Ed Sidor, Alternative Energy Committee Co-Chair, reported that the committee has been meeting monthly and there have been changes in the leadership over the past year. The committee has organized a 6 speaker Industry Session that will be presented during APEC 2013 and invited interested people to attend their committee meeting and Industry Session scheduled in the coming week.

Chavonne Yee, Chuck Mullett and Joe Horzepa at Alternative Energy Committee meeting

John Prymak, Capacitor Committee Co-Chair, reported that there have been several changes in the leadership of the committee this past year. The committee has organized 7 speaker Industry Session that will be presented during APEC 2013 and outlined some of the proposed activities for the coming year.

Joseph Bond, Fred Weber, Ralph Kerrigan and John Prymak at Capacitor Committee meeting

Dusty Becker, Energy Efficiency Committee Co-Chair, presented an overview of the content and status of the Energy Efficiency Data Base available on the PSMA web site and that is regularly updated. He also reported that the committee has organized a 7 presentation Industry Session at APEC 2013 that focuses on "Power Management, Cell Phones to the Grid"

Mohan Mankikar, Doug McIlvoy, Ed Herbert and Dusty Becker at Energy Efficiency Committee meeting

In addition, Doug McIlvoy, moderator for the EPRI/PSMA workshop held the Saturday before APEC, presented an overview of the workshop and initial implications. The workshop was organized jointly by PSMA and EPRI and was titled "Are You Smart Enough for the Smart Grid".

Attendees at Smart Grid Workshop on Saturday March 16

Some of the presenters at Smart Grid Workshop on Saturday March 16

Arnold Alderman, Energy Harvesting Committee Co-Chair, reviewed the activities origin of the committee which has been very active this past year. Besides organizing a seven speaker Industry Session is scheduled during APEC 2013, the committee will also include a working demonstration of 6 energy harvesting systems immediately following the session in the same meeting room.

Philip Krein, Industry Education Committee member, reviewed the main committee activities which focused on APEC student attendance awards, support of the International Future Energy Challenge and developing an educational program in power electronics for middle school students.

Ed Herbert, Magnetics Committee Co-Chair, reported that the committee has held monthly meeting this past year and is planning to organize an Industry Session for APEC 2014. He also provided an update on the Core Loss project undertaken with Dartmouth University.

Frank Cirolia, Marketing Committee Co-Chair, provided an overview of the committee and some of the activities on its current agenda. He focused on the activities in support of APEC and the PSMA member companies that have exhibit booths this year. He also reviewed the activities of the Membership Committee, chaired by Ed Sidor, to increase the value of membership and to expand membership categories.

Chuck Mullett, Nanotechnology Committee Co-Chair, reported that committee accomplishments for the past year have been outstanding. For APEC 2013, the committee had an Education Seminar accepted, a Plenary presentation speaker and organized a 6 speaker Industry Session. In addition to the Nano 100 and Nano 200 e-learning courses now available to members through the Nanotechnology Technical Forum on the psma.com web site, the committee is developing a Nano 300 e-learning course targeted at students in college and graduate schools.

Chuck Mullett, Tony Laviano and Ernie Parker at Nanotechnology Committee meeting

Ernie Parker, Power Electronics Packaging Committee Co-Chair, reviewed the activities and results of the committee this past year. It has been an outstanding year with the organizing of two Industry Sessions for APEC 2013. The first is a 7 speaker Industry session on "Key Technologies for Power Electronics in Electric Drive Vehicles" and the second Industry Session on "3D Packaging for Power Electronics". In addition, the committee is considering a special project on 3D Packaging for Power Electronics.

Eric Persson, Power Technology Roadmap Committee Co-Chair, reported that the 2013 Power Technology Roadmap has been published and will be distributed to the membership in the next couple of weeks. The report is 600 pages and includes a USB memory stick. In addition to the material in the written report, the USB memory stick will include both the PowerPoint presentations and audio recordings of the Webinars held the past year. A brief overview of the results of the 2013 Roadmap was presented at the Plenary Session later that day.

Attendees at Power Technology Roadmap Committee meeting

Cian O'Mathuna, Program Chair for PwrSoC 2012, reported that the November workshop which was jointly sponsored by PSMA and IEEE PELS was very successful and attracted 180 attendees equally split between industry and academia. Cian gave a brief overview of the results of the workshop. He also presented the report at the APEC 2013 Plenary Session that was held later that afternoon.

More information about the PSMA committees was made available during the week at the individual committee meetings. PSMA members and guests were encouraged to attend these meetings to learn more about the committees and to help plan activities for the coming year.

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