Chapter Activities:
Prof. Drazen Dujic was Chair of the Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter from 2018 until 2024. The New Chairman is Dr. Jonas Huber from ETHZ. This page will vanish soon.
Past Events:
15.03.2024: Green Hydrogen Challenges and Solutions
The Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to the joint workshop supported and hosted by ABB. This is an in-person event only, and the program is provided below:
Location: ABB, Segelhofstrasse 1k, 5400, Baden-Dätwill
Date: 15.03.2024.
Time: 13:00h – 17:00h
Program:
13:00 – 13:10: Welcome
13:10 – 14:40: Talks
Talk 1: by Dr. Nandhakumar Vijayakumar, Mr. Kevin Pretorius, ABB High Power Rectifiers, Switzerland – “Electrical infrastructure of large-scale green hydrogen production plant – Opportunities & challenges“
Talk 2: by Dr. Sajjad Fekriasl, IEEE Senior Member, UK – “Analogue vs digital inertia for stabilization of green hydrogen microgrids”
Talk 3: by Dr. Stefan Oberholzer, Swiss Federal Office of Energy, Switzerland – “Hydrogen in Switzerland – a brief update“
Talk 4: by Dr. Saurabh Tembhurne, SoHHytec, Switzerland – “Solar hydrogen production: a versatile and flexible way towards cost-optimization and grid-integration“
Talk 5: by Dr. Thomas Delaney, HyWaves, UK – “Green hydrogen: Methods of production and its role in the energy mix”
14:40 – 15:30: Panel discussion with speakers
15:30 – 17:00: Networking apero
The event flyer can be seen here.
The registration is accessible on this link.
19.12.2023: High Power DC-DC Converters
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter (PEL 35), jointly with Austrian (IA34/PEL35/IE13/PE31) and German (IE13/IA34/PEL35) Section Joint Chapters, invites you to the IEEE DACH Ph.D. Lectures on the topic “High Power DC-DC Converters”. This is an online event only, and the program is provided below:
Program:
16:00 – 16:05: Welcome
16:05 – 16:30: “Full SiC isolated DC-DC converter: A modular solution for the reinforcement of DC railway electrification systems“, Prof. Philippe Ladoux (LAPLACE, Toulouse, France):
16:30 – 16:50: “Development of a medium voltage IGCT-based resonant DC transformer”, Mr. Renan Pillon Barcelos (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
16:50 – 17:10: “Partial power rated converters: Non-isolated DC-DC battery interface converter“, Mr. Igor Lopusina (Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Austria):
17:10 – 17:30: “Horizontal network coupling based on three-phase solid-state transformers”, Mr. Benedict Mortimer (RWTH, Aachen, Germany)
17:30 – 17:50: “Optimization of open-loop control signals for a half-bridge series resonant converter for high power and high switching frequency applications“, Mr. Anton Gorodnichev (Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy Systems, Kassel, Germany)
Location: Online, Zoom Link
Date: 19th of December, 2023
Time: 16:00h – 18:00h
10.10.2023: SiC Power Electronics for Grid and Transportation Applications
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to a lecture by Prof. Hui “Helen” Li.
Location: ELH 114 / EPFL, 1015 Lausanne
Date: 10th of October, 2023
Time: 11:00h – 12:00h
Details are available in the attached pdf.
27.10.2022: Power Electronics in Robotics
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter is organizing workshop and networking event related to robotics. Event is sponsored by PLEXIM.
Location: Technopark, Zurich
Date: 27.10.2022.
Time: 13:00h – 17:00h
Event is still in preparation and speakers are confirmed from ANYBOTICS EPFL, and FOTOKITE. Registration will be required due to limited spaces available and link will be provided once program is finalised (likely from October).
Program:
13:00 – 13:10: Welcome
13:10 – 14:30: Talks
Talk 1: Power Management Challenges in Legged-Based Robotic Systems, by Dr. Mario Mauerer – CTO Hardware and Dr. Gabriel Ortiz – Team Lead Electrical Engineering, ANYBOTICS
Talk 2: The Electronics of ENVIROBOT and of its Ancestors, by Dr. Alessandro Crespi, Research Assistant, EPFL
Talk 3: Making Power Electronics Fly, by Alexander Tschesno – Head of Hardware and Nikos Chrysogelos – Electrical Engineer, FOTOKITE
Talk 4: Robotics as a Core Technology for Lower Limb Exoskeletons: Examples an Use Cases, by Dr. Mohamed Bouri, Scientist, EPFL
14:30 – 15:30: Panel discussion with speakers
15:30 – 17:00: Networking apero
Details are also available in the workshop flyer. Presentations are available here: Talk 1, Talk 2, Talk 3, Talk 4.
26.07.2022: On Grid-Interactive Inverters in Grid-Following and Grid-Forming Modes
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to a physical/online Lecture by Prof. Behrooz Mirafzal. Talk is organised by Prof. Johann W. Kolar.
Location: ETL K25 / ETH Zurich, Physikstrasse 3, 8092 Zurich
Online: Zoom link is here.
Date: 26th of July, 2022
Time: 09:30h – 10:30h
Details are available in the attached pdf.
03.06.2022: Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Circuits and Magnetics for High-Performance Power Conversion
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to a physical/online Lecture by Prof. Minjie Chen. Talk is organised by Prof. Drazen Dujic.
Location: DLL building, Room: EL 150, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne
Online: Zoom link is here.
Date: 03rd of June, 2022
Time: 11:00h – 12:00h
Presentation is available in the attached pdf.
27.05.2022: Applications of HV SiC MOSFET for Medium Voltage Converters
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to a physical/online Lecture by Prof. Dr. Leon M. Tolbert. Talk is organised by Prof. Johann Kolar.
Location: ETZ E81 / ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich
Online: Zoom link is here.
Date: 27th of May, 2022
Time: 10:45h – 12:00h
Presentation is available in the attached pdf.
21.01.2022: SiC Power Device Commercialisation: Status and Barriers to Overcome
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to an online Lecture by Prof. Dr. Victor Veliadis. Talk is organised by Prof. Johann Kolar.
Location: Online. Zoom link is here.
Date: 21st of January, 2022
Time: 11:00h – 12:00h
Further details are available in the attached pdf.
11.05.2021: High Power Electronics for Hydropower Applications
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to an online webinar with multiple speakers from Hitachi ABB Power Grids and General Electric, presenting recent developments in high power electronics for hydropower applications.
Location: Online. Zoom link is made available only after registration.
Date: 11th of May, 2021
Time: 17:00h – 18:30h
Presentations: Presentation 1, Presentation 2, Presentation 3, Presentation 4
Further details are available in the attached pdf.
11.03.2021: Power Electronics at CERN
Swiss IEEE PELS Chapter invites you to an online webinar with multiple speakers from CERN, presenting the role of power electronics for the largest experiment in the world.
Location: Online. Zoom link is made available only after registration.
Date: 11th of March, 2021
Time: 17:00h – 18:30h
Recording of the presentations is available here (only for 30 days after the event!): Click Here
Further details are available in the attached pdf.