About the Competition
The IEEE PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk (P3 Talk) competition showcases Ph.D. projects to the power electronics community. The topic of the Ph.D. thesis should be one of the focus areas of PELS. Potential areas are included in the submission guidelines. Up to five presenters are selected each year.
Prize:
- Certificate
- Honorarium (1,000 USD)
- Presentation published on the Society’s website
- Reimbursement towards the recipient’s necessary conference registration, travel, and accommodation costs incurred to attend the award ceremony (up to USD 1,000)
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Competition
2025: Rahul Iyer
Dynamical Modeling and Control of the Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter
2025: Sangwhee Lee
Topological Analysis, Design Optimization, Advanced Modulation, and Control of High-Power Density WBG Device-based Current Source Inverter for Transportation Applications
2025: Sourish Sankar Sinha
Investigation of High-Frequency Electromagnetic and Electrostatic Shielding for WBG Power Module
2025: Xing Wei
Condition and Health Monitoring of Three-phase Inverter for Traction Application
2025: Yicheng Zhu
High-Performance Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Power Converters: Circuit Topologies, Control Techniques, and Analytical Models
PhD graduates who are PELS members, have defended their thesis, and received their PhD or doctoral certificate (or proof of a final thesis defense) after 31 March of the year preceding the award are eligible. There is no other restriction as to affiliation, age, IEEE member grade, or nationality. Previous participants are NOT eligible.
As a prerequisite, applicants with the submission of a video express their consent that the video can be published by PELS and ensure that no copyrighted or confidential material is included.
Criteria: The topic of the thesis should be in one of the focus areas of PELS. Video submissions are judged on the following:
- Achieved Outcomes
- Clear research objectives, problems, and hypothesis
- Rich in engineering judgment and insight
- Design Methodology
- Methods are technically and mathematically accurate
- Well supported with analysis and experimental evidence
- Problem Definition
- Contribution to the field
- Value for practicing engineers or researchers
- Quality of Video and Presentation
- Effective use of visual aids
- Present material in a well-organized way
- Present within 180 seconds or less, the applicant personally appears in the video, and proper use of English
- Video and audio quality