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DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, March 11\nSEC LL2.221 or Zoom (Passcode: 988031)\n10:
 00am - 11:00am\n\n \n\nMiniaturized and Advanced Power Electronics for Nex
 t-Generation Electrification\nMike Ranjram\, Assistant Professor\, Arizona
  State University\n\n \n\nAbstract: Power electronics are a foundational t
 echnology of the modern world.  To meet the widespread electrification dem
 anded by global sustainability goals\, our electrical systems and devices 
 must be made smaller\, more efficient\, capable of accommodating more extr
 eme electrical specifications\, and able to support new functionality -- t
 his can only happen if the power electronics that enable these systems and
  devices are advanced in kind. My research group\, MAPEL\, works to achiev
 e this. We take “big swings” at problems that matter\, which I believe
  is the most effective role of academic research in the larger research an
 d development ecosystem.\n \n\nIn this talk\, I will first give an overvie
 w of our research program\, which covers three areas of power electronics:
  (1) Components: improved techniques and approaches to remove the bottlene
 ck that power magnetics present to high-performance power converter design
 \, (2) Converters: innovative circuit designs and architectures for miniat
 urization and high efficiency\, and (3) Systems: exploring new and emergin
 g applications that can be enabled by our advanced power electronics. \n \
 n\nThen\, I will discuss three technologies my group is developing which d
 efine a unique “edge” that we bring to emerging power electronics: (1)
  the “Coupled Electronic and Magnetic System" (CEMS)\,  which is an elec
 tronics-integrated transformer architecture that achieves new and useful f
 unctionality over traditional transformers\, (2) the medium voltage planar
  printed-circuit-board (PCB) transformer\, which leverages low-cost PCB-ma
 nufacturing to implement high-frequency converter-integrated transformers 
 having up to 13.8kV isolation capability\, and which has disruptive potent
 ial for widespread electrification\, and (3) the “Harmonically Partition
 ed Power Converter” a new single-phase ac/dc power conversion architectu
 re having ultra-high power density and efficiency capability which is buil
 t around the unique capability of emerging monolithic bidirectional wide b
 andgap power semiconductors.\n \n\n \n\nBio: Dr. Ranjram received the Ph.D
 . degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2021. 
 Before this\, he received his undergraduate and Masters degrees at the Uni
 versity of Toronto\, Canada\, both in Electrical Engineering. In 2022\, he
  joined Arizona State University as an Assistant Professor in the School o
 f Electrical\, Computer\, and Energy Engineering.  \n \n\nAt ASU\, he dire
 cts the “Miniaturized and Advanced Power Electronics Laboratory” (MAPE
 L) which works to improve power electronics to enable the next generation 
 of sustainable systems and devices. A current focus is on high-frequency p
 ower conversion\, and on system- and component-level techniques for reduci
 ng the cost\, volume\, weight\, and loss of power magnetic components\, wh
 ich today present a dominant bottleneck toward improved power conversion.\
 n \n\nHe has developed high performance power electronics in a wide range 
 of applications\, including 50W mobile phone chargers\, 1kW data center su
 pplies\, 30kW battery energy storage systems\, and MW-level high-voltage d
 c systems.\n \n\nDr. Ranjram is a recipient of the IEEE Transactions on Po
 wer Electronics Prize Paper Award and the ASU Top 5% Teaching Award. He au
 thored the solutions manual for the 2nd edition of Principles of Power Ele
 ctronics.
GEO:42.363197;-71.127278
LOCATION:Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)\, SEC LL2.221
SUMMARY:Miniaturized and Advanced Power Electronics for Next-Generation Ele
 ctrification
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.seas.harvard.edu/event/miniaturized-and-advanc
 ed-power-electronics-for-next-generation-electrification
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