Fundamentals of Power Electronics

• Introduction to Power Electronics and Applications/PE Overview
• DC/AC Inverters
• Rectifiers
• Fundamentals of Capacitors and Inductors in Power Electronics
• Basic DC/DC Converters
• Electric Vehicle Chargers
• EMI for Power Electronics I
• EMI for Power Electronics II
• Reliability Engineering for Power Electronics I
• Reliability Engineering for Power Electronics II
• Thermal Engineering Practice for Power Electronics I
• Thermal Engineering Practice for Power Electronics II
• Controls and Dynamics
• Insulation and Dielectric Design
• Introduction to Wide Bandgap Devices
• Examples of Power Electronics in EVs/HEVs

Registration Date/Time:
9/15/2025 7:30am Central Time

Event Dates/Times:

• 9/15/2025  8:30am - 2:30pm Central Time
• 9/16/2025  8:30am - 2:30pm Central Time
• 9/17/2025  8:30am - 2:30pm Central Time
• 9/18/2025  8:30am - 2:30pm Central Time

• Instructors

  Thomas Jahns

  Grainger Professor of Power Electronics And Electric Machines

  Dr. Thomas M. Jahns received his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from MIT, all in electrical engineering.

  Dr. Jahns joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  He served for 14 years as a Co-Director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), a world-renowned university/industry consortium in the electrical power engineering field.  Since 2021, he is the Grainger Emeritus Professor of Power Electronics and Electrical Machines.

  Prior to coming to UW-Madison, Dr. Jahns worked at GE Corporate Research and Development (now GE Global Research) in Niskayuna, NY, for 15 years, where he pursued new power electronics and motor drive technology in a variety of research and management positions. His current research interests at UW-Madison include integrated motor drives and electrified propulsion for both land vehicles and aircraft.

  Dr. Jahns is a Fellow of IEEE.  He received the 2005 IEEE Nikola Tesla Technical Field Award “for pioneering contributions to the design and application of AC permanent magnet machines”.  Dr. Jahns is a Past President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.  He was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2015 and received the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering in 2022.

  Ahmad Khan

  Steven Fredette

  Associate Teaching Professor

  Fredette is an associate teaching professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UW-Madison. He is interested in the design, simulation, modeling, controls, and development of power conversion systems for alternative energy (wind, solar PV, fuel cells) and industrial (HVAC, elevator, traction) applications. Fredette has delivered innovative, producible solutions to the industrial, aerospace, and alternative energy fields.

  He has acquired a wide range of industrial experience through work for United Technologies, Vestas Technology R&D, and American Superconductor (AMSC). He has a PhD from UW-Madison.

• Program Director

  Ahmad Khan

This course is part of the Electrified Systems Certificate series. Course may be taken individually as well.

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