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Tracks and Technical Program Committee

 WiPDA Europe 2022 is divided in 6 main tracks, with their associated technical committee.

Topic 1

Materials and Device Fabrication/Structures

Members

Jun Zeng, MaxPower Semiconductor, United States

Vishal Shah, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Amador Pérez Tomás, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain

Fan Li, Nexperia, United Kingdom

Andy Withey, Nexperia, United Kingdom

Andrei Mihaila, Hitachi ABB, Switzerland

Topic 2

SiC Devices and Application of SiC Devices (including modelling)

Members

Saeed Jahdi, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Neophytos Lophitis, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Craig Fisher, MaxPower Semiconductor, United Kingdom

Oriol Aviñó-Salvadó, Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM), Spain

Yegi Bonyadi, Lyra Electronics, United Kingdom

Wataru Saito, Kyushu University, Japan.

Topic 3

GaN devices and application of GaN devices (including modelling)

Members

Martin Kuball, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Petar Igic, Coventry University, United Kingdom

Florin Udrea, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Trevor Martin, United Kingdom

T. Paul Chow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Kevin Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Topic 4

Converter Integration and Packaging

Members

Tsuyoshi Funaki, Osaka University, Japan

Steve Riches, Tribus-D, United Kingdom

Liam Mills, Manufacturing Technology Centre, United Kingdom

Alberto Castellazzi, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan

Chao Ji, Ricardo, United Kingdom

Dean Hamilton, De Montfort University, United Kingdom

Topic 5

Reliability and Robustness (including implications of using WBG materials - windings, EMI, passive components, harsh environments)

Members

Nando Kaminski, Bremen University, Germany

Bing Ji, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Andrea Irace, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Asad Fayyaz, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Frédéric Richardeau, University of Toulouse, France

Topic 6

Applications in Renewable Energy & Energy Storage, Transportation, Industrial Drives, & Grid Power Systems

Members

Haimeng Wu, Northumbria University, United Kingdom

Francisco Freijedo, Huawei, Germany

Paul Judge, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pete James, Lyra Electronics, United Kingdom

Teng Long, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Enrique Dede, University of Valencia, Spain