May 17th to May 18th, 2023
1415 Engineering Hall
Madison, WI
Join us for in-person technical presentations presented by our faculty and students followed by our “open lab” research project discussion session.
All member companies are invited to attend.
Registration for our 2023 event is now open for all active WEMPEC members.
Registration limited to 5 attendees per membership.

Exclusive 2-day event
- WEMPEC Sponsors only
- 300+ attendees
- Presentations on pre-publication research
- Tutorials by WEMPEC faculty
- Tour our lab

Highly interactive environment
- Converse with students, colleagues, and faculty
- Spark new ideas
- Forge partnerships with students and faculty
Travel Information - Accomodation
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace
9 E Wilson St, Madison, WI 53703
Negotiated rate: $250/night
Hampton Inn & Suites Madison / Downtown
440 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53703
Negotiated rate: $189/night
Hilton Garden Inn Madison Downtown
770 Regent St, Madison, WI 53715
Negotiated rate: $249/night
Hyatt Place Madison/Downtown
333 W Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703
Negotiated rate: $249/night
Book Annual Review Rate
Use Group Code: G-WPMC
DoubleTree by Hilton Madison Downtown
525 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53703
Negotiated rate: $189/night
2022 AGENDA - 2023 coming soon!
Tuesday, May 17th
8:00 | Welcome – WEMPEC Director Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
8:05 | Prof. Susan Hagness – Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
8:10 | WEMPEC: Future Initiatives – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
8:30 | Magical Multiharmonic Multiphase Machines – Prof. Eric Severson |
9:00 | Design of Multiphase Windings – Anvar Khamitov & Nishanth |
9:20 | State Observers and Run-Out Reduction in Rotary Maglev Systems – Nathan Petersen |
BREAK – 20MIN
10:00 | Research Reflection: My past decade and my next decade – Prof. Dan Ludois |
10:30 | Non-contact voltage sensing techniques – Blake Rose |
10:50 | Rotating Double Layer Capacitors – Sarah Behringer |
11:10 | Challenges and Opportunities for Wide Bandgap Device Power Electronics – Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu |
11:40 | Pushing the Limits of Integrated Motor Drive Technology using WBG-Based Current Source Inverters – Renato A. Torres |
LUNCH – 60MIN
1:00 | Distributed Control and Self-Sensing of PM Modular Motor Drives for Electric Aircraft Propulsion – Hao Zeng |
1:20 | Modeling and Control Advances in Power Conversion – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
1:40 | DC Bus Regulation in Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters – Rafael Castillo Sierra |
2:00 | Adaptive State Feedback Control of Active Rectifiers – Aidar Zhetessov |
2:20 | Distributed Synchronized Three Phase Waveform Generation – Thomas Nguyen |
2:30 – 5:00 | On-Campus Poster Session |
Wednesday, May 18th
8:00 | Opening Remarks – Prof. Emeritus Tom Jahns |
8:05 | Dean Ian Robertson – College of Engineering Welcome |
8:10 | WEMPEC Affiliate Faculty Introductions – Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu |
8:25 | InterPro Continuing Education Opportunities – Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu |
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
8:30 | Dr. Phil Krein – Electric Cars: How do we set up massive infrastructure to charge them up? Do they really bring benefits? |
BREAK – 15MIN
9:45 | Prof. Johann Kolar – Power Electronics 4.0 |
10:45 | Prof. Scott Sudhoff – Introduction to the Dual Rotor Homopolar AC Machine (DHAM) |
11:45 | Guest Speaker Panel – Moderated by Prof. Emeritus Thomas Jahns |
LUNCH – 60MIN
1:00 – 3:00 | On-Campus Poster Session |
3:00 | Alumni Gathering @ Union South |
