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From the Editor
Babak Fahimi
Hello everyone,
I am pleased to announce
that the Phase-I proposal for the
IEEE Power Electronics Maga-
zine with a targeted start date of
January 2014 was unanimously
approved by the IEEE Publica-
tion committee. There is still
quite a bit of work left to obtain
the final approval of the phase-II proposal but we
are up to a great start. I like to extend my thanks to
Dr. Tan, Dr. Chang, Dr. Enjeti, Dr. Boroyevich and
Ms. Donna Florek in particular for their support in
this process and the entire PELS community for their
overwhelming support through the recent survey for
creation of this new magazine.
In this issue we introduce the new PELS President,
Dr. Dong Tan, succeeding outgoing President
Dr. Dushan Boroyevich, who writes his first presi-
dents message in this issue.
In this issue we also list the 2012 recipients of the
IEEE Newell Award, the PELS Distinguished Service
Award, the PELS R. David Middlebrook technical
achievement award and the PELS Bass Outstanding
Young Power Electronics Engineer Award. Finally
we note the Argentina Chapter is the recipient of the
Best Chapter Award.
The fast approaching 2013 Applied Power Elec-
tronics Conference and Expo APEC 2013 is featured
on the cover and is the first of the series of PELS-
related conferences in 2013 covering every aspect of
power electronics.
As always, the PELS Newsletter solicits short
articles of technical interest, reports from the field
of PELS related activities and announcements of
upcoming meetings. Please contact our Associate
Technical Editors for more information.
Babak Fahimi
pelsnews@ieee.org
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Presidents Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Call For Technical Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
IEEE PELS Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
GRAPES: Bringing Power Electronics to the Electric
Power Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ITEC 2013 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ECCE 2013 Flyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PEDG 2013 Call for Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Joint IEEE IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter Meeting at
University of Paderborn and dSPACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power
Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
IEEE Power Electronics Society Officers
Dong Tan President
Deepak Divan Sr. Past President
Dushan Boroyevich Jr. Past President
Alan Mantooth V.P. Operations
Braham Ferreira V.P. Meetings
Prasad Enjeti V.P. Products
Ron Harley Treasurer
Donna Florek Executive Officer
Jerry L. Hudgins Division II Director
Babak Fahimi Newsletter Editor-in-Chief
Liuchen Chang Associate Technical Editor
Walter Chalupa Sales Manager - East
Tom Flynn Sales Manager - West
Grant Pitel PELS Webmaster
http://www.pels.org
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4 IEEE Power Electronics Society NEWSLETTER First Quarter 2013
Presidents Message
F. Dong Tan
Call For Technical Articles
As we are celebrating the New Year, PELS wel-
comes a new team of leadership. For the next
two years. I will have the privilege to serve as
the PELS president, together with a highly
qualified team of volunteers: Alan Mantooth as
VP for Operations, Braham Ferreira as VP for
Meetings, and Prasad Enjeti as VP for Products.
Each one of them brings to the job many years
of experiences and dedicated services to IEEE
in general and PELS in particular.
Equally exciting, we welcome the class of 2013 IEEE fellows eval-
uated by PELS and approved by the IEEE Board of directors: Ali
Emadi, Cian OMathuna, Dehong Xu, David Perreault, Yan-Fei Liu,
Donald Holmes and Leon Tolbert.
Id like to express my personal gratitude to Dushan Borojevich,
PELS President from 2011 to 2012. Under Dushans leadership,
PELS continued its remarkable growth in its technical activities cov-
ering all aspects of power electronics applications and systems, sig-
nificant outreach to international communities with unprecedented
portfolio of diverse conferences, symposiums and workshops, and
ever increasing presence in print, on the web and digital media
with many new product offerings for our members and the society
at large.
As we move forward to the New Year, we will continue the
growth of PELS in all areas by focusing on the following: 1) Con-
tinue to promote power electronics and the community it serves to
the society at large; 2) Grow and solidify our technical activities by
bringing more young people, more resources and structural support;
3) Strive to improve services and values to PELS members, particu-
larly to industry practitioners and our international colleagues; and
4) Collaborate more effectively with our sister societies.
With sustainability, our community is gaining wider recognition
as a top-tier technology discriminator. A prominent example is last
years recognition of one of the Newell awardees with the National
Medal of Technology and Innovation. This is a golden era for PELS to
grow. I am looking forward to your support and to working together
to achieve the objectives essential for PELS future success.
In my next message, I will update you with our celebration plan
for PELS 25th anniversary and more details on our action plan for
the next two years.
