PowerAmerica 2024 Annual Meeting
Event Details
Join PowerAmerica March 12-15, 2024 in Raleigh, N.C. for the 2024 annual meeting, a 3 1/2-day gathering of leaders in the SiC and GaN power
Event Details
Join PowerAmerica March 12-15, 2024 in Raleigh, N.C. for the 2024 annual meeting, a 3 1/2-day gathering of leaders in the SiC and GaN power electronics field.
The event will offer networking sessions, keynote remarks, industry perspectives and PowerAmerica member initiated project updates. Engineering and business development professionals are especially encouraged to attend.
| Tuesday Mar 12, 2024 | |
| 1:00 PM | Introduction to TutorialsVictor Veliadis, PowerAmerica’s Executive Director and CTO |
| 1:05 – 3:05 PM | WBG Tutorial – Session I1. Don Gajewski, Wolfspeed: SiC Reliability 2. Aivars Lelis, Army Research Laboratory: Threshold Voltage Instability in SiC MOSFETs |
| 3:05 PM | Networking Break – Sponsor TBD |
| 3:15 – 4:15 PM | WBG Tutorial – Session II3. Kevin Bai, University of Tennessee: High Power GaN in Transportation Electrification: Chargers, Propulsion Inverters and SSCB |
| 4:15 – 5:15 PM | Membership Advisory Committee Meeting (Members only) |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Networking Reception – Hunt Library – Sponsor TBD |
| Wednesday Mar 13, 2024 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Networking Breakfast – Sponsor TBD |
| 8:30 – 8:40 AM | Welcoming Remarks Victor Veliadis, PowerAmerica’s Executive Director and CTO |
| 8:40 – 9:30 AM | Keynote: Rajesh Nair, Global Foundries – “Foundry Power Management Innovations – Technology and Business Considerations” |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM | MIP #6 – Yuhao Zhang, Virginia Tech, CPES: “Evaluation of High-Frequency, Soft-Switching Losses of WBG Power Devices” |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | MIP #6 – Wensong Yu, NC State : “Demonstration of a 200 kW SiC Inverter with Soft-Switching dv/dt Filter and for Motor Drives” |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Networking Break – Sponsor TBD |
| 10:45 – 11:15 AM | MIP #6 – Yue Zhao, University of Arkansas: “Design and Demonstration of a Current Sharing Strategy for Paralleling High Current Silicon Carbide Modules” |
| 11:15 – 11:45 AM | MIP #6 – Subhashish Bhattacharya, NC State: “A 650V GaN-based Three-Level ANPC Inverter for Electric Vehicle Traction” |
| 11:45 – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch – Sponsor TBD |
| 1:15 – 2:00 PM | Market Update – Callum Middleton, OMDIA |
| 2:00 – 3:00 PM | SiC Panel Discussion – US SiC Chip Manufacturing:Featuring: Kevin Speer, Microchip Technology. / Jeff Dickhart, VP & GM, Power Die Products Wolfspeed / Andy Wilson, Qorvo |
| 3:00 PM | Networking Break – Sponsor TBD |
| 3:15 – 5:15 PM | Industry Session Member Presentations – Group I * |
| 5:30 – 7:30 PM | Evening Reception (Heavy Hors-D’oeuvres) – Sponsor TBDDorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center, 2450 Alumni Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606 |
| Thursday Mar 14, 2024 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Networking Breakfast – Sponsor TBD |
| 8:30 – 9:30 AM | Keynote – Emmanuel Sabonnadière, SOITEC: “The SmartSiC™ and all the advancements made on this substrate” |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM | New Member Introductions Session I: Alithia Power – Cris Ugolini, CEO and Co-FounderAlliance MOCVD – Sara Cloud, Co-Founder and CFOAlpha & Omega Semiconductor – David Sheridan, VP WBG Products |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | MIP #6 – Juan Rivas-Davila, Stanford University: “Evaluation of High-Frequency, Soft-Switching Losses of WBG Power Devices” |
| 10:30 AM | Networking Break – Sponsor TBD |
| 10:45 – 11:45 AM | New Member Introductions Session II:Apex Microtechnology – Greg Brennan, CEOCarbice – Craig Green, CTOCrystal Sonic – Arno Merkle, CEO and C0-FounderHyperion Materials – Anshul Singh, R&D DirectorMorgan State Univ. – Albert Sweets, Director, External Research PartnershipsPolar Semiconductor – Tim Maloney, Senior Director |
| 11:45 – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch – Sponsor TBD |
| 1:15 – 1:45 PM | Dr. John Muth, CLAWS Director: An overview of the “Microelectronics Commons Commercial Leap Ahead” hub for Wide bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) |
| 1:45 – 2:45 PM | Panel Discussion: GaN Chip Production in USATim McDonald, Infineon / Llew Vaughan-Edmunds, Navitas / Rajesh Nair – Global Foundries |
| 2:45 – 3:00 PM | Networking Break – Sponsor TBD |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | New Member Introductions Session III:Trane Technologies – Deep Gupta, Director, Electronic SystemsRenesas – Dilip Risbud, Director WBG Design and DevelopmentUniv. of South Carolina – Adel Nasiri, Distinguished Prof. |
| 3:30 – 5:15 PM | Industry Session Member Presentations – Group II * |
| Dinner on your own | |
| Friday Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Networking Breakfast – Sponsor TBD |
| 8:30 – 9:15 AM | Keynote – Dr. Dev Shenoy, Principal Director for Microelectronics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies – “DoD microelectronics priorities and plans” |
| 9:15 – 10:30 AM | DoE Power Electronics Roadmap – Session I”Wide Bandgap Power Electronics” GaN, SiC, GaO2 and DiamondFocus on Application Areas: grid, transportation, data infrastructure, consumer electronics |
| 10:30 AM | Networking Break – Sponsor TBD |
| 10:45 – 11:45 AM | DoE Power Electronics Roadmap – Session IIMaterials and ManufacturingSemiconductor Technical DevelopmentReliability and Packaging |
| 11:45 – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch – Sponsor TBD |
| 1:15 PM | Adjourn |
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Time
12 (Tuesday) 1:00 pm - 15 (Friday) 1:30 pm(GMT-04:00) View in my time
Location
Hunt Library, NC State University
1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC 27606
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