May 17th to May 18th, 2023
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Engineering Hall
Join us for in-person technical presentations presented by our faculty and students followed by
our “open lab” research project discussion session.
2023 Annual Review recording now available online!
Recordings of the faculty and students’ presentations and students’ research posters from the 2023 WEMPEC Annual Review are now available in the Publications section of this website. Please filter category Type for “Annual Review”.
View the Annual Review Recordings and Posters

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
2023 AGENDA
Wednesday, May 17th
7:30 | Networking Breakfast |
8:00 | Opening Remarks – WEMPEC Director Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
8:05 | Dean Ian Robertson – College of Engineering Welcome |
8:10 | WEMPEC Present and Future – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
8:30 | Weightless Motors – Prof. Eric Severson |
9:15 | Our Experience 3D Printing Soft-magnetic Components: An Axial Flux Machine Case Study – Nishanth |
9:35 | Multi-Metal Additive Manufacturing of a Synchronous Reluctance Rotor – Dante Newman and Patrick Faue |
BREAK – 20MIN
10:15 | Research Update – Prof. Dan Ludois |
11:00 | Single Wire Power Tethers – Shiying Wang |
11:20 | Integrated Capacitive Resolvers in Wound Field Machines – Marisa Liben |
11:40 | InterPro Continuing Education Opportunities – Associate Dean (InterPro) Ed Borbely |
LUNCH BREAK – 60MIN
1:00 | Uncovering the Benefits of Current Source Inverters using WBG Devices – Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu |
1:45 | Novel Air Cooling Techniques for Electric Machines using Inlet and Outlet Housing Openings and Blade-Shaped Rotor Design – Leyue Zhang |
2:05 | 3D-Printed Heat Exchangers for Direct Winding Cooling in Electric Machines – Ahmed Hembel |
2:30 – 5:00 | On-Campus Poster Session |
4:30 – 6:00 | Networking Reception |
Thursday, May 18th
7:30 | Networking Breakfast |
8:00 | Opening Remarks – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
8:05 | Prof. Susan Hagness – Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Welcome |
8:10 | WEMPEC Affiliate Faculty Introductions |
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
8:30 | Research Update – Prof. Giri Venkataramanan |
8:35 | Liquid Immersed Electronics for High Density Power Converters – Jamie Turnbull |
8:55 | Threshold-Based Energy Management in Resource-Constrained Systems – Maitreyee Marathe |
9:15 | Impedance Based Dynamic Modeling and Stability Analysis of Electromechanical Systems – Lav Thyagarajan |
9:35 | Frequency Adaptive Phase Compensated Harmonic Regulators – Vlatko Miskovic |
BREAK – 20MIN
10:15 | Reaching for the Sky with Fault-Tolerant Modular Motor Drives – Emeritus Prof. Tom Jahns |
11:00 | Aircraft Electrification NAE Guest Panel – Prof. Longya Xu, Dr. Vladimir Blasko, Dr. Hao Huang |
LUNCH BREAK – 60MIN
1:00 – 3:00 | On-Campus Poster Session |
3:00 | Informal Networking Social (Union South – Sett) |