The PELS Newsletter solicits short articles of general interest
describing the state of the art or areas of emerging interest in the
field of Power Electronics
For further information, please contact
PELS Newsletter Associate Technical
Editors
Dr. Liuchen Chang
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canada
lchang@unb.ca
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IEEE PELS Awards
IEEE William E. Newell
Power Electronics Award Recipient
Leo Lorenz
Leo Lorenz developed some of the most impor-
tant innovations in power electronics, spear-
heading the movement from conventional power
conversion technology to high-frequency and
high-power methods. Working with Siemens
Semiconductor in Munich, Dr. Lorenz developed
the first ultrafast switching multi-die direct copper bonded-based
power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET)
module in 1986, which serves as the foundation of todays power
module technology. He pioneered the product definition and con-
cept engineering of the first ultrathin wafer non-punch-through
(NPT) insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) in 1987 and developed
the sandwich technology (the basis for controlled integrated power
systems) for advanced integrated power modules, which is an impor-
tant component in home appliances and automotive applications. An
IEEE Fellow, Dr. Lorenz is currently a professor at TU-Ilmenau and
president of the European Center for Power Electronics.
IEEE PELS Harry A. Owen, Jr.
Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Thomas Habetler
Thomas G. Habetler received the B.S.E.E. degree
in 1981 and the M.S. degree in 1984, both in elec-
trical engineering, from Marquette University,
Milwaukee, WI, and the Ph.D. degree from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, in 1989. From
19831985 he was employed by the Electro-Motive Division of General
Motors as a Project Engineer. Since 1989, he has been employed by the
Georgia Institute of technology, Atlanta, USA, where he is currently a
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests
are in electric machine protection and condition monitoring, switching
converter technology, and drives. He has published over 300 technical
papers in the field. He is a regular consultant to industry in the field of
condition-based diagnostics for electrical systems. Dr. Habetler was the
inaugural recipient of the IEEE-PELS Diagnostics Achievement Award,
and a recipient of the EPEPEMC Outstanding Achievement Award. He
has also received one Transactions and four conference prize paper
awards from the Industry Applications Society. He has served on the
IEEE Board of Directors as the Division II Director, on the Technical
Activities Board, the Member and Geographic Activities Board, an d is a
past president of the Power Electronics Society. In addition, Dr. Habetler
has served in numerous chair and committee positions at the corporate
level of the IEEE. He has also served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE
Transactions on Power Electronics. Dr. Habetler is a Fellow of the IEEE,
with the citation, for contributions to electric motor control and condi-
tion monitoring.
Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power
Electronics Engineer Award Recipient
Samir Kouro
Samir Kouro was born in Valdivia, Chile, in
1978. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees
in electronics engineering from the Universidad
Tcnica Federico Santa Mara (UTFSM),
Valparaso, Chile, in 2004 and 2008, respec-
tively. In 2004, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering,
UTFSM, as a Research Assistant, and became an Associated
Researcher in 2008 and Research Academic in 2011. From 2009 to
2011 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
His research interests include power converters, variable-speed
drives, and renewable energy power conversion systems (both
wind and photovoltaic). Dr. Kouro has directed 4 Fondecyt projects,
and is an associated researcher of the Basal project CCTVal; he has
coauthored one book, two book chapters and over 50 refereed
journal and conference papers; he has served as Co-chair for 7
special sessions in conferences and as Guest Editor for a special
section in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. Dr. Kouro
was recipient of the 2008 best paper award of the IEEE Industrial
Electronics Magazine, the 2011 best paper award of the IEEE
Transaction on Industrial Electronics, the Ismael Valdes award
from the Institute of Engineers of Chile in 2005, and was recognized
by the President of the Republic as the youngest researcher of
Fondecyt in 2004. Dr. Kouro is member of the IEEE PELS, IES and
IAS societies.
IEEE PELS R. David Middlebrook
Technical Achievement Award Recipient
Prasad Enjeti
Prasad Enjeti received his B.E degree in 1980
from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, M.
Tech degree in 1982 from IIT Kanpur, India and
Ph.D. degree in 1987 from Concordia University,
Montreal, Canada, all in electrical engineering.
Since 1988 he has been at Texas A&M University,
USA, where he is currently a professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. His research focus is on advancing power electronic
converters for utility interface of solar-photovoltaic/wind/fuel-cell/
battery energy storage power systems. He has published over 300
technical papers in the field. He is the lead developer of the Power
Electronics/Power Quality & Fuel Cell Power Conditioning
Laboratories at Texas A&M University.
