May 16th to May 17th, 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 sponsoring companies are invited to attend.
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
2022 AGENDA
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 |
