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you see emerging out of these summaries. Our purpose
for providing these articles is both to report, and also to
encourage participation and engagement with people and
organizations to efficiently power global progress.
My appreciation goes out to the organizing committee,
PELS staff (particularly Becky Boresen), and all
of the hearty participants both in person and virtual.
It was a successful conference that should benefit
PELS for years to come. I also want to thank the Society
for the opportunity to serve these past years. It is
truly a remarkably exciting time to be in the power
electronics world!
About the Author
H. Alan Mantooth (mantooth@uark.edu) received the
B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA, in 1985
and 1986, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. After eight
years in industry at Analogy, he joined the faculty of the
Department of Electrical Engineering at the University
of Arkansas, where he is currently a Distinguished Professor.
He is the Executive Director of the NSF Center
on GRid-connected Power Electronic Systems
(GRAPES) and the Deputy Director of the NSF ERC on
Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems
(POETS). He currently serves as Senior Past-President
for the IEEE PELS and the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE
Open Journal of Power Electronics. Dr. Mantooth is a
Fellow of IEEE and a registered professional engineer
in Arkansas.
Brainstorming for
Game-Changing Ideas
by Liuchen Chang and Alan Mantooth
T
his year, the IEEE Future of Electronic Power
Processing and Conversion (FEPPCON) XI
held in Reykjavik, Iceland, 3-7 June 2022,
added a new form of technical session called
" Brainstorming for Game-Changing Ideas "
through poster presentations and discussions, initiated
by the late past president of IEEE Power Electronics
Society (PELS) Braham Ferreira. The workshop participants
were encouraged to think out-of-the box, identifying
game-changing ideas or technology gaps to achieve
lofty goals relevant to power electronics. A call for posters
was issued to all workshop participants and 11
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posters were received, describing big ideas leading to
technological breakthroughs or gaps before achieving
these advances. The posters were posted to the workshop
participants and judged by a small committee as
well as voted by all attendees. Four winning posters were
selected and their authors presented their summaries to
the participants, followed by discussions. The four winning
posters are:
The First Prize Poster: " The War of Currents - How DC
technology Lost the Battle 150 Years Ago, but May Win the
War Exploiting its Full Potential in a Volatile, Liberalized
Energy World " by Rik de Donker, RWTH Aachen University,
Aachen, Germany.
The Second Prize Poster: " Fuel Source for All Power
Electronic Grids " by Juan Carlos Balda, Alan Mantooth,
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