He is a regular consultant to industry in the field of condition
based diagnostics for electrical systems. Dr. Enjeti holds four US
patents and has licensed two new technologies to the industry so
far. He was the recipient of several IEEE prize paper awards. He
currently serves as digital media editor in chief for IEEE Power
Electronics Society. In year 2000, he was elected to Fellow grade
by the IEEE Fellow Committee for Contributions to solutions of
utility interface problems in power electronic systems and har-
monic mitigation.
2012 PELS Best Chapter Award
The Power Electronics Society Best Chapter Award was established
in 2001 to recognize excellent service by a PELS Chapter to its mem-
bers and to the power electronics community. The award consists of
a certificate that includes the names of the Chapter chair, secretary
and treasurer, and a monetary award of $1,500. The Chapter may
use the monetary award to support its activities, including expenses
for a Chapter representative to attend the Awards Ceremony. In 2012
the best chapter award goes to:
The Argentina Section
Joint Chapter
Chair: Cristian H. De Angelo
First Quarter 2013 IEEE Power Electronics Society NEWSLETTER 7
GRAPES: Bringing Power Electronics to the
Electric Power Grid
Alan Mantooth & Roger Dougal
GRAPES Center Directors
About the Center
GRAPES, the NSF Center for GRid-connected
Advanced Power Electronic Systems, was
founded in 2009 as an NSF Industry/University
Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) with
sites at the University of Arkansas and the
University of South Carolina. The mission of
the GRAPES Center is to accelerate the adop-
tion and insertion of power electronics into the
electric grid to enable smart power flow and
subsequently improve system stability, flexibility,
robustness, and economy. This mission is accom-
plished by focusing on the following main objectives:
Developing new technologies for advanced power elec-
tronic systems in the areas supporting grid-connected distributed
energy resources, power conditioning and routing devices, and
intelligent load-side devices,
Developing the software and tools for controlling embedded-
and grid-connected power electronics to benefit the grid as well
as controlled loads,
Educating engineers who understand the power electronic tech-
nologies important to the member companies and industry in
general.
Nine professors are involved in the centers research, supported
by two full-time and two part-time operations staff. More than fifty
graduate and undergraduate students are associated
with GRAPES projects. In the first three years of
the center, GRAPES has graduated over a dozen
students at all levels, many of whom have gone
on to work at member companies immediately
after graduating.
GRAPES follows the traditional I/UCRC mod-
el in which companies membership funds are
pooled to support the research that is conducted
by university researchers. Representatives of each
member company constitute the Industrial Advisory
Board (IAB) and this board meets face-to-face twice
a year, and via teleconference numerous other times to
discuss project ideas, strategic goals for the center, learn
about ongoing work and decide which future research should be
pursued. Currently, GRAPES nineteen industrial members are fund-
ing 14 projects.
About the Research
One of the strengths of GRAPES research program is the breadth
of expertise available from its researchers, which covers the vast
array of issues that need to be addressed in order to create success-
ful power electronics. GRAPES researchers have expertise in areas
from power packaging and simulation, to circuit design and
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Developed packaging structures, materials and characteristics for
power modules carrying devices rated up to 10 kV. This improves
the voltage and current handling capability of the power modules
used in power electronic systems.
Built a 2 kW prototype of a smart green power node, a uni-
versal power router and energy management device for resi-
dential applications, including writing predictive algorithms
for system control.
Developed a software tool for layout synthesis of power modules
that allows tradeoffs of temperature vs. electrical parasitics for a
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sary voltage limits.
Developed tools and methods utilizing synchrophasor data to
assess voltage stability in the presence of high penetrations of
grid-connected power electronic devices. Included in this work,
researchers developed an improved algorithm for frequency
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research labs and in industry settings. This platform has already
been used in several projects, including the 2 kW smart green
power node.
Directions of Power Electronics
The past decade has seen some significant advances in wide
bandgap semiconductor devices, including commercialization of
SiC and GaN. Further material advances have aided in the devel-
opment of the power electronic packaging to achieve levels of
power density at the module level that have not been previously
attained. This becomes still more impressive with the advances in
single chip gate drivers and power supplies on a chip. The intel-
ligent or smart integrated power electronic module is a reality in
the laboratory and should become a commercial reality in the
near term. The significance of this integration is that costs will
come down and reliability will increase in much the same way as
occurred in integrated circuits in the 1980s and 1990s. Continuing
advances will be required in all of these areas, but the research
communities in both industry and academia are engaged to make
this happen.
