EPE Newsletter 2
Newsletter contents:
1. Our next event: EPE-PEMC 2004 – http://www.rtu.lv/epe-pemc2004
2. Nordic event: NORPIE 2004: http://www.elkraft.ntnu.no/norpie/index.html
3. Contents of Vol 13 no 4 of EPE Journal now out
4. Future issues of EPE Journal:
To receive a copy of the issues: become a member of the EPE Association: epe-association@vub.ac.be
1. Our next event: EPE-PEMC 2004 – http://www.rtu.lv/epe-pemc2004
Last call for papers:
We kindly ask you to send or upload your synopses for an EPE PEMC 04 contribution by E-mail.
Our E-mail address is: epe-pemc2004@rtu.lv
Contributions are still expected!
More information about Riga, LATVIA: www.virtualriga.lv, www.openlatvia.lv
The Riga Congress Centre offers facilities for 1200 participants, 300 lecture presentations, 400 dialogue
presentations and 70 exhibition booths.
Financial support is available for young researchers and PhD students. Information is available on the
webpage.
DO NOT MISS THAT EVENT.
Contact address:
Professor Leonids Ribickis
Chairman of the Conference
Riga Technical University
Kalku Street 1, LV 1050, Riga, Latvia
Phone: + 371 7089415, 7089400
Fax: + 371 7820094
E-mail: Leonids.Ribickis@rtu.lv
Epe-pemc2004@rtu.lv
Web: http://www.rtu.lv/epe-pemc2004
2. Nordic event: NORPIE 2004: http://www.elkraft.ntnu.no/norpie/index.html
Important dates:
§ Deadlines for summaries: 12 January, 2004
§ Notification of acceptance: 1 March, 2004
§ Submission of final paper: 3 May, 2004
Links:
§ Electrical Energy Conversion Group, NTNU
§ Visit Trondheim
§ NORPIE 2002
Contact address:
Prof. Tore M. Undeland, Ph.D.
Energy Conversion Group
Department of Electrical Power Engineering NTNU
O.S. Bragstads Plass 2E
7491 Trondheim, Norway
Email: Tore.Undeland@elkraft.ntnu.no
Phone: +47 73 59 42 44
Fax: +47 73 59 42 79
Mobile: +47 90 02 45 67
3. Contents of Vol 13 no 4 of EPE Journal now out
Editorial, Tore Undeland, President of EPE Association
Converters
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FipBus Communication Network for Power Switches Control, J.P. Lavieville, C. Aït Mahrez, W.
Weber, J.L. Thomas, ALSTOM T&D PERT, Massy, France
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Analytic Calculation of the DC-Link Capacitor Current for Pulsed Single -Phase H-Bridge
Inverters, Folker Renken, Siemens VDO Automotive AG, Automotive Systems Powertrain, Regensburg,
Germany
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Design Guidelines for DC-DC Converters with Dynamic Voltage Scaling, A. Soto, P. Alou, J.
Oliver, J.A. Cobos and T. Riesgo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E.T.S.I. Industriales. División de
Ingeniería Electrónica, Spain
Control
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A High Resolution Multilevel Voltage Space Phasor Generation for an Open-end Winding
Induction Motor Drive, M.R. Baiju, K. Gopakumar, K.K. Mohapatra, V.T.Somasekhar, L.Umanand, Centre
for Electronics Design & Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Automotive Systems
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The Role of Power Electronics in Future 42 V Automotive Electrical Systems, John G.
Kassakian, Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems, The Massachusetts Institute of
technology, Cambridge, USA
Education
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Teaching Power Electronics in the 21st Century, P. Bauer, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands, J.W. Kolar, ETH Zurich; Power Electronic Systems Laboratory, Switzerland
News
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AECCTECH_NET, aims of the action
EPE Association, new Executive Council
4. Future issues of EPE Journal:
Vol 14 no 1: special issue on Electrical machines, including
Motors for Home Applications Development of Environment-Friendly Electric Motors, Shigeo Morimoto,
Yoji Takeda and Hiroshi Murakami, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Linear Electromagnetic Actuators and their Control: a review, I Boldea, University Politehnica of
Timisoara, Romania
Electric Motors for Automotive Applications, Tomy Sebastian, Sayeed Mir, Mohammad Islam, Delphi
Corporation, USA
Soft Magnetic Composite Materials Applied to Electric Motors, Patricia Jansson, Höganäs AB, Sweden
And more…
Vol 14 no 2: a series of selected peer reviewed papers
Evaluation of IGCTs & IGBTs Chopper for DC Electrical Arc Furnaces, S. Alvarez, Centro Universitario
de Investigación en Distribución Activa y Electro Tecnologías, Mondragon, Spain; P. Ladoux, J.M.
Blaquière, C. Bas, LEEI-ENSEEIHT, INPT/CNRS, France; J. Nuns, B. Riffault, EDF-DER, France
Single -Stage ZCS Quasi-resonant AC/DC Converter with Low DC Link Capacitor Voltage, Tae-Jin Chung,
Gun-Woo Moon and Myung -Joong Youn, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
And more…
Vol 14 no 3: special issue on multi-phase, multi-motor drives
Vol 14 no 4: a series of selected peer reviewed papers