8 CPES graduates joining power electronics industry
Fall 2008 at CPES has been quite a busy time. Within the last two months, 8 students (6 Ph.D. and 2 M.S.) have defended and joining the workplace. We are pleased to send these well-prepared graduates to serve power electronics industries, most of which are CPES members.
These recent graduates, and their research topics and employers are:
System Design of a 3D Integrated Non-isolated Point of Load Converter
Arhur Ball (Ph.D.; VPT, Inc., Blackbsurg, VA)
Analysis and Design of a High Power Density Three-Phase AC Converter Using SiC Devices
Rixin Lai (Ph.D.; GE Global Research, Schenectady, NY)
Integrated Frequency-Selective Conduction Transmission-Line EMI Filter
Yan Liang (Ph.D.; Intersil Corporation, Durham, NC)
Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics Technology for Power Magnetics Integration
Michele Lim (Ph.D.; National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA)
Investigation of High Performance AC/DC Front-End Converter with Digital Control for Server Applications
Zheng Luo (M.S.; Monolithic Power Systems, San Jose, CA)
Investigation of Alternative Power Architectures for Future CPU Voltage Regulators
Julu Sun (Ph.D.; FSP-Powerland, China)
Modeling and Design of Digitally-Controlled Voltage Regulator Modules (VRMs)
Yi Sun (M.S.; Linear Technology, Milpitas, CA)
Technology for Planar First-Level Packaging with Improved Voltage Rating
Jing Xu (Ph.D.; ABB, Inc., Cary, NC)
CPES Associate and Principal members are welcome to access their defense presentations via individual user accounts.
We congratulate our graduates and wish them great success!