The Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC) is a technology center at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison. WEMPEC began in January 1981 with a mission to provide education, research, and service. With the support of more than 80 corporate sponsors, our team of professors, staff, graduate students, and international scholars work together to research and develop the newest technologies and techniques in electric machines, power electronics, actuators, sensors, drives, motion control, and drive applications.
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Prof. Tom Lipo and Prof. Robert Lorenz Memorial Sessions at ECCE 2020
Like many of you, all of us in WEMPEC are looking forward to the ECCE conference next week. ECCE is the annual conference that has the greatest number of our students not only attending, but …
October 9, 2020WEMPEC 40th Anniversary Founders Campaign: The Thomas A. Lipo Fund
Since its founding in 1981, WEMPEC has become a global hub for excellence that continues to make pioneering contributions to research, education, and professional service in our field of electric machines, power electronics, and drives. …
July 6, 2020In Memory of Prof. Tom Lipo
1938 – 2020 by Prof. Tom Jahns Thomas A. Lipo, our esteemed faculty colleague, passed away on May 8, 2020, after a battle with cancer. Tom was a pioneer in the field of electrical machines, …
June 16, 2020- More News posts
EPD Short Courses
Mar
15
Introduction to Electric Machines and Drives
March 15 @ 12:00 am - March 18 @ 12:00 am
Mar
29
AC Machine Design Fundamentals: Induction Motors, PM Motors, Mechanical Design, Thermal Design, and FEA Examples
March 29 @ 8:00 am - April 1 @ 8:00 pm
Apr
19
Introduction to Electrical Energy Storage: Batteries, Chargers, and Applications
April 19 @ 8:00 am - April 22 @ 8:00 pm
Jun
14
Power Electronics Design Boot Camp
June 14 @ 8:00 am - June 17 @ 8:00 pm