IEEE Power Electronics Magazine - September 2017 - 68

by Brian Zahnstecher

SFBAC PELS Chapter Overview
and Event Summary

I

n March 2016, we, as members of
the IEEE Power Electronics Soci-
ety (PELS), resurrected our Soci-
ety's Chapter after it endured several
years of dormancy. The location of
the Chapter is in the San Francisco
Bay Area, covering all three local sec-
tions, Santa Clara Valley (SCV), San
Francisco (SF), and Oakland East
Bay (OEB). A year later, we have had
the unprecedented achievement of
winning the Best Chapter Awards tri-
fecta (local, national, global) with the
2017 SCV Section Best Chapter, 2017
Region 6 Best Chapter, and 2017
PELS Best Chapter.
By June 2016, we had formally re-
instated the Chapter, held an election
for the four key officer positions, and
formed an Executive Committee of 12
eager volunteers. Two major venues
in the heart of Silicon Valley (Texas
Instruments and ON Semiconduc-
tor, both in Santa Clara, California)
pledged support. Since then, our
Chapter has experienced one amaz-
ing achievement after another, which
are summarized below.
■■9 March 2016: We cosponsored an
IEEE Power & Energy Society
(PES)/IEEE Industry Applica-
tions Society (IAS) talk, "Dramatic
Improvements in Driving LED
Arrays through Resonant Control of
Power," by Dr. David Dreyfuss,
Intervention Technology Pty Ltd.
■■28 March 2016: A press release
announced the reformation of the
San Francisco Bay Area Council
(SFBAC) IEEE PELS Chapter and
called for participation.

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May 2016: We cosponsored
another PES/IAS talk, "Advances
in Data Center Power Supplies,"
by Douglas Arduini and Tony
O'Brien, technical leaders, Cisco
Systems.
■■23 June 2016: An inaugural monthly
talk, "The Challenges of VHF Power
Conversion," was given by Tony
Sagneri, chief technical officer, FIN-
six Corporation (Figure 1).
■■28 July 2016: We cosponsored the
components, packaging, and
manufacturing technology talk,
"Increased Power Density and Sim-
plified Designs with 3‐D SiP Module,"
by Jim Moss, power products tech-
nology manager, Texas Instruments.
■■7 September 2016: Per the SCV
section annual reporting, PELS
membership increased approxi-
mately 5% in fewer than six months,
numerous Senior Member upgrades
were supported, and the Chapter
participated in several section
awareness efforts (i.e., conference
booth participation).

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September 2016: We hosted a
second monthly talk, "The Trials
and Tribulations of Evaluating GaN
and SiC Switching Devices," by
Juan Rivas‐Davila, assistant profes-
sor of electrical engineering, Stan-
ford University (Figure 2).
■■27 October 2016: The next monthly
talk, "The Technology Behind the
World's Smallest 12V, 10A Voltage
Regulator," by Pradeep Shenoy, Sys-
tems Engineer, Texas Instruments,
was hosted.
■■17 November 2016: The monthly
talk, "Flywheel Energy Storage:
The Utility Scale Energy Storage
Solution," by Seth Sanders, Prof.,
Department of Electrical Engi-
neering and Computer Sciences at
the University of California (UC)
Berkeley was hosted.
■■12 December 2016: We hosted a hol-
iday member appreciation event for
members and additional guests.
■■26 January 2017: We hosted the inau-
gural half-day workshop "Power
Supply Design Fundamentals

FIG 1 The SFBAC PELS Chapter hosted a lively crowd for their inaugural event on 23 June
2016. Chapter Chair Brian Zahnstecher is at the podium.

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