報告内容:
1、ABB中國研究中心和今年的校園招聘計劃
2、R&D in Power Electronics and Applications: An Industrial Perspective
3、Power Electronics Innovation Requirements for Meeting New Trends in Future Grids
報告人:
劉前進 ABB 中國研究中心主任
Waqas M. Arshad ABB PE Research Area Manager
Francisco Canales ABB Research Fellow
時 間:2014年10月30日 下午14:00-16:00
地 點:bevictor伟德官网電機系西主樓2區203室
聯系人:趙争鳴
Waqas M. Arshad
Waqas is globally managing Power Electronics research area inside corporate research since 2014, with resources in several locations in Europe, Asia and Americas. The main demands on the research area are: secure ABB’s competence, further develop the company’s intellectual property, generate new ideas for products and solutions, and support business units with their expertise in the area of power electronics (converters and semiconductors). Prior to this (2009-2013), he was a department and a group manager at corporate research center in USA and looked after R&D in US on topics related to power electronics, electrical machines, materials and switching technologies. He also worked as a scientist and project leader (2003-2008) at corporate research Sweden on electrical machines. He has a PhD and MS in electrical machines from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Francisco Canales
Francisco Canales received the B.S. degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico, the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering from the Centro Nacional de Investigacin y Desarrollo Tecnolgico (CENIDET), Cuernavaca, Mexico, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg. He was a Senior Research Assistant at the Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Tech, where he was involved in core research and several industry-sponsored projects. He was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, CENIDET. He is currently Corporate Research Fellow at ABB Corporate Research Ltd. His research focus areas are on modular converter designs, resonant switching concepts and high efficient conversion topologies for industrial, traction and renewable energy applications.