Author: joe.gillett

The Centre for Power Electronics (CPE) Annual Conference brings together the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Community to review the latest research and development in the field. We’re delighted that next year’s conference will be held at the University of Sheffield from 8-9 July 2025.

The Conference will feature invited keynotes and presentations from leading academics and industrialists, views of the future demands for power electronics and drives, and opportunities for pursuing a career in this exciting field.

Several plenary talks will be dedicated to early/ mid career academics – for example those holding Lecturer / Assistant Professor / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor positions. To this end the CPE Conference Organising Team invites abstracts from early/ mid career academics for oral presentations which describe the latest advancements in power electronics and drives.

Up to four abstracts will be selected for oral presentation during the Conference.

Those wishing to present their work at the CPE Annual Conference 2025 should submit an abstract of no more than 200 words and a biography of up to 150 words to: office@imaps.org.uk by Friday 20 December 2024. For further information see the CPE 2025 Call for Abstracts from Early/ Mid Career Academics.

We’re delighted that next year’s CPE Annual Conference will be held at the University of Sheffield on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 July 2025. Further details to follow.

The Centre for Power Electronics and IMAPS-UK organised the Annual Conference serving the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) Research and Development community, with over 220 people attending over the two days of the in-person event. The Conference featured state of the art presentations from academic and industrial speakers, 3 Sponsors, 13 Exhibitors and 90 poster presentations from Early Career Researchers.

Check out the CPE 2024 Annual Conference Report. We would like to thank everyone for their participation at the Conference.

The CPE Conference Organising Team invites Abstracts from Students (Undergraduate and Post-Graduate) and Post Doctoral Researchers for Poster Presentations which describe the latest advancements in Power Electronics, Electric Machines and Drives at the CPE Annual Conference 2024.

Should they also apply, up to 6 Abstracts from PhD Students will also be selected to deliver Oral Presentations during the Conference.

Prizes will be awarded to selected Poster and Oral Presentations, sponsored by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Electric Propulsion.

For full details of how to apply by the deadline of 23 February 2024, please see the CPE24 Call for Posters from Student and Post-Doctoral Researchers

The CPE Conference Organising Team invites Abstracts from Early/Mid Career Academics to deliver Oral Presentations which describe the latest advancements in Power Electronics and Drives at the CPE Annual Conference 2024.

Up to four Abstracts will be selected for Oral Presentation during the CPE Conference.

For details of how to apply by the deadline of 13 December 2023, please see the: CPE24 Call for Abstracts from Early/ Mid-Career Researchers for Oral Presentations

 

We invite you to register for the Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2024, which will be held from 8 – 9th July 2024 at the Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 8QH.

The Conference will bring together the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives Community to review the latest Research and Development that will impact the Electric Revolution.

The Conference will be run over two days and feature:

• Academic Keynote Presentations from International Speakers
• Industrial Keynote Presentations from Leading PEMD based Organisations
• State of the Art Invited Research Presentations from UK Universities
• Early-Mid Career Researcher Presentations
• Centre for Doctoral Training for Sustainable Electric Propulsion Session including PhD Students
• Exhibitors from the Industrial Design, Manufacturing and Test Community
• Poster session with over 50 posters drawn from the UK research base in PEMD
• Networking BBQ dinner on the evening of Monday 8th July 2024

To register for the conference, and see details of accommodation options, follow this link: Register for CPE Annual Conference 2024.

We aim to keep registration costs as competitive as possible; if you are a student, please note this Call for Posters news item below before registering.

 

 

 

From the 4-5 July 2023, the Centre for Power Electronics (CPE) and IMAPS-UK held the CPE Annual Conference at the Jubilee Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, serving the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) community.

With over 180 people attending over the two days of the in-person event held on CPE’s tenth anniversary, the conference featured state of the art presentations from academic and industrial speakers, 11 Exhibitors, 60 poster presentations from Early Career Researchers and a panel session on the Future Energy Strategy in Preparation for Net Zero in 2050.

See the CPE 2023 Annual Conference Report for further information.

View PDF copies of available presentation slides from the invited speakers

     

     

 

By Liliana de Lillo – Team Leader of the OLOPS Super Star Racers and Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow

The 2023 edition of the Staffordshire Goblin event was held on a wonderful hot day on Wednesday the 14^th of June at Curborough Sprint Course. These events, organised by Greenpower, give school children the opportunity to build and race their own electric kit car.

Once again, the PEMC Research Group from the University of Nottingham and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary Academy from Bulwell in Nottingham worked hard on their entry to this year’s event: the OLOPS Super Star Racers!

With almost 50 Goblin electric carts participating in the Staffordshire event, OLOPS Super Star Racers did fantastic and look forward to seeing how they ranked amongst the many schools that travelled from different parts of the country to participate once the final results are released.

It is always a great event where all children, aged 9 and 10, join in with such enthusiasm and excitement working as a team at every step, fully committed to make it a memorable day for themselves and the school they are representing. Behind a great group of children, there are always great teachers and we wouldn’t be able to run the “Electric cart project” without their passion, enthusiasm and time.

Thank you to Sarah Fedyszyn and Ellen Flynn from OLOPS whose dedication to this activity is invaluable. We hope to see some of these children in a few years’ time returning as Graduates in Engineering as some of them have already hinted!

Liliana de Lillo – Team Leader of the OLOPS Super Star Racers and Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow

Lee Empringham – Professor of Power Conversion Technology

   

   

    

 

 

 

During British Science Week 2023, Dr Neo Lophitis of the University of Nottingham and the CPE Annual Conference Technical Committee visited the Leicester Greek School on 18 March to support and provide further inspiration for their science activities.

To complement the School’s curriculum, Dr Neo Lophitis discussed the science and technology behind electric vehicles and led students to explore simple electrical circuits. The students then used simple electrical circuit components to build their own battery powered vehicle models. The children’s enthusiasm and excitement for how electric circuits and battery powered vehicles work was evident as they celebrated their achievements!

29th March 2023, 2pm to 4pm GMT on Zoom

This webinar will be delivered by  Prof Anthony O’Neill (Newcastle University) and Prof Phil Mawby (University of Warwick).

Further details and speaker biographies are available here: CPE Webinar_29 March 2023

We are grateful to Prof Layi Alatise (University of Warwick/ CPE) who is facilitating the event.

Register in advance