The April 2022 issue of the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC). The publication, which received 143 submissions and published 55 papers from researchers in 19 countries, is a singular honor for WEMPEC, which is an educational and research leader in electric machines, power electronics, actuators, sensors, drives, motion control and drive applications.
Announcements
Remembering Emeritus Professor Donald Novotny
Electrical and Computer Engineering Emeritus Professor Donald Novotny passed away on May 7, 2022 at the age of 87. Novotny was a highly-respected visionary in the field of electric machines, variable-frequency AC drive systems, and power electronic control of industrial systems, and an inspiration to innumerable UW-Madison students and colleagues during a career that spanned over a half-century.
Save the date for WEMPEC Annual Review, May 17-18, 2022!
We’re working toward and hoping for an in-person gathering this year, and we’ll provide more information in February. However, Annual Review is not the only time that we share the lessons we’ve learned in the …
WEMPEC Celebrates Awards Season
Our campus and faculty have successfully completed a full return to normal teaching and research activities after implementation of a careful set of protocols to manage Covid-19. We are wrapping up the semester with cautious …
Seeking Assistant Professor Energy Systems
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is growing its faculty in the area of energy systems and is seeking candidates for a tenure-track position in the broad discipline …
WEMPEC Co-Director Prof. Jahns Announces Retirement
Prof. Tom Jahns has announced that he will retire from his active faculty position at UW-Madison on June 30, 2021. Prof. Jahns joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1998 as the Grainger Professor of Power Electronics and Electric Machines.
Join 2021 WEMPEC Annual Review!
Join us for technical presentations presented by our faculty and students followed by our “open lab” research project discussion session. All sponsoring companies are invited to attend. Registered attendees can login to the virtual event webpage to …
Register for WEMPEC Annual Review!
We are excited for you all to join us at Annual Review! Please follow the link to register.
Plans for 2021 WEMPEC Annual Review Meeting, May 11-12
We are writing again, as promised, to discuss plans for our upcoming 2021 WEMPEC Annual Review Meeting scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, May 11-12. After careful deliberations involving all of the WEMPEC faculty…
Prof. Giri Venkataramanan Named WEMPEC Co-Director
There is an important change in the WEMPEC leadership that I am pleased to report. WEMPEC faculty members have unanimously agreed to appoint Prof. Giri Venkataramanan as a WEMPEC Co-Director…