From August 26th to 29th, Xavier Perpiñà, Ferran Bonet, and Conrad Ferrer from the PDS Group attended the 15th Topical Workshop on Heterostructure Microelectronics (TWHM 2024) held in Sendai, Japan. They presented an invited paper titled "Die-Level Functional Off-Chip Characterization of Power Devices Using Optical Techniques" during the "Power2" session....
International Day of Women in Engineering (#INWED24)
On the International Day of Women in Engineering (June 23), the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona highlighted the work of eight women engineers, seven of them researching in micro and nanotechnologies with applications in health, energy, environment, semiconductor manufacturing, or chip design; and one working in the field of Administration...
Invited talk: Introduction to Advanced PCBs
In the framework of the SCAPE Project General Assembly, on June the 14th, Thomas Gottwald, CTO at Schweizer Electronic AG, presented the talk “Introduction to Advanced PCBs”. Mr. Gottwald made a very interesting review of the most advanced PCB tecnologies from Schweizer than can be used in modern power systems...
Mid-term General Assembly of HE SCAPE project at IMB-CNM facilities
The Horizon Europe SCAPE project (Switching-cell-array-based power electronics conversion for future electric vehicles) held its mid-term meeting last 14-15 July at the IMB-CNM-CSIC facilities. In this meeting were presented the first results of the project concerning power systems integration, multi-level converter prototypes and control solutions. The participation of PDS Group...
Participation in the European PhD School on Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, Energy Control and Power Systems (Gaeta, Italy)
PDS group members Miquel Tutusaus and Conrad Ferrer attended the European PhD School on Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, Energy Control and Power Systems, celebrated between 27 - 31 of May 2024 in the city of Gaeta, Italy, where they also presented their work at the poster session.
Participation of the PDS Group in the CIPS 2024 conference
Last 12 - 14 March the members of the PDS Group Mariana Raya, Emma Solà and Xavier Jordà, participated in the 13th edition of the International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems, CIPS 2024, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. We presented the contribution entitled "Estimation of thermo-mechanical Anand model parameters of...
Invited IMB-CNM Talk: ePowered
RACING – the electric competition
ePowered RACING is a team of 19 engineering students specializing in Mechanical, Electronic, and Electrical disciplines who work at the Barcelona School of Engineering (EEBE-UPC). They are passionate about both motorcycling and engineering, and they compete in the MotoStudent International
Successful Scientific Workshop on Power Devices at the EFICIENCE Industrial Chair
The industrial chair EFICIENCE hosted the highly successful scientific workshop SMIPPE in Tarbes (France), organized by Prof. Paul-Étienne Vidal from ENIT Tarbes. The event gathered leading experts and researchers to discuss advancements in power devices and related technologies. A highlight of the workshop was the insightful guest lecture by Researcher...