May 14th & 15th, 2025
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Engineering Hall
The WEMPEC Annual Review is a yearly 2-day conference for WEMPEC members including presentations on ongoing research, tutorials by the WEMPEC faculty, tours through the labs and poster presentations by students as well as extensive networking opportunities.
Welcome to the 2025 Annual Review!
Registration for the 2025 Annual Review on May 14th and 15th is now open! Please follow the link below for further information and to register.
Exclusive 2-day event
- WEMPEC Sponsors only
- 250+ attendees
- Presentations on pre-publication research
- Tutorials by WEMPEC faculty
- Tour our labs
Highly interactive environment
- Converse with students, colleagues, and faculty
- Spark new ideas
- Forge partnerships with students and faculty
2025 AGENDA
Wednesday, May 14th
| 7:30 | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Opening Remarks – WEMPEC Director Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
| 8:05 | College of Engineering Welcome |
| 8:10 | WEMPEC Present and Future – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
| 8:30 | Breaking Barriers in Power Electronics through Co-Designing Devices, Circuits, and Modulation – Prof. Mahima Gupta |
| 9:15 | Control Projects Update – Prof. Lei Zhou |
| 10:00 | Robust Sensorless Control for IPM Motors – Jingjie Wu, Laura Homiller |
BREAK – 20MIN
| 10:40 | Power Electronics for Pulsed Power and Renewable Applications – Prof. Jinia Roy |
| 11:20 | Development of Advanced Solid-State Marx Generator for High Voltage Long Flat Top Pulse Generation – Hyeongmeen Baik |
| 11:40 | Design Optimization of a Single-Phase T-Type Inverter with Bidirectional GaN Devices – Luke Tyler Andersen |
Group Photo Outside, Followed By Lunch Break – 60 min
| 1:00 | Power Electronics Projects – Prof. Daniel Ludois |
| 1:45 | A Different Kind of Dual Active Bridge – Patrick Nowakowski |
| 2:05 | Bringing Drives to HF-Band Communications – Elijah Berger, Shiying Wang |
| 2:30 – 5:00 | On-Campus Poster Session |
| 4:30 – 6:00 | Networking Reception |
Thursday, May 15th
| 7:30 | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Opening Remarks – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
| 8:05 | Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Welcome |
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
| 8:10 | Development and Testing of High-Performance Synchronous Permanent Magnet Machine – Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu |
| 8:55 | Development and Performance Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Multi-Module Electric Motor – Ken Chen |
| 9:15 | Two-phase Immersion Cooling of High-Performance Electric Motors – Gokhan Çakal |
BREAK – 30MIN
| 10:00 | GaN & AlGaN Channel Based High Voltage (>600V) HEMTs for Power Converters – Prof. Chirag Gupta |
| 10:30 | Comparison of Practical Topologies for High Power Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Conversion – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
| 11:15 | Pushing the Limits of Integrated Machine Drives from Kilowatts to Megawatts – Emeritus Prof. Thomas Jahns |
LUNCH BREAK – 60MIN
| 1:00 – 2:00 | On-Campus Poster Session |
Recommended Hotels
Wisconsin Union Hotel
1308 W Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53715
608-263-2600
(Across the Street)
Hilton Garden Inn
770 Regent Street
Madison, WI 53715
608-251-9588
1.0 Miles
The Fluno Center
601 University Avenue, 8th Floor
Madison, WI 53715
877-773-5866
.8 Miles
Doubletree by Hilton
525 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703
608-251-5511
.9 Miles
Hampton Inn and Suites Madison/Downtown
440 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-255-0360
1.1 Miles
Parking & Public Transportation Options
Parking Options
Lot 17 is located close to Engineering Hall but parking may be impacted by construction. Alternative visitor parking is available at Lot 80 (located by Union South). You can find more information about parking on campus and maps here.
Public Transportation Options
Madison Metro Transit routes are accessible on and around UW-Madison’s campus. You can find more information about bus routes and fare details about public transportation options here.
