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Location: MMCR
Department of EE, IISc and IEEE PELS, IES and jointly presents the following talk
Title: Next Generation Power Electronic Systems: A Paradigm Shift in Design Philosophy
Speaker: Ayan Mallik
Date: 9 December 2019
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Venue: MMCR Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IISc, Bangalore.
Abstract:
Power electronics has emerged as an enabling technology in deployment of next generation of systems including transportation systems, motor drives, robotics, renewable energies, smart grids and data centers, among many others. The demands for higher efficiency, enhanced reliability higher power density, specific power and better thermal management pose stringent challenges for the power electronic converters to accommodate. This presentation will put forward some of the emerging research areas, which have been pursued with the emphasis on more-electric-aircrafts (MEA), next generation onboard chargers for electric vehicles and data center power supplies. A novel approach to replace transformer rectifier units (TRUs) by actively controlled and lightweight Regulated Transformer Rectifier Units (RTRUs) employing the advantages of emerging wide band gap (WBG) semiconductor technology will be presented. In addition, this presentation will focus on an innovative topology to combine an onboard charger and an auxiliary power module with the objective of enhancing the performance, while adding extra functionalities and enhancing the operation efficiency in light and medium loads. Also, a new direction in multi-objective optimization and reliability assessment for power electronic systems will be discussed in this presentation.
Brief Bio:
received his Integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s degree (dual degree) in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India in 2014. He received his Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2018. His major research interests include the design, modelling, control and optimization of power electronic converters, characterizations and applications of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, highly efficient & high-power density solutions for power conversions in the applications of more-electric-aircrafts, electric vehicles, wireless charging and data centers. He is an author/co-author of over thirty journal and conference papers. He has worked on research, development and testing of regulated transformer rectifier units for more-electric- aircrafts, integrated bidirectional onboard charger design for electric vehicles, high density DC- DC conversion for data centers, among many other projects. Dr. Mallik is the recipient of various awards and recognitions including first place in Dean’s doctoral dissertation competition at the University of Maryland, ECE distinguished dissertation award, University of Maryland’s (UMD) Invention of the Year award (2018), Jimmy H.C. Lin invention award (2018), UMD’s outstanding graduate student award (2016), among many others.
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