Prof. Daniel Ludois is the first WEMPEC Faculty member to be featured in ECE’s evolving “Focus on Faculty” video profile series. Follow the link to learn more about what drives him and his research group!
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Professors Chirag Gupta and Shubhra Pasayat add new energy and resources to power semiconductor research.
Semiconductor chips aren’t just the “brains” of our computers and smart phones. A different variety of chip, called power semiconductors, transform, route and manage the energy that powers our gadgets and are equally as important. Making them faster and more efficient is just as critical to enabling next generation technologies as improving processor speed.
ECE at UW-Madison was well-represented at the ARPA-E
ARPA-E’s Unlocking Lasting Transformative Resilience Advances by Faster Actuation of Power Semiconductor Technologies (ULTRAFAST) program in Chicago. Professor Bulent Sarlioglu‘s invited talk covered “EMI/EMC Considerations Associated with Wide Bandgap Device-based Power Electronics,” and Assistant Professor …
Video available: Watch Prof. Giri’s Talk on Jevons’ Paradox and Decarbonization online
Over a hundred years ago, the English economist William Stanley Jevons keenly observed that technological advances that increase energy efficiency leads to further increased energy consumption and not the other way around. In this talk, Prof. Giri reviews Jevons’ observations and links it to present ones. The talk was given in September 2023 as part of the Wisconsin Energy Institute’s Sustainable Energy series.
Wave energy harvesting project among first round winners of DOE InDEEP prize
WEMPEC PhD student David Skrovanek, Professor Dan Ludois, and Professor Ted Brekken of Oregon State University are among the first stage winners on the DOE’s InDEEP prize supporting research in the area of ocean wave energy technology.
Giri Venkataramanan named an IEEE Fellow
Giri Venkataramanan, the Keith and Jane Morgan Nosbusch Engineering Education Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to the control of energy resources in microgrids.
Riccardo Breda receives IEEE PELS Fellowships
Riccardo is a visiting student from the University of Udine in Italy, advised by Prof. Bulent Sarlioglu.
High expectations for single-wire power exchange
Professor Daniel Ludois and PhD student Shiying Wang received the award for Best Oral Presentation Paper in Emerging Technology for IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2023. The award was announced at the IEEE ECCE in Nashville, TN in November.
Three UW-Madison COE Alumni on Forbes 30 Under 30 List
H3X co-founders and UW Madison College of Engineering Alumni, are moving the world one step closer to electrifying the skies with new lightweight, power-dense electric motors.
ASPE awards for Prof. Lei Zhou and two of her PhD students
Prof. Lei Zhou and her PhD students Laura Homiller and Jinjie Wu were honored with an Early Career Award and Student Scholarship awards ant the 38th American Society for Precision Engineering annual meeting in November. Read more about these recognitions and the awardees here.