New advances are expected in SiC and GaN devices including
higher blocking voltages, higher current ratings, and higher yieldsas
material quality is improved. New advances in power electronic
module packaging are also right around the corner including new
passivation materials, thermal management techniques, and wire
bondless interconnect methods. The realization of wide bandgap
IC design will enable still tighter module-level integration of drivers,
protection circuitry, command and control circuitry within the mod-
ules in those applications where desirable.
All of these advances at the technology level will most certainly
be followed by advances in system level controls that will take ad-
vantage of new capabilities. The growing concentration of power
electronics in the electric power grid will require ever more care-
ful coordination of power electronic-based assets, while also offer-
ing opportunities for higher penetration of storage, renewables, and
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ITEC is aimed at helping the industry in the transition from conventional vehicles to advanced electried vehicles. The
conference is focused on components, systems, standards, and grid interface technologies, related to efcient power
conversion for all types of electried transportation, including electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and plug-in
hybrid electric vehicles (EVs, HEVs, and PHEVs) as well as heavy-duty, rail, and of-road vehicles and airplanes and ships.
Paper and presentation proposals are being invited in the following or related technical track topic areas:
t Power Electronics and Electric Motor Drives
t Electric Machines and Actuators
t Battery and Battery Management
t Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle System Architectures
t Smart Grid, Electrical Infrastructure, and V2G
t Electrication of Heavy-Duty and Of-Road Vehicles
t Fuel Cells and Applications in Transportation
t Electrical Systems and Components for Sea, Undersea, Air, and Space Vehicles
t Modeling, Simulation, and Control
t Standards, Policies, and Regulations for Transportation Electrication
Paper Submission Guidelines
Prospective authors are invited to submit their paper proposals through the conference webpage
(http://itec-conf.com/). Each paper proposal must include:
t Technical track name, paper title, name(s) of author(s), afliation(s), mailing address(es), and e-mail address(es). If there
are multiple authors, please identify the corresponding author.
t An abstract of maximum 100 words and a digest of maximum 5 pages (single-column, double spaced, including gures
and tables).
Special Presentation (SP) only Sessions
Authors who would like to present their work, but do not wish to contribute a full paper can submit a 1-page digest for
Special Presentation (SP) only Sessions. A regular paper is not needed. If accepted, speakers could make a presentation
at the conference. Such presentations and 1-page digests will not be published in IEEE Xplore.
Key Dates
Deadline for submission of paper proposals (abstracts/digests): December 14, 2012
Authors notication of acceptance: February 1, 2013
Deadline for submission of nal camera-ready manuscripts: April 5, 2013
Deadline for early registration: April 5, 2013
Exhibition
The conference will feature an industry exhibition focused on electried vehicles and components, subsystems, and
systems for all types of electried vehicles and transportation systems (land, air, space, and sea).
Exhibitor package includes:
t Two complimentary registrations with every 10 x 10 booth space purchased
t Presentation time in the exhibit hall
t Exhibitor literature will be included in conference materials
Unit Cost (10x10 Booth Space)
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Conference Highlights
- o Technicul Trucks (Pupers & Tutcriuls)
- High-Level lndustry Keyncte Presentuticns
- EV/HEV Bcct Cump (Educuticnul Shcrt Ccurses und Tutcriuls fcr Munugers und Engineers)
- lndustry Presentuticn - Only Sessicns
- Punel Discussicns (including Pclicy lssues, Stundurds, Fleet Munugement, etc.)
