – CBMM
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Jingbo Liu – Eaton
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D18 - Power Electronics for Utility Applications 2
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Dong Dong – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Mohammed Agamy – University at Albany
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D19 - Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Yu Zou – GE Aerospace
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D20 - Power Electronics Applications: Solid State Circuit Breakers and IOT
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Alexis A. Gómez, MSc – University of Oviedo
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Juan Rodriguez – Universidad de Oviedo
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D21 - Wireless Power Transfer 2
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Hua Zhang, PhD – Lehigh University
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Sounak Maji – Texas Instrument
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D22 - Magnetics Applications & Design
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Matt Wlkowski – Wurth Elektronik
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Ed Herbert, BEEE (he/him/his) – PSMAIndependent Inventor
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D23 - Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing 1
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Zhou Dong – ABB
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Justin Henspeter, MSEE – IBM
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D24 - Low Voltage or Low Power DC-DC Converters 1
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: PENG FANG, PhD – University of Minnesota Duluth
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: David Reusch, PhD – Texas Instruments
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D25 - Devices 2: SiC
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Fei Yang (he/him/his) – Texas Instruments
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Raghu Kumar – DEKRA
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D26 - Control 5
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Sneha Narasimhan – ABB
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D27 - Modeling and Simulation: Circuits & Systems; and Parasitics Extraction & Optimization
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Kishan Joshi – Intel Corporation
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Jeffery Nilles – Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D28 - Modeling and Simulation: Device & Component Modeling; Software Tools; and HIL, Digital Twins and Rapid Prototyping
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Jeffery Nilles – Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Kishan Joshi – Intel Corporation
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D29 - Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing 2
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Vidhi Patel (she/her/hers) – ABB USCRC
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Justin Henspeter, MSEE – IBM
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D30 - Multilevel Converter and Electric Aircraft Applications
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Tao Yang – University of Nottingham
  • 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    D31 - Power Electronics Applications 2
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Juan Ramón G. Meré – University of Oviedo
    Technical Dialogue Session Chair: Daniel Rios Linares – Universidad Politecnica de Madrid