亚洲威廉福利入口

报告题目：报 告 人： Dr. Fred Wang。 Univ. of Tennessee, UAS

邀 请 人：蒋晓华，李永东

时 间：2016年5月26日 2:00-3:00 pm

地 址：亚洲威廉福利入口西主楼3-102

Abstract: CURENT stands for Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks, an US NSF-DOE Engineering Research Center at the University of Tennessee. This talk will present an overview of CURENT with the emphasis on its power electronics related research activities in grid and transportation applications. The talk will also introduce some recent activities on maximizing the benefits and potentials of wide-band gap semiconductor devices in high efficiency and high density power converters. The CURENT effort on educating next generation power electronics engineers will be highlighted.

Bio: Dr. Fred Wang is a professor and Condra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics at the University of Tennessee. He holds a joint position in Oak Ridge National Lab. He is the Technical Director of CURENT. His experience also includes 8 year as a faculty member and the Technical Director at Center for Power Electronics at Virginia Tech, and 10 years as an engineer and R&D manager in General Electric Company. Dr. Wang obtained his BS from Xian Jiaotong University, China, MS and PhD from University of Southern California, all in electrical engineering. His interests include power electronics, power systems, and electric machines. He is a fellow of IEEE.