Student Competitions
Below are some of the student competitions sponsored by PELS:
ECCE Student Project Demonstrations
The IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) organizes a demo session for students to showcase their research projects and interact with academia and industry.
University student teams (with one or more students) can submit project proposals for consideration, provided that each team member has paid the registration fee for ECCE-North America in the year the project demonstration is held.
The top three teams will receive the following for the hardware demonstration:
- First Place: Certificate, USD 2,000
- Second Place: Certificate, USD 1,500
- Third Place: Certificate, USD 1,000
The top design method for an individual team will receive USD 1,500 and a certificate.
International Future Energy Challenge
The International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) is an international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy.
PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk Award
The PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk (P3 Talk) competition showcases Ph.D. projects to both the academia and industry areas of the power electronics community.