100131 - Modeling and Control Design of DC/DC Converter
Overview
One of the missions of CPES is to provide the opportunity for practicing engineers to broaden their knowledge base and stay updated on new technologies by offering professional short courses that will provide a clear understanding of the fundamental principles and a working knowledge of current technology and applications.The course will engage engineers in a combined lecture/laboratory instructional format, providing hands-on experience in the DC/DC converter analysis, modeling, simulation, control design and frequency domain measurement techniques. For more information, please see the Course Description
on the CPES website.
Registration closes after July 22, 2024 or when course reaches its maximum capacity..
Location Information
Lodging can be secured at the host hotel The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center by calling (540) 231-8000.
Lodging rate is $155.00 and the cutoff date for making lodging reservations is June 28, 2024.
The Inn at Virginia Tech
901 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-8000
Check in is 4:00pm and check out is 11:00am
Agenda/Schedule
Course materials will be available on Monday, July 29th outside the Cascade lecture room located in The Inn at Virginia Tech.Short course lectures begin at 8:00 a.m.
Labs to be scheduled in the afternoon, exact times TBD
Speaker(s)/Instructor(s)
Fred C. Lee, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
648 Whittemore Hall, Virginia Tech
fclee@vt.edu
540-231-7716
Fred C. Lee received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 1968, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Duke University in 1972 and 1974, respectively.
Dr. Lee is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Founder and Director Emeritus of CPES, a preeminent academic center in power electronics research at Virginia Tech. As CPES Director, Dr. Lee leads a program that encompasses research, technology development, educational outreach, industry collaboration, and technology transfer. CPES focuses its research to meet industry needs and allows industry to profit from the Center's research and outputs. The CPES program enables its Principal Plus industry members to sponsor graduate fellowships and provides the opportunity to direct research in areas of mutual interest, as well as the ability to access intellectual properties generated collectively by all industry-funded fellowships on a royalty-free and non-exclusive basis. To date, more than 250 companies worldwide have benefited from the industry partnership program. The center has been cited by NSF as a model ERC for its industry collaboration and technology transfer, education, and outreach programs.
Dr. Lee's research interests include high-frequency power conversion, magnetics and EMI, distributed power systems, renewable energy, power quality, high-density electronics packaging and integration, and modeling and control.
Dr. Lee holds 105 U.S. patents, and has published 338 journal articles and 793 refereed technical papers. During his tenure at Virginia Tech, Dr. Lee has supervised to completion 88 Ph.D. and 94 Master's students.
According to Microsoft H index, Dr. Lee is rated among the top three best cited authors for over 2.5 million engineering authors in the world.
Qiang Li, Professor (ECE)
671 Whittemore Hall, Virginia Tech
lqvt@vt.edu
(540) 231-6225
Dr. Qiang Li received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Zhejiang University, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively and the Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, in 2011. His research interests include, high-frequency power conversion and controls, high-density electronics packaging and magnetics integration, and power solutions for high performance computing, datacenter, electric vehicles and energy storage.
Dr. Li published over 230 peer-reviewed technical publications, including more than 70 journal articles; he has received six prize paper awards. Dr. Li is an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics Dr. Li is also a recipient of National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award.