Technical Program Committee

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs

Z. John Shen, University of Central Florida, USA
Pete Wung, A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company, USA

Sustainable Energy Applications Subcommittee

Dehong (Mark) Xu (Vice Chair), Zhejiang University, China
Sudip Mazumder (Vice Chair), University of Illinois-Chicago, USA
Burak Ozpineci, Oak Ridge National Labs, USA
Robert Chin, ABB, Sweden
Pat Wheeler, University of Nottingham, UK
Naaser Kutkut, University of Central Florida, USA
Robert Balog, Texas A&M University, USA
Annette von Jouanne, Oregon State University, USA
Ted Brekken, Oregon State University, USA
Madhav D. Manjrekar, Siemens, USA
Liuchen Chang, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Francisco Canales, ABB, Switzerland
Zhe Chen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Subhashish Bhattacharya, North Carolina State University, USA

Energy Efficiency and Industrial Applications Subcommittee

Po-Tai Cheng (Vice Chair), National Tsinghua University, Taiwan
William Peterson (Vice Chair), E & M Power, USA
Stefan Schröder, GE Global Research, Germany
Haidong Yu, John Deere Corporation, USA
Ahmed Zobaa, University of Exeter, UK
Caisheng Wang, Wayne State University, USA
Kevin Lee, Eaton Corporation, USA
Jo Olsen, Sylvania, USA
Tsorng-Juu (Peter) Liang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Annabelle Pratt, Intel Corporation, USA
Richard Wallace, Whirlpool Corporation, USA

Transportation Applications Subcommittee

Ali Emadi (Vice Chair), Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Gui-Jia Su, Oak Ridge National Laboratoires, USA
Anand Sathyan, Chrysler LLC, USA
Srdjan Lukic, North Carolina State University, USA
Sewan Choi, Seoul National University of Technology, Korea
Suresh Gopalakrishnan, General Motor, USA
Zareh Soghomonian, BMT Syntek Technologies, USA
Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Energy Public Policy, Economics, and Business Perspectives Subcommittee

Deepak Divan (Vice Chair), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Frank Kreikebaum, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Adam Skorek, University of Quebec, Canada
Ahmed Zobaa, University of Exeter, UK

DC-DC Converters Subcommittee

Dragan Maksimovic (Vice Chair), University of Colorado, USA
Yanfei Liu (Vice Chair), Queen's University, Canada
Javier Sebastián, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Jaber Abu-Qahouq, University of Alabama, USA
Zhiliang Zhang, Nanjing University of Aero and Astronautics, China
Oscar García Suárez, UPM, Spain
Tsorng-Juu (Peter) Liang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Gerry Moschopoulos, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Regan Zane, University of Colorado, USA
Matthew Wilkowski, Enpirion, USA

AC-DC Rectifiers Subcommittee

Jian Sun (Vice Chair), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Rolando Burgos, ABB, USA
Min Chen, National Semiconductor, USA
Mohamed Orabi, South Valley University, Egypt
Xiong Du, Chonqing University, China
Yongsug Suh, Chonbuk National University, South Korea
Thomas Nussbaumer, Levitronix, Switzerland

DC-AC Inverters Subcommittee

Fang Peng (Vice Chair), Michigan State University, USA
Edison Da Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Bingsen Wang,  Michigan State University, USA
Hideaki Fujita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Gui-jia Su, Oak Ridge National Laboratoires, USA
Andrew Loh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jin Wang, Ohio State University, USA
Madhav Manjrekar, Siemens, USA
Toshihisa Shimizu, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

AC-AC Converters Subcommittee

Lixiang Wei (Vice Chair), Rockwell Automation, USA
Pat Wheeler, University of Nottingham, UK
Robert Balog, Texas A&M University, USA
Rolando Burgos, ABB, USA
Bingsen Wang, Michigan State University, USA

Electric Machines Subcommittee

Aldo Boglietti (Vice Chair), Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Mircea Popescu (Vice Chair), Motor Design Ltd., UK
Emmanuel Agamloh, Advanced Energy Corporation, USA
Andy Knight, University of Alberta, Canada
Dan Ionel, A.O. Smith Corporate Technology, USA
Ayman El-Refaie, GE Global Research Center, USA
Francesco Cupertino, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Yoshiaki Kano, Nagoya Toyota National College of Technology, Japan
Akira Chiba, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
David Dorrell, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Andrea Cavagnino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Lee Sang Bin, Korea University, South Korea

Electric Drives Subcommittee

Alfio Consoli (Vice Chair), University of Catania, Italy
Yen-Shin Lai (Vice Chair), National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Michael Harke (Vice Chair), Danfoss Power Electronics, USA
Nicola Bianchi, University of Padova, Italy
Radu Bojoi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Ranga Tallam, Rockwell Automation, USA
Fernando Briz, University of Oviedo, Spain
Gianmario Pellegrino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Parag Kshirsugar, United Technologies Research Center, USA
Mario Pacas, University of Siegen, Germany

Components, Materials, Packaging, and Other Enabling Technologies Subcommittee

Adam Konopka (Vice Chair), Hamilton Sundstrand, USA
Angus Bryant (Vice Chair), University of Warwick, UK
Charlie Sullivan, Dartmouth College, USA
J. Braham Ferreira, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Jean-Luc Schanen, G2E Lab, France
Adam Skorek  University of Quebec, Canada
Z. John Shen, University of Central Florida, USA

Other Energy Conversion Related Topics Subcommittee

Z. Qiang Zhu (Vice Chair), University of Sheffield, UK
Ayman El-Refaie (Vice Chair), General Electric, USA
Chunbo Zhu (Vice Chair), Harbin Institute of Technology, China