The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Future Power Electronics Workshop was successfully held in Tsinghua University on July 21, 2018. This workshop is an important international forum in the field of power electronics sponsored by the IEEE. It is organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University. Its support units include the Beijing Branch of IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS), Tsinghua Energy Internet Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Safety Control and Simulation of Power Systems and Large Power Generation Equipment and the Tsinghua University Member Center of Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering. As a diamond partner, both Chroma Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. as gold medal partners have provided sponsorship together.

At the Workshop, first of all, Prof. Xiao Xi, Vice Director of Electrical Engineering Department, and Prof. Zhao Zhengming, Chairman of Beijing Branch of IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS), delivered welcoming speeches on behalf of the sponsoring and supporting units respectively

Workshop venue

Speech by Prof. Xiao Xi, Vice-Director of DEE, at the Future Power Electronics Workshop

Eleven academics and business experts from around the world made special academic reports on the latest progress and future trends of power electronics science and technology.

Prof. Philip Krein, Member of the American National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE Fellow), and Professor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) gave a report entitled "High-Performance Electric Transportation: A Systems Context";

Report by Prof. Philip Krein Member of Amerian National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, and Professor of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

The report entitled "SiC Based Multi-Level Modular Converter for Medium Voltage Variable Frequency Drives" was presented by Prof. Longya Xu of Ohio State University, the winner of the IEEE Nicolas Tesla Award, and IEEE Fellow.

Presentation by Longya Xu, Professor of Ohio State University, USA, and IEEE Fellow

IEEE Fellow, Prof. Jih-Sheng Lai of Virginia Polytechnic University, USA, presented a report entitled "Future Power Electronics Design Challenges with Wide Bandgap Devices".

Presentation by Prof. Jih-Sheng Lai of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA, and an IEEE Fellow

The report entitled "Seeding the Wireless Power Web by the PELS EBL Competition" was presented by Prof. Braham Ferreira of Technische Universiteit Delft in the Netherlands, IEEE Fellow, and former chairman of IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS).

Presentation by Braham Ferreira, Professor of Technische Universiteit Delft in the Netherlands, and IEEE Fellow

Prof. Jin Wang of Ohio State University gave a report entitled “High Power Applications of Medium Voltage Wide Bandgap Power Devices”.

Report by Prof. Jin Wang of Ohio State University

IEEE Fellow and Prof. Toshihisa Shimizu of Tokyo Metropolitan University (Tokyo) presented a report entitled "Effective Design of EMI Filters in Power Electronics Products".

Report by Minjiu Qingshui, IEEE Fellow and Professor ofTokyoMetropolitan University (Tokyo)

IEEE Fellow and Prof. Zhao Zhengming of Tsinghua University made a report entitled "Power Electronics in Modern Power Grid".

Report by Zhao Zhengming, IEEE Fellow and Professor of Tsinghua University

Prof. Chen Yaoming of Taiwan University made a report entitled "Power Decoupling for PV Micro-Inverters";

National Taiwan University Prof. Chen Yaoming's presentation

Associate Prof. Qiang Li of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) gave a report entitled "High-Density High-Efficiency GaN Converters for Future Data Center in Future Data Center".

Virginia Tech Assistant Prof. Qiang Li’s presentation

Kevin Lin, Manager of Chroma, gave a report entitled “Bi-directional DC/DC Converter Test System Structure and Features”.

Report by Chroma Manager Kevin Lin

Dr. Masayuki Imaizumi of Mitsubishi Electric Co. of Japan presented a report entitled “Latest SiC Devices for Power Electronic Applications”.

Presentation by Dr. Masayuki Imaizumi, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

The Workshop was attended by 230 representatives from more than 60 universities, research institutes and enterprises at home and abroad. After the meeting, delegates and speakers discussed in depth and warmly the frontier hotspots and technical problems in the fields of electrified transportation equipment technology, power electronics technology in regional integrated energy system, application of new wide-band power devices, the power supply for high-performance data center, and the power system with electrical electronization and so on.

A group photo of some speakers attending the Future Power Electronics Workshop