NEWS AND EVENTS

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 of PDS Group  Xavier Perpiñà, […]

November, 2023 Emma Solà and Xavier Jordà from PDS Group particiapted in the Electronic Materials & Packaging in Space (EMPS) symposium held at ESTEC (ESA) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, from 21-23 November 2023. Emma Solà presented her work entitled:  High-Temperature Aging Tests of Silver Sintering Materials used as Die-attach Layers. Previously, Emma and Xavier also […]

September-October, 2023 Xavier Perpinyà and Oriol Aviño  from the Power Devices and Systems group, participated in the European Research Night 2023 initiative in series of presentations in high schools (X. Perpinyà) and in series of micro-talks (O. Aviñó). 

October 6, 2023 On October 6, 2023, the ePowered Racing team of the  Escola d’Enginyeria de Barcelona Est (EEBE) presented his last electric-powered bike  the EPR03. The Power Devices and Systems (PDS) group of IMB-CNM(CSIC), through its AIE D+T Microelectrònica has sponsored one more year the team, which will participate in the next MotoStudent contest  […]

Septembre 12, 2023 Several members of the PDS Group participated in a two-day activity with BSHE. Firstly, a training course was held on 06/09/2023 at BSHE headquarters in Montañana (top photo). This course covered theoretical aspects of induction cooktops and included a visit to the manufacturing line. Secondly, they attended the XVIII Jornada de Grupos […]

July 19, 2023 The first Workshop organised by the  EU-funded Horizon Europe SCAPE Project (“Switching-Cell-Array-based Power Electronics conversion for future electric vehicles”) took place on July 19th, 2023. The workshop was part of the International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive (AEIT 2023) held at at the University of Modena Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE, Italy). The […]

July 13, 2023 Miquel Tutusaus from PDS Group defensed his Master Thesis in Electronic Engineering (MEE) at UPC with his work entitled Design of a test methodology for the analysis of derating rules in space power devices, obtaining the maximum qualificaction. Congratulations!!!

May 26th, 2023 The importance of power electronics is rapidly increasing in today’s world, primarily driven by the growing need for electrification in order to eliminate fossil fuels consumption. Power converters are responsible for the processing and control of electric energy, ensuring efficient management of high amounts of electrical power. Power converters primarily consist of power […]

May 15th, 2023 Within the cycle “Climate warming: Energy solutions from today for tomorrow” organized by the “Residencia d’Investigadors”, the CSIC and the “Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació”, Dr. Xavier Jordà from the PDS Group gave the talk entitled “Industrial electrification and decarbonization in 2050”. The electrification of industrial processes can be a valuable tool […]

April 28th, 2023 Have you noticed that the number of electric vehicles has raised exponentially in recent years? The society is becoming more aware about how important is to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. That is why there is a clear tendency in electrifying all the systems that used to work with fossil fuels; since […]

Power Devices and Systems Group (PDS) offers 1 JAE-INTRO scholarship for introduction to research:  Dates: From April 15th to May 15th, 2023 More info: https://jaeintro.csic.es/en/

March 29-30, 2023 In March 2023, the WP5 workshop of the iRel40 project took place at Technical University of Delft (The Netherlands). Oriol Aviñó from PDS Group participed in the event presenting the last results of the IMB-CNM activities and chairing one of the sessions. At the bottom picture, Oriol Avinó together with the responsibles of the […]

March 9, 2023 Miquel Vellvehi from PDS Group gave a talk in the framework of Objectes de la Recerca initiative at CSIC Delegation in Barcelona, which includes a mini-exhibition, a talk, a video and a contest. Vellvehi talked about the BepiColombo space mission, a joint ESA and JAXA mission, and diodes Schottky, developed at the IMB-CNM. These […]

March 1-2, 2023 The Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform PTI-TransEner+ (Sustainable Energy Transition) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) held its First Scientific Days on March 1 and 2 in Madrid, where the latest milestones achieved to date were presented, as well as the impact of the results and their transfer to the business community and […]

February 9, 2023 Mariana Raya and Conrad Ferrer from PDS Group defensed their Master Thesis in Electronic Engineering (MEE) at UPC with their works entitled Study of self-powered gate driver power supply solutions and Infrared image processing strategies for die-level power devices inspection, respectively, obtaining the maximum qualificaction. Congratulations!!!