What Makes a Good Engineer? (White Hot)
As I have mentioned in a previous column, I taught a power electronics project lab at the University of Colorado—Boulder for the past eight years for Master’s degree students. Aside
As I have mentioned in a previous column, I taught a power electronics project lab at the University of Colorado—Boulder for the past eight years for Master’s degree students. Aside
This column looks holistically at the ongoing energy transition being driven by what we’ll refer to as “exponential technologies.” These are the areas where price declines and performance improvements, enabled
The 2025 edition of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Power Technology Roadmap (PTR) represents one of the most comprehensive and forward-looking analyses of power conversion technologies in the global
The PCIM Expo & Conference 2025, held in Nuremberg, Germany, for the first time featured events organized by PELS Women in Engineering (WIE) and Young Professionals (YP). The session titled
As a young woman in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), attending the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Conference (ILC) 2025 in San Jose, California, was an incredibly
Empower a Billion Lives is in the midst of its third contest cycle. Initial concept papers and the full proposals have been evaluated by the judges, and their feedback has
The term “Digital Transformation” is starting to pop up everywhere, from governments to company presentations across industries, referring to the rewiring of an organization with digital technology to create new
Last December at Electronica, Shandong-based SICC surprised the world with the first 300mm SiC substrate. While 300mm for silicon wafers and analog power is old news (high voltage IGBT products
As IEEE and PELS have continued to grow and evolve, we mark the 10th anniversary of the magazine [1] with a demographic look at the publication [3]. Though many aspects
In today’s world, it is widely understood that capitalism with open competition is the best way of providing high quality goods and improved services that people want in an economy.