- lndustry Exhibiticn
- Public/Mediu Night (including Public Awureness Sessicns, cpen tc the public und mediu fcr free)
Steering Committee
Bcgdun Bcrcwy, Cenerul Atcmics
Rik DeDcncker, RWTH Auchen University
Deepuk Divun, Cecrgiu lnstitute cf Technclcgy
Ali Emudi (Chuir), McMuster University
Bubuk Fuhimi, University cf Texus ut Dullus
Silvu Hiti, Cenerul Mctcrs
Phil Krein, University cf lllincis ut Urbunu-Chumpuign
|chn M. Miller, Ouk Ridge Nuticnul Lubcrutcry
|im Nugushimu, Nugushimu Advunced Technclcgy Ccnsulting
Kuushik Ru|ushekuru, Rclls-Rcyce Ccrpcruticn
|chn Shen, University cf Centrul Flcridu
Peter Steimer, ABB Switzerlund Ltd.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair
Alirezu Khuligh, University cf Murylund ut Ccllege Purk
General Co-Chair
Buruk Ozpineci, Ouk Ridge Nuticnul Lubcrutcry
General Co-Chair
Bulent Surlicglu, University cf Wisccnsin-Mudiscn
Program Chair
Muhesh Krishnumurthy, lllincis lnstitute cf
Technology
Program Co-Chair
Anund Suthyun, Chrysler Crcup LLC
Assistant Program Chair
Nuruyun C. Kur, University cf Windscr
Publications Chair
Omer C. Onur, Ouk Ridge Nuticnul Lubcrutcry
Registration Chair
Berker Bilgin, MucAUTO, McMuster University
IEEE TAB/FDC Electric Vehicle Committee Co-Chairs
& IEEE Transportation Electrification Initiative Chairs
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IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Liasion Chair
Kevin Tuylcr
Technical Chair for Electric Machines
Hcssein Dudkhuh, Chrysler LLC
Awards Chair
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Automotive Industry Liaison Chairs
Suresh Ccpulukrishnun, CM
Michuel Degner, Fcrd
Hcng Yung, Chrysler LLC
Commercial Vehicle Industry Liaison Chair
Willium Butten, Oshkcsh Ccrpcruticn
Rail Vehicle Industry Liaison Chair
Tim Richter, CE Clcbul Reseurch
Off-Road Vehicle Industry Liaison Chairs
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Kumiur Kurimi, The Bceing Ccmpuny
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The Fifth Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and
Exposition (ECCE 2013) will be held in Denver, Colorado,
on September 1519, 2013. ECCE 2013 is the premiere
international conference and exposition event you cant
afford to miss. To be held in the Mile High City of Denver,
ECCE 2013 will feature both industry-driven and
application-oriented technical sessions, as well as industry
expositions and seminars. ECCE 2013 will bring together
practicing engineers, researchers and other professionals
for interactive discussions on the latest advances in
various areas related to energy conversion.
Technical papers are solicited on any subject pertaining to
the scope of the conference that includes, but is not limited
to, the following major topics:
Energy Conversion Systems
Renewable and alternative energy systemssolar, wind,
wave, energy harvesting, and energy storage
Smart grid and utility applicationsrenewable energy
integration, distributed resources and micro-grids, HVDC,
FACTS, V2G-G2V, and electronic transformers
Energy efficiency and industrial applicationslighting,
smart appliances, high efficiency motor drives, smart
buildings, consumer electronics and others
Computer and telecommunication applicationspower
supplies, UPS, energy storage, energy harvesting and
system architectures
Transportation applicationselectric and hybrid vehicles,
infrastructure, traction, marine and aerospace
Power conversion systems stability and power quality
Components and Subsystems for Energy Conversion
Electric machines and actuators
Electric motor drives
Power converters
Power semiconductor devices and packaging
Magnetic materials and other passive components
Converter-level packaging and integration
Converter and components modeling, control and EMI,
focused on circuits, advanced controls, measurement
and sensing, reliability and thermal modeling
Reliability, diagnostics and prognostics
Denver is the capital of Colorado and the vibrant center of
the mountain west region. Nestled in the foothills of the
Rocky Mountain West, Denver enjoys over 300 days of
sunshine per year and is surrounded by the breathtaking
vistas of the mountains and beyond. Over the years
Denver has become the strategic center of renewable
energy world. Major universities, research centers, and
numerous renewable energy companies settle in the Rocky
Mountain area because of the high energy, high achieving
spirit of the American West. The conference will be held in
the state of the art Colorado Convention Center, a premier
sustainable green meeting facility. The center received
LEED Existing Building: Operation and Maintenance, one
of the largest convention centers in the country to have
achieved this certification.
For more information, please visit http://www.ecce2013.org
or contact the ECCE 2013 Technical Program Chairs at
ecce2013tpc@gmail.com. For exhibiting at ECCE 2013,
please contact conference Exhibition Chair at
mohammad.islam@nexteer.com. For more about Denver
and its surrounding areas, please visit
http://www.denver.org.
