Events
Annual Research Review Meeting
Each spring a review meeting is held at the UC Berkeley campus for BPEC sponsors, faculty, and students. This meeting focuses on technical exchanges, including student and faculty presentations, poster sessions, invited keynotes, and laboratory tours. The meeting represents a unique networking and educational opportunity for power and energy professionals in the Bay Area and beyond.
The next BPEC Annual Meeting will be held on April 16th, 2025.
Upcoming Presentations
APEC 2025
Atlanta, Georgia | March 16 – 20, 2025
A 48-V-to-0.8-V Gallium Nitride Switching Bus Converter for Processor Vertical Power Delivery with 2.7 mm Thickness and 2145 W/in^3 Power Density | Jiarui Zou, Yicheng Zhu, Nathan Ellis, Logan Horowitz, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
Analysis and Implementation of Minimum-Sensor Capacitor Voltage Estimators for Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters | Syed Tahmid Mahbub, Rahul Iyer, Ivan Petrić, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
Design-Oriented Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Two-Phase Coupled Inductors in Multiphase PWM Converters | Yicheng Zhu, Jiarui Zou, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
A Variable Frequency Technique for EMI and Efficiency Improvements in High-Level Count Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters | Francesca Giardine, Sahana Krishnan, Logan Horowitz, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
An Adaptive Zero Current Switching Control Technique for Multi-Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converters | Haifah Sambo, Rose Abramson, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski
Achieving Soft-Charging and Over 20% Input Current Ripple Reduction in a 48-to-6 V Dickson Converter Using an Alternative 3-Phase Split-Phase Control Scheme | Nagesh Patle, Rose A. Abramson, Sahana Krishnan, Jiarui Zou, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski
High-Efficiency Isolated Piezoelectric Transformers for Magnetic-Less DC-DC Power Conversion | Sourav Naval, Wentao Xu, Mustapha Touhami, Jessica Boles