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University-Based Power Electronics Sites

The links listed here are representative of the many university-based activities in power electronics.

• Aalborg University
• University of California - Berkeley
• University of Bologna
• The University of California - Irvine
• University of Central Florida
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• University of Hawaii
• Helsinki University of Technology
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Leeds University
• North Carolina State University
• Princeton University
• National University of Singapore
• University of Surrey
• Tampere University of Technology - Finland
• Texas A&M University
• Virginia Polytechnic and State University
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• University of Wuppertal

The Institute of Energy Technology offers research, teaching and consultancy in Power Electronics, Electrical Drives and Electrical Machines. Research activities include control of all kind of drives, new power converter topologies, power quality incl. power factor correction, power semiconductor device modeling and gate-drives incl. protection,  high efficiency drives, ground power unit for airplanes, software for machine design and switched mode power supplies. Address: Pontoppidanstraede 101, DK-9220 Aalborg Oe., Denmark, Phone: +45 9635 8080, Fax: +45 9815 1411.

University of California - Berkeley

Power Electronics Home Page

University of Bologna

Dept. of Electrical Engineering - Power Electronics. The Researchers Group is involved in several studies and tests in the fields of power electronics and their applications. Particular attention is addressed to the switching converters design, with reference to the control strategies and the EMI problems. The improvement of the power quality and the optimal active power handling are topics of primary interest for the Group.

The University of California - Irvine

Power Electronics Laboratory. Email: smedley@uci.edu . Tel:714-824-6710 . The Power Electronics Laboratory at University of California, Irvine, is a newly established Laboratory. It is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. We conduct research in the areas of ...

University of Central Florida

Florida Power Electronics Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Its objective is to carry out research and development activities in the area of power electronics to improve efficiency, power density and performance.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Electric Power Research Page. Electric power is a broad area encompassing many aspects of electrical engineering. Meeting the future demand for electric energy while satisfying environmental constraints is certainly one of the most technically challenging and economically important problems facing the world. Georgia Tech offers intensive instructional and research programs that respond to these emerging and crucial issues.

University of Hawaii

Electric Vehicle Page

Helsinki University of Technology

Institute of Intelligent Power Electronics. E-mail: jorma.kyyra@hut.fi. Tel. +358-9-451 2436. The aim of the Institute of Intelligent Power Electronics (IPE) is to bring together the expertise needed to develop and analyze modern power electronics equipment. The IPE will be developed into a major research institute with close relations to industry and foreign universities in this field. The first industrial projects are already being launched.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Power and Energy Systems Area. Power electronics is one of the major research and education activities in the Power and Energy Systems Area of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. The Department is consistently first-ranked among public U.S. universities in surveys, such as in U.S. News & World Report. Power electronics activities have a strong interdisciplinary emphasis, and draw on diverse fields such as control, circuits, electromechanics, and automotive systems.

Leeds University

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK . Tel: (+44) (0113) 2332000, Fax: (+44) (0113) 2332032 . Postgraduate Studies . Programme Structure . Calendar . Entry Requirements . Examinations and Assessment . Module Syllabuses . Core Modules . ...

North Carolina State University

The Electric Power Research Center (EPRC) provides a framework that fosters excellence in electric power systems and power electronics education and research. Research is undertaken by student research assistants, members of the faculty, and industrial participants on problems of significance and value to member companies and in response to national needs.

The Power Semiconductor Research Center (PSRC) is an international consortium created to perform shared-interest research on major issues of smart power technology. Although there are many collaborative centers concerned with advanced electronics, PSRC is the first program in the world to focus on smart power chips.

Princeton University

Center for Energy & Environmental Studies

National University of Singapore

The Centre for Power Electronics (CPE) was established in 1994 to develop and nurture the growing level of research activities in the Department of Electrical Engineering in the field of power electronics. The centre keeps close links with local power electronics based industries and carries out advanced research in power electronics of relevance to industries.

University of Surrey

Surrey Space Centre

Tampere University of Technology - Finland

Power Electronics Laboratory. Welcome to the WWW-Homepage of Power Electronics Laboratory at Tampere University of Technology . The Institute of Power Electronics concentrates on teaching and ...

Texas A&M University

Electrical Engineering home page . Dept. of Electrical Engineering . Texas A&M University . Rated among the top 30 EE depts. in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Report survey . This homepage has been visited times. Click here for more information. . April 27, 1995 . The EE ...

Virginia Polytechnic and State University

The Virginia Power Electronics Center (VPEC) is involved in all areas of power electronics, from computer power supplies that convert less than 100 watts of power, to space and B industrial systems that provide hundreds of kilowatts of power.

University of Technology, Sydney

Interactive Power Electronics On-Line Text. Welcome to the online text on Power Electronics. This text attempts to teach power electronics in a novel interactive fashion. Its format is different from that of the normal texts. The book is divided into chapters and the chapters into sections.

University of Wisconsin - Madison

The Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC) is interested in the general area of electric machines and power electronics. Research and tutorial reports are sent to sponsors on a regular basis and a quarterly newsletter informs sponsors of program activities. Consortium programs include an annual meeting on campus, weekly research seminars, individual meetings with sponsors, and an extensive outreach education program.

University of Wuppertal

Power Electronics Group. In an interdisciplinary approach, we investigate in the areas of power electronics, electric machines, controls, robotics, digital signal processing and hardware development, creating automation systems for practical applications in industry.

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