ECCE 2013 Organizing Committee
General Chair
Pete Wung, Regal-Beloit Corporation, USA
Technical Program Chairs
Aldo Boglietti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Michael Harke, Danfoss, USA
Paolo Mattavelli, Virginia Tech, USA
Giovanna Oriti, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Aleksandar Prodic, University of Toronto, Canada
Exhibit and Industry Sessions
Mohammad Islam, Nexteer, USA
Tutorials
Andy Knight, University of Alberta, Canada
Plenary
Dan Saban, Danotek Motion Technologies, USA
Student Activities
Helen Li, Florida State University, USA
Awards
Emmanuel Agamloh, Advanced Energy Corp., USA
Web/Social Media
Jennifer Vining, Daimler, USA
Publicity
Po-tai Cheng, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Local
Eduard Muljadi, NREL, USA
David Gao, Denver University, USA
www.ecce2013.org

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General Chair
Mark Dehong Xu
Zhejiang University, China

General Co-Chairs
Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University, Denmark
Juan Carlos Balda
University of Arkansas,USA

Internaonal Steering Commiee
Chair
Liuchen Chang
University of New Brunswick, Canada

Technical Program Commiee
Chair
Juan Carlos Balda
University of Arkansas, USA
Co-Chairs
Simon Ang
University of Arkansas, USA
Edilberto Hall Mitre
Universidad Tecnolgica de Panam
Tsuyoshi Funaki
Osaka University, Japan
Alexis Kwasinski
University of Texas at Ausn, USA
Udaya Madawala
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Marco Liserre
Aalborg University, Denmark
Sudip Mazunder
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Marn Ordonez
University of Brish Columbia, Canada
Yaosuo Xue
Siemens, USA
Ahmed Zobaa
Brunel University, UK
Local Arrangement Chair
Alan Mantooth
University of Arkansas, USA
Treasurer
Roy McCann
University of Arkansas, USA
Publicaon Chair
Enrico San
University of South Carolina, USA

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Following on the successes of the three international symposia devoted to the technological advances in
power electronics and distributed generation, the 4
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Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG2013) will be held from July 8
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Arkansas, USA. The venue is easily accessed through direct flights from a number of large airports in
the USA. This international symposium sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society will provide
a venue for experts to present the state-of-the-art in power electronics and distributed generation (DG)
systems. The symposium, whose working language is English, will feature keynote speeches and
regular technical sessions on theory, analysis, design, test and deployment related to power electronics
for distributed generation and renewable energy systems.
Submission of Papers: Prospective participants are invited to submit electronically an extended
abstract of their work. The document should be in English, and should be a single column and not
exceed 1500 words. The abstracts will be subject to a peer review process. The submission instructions
and symposium information are posted on the symposium website (www.pedg2013.org). Technical
papers are sought on the following topics:
Track I: Sustainable Energy Systems based on Power Electronics
1. Applications of combined heat and power generators, fuel cells, marine energy
systems, microturbines, photovoltaic systems, small hydro units, wind energy
systems, energy harvesting, etc.
2. Energy storage, energy management, and hybrid energy systems
3. Islanding detection, safety protection and standards of DG systems
4. Smart grids, ac and dc micro-grids, demand response control and power system
applications including plug-in hybrid electric vehicle applications

Track II: Components and Modules for Sustainable Energy Systems
1. New power semiconductor devices including high temperature operation
2. Power modules including high temperature operation

Track III: Power Converters for Sustainable Energy Systems
1. High efficient power converters interfacing DG and renewable energy systems to
utility grids; includes power quality and high voltage and high power converters
2. Ground current suppression, dc injection suppression and EMI filter design
3. Technical challenges and barriers of power electronics for DG systems

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Joint IEEE IAS/PELS/IES German
Chapter Meeting at University
of Paderborn and dSPACE
Traditionally in the week before the SPS/IPC/Drives trade fair in
Nuremeberg, Germany the German Joint Chapter has its third chap-
ter meeting of the year.
This time the Chapter had been invited by Prof. Joachim Bcker,
Head of the Chair of Electrical Drives at the Paderborn Universtiy
(LEA) and by Dr. Herbert Hanselmann, founder and CEO of dSPACE.
The meeting started on Thursday with a visit at the Heinz Nixdorf
Forum, the world biggest computern museum. The museum, giv-
ing an overview over the development of information technoligies
starting from the Babylonians to future trends, itself is a worth a trip
(if you plan to visit: please calculate two to three hours of dense
information).
Thereafter the official part of the meeting startet at the dSPACE
headquarters in Paderborn. Dr. Herbert Hanselmann and Prof. Axel
Mertens, Chair of the Chapter welcomed the participants.
Dr. Hanselmann gave an overview of the history and activities of
the company. dSPACE is a company driven by engineers and tech-
nologies. Starting with DSP based rapid control prototyping (RCP)
systems as a tool for control engineers they adopted and enhanced
the Matlab toolchain in the early 90ies setting standards in control
engineering. One of the biggest sectors meanwhile is the HIL test
systems for mainly automotive electronic control units. Development
tools for electric drives however, have been in focusfrom the begin-
ning. After a short tour around the newly buildt headquarter we got
an overview over current trends in development tools for (automo-
tive) E-drives such as RCP systems such as the ones widley refered
in the articles in the transactions of our societies as well as in HIL
simulators for motors and batteries.
