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UJ FEBE lecture  
On behalf of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science of the University of Johannesburg (UJ), you, your friends, colleagues and all interested persons are cordially invited to attend the latest in an ongoing UJ Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment (FEBE) series of prestige lectures by eminent international researchers, entitled:

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC POWER PROCESSING:
A future research perspective beyond circuit diagrams

by Prof. J D (Daan) van Wyk

DATE: Friday 16 October 2009
TIME: 14h00 to 16h00
VENUE: University of Johannesburg Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, New Admin Building, Kingsway Campus, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
(click here for map)
COST: Free-of-charge, hot and cold snacks and refreshments will be served afterwards, and a cash bar facility will be available
REGISTRATION: Click here or email to [email protected] the names of persons that will be attending.

The lecture is organised and hosted by the University of Johannesburg, in association with the EE Publishers, the IEEE SA Section, the IET SA Network and the SAIEE.

SYNOPSIS

The five-university Centre for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA, was founded as an Engineering Research Centre by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the USA, and funded from 1998 to 2008.

At the inception, it was decided to investigate integration technology for all power processing functions in a power processing system - not only for the switching power semiconductors as is current practice. It was further decided to concentrate on planar, non-wire-bond technologies, and to develop a planar integration technology that would accommodate integration of the entire power processing system. This would enable a common technology base for the integration of the system, as well as establish common thermo-mechanical behaviour and failure modes.

The presentation gives a short overview of the Centre and its activities, and then continues to present an account of the decade of research as funded by the NSF. The developed technology holds much promise for the future of electronic power processing. Applications of integration for power levels in the range of 100 W to 1,5 kW are discussed and illustrated with case studies.

RESUME OF PRESENTER

Prof. Jacobus Daniel (Daan) van Wyk received an MScEng degree from the University of Pretoria in 1966, a DScTech degree from the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1969, an honorary DSc(Eng) degree from the University of Natal in 1996 and an honorary DEng degree from the University of Pretoria in 2008. At the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg), he started work on power electronics integration technology and then joined the Centre for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) in the USA in 1999 and was leader of the Program on Power Electronics Integration at CPES during the National Science Foundation funding cycle of the Centre. He now lives in Johannesburg and is a visiting professor of electrical and electronic engineering science at the University of Johannesburg.

Prof. van Wyk is a fellow of the IEEE and SAIEE.  He has been author and co-author of more than 600 publications, receiving 23 publication awards for this work, including 15 IEEE prize paper awards. He was the recipient of the prestigious IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in 1995, an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, the IEEE Power Electronics Society Distinguished Service Award in 2006 and the IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Achievement Award in 2006. He has received a range of other awards from IEEE Societies, the SAIEE and other organizations, and was editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics from 2002 to 2006.
 
Prof. van Wyk was one of the founders of the Faculty of Engineering at the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), and served RAU as dean and vice rector. He also served the FRD (predecessor of the NRF) in a vice presidential capacity.
 
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

Parking will be reserved in the off-campus parking area opposite Entrance 1 in Kingsway Avenue (click here for map). Walk over the pedestrian bridge and up the ramp in front of the main entrance. You will pass the Student Enrolment Centre on your left and after that you will find the Library to your right and the main building to your left. You enter the glass doors of the main building to your left. To your right after you have entered the glass doors take the lift to the 3rd floor. Then take the passage to the left, walk through the glass doors and take the bridge that connects the Main Building with the New Building to the right. Enter through the wooden doors. At the end of the bridge, please take the stairs to the 2nd floor.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Seating is limited and for catering purposes booking is essential. For further information and registration, please contact:
Monya Badenhorst, University of Johannesburg
Tel: 0115594743; Cell: 0837705902; [email protected]
 
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