CPES's 10-year progress featured in IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Newsletter
CPES is honored to be featured in the latest IEEE PELS Newsletter, Second Quarter 2008, Volume 20, Number 2, April 2008. The article, "Power Electronics System Integration - A CPES Perspective," represents a brief excerpt of the CPES final Annual Report to NSF, highlighting the Center's ten-year progress as it graduates from the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (NSF ERC) Program. Established in 1998, the CPES mission was to develop advanced electronic power conversion technologies for efficient future electric energy utilization through multidisciplinary engineering research and education. The Center's vision is to enable dramatic improvements in the performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of electric energy processing systems by developing an integrated system approach via integrated power electronics modules (IPEMs). The IPEM-based system solution addresses concurrently the integration of active and passive components, packaging materials, interconnect structures, electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic interference, thermal management, and numerous application considerations. Over the past decade, the Center's research funding has totaled $30.4M from NSF and $55M from industry, government, and institutional support. Through the years, financial support and technical engagement and mentorship from the Center's industry partners have been exceptional, with NSF citing CPES as a model ERC for its industry collaboration and technology transfer program. For a highlight of the some selected areas of research, please view the full paper (Page 14).