SPECS Lab

News

Research, talks, and milestones.

Invited seminar

From traction drive to grid-connected inverters

Invited seminar for the KIPE DC converter station technical committee.

Invited presentation

Live Your Dream!

Invited presentation at the IEEE PELS TC4 mentorship luncheon.

IEEE PELS Webinar

WBG-based Current Source Inverter: Design, Analysis, and PWM/Control

An invited IEEE Power Electronics Society webinar.

Appointment

Joining Korea University

Sangwhee Lee joined the School of Electrical Engineering at Korea University as an Assistant Professor.

Invited seminar

High-performance Power Electronics Design with WBG Devices and Future Opportunities

BK21 expert invitation seminar.

Award

IEEE PELS Thesis Talk Winner

Winner of the IEEE Power Electronics Society Thesis Talk (P3 Talk).

Best paper

ITEC+EATS Best Conference Paper

First-author best paper: “Inverse segmented motor drive using dual ANPC inverters for common-mode voltage and neutral-point current cancellation.”

Milestone

Ph.D. completed at UW–Madison

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with research at WEMPEC.

Presentation

Integrated Motor Drive using SiC-based Current Source Inverters and Dysprosium-Free Magnet Machine

Presentation at the WEMPEC annual review.

Award

Novotny Power Engineering Award

University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Team awards

Student engineering competition awards

Second place in the ECCE Student Demonstration Hardware Competition and first place in the ITEC+EATS Battery SOC Estimation Contest.