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3M Electrical Markets Division
Bryan Lieber
6801 River Place Blvd
Building 0130-04-N-27G
Austin, TX 78726-3000
Telephone: 512-984-5247
E-mail: bjlieber@mmm.com
Website: 3m.com
 3M is a global innovation company that never stops inventing. Over the years, their innovations have improved daily life for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. They have made driving at night easier, buildings safer, and consumer electronics lighter, less energy-intensive and less harmful to the environment. They even helped put a man on the moon.
3M Electrical Markets Division sells a breadth of products across the Electrical Industry to utilities, electrical contractors, and manufacturers of electrical equipment. They are a supplier of various forms of electrical insulation to manufacturers of motors, transformers, generators, appliances, light fixtures, and electrified transportation
Khurram Afridi
University of Colorado Boulder
Engineering Center, 1111 Engineering Drive, Rm EE1B55
425 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Telephone: 303-492-8905
E-mail: khurram.afridi@colorado.edu
Khurram Afridi is an Assistant Professor of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder. He received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Caltech (1989), and SM (1992) and PhD (1998) degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. His research interests are in power electronics and energy systems incorporating power electronic controls.
Prior to joining CU Boulder he was a visiting faculty at MIT's EECS Department (2009-2013) and the Chief Operating Officer (2000-2010) and Chief Technology Officer (1997-2000) of Techlogix. He has also worked for JPL, Lutron, Philips, and Schlumberger. From 2004 to 2008 he led the development of LUMS School of Science and Engineering (SSE) as Project Director. He received the Carnation Merit Award from Caltech (1988), the BMW Scientific Award from BMW AG (1999), and the Werner-von-Siemens Chair for Power Electronics from LUMS SSE (2008). He is the Technical Program Committee (TPC) chair for the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) 2015.
Experto Inc
Alberto de Leon
18 Windermere Dr.
Holbrook, NY 11741
Telephone: 631-868-0089
E-mail: alberto.deleon@expertoinc.com
Website: www.expertoinc.com
Experto Inc provides management consulting for effective New Product Introduction, supplementing the client's know-how from ideation to product roll-out in areas of renewable energy, power electronics and electrification.
Experto Inc is involved in the research and development of Wireless Power Transfer for electric vehicles, dc distribution in buildings, and power electronic conversion for renewable energy and electric storage.
Ulrike Grossner
Advanced Power Semiconductor Laboratory, ETH Zurich
Physikstrasse 3, ETL
8092 Zurich, ZH
Switzerland
Telephone: +41-44-632 2807
E-mail: ulrike.grossner@ethz.ch
Ulrike Grossner is a Full Professor of Power Semiconductors at the Advanced Power Semiconductor Laboratory, ETH Zurich. Previously she was Principal Scientist at ABB Corporate Research in Baden (AG). She is an internationally recognised expert in semiconductors specializing in the development of new semiconductors based on wide bandgap materials. Ulrike Grossner has previously worked at top universities and in the research departments of leading technology companies.
The research focus of the Advanced Power Semiconductor Laboratory (APS) is on power semiconductor devices and their modules. Here, we will establish state-of-the-art modeling, manufacturing, and characterization techniques for optimizing performance and reliability aspects of power devices and modules based on thorough understanding of the underlying physical properties. Ulrike Grossner will enhance the research carried out at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering in the strategically important field of energy technology and sustainable energy supply.
John Muth
North Carolina State University
ECE Dept. Box 7911
Raleigh, NC 27695-7911
Telephone: 919-513-2982
E-mail: muth@ncsu.edu
Professor John Muth received a B.S. in Applied Engineering Physics from Cornell in 1988, and served as a fast attack nuclear submarine officer 1988-1993. He received a PhD in Physics from NC State University in 1998. He is presently a full professor at North Carolina State University in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is the Deputy Director/CTO for PowerAmerica. PowerAmerica is the Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, a $146 Million dollar private-public partnership funded by the Department of Energy, Industry and Universities, and is part of the National Network of Manufacturing Institutes. His research interests include wide band gap semiconductor devices (Gallium Nitride, Silicon Carbide and Metal Oxides) and applying them to novel applications.
