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  Microelectronics Seminar Series | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  A seminar series is being held in the lab on the topic of microelectronics with application to Power Electronics. The seminar will be held over a period of four weeks before the fall semester starts.

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  Dr. Zeljko Pantic Joins UPEL | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

  USU College of Engineering

  UPEL is proud to announce that Dr. Zeljko Pantic will be joining the ECE Faculty this fall at Utah State University.Dr. Pantic completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University, and will be working in the area of Wireless Power Transfer at UPEL. Dr. Pantic will also be teaching the Introduction to Power Electronics (ECE 5930) this fall.

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  Kevin Kennedy Recognized as ECE Department Outstanding Pre-Professional Student | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  Kevin was recognized by the Electrical and Computer Engineering department as this year's Outstanding Pre-Professional Student. This award is given each year at the Pre-Professional, Junior and Senior level by a comittee which selects each student from among their top peers. Kevin is an undergraduate research student at UPEL, where he is assisting development and hardware evaluation of high performance bidirectional DC-DC power converters as part of a contract with Raytheon and the Office of Naval Research.

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  USU Hosts Navy, Raytheon and GE for BDPC Program Review | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  The USU Power Electronics Lab (UPEL) hosted the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Compact Power Conversion Technologies (CPCT) Bi-directional Power Conversion (BDPC) Phase II final program review on 11/8/2012. In attendance were Navy program managers and reviewers and program team members from Raytheon, GE, University of Colorado and Utah State University. The review meeting included a laboratory demonstration of all program hardware and a general UPEL lab tour with student presentations and hardware demonstrations. The visit marks a major milestone for UPEL as the first official opening of the lab for a formal program visit and public tour. The day concluded with an off-site tour and demonstration of the wirelessly powered Aggie Bus hosted by Dr. Hunter Wu, Director of the Wireless Power Transfer program at USU.

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  USU Project Receives Significant Department of Energy Grant | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

  USU College of Engineering

  The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Utah State University a $3 million grant to develop technology that could dramatically improve the battery performance of electric vehicles.

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  Dr. Regan Zane Joins the ECE Department as a USTAR Professor | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  The ECE Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Regan Zane has joined us as a USTAR professor in the area of electrical power conversion. His work, funded by USTAR, DOE, and other sources, deals with efficient and bidirectional conversion of power levels.