CPES News Archive
May 2008
May 14: A successful 2008 CPES Conference and Year 10 NSF Site Visit
May 5: CPES's 10-year progress featured in IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Newsletter
April 2008
April 23: CPES welcomes Monolithic Power Systems - our newest Principal Plus & Power Management Consortium (PMC) member!
April 2: NetPower Technologies has joined CPES family!
March 2008
March 24: CPES welcomes Hitachi Computer Peripherals Co., Ltd. to our industrial consortium!
March 17: CPES welcomes Microsoft to our industrial consortium!
February 2008
February 5: CPES welcomes the return of SEMIKRON International GmbH to our industrial consortium
January 2008
January 29: CPES keynote address and invited talks at power electronics symposia in Japan, January 2008
January 22: Maxim Integrated Products has joined CPES as a Principal and IPPF member!
December 2007
December 28: CPES thanks industry for support in 2007!
December 18: CPES welcomes new Associate Member -- BAE Systems, Inc.
December 11: CPES welcomes new Principal Member -- TB Wood's, Inc.
December 4: Congratulations to Yan Jiang for passing her preliminary exam!
November 2007
November 27: New SBIR-STTR Supplemental Award enables research collaboration on High-Temperature Packaging
November 20: CPES Research on High-Frequency, High-Voltage, High-Power-Density Capacitor Charger for Pulsed-Power Applications
November 13: CPES welcomes new Principal Member -- HR Textron
November 6: 8th U.S. patent awarded in 2007 to CPES-VT
October 2007
October 30: CPES-AIST-ECPE: a three-way conversation featured in OHM magazine
October 23: CPES welcomes Richtek Technology Corporation as Principal Plus & PMC Member
October 16: CPES to Launch Phase I of Web Improvement on Tuesday, October 23
October 9: CPES welcomes new Associate Member, OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc., to the family
October 2: Lite-On Technology has joined CPES as Principal Plus and PMC member
September 2007
September 25: ABB Corporate Research sponsors Principal Plus fellowship on "Drives Integration Technologies"
September 18: CPES receives new NSF-ERC SBIR award to collaborate with APEI, Inc.
September 11: CPES-VT welcomes 14 new students and 2 new visiting scholars in Fall 2007
September 4: CPES-VT Researchers Awarded 7th U.S. Patent in 2007
August 2007
August 28: Thirty-four industry participants representing 11 companies from 6 countries attended professional short courses at CPES-VT
August 7: Two new U.S. patents on power management technologies awarded to CPES
July 2007
July 31: Rolls-Royce elevates benefits via additional research collaboration
July 24: CPES Welcomes new Principal Member: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
July 16: CPES proudly congratulates Prof. Tom Jahns - recipient of the 2007 IEEE Power Electronics Society Distinguished Service Award
July 9: CPES proudly congratulates Prof. Dushan Boroyevich - recipient of the 2007 William E. Newell Power Electronics Award!
June 2007
June 27: Congratulations to Juanjuan Sun - 10th CPES graduate to join Linear Technology!
May 2007
April 2007
April 23: A Letter from the Director following the Tragic Events of April 16
February 2007
February 12: Congratulations to CPES alumni at Monolithic Power Systems for their significant contributions in making the company one of top 25 "technology over-achievers", as announced in the February 12, 2007 issue of Forbes Magazine!
January 2007
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