With PowerAmerica, Dr. Muth hopes to help create an energy-efficient society that will be enabled by wide band gap semiconductors power electronics by accelerating the acceptance of silicon carbide and gallium nitride into commercial products. Innovation in devices, open foundry models, and power electronics system design will lower the cost and improve the reliability of wide band gap power electronics with the benefits of increasing U.S. market competitiveness, creating high-tech jobs, and improving quality of life by improving energy efficiency to improve access to cheaper, cleaner, energy. He has over 130 peer reviewed, archival publications, 8 patents and has received various awards including the ONR Young Investigator award in 2003, and a Bronze Star for Meritorious service in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008-2009.
Navitas Semiconductor
Stephen Oliver
2101 E El Segundo Blvd
Suite 204
El Segundo, CA 90245
Telephone: 978-289-2364
E-mail: stephen.oliver@navitassemi.com
Website: navitassemi.com
Navitas Semiconductor enables new classes of high frequency, high efficiency & high density power electronics.
Headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA with a highly successful and proven team of power semiconductor professionals, Navitas has over 200 years of combined experience and more than 100 patents to date, and is dedicated to delivering significant end-customer value. Navitas’ GaN patents in core device, circuit, packaging and system technology complement extensive trade secrets, access to over $100M of R&D equipment, and ongoing R&D collaboration with the Hughes Research Lab (HRL) for future power GaN generations.
Perillo Industries Inc dba Century Electronics
Mary E. Perillo
2150 Anchor Court
Newbury Park, CA 91320
Telephone: 805-498-9838 x 102
E-mail: m_perillo@centuryele.com
Website: www.centuryele.com
For over 20 years, Century Electronics (Division of Perillo Industries Inc.) has been designing and manufacturing high reliability military and aerospace power supplies, converters and inverters. Century designs custom Mil-Spec and COTS power solutions for customers within every branch of the military including the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, and Coast Guard. As a small, award winning, woman owned company, Century’s goal is to provide the “Best in Class” power products to their customers. By implementing the highest level of manufacturing quality, reliability and design innovation, Century Electronics strives to exceed customer expectations.
Century’s management team is committed to the highest standards of excellence in all aspects of business practices. By fostering a customer oriented work environment, the management team maintains a focus on quality, reliability, and innovation.
Point the Gap
Alex Avron
61 Cours de la Liberte
La Cordee
69003 Lyon, Rhone
France
Telephone: +33 614772295
E-mail: alex@pointthegap.com
Website: www.pointthegap.com
Point the Gap is a consulting company doing market research, market analysis, marketing and communication in semiconductor related areas.
Located in Lyon France, Point the Gap was founded by Alex Avron. Alex built and grew the power electronics department of Yole Développement for 4 years. He authored more than 10 market reports. He is now teaching competitive intelligence to 3rd year students in addition to building Point The Gap. He holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering with a major in semiconductors. Among his superpowers: his ability to summarize complex theories and concepts in very simple few words and the capability to listen to you for real, which tends te be useful in consulting.
Tridonic
Guenter Marent
Faerbergasse 15
6850 Dornbirn, Vorarlberg
Austria
Telephone: +4355723954238
E-mail: guenter.marent@tridonic.com
Website: www.tridonic.com/com/en/
As a leading global provider of smart and efficient lighting solutions, Tridonic empowers its customers and business partners to become more successful by making their lighting smarter, more exciting, and more sustainable. Tridonic's component lighting solutions deliver superior quality, highest reliability, and impressive energy savings to provide customers with a strong competitive edge.
As part of the Zumtobel Group, Tridonic is headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria. 1,750 highly skilled employees and a worldwide sales presence in 51 countries reflect Tridonic’s commitment to accelerating the development and deployment of new, smart, and connected lighting applications. With more than 40 million light points installed every year, Tridonic is perfectly positioned to play a decisive role in leveraging lighting as a key enabler and important infrastructure for connected lighting (Internet of Things).
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