Power Electronics and Renewable Energy
| Date | September 14, 2011 - September 16, 2011 (3 days) |
| Location | Marquette University |
| Fee | Option 1 (Day 1 and Day 2) $895 US Dollars Option 2 (All Days: Day 3 is limited to 28 seats) $1,195 |
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This advanced training course will equip attendees with the theory, fundamentals and advanced simulation techniques required to effectively design power electronics and renewable energy systems. Taught by leading experts, attendees will gain a solid foundation in the design and control of power electronics and renewable energy systems including wind and solar applications as well as in the design of magnetic components for power electronic systems. Attendees armed with the knowledge gained from this course will be able to apply simulation to help their companies streamline and shorten the design cycle and deliver high quality products. Day 1&2 – Lecture Topics:
Day 3 – Optional Hands-on Design Lab (additional fee) Reservations for the Hands-On Design Lab are on a first come basis. |
Hotel InformationAsk for Marquette University special rate and mention the training course. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Milwaukee Downtown Hilton Milwaukee Center Option 2: $1,195 |
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About the Instructors
Dr. Marco Liserre, Associate Professor at the Bari Polytechnic teaching courses of power electronics, industrial electronics and electrical machines. He has published 138 technical papers, 34 of them in international peer-reviewed journals, a book (Grid Converters for Photovoltaic and Wind Power Systems, ISBN-10: 0-470-05751-3 – IEEE-Wiley. Dr. Liserre is a senior member of IEEE and is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. He is the Founder and previous Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE and is the Founder and the Chairman of the Technical Committee on Renewable Energy Systems of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Dr. Liserre is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. He has received the IES 2009 Early Career Award and was Co-Chairman of the International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2010). He is Vice-President responsible of the publications of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
Dr. Roberto Prieto, Associate Professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Center of Electronics for the Industry (CEI-UPM). He has published more than 100 papers in International conferences and journals where his research interests include high frequency magnetic components and development of CAD tools for power electronics design. Since 1999, he has been coordinating the Modeling and Computer Aided Design Division of the CEI-UPM and is a co-author of two international patents. He is technical advisor for several IEEE conferences and journals. In 2004, he received the award for young researchers from the Technical University of Madrid. Currently, he is Deputy Vice-President for Research at the Technical University of Madrid.
Dr. Dan M. Ionel, Chief Scientist with Vestas Technology Americas R&D, Inc. and Adjunct Full Professor at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, where he teaches power electronics, power systems and renewable energy topics and advises graduate student research. He has more than 20 years of experience in the electric engineering industry, holds more than 25 patents and has published more than 75 papers. Dr. Ionel is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, the Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Energy Track at IEEE ECCE and the Chair of the Milwaukee IEEE Power Electronics Chapter.
Professor Nabeel A. O. Demerdash Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Marquette University has pioneered finite element techniques for low frequency electromagnetics and their applications for electric machines and power electronic drives. He has published more than 100 IEEE Transactions papers, including a winner of two Prize Paper Awards from both the IEEE Power and Energy Society and its Electric Machinery Committee. He is the winner of the 1999 IEEE Nikola Tesla Technical Field Award, which represents the highest IEEE recognition for work on electrical machine topics. Professor Demerdash is an IEEE Life-Fellow, a member of the American Society of Engineering Education, the Sigma Xi, and the Electromagnetics Academy.
Dr. Marius Rosu, Lead Product Manager, ANSYS Inc. Dr. Rosu joined Ansoft in 2001 as an Application Engineer and in 2005 he became the group leader of Simplorer modeling. Since 2009, Dr. Rosu has served as Lead Product Manager for the Electromechanical Product Line at ANSYS Inc. Dr. Rosu has a distinguished academic background with significant professional electrical and electromagnetic engineering experience and more than ten years of research.
Steve Chwirka, Senior Technical Services Engineer, ANSYS, Inc. Steve has 25 years of experience in design, modeling, simulation and analysis of power systems. He worked at Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) in the power design group working on modeling, simulation and analysis of spacecraft power systems. He then worked for Synopsys, Inc. supporting their engineering simulation software and customers focused on power electronics. He presently works for ANSYS focused on FEA and circuit simulation as applied to power systems.
Mark G. Solveson, Senior Application Engineer, ANSYS, Inc. Mark has more than 15 years of industry experience and 11 patents with the Research and Development Center at Eaton Corporation, where he specialized in the design and analysis of electromechanical devices. Presently at ANSYS, he specializes in simulation using electromagnetic finite-element analysis and multi-domain system software for power distribution, automotive, off-road vehicle, healthcare, aerospace and renewable energy industries.