The first day ended with a reception at the dSPACE facilities, a
chance to talk with the hosts and refreshen some of the contacts,
especially between our regular particitpants.
The second day was located at the facilities of the University of
Paderborn. Prof. Joachim Bcker again welcomed the audience and
gave an overview over the activies of the Electrical Drives Department
(LEA). Research topics beeing modelling and control of electrical drives,
power electronic systems focusing on high efficiency, automotive drives
Figure 2. IEEE Joint IAS/ PELS / IES German Chapter at the University of Paderborn, Germany.
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(control of the IPMSM in a disc configuration) and self organizing sys-
tems focusing on the energy management of hybrid vehicles.
As usual within a meeting of the Joint German Chapter this
overview was followed by a session of technical
presentations, forming a seminar within the meet-
ing. Wilhelm Peters (LEA) talked about control
strategies for automotive e-drives. Challenges bee-
ing the ratio of 16 kHz switching to 1 kHz funda-
mental frequency of the currents. Depending on
the speed and torque the approach is either based
on maximum effiency or on a maximum torque
per flux stratey.
Michael Leuer and Klaus Peter (both LEA)
presented a scaleable simulation toolset for the
design of e-drive components in a simulated
system environment. Modeling depth can be
selcected for every component. As an example,
Mr Leuer compared the results of a mean val-
ue model of the electrical drive compared to a
swithing modell considering the discrete effect
of the power electronic.
Frank Mertens (dSPACE) gave an overview over
state of the art of the available development tools
for e-drive based automotive drive trains, including
high voltage batteries, electric motors within the
traction system and energy mangement systems.
Matthias Deter (dSPACE) closed this session
with an insight into FPGA based simulations tools
for e-drives. One of the challenges here for an
OEM beeing the collection of the electrical data
of the motors, as these are in the responsibility of
their suppliers. One approach here is to import
the data directly out of the FEM models of the
machines, enabling a dq model as well as angular
effects such as cogging.
After two years of service, the chapter board
had to be re-elected within the IEEE business part
the meeting. Prof. Mertens (chairman) and Dr. Kiel
(vice chair) resigned from their active positions of
several years.
As all chapters members had been contacted
by mail or by letter, the result was not available
before 30th of November. Meanwhile the new
board has been confirmed:
Chair: Dr.-Ing. Omid Forati Kashani
Vice Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mark Bakran
Secretary: Dr.-Ing Andreas Wagener
Treasurer: Prof. Dr. Claus Krger
Additional officers are Dr.-Ing. Stephan Beineke (membership of-
ficer) and Ingo Pletschen (Public relations chair)
The meeting closed with a tour around the facilities and labs of
the LEA.
Dr. Andreas Wagener
IEEE Joint IAS/PELS/IES Chapter
Public relations chair
Everywhere in the world, where engineers are developing solu-
tions for automotive, avioninc or industrial embedded and control
systems, dSPACE systems are used to speed up the development.
Applications are around the development V, starting from con-
trol systems development even without real hardware involved.
dSPACE is a synonym for RCP sytems as well as for HIL testing
of ECUs.
Founded in 1989 by 4 people in Paderborn out of the Univer-
sity, it is now present all around the world mainly close to the
centres of automotive deveolpment. The headcount is meanwhile
1000 persons 800 of them in Paderborn and still hiring.
Figure 1. Dr. Hanselmann welcoming the chapter at the dSPACE
head quarter.
20 IEEE Power Electronics Society NEWSLETTER First Quarter 2013
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Call for Papers
Scheduled Inaugural Issue: July 2013
Power electronics has matured as a discriminating technology for a wide variety of applications from industrial to
transportation to commercial to appliances to energy efficiency and to handheld devices. The technology has
evolved tremendously to approach a wide range of applications and implementations that push limits in dynamics
and energy conversion performance. Consequently, the amount of research work in emerging and selected topics
and the need for close collaborations among industry, research, and academia are growing in an unprecedented
speed. The challenge in the coming years lies in developing new techniques at the lowest possible cost, size and
weight for emerging applications. To address this technology trend and to serve our members better, the IEEE
Power Electronics Society and the IEEE Industry Applications Society are jointly launching a new journal: IEEE
Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (J-ESTPE).
