Thomas A. Lipo
Position: Grainger Professor of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines (ECE); Campus Director
Office: 2557 Engineering Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email: lipo@engr.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-0287
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Dr. Lipo is the founder and director of the Wisconsin Power Electronics Research Center (WisPERC) and the founder and co-director of the Wisconsin Electric Machine and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC). Lipo holds a W.W. Grainger Professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is recognized as a world authority in the design and analysis of electric machines and power electronics drives. He earned a Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked 13 years in industry before starting his academic career. He has received several prestigious awards including being selected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.) in 2002.