The J-ESTPE strives to publish special issues / sections on timely topics in the emerging technology areas as well
as general papers in power electronics. Its technical scope is the same as its well-established sister publication,
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, or
survey papers, for review for publication in this journal. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
x Solid-state lighting
x Wireless energy transfer
x Power supply on chip
x Intelligent dc/dc power distribution (Nano-
or Micro- Grids)
x Green / renewable energy systems
x Wireless remote sensing node
x Energy harvesting
x Hardware in a loop
x Novel transportation technologies
x Power electronics in electric vehicles
x Special electric machines and drives
x More electric ships
x More electric aircraft
x Advanced nonlinear control methodologies
in power electronics systems
x Computational tools in power converters
x Nonlinear dynamics in renewable energy
Systems
x Hybrid AC and DC micro-grid systems
x Theory for converter topological
development and realization
x Concurrent design of industrial motor drives
x High-temperature converter design
x Novel HVDC transmission for wind power
plants
x Self-healing and resilient power converters
x Novel more efficient semiconductor devices
x Ultra-low and extra high speed motor drives
x Advances in FPGA and DSP realization of
control methods and systems
x Smart buildings and smart homes
Enhanced papers accepted for presentations at APEC and ECCE are welcome. Papers that are design and
applications in nature are particularly welcome.
All manuscripts must be submitted through Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jestpe-ieee.
Refer to http://www.pels.org for general information about electronic submission through Manuscript Central.
Manuscripts submitted for the journal will be reviewed by its editorial board, including guest editors for special
issues / sections.
Editor-in-Chief: Don F. D. Tan, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (dong.tan@ngc.com)
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Olorunfemi Ojo, Tennessee Technological University, (JOjo@tntech.edu)
Editor: Yan-Fei Liu, Queens University, (yanfei.liu@queensu.ca)
First Quarter 2013 IEEE Power Electronics Society NEWSLETTER 21
Power Electronics vacancies in the newly estab-
lished National Center for Power Electronics and
Energy under the leadership of Prof. Adrian
Ioinovici: Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P R
China announces several openings at Associate
Professor, Assistant Professor and post-doc levels for the
above Center. A number of one-year Visiting positions
are also available.
The Sun Yat-Sen University is a top university in China,
situated in a dynamic region aiming to future technol-
ogy innovation. The new laboratory covers 300 sqm and
an initial budget of 8,000,000 allowed for purchasing the
most updated equipment. It aims to be one of the worlds
largest center in the field, performing cutting-edge re-
search in energy conversion. The new faculty will be able
to develop a highly visible research program, allowing
each one to obtain international reputation.
Candidates with background in all fields of power
electronics or related areas are looked for. Competitive
salary will be offered depending on qualifications and
scholarly record. Industrial experience in companies or
participation at industrial projects will be an advantage.
Several PhD positions are also available for master
graduates in power engineering or electronics, or for un-
dergraduates with major in power or electronics from top
universities.
For further information or for submitting a detailed CV,
contact Prof. Adrian Ioinovici (E-mail: a.ioinovici@gmail.com).
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Call for Nomination
IEEE Power Electronics Society
Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program
20142015
The IEEE Distinguished Lecturers Program is one of the most exciting offerings available to the
IEEE Society Chapters. Each year, the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) selects a few
distinguished members of our profession as Distinguished Lecturers, not only to celebrate and honor
their high achievements in the field but also to support PELS chapter activities by providing high profile
speakers for local chapter/section events. The appointed DLs will serve a two year term and fulfill the
commitment of delivering at least two lectures during the period.
If you are or know someone who is an expert on certain topics of power electronics and a good
public speaker, please email a brief nomination package to John Shen, PELS DL Committee Chair at
johnshen@ieee.org by June 1, 2013 which should include the following:
x Nominators contact information and a short bio (not needed for self-nomination)
x Nominees contact information and full resume
x 13 proposed lectures each with a title and short abstract (less than 100 words for each title)
x Nominees past records in giving public lectures, seminars, or tutorials
x List of respective PELS Technical Committee(s) which may potentially endorse the
nomination (for a complete TC list please check www.ieee-pels.org)
The candidates will be evaluated by the DL committee in consultation with respective technical
committees of PELS, based on high distinction earned from their professional work and public speech
experience, and officially approved by the President of PELS with the consent of PELS AdCom no later
than October 1, 2013.
The DLs will be acknowledged in PELS publicity materials and honored at selected PELS award
ceremonies. PELS will support DLs volunteer service by covering transportation expense while the
local PELS chapter will be responsible for local expense (hotel stays and foods etc.).
PELS wishes to thank you in advance for your support in nominating excellent candidates to serve
our society in this distinguished role. For any related questions please contact:
Prof. John Shen
PELS DL Committee Chair
Grainger Chair Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
10 W 35th Street, Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60616
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