Check out Electronic Design's coverage of APEC 2024.
What you’ll learn:
- How students can apply to submit proposals for papers to be presented at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) conference.
- How qualifying students can apply for financial assistance of up to $1,000 to attend the event.
- Learn more about the wide range of power topics covered at APEC 2024, and some of the exciting events taking place on the conference's large exhibit hall.
The joint sponsors of the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) have announced the continuation of the popular Student Attendance Support Program for APEC 2024, scheduled to take place in Long Beach, Calif. from February 25-29, 2024.
Chosen recipients of the program will receive reimbursement to cover up to $1,000 of qualified expenses for attending APEC 2024. The program is planned to provide support to 60 applicants. Those eligible to apply are power electronics students, undergraduate or graduate, who have been accepted to present papers at the upcoming conference in February. Once accepted, student presenters must apply for the Student Attendance Support Program by October 16, 2023.
In its 19th year, this popular program was initiated by the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA). It is now jointly underwritten by PSMA and the other co-sponsors of the APEC conference: the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS).
Recipients of the Student Attendance Support Program will be chosen by the APEC 2024 Student Attendance Support Committee. Criteria for students interested in applying are:
- The recipients must be an author or co-author of a paper that was accepted for presentation at APEC 2024.
- Only students who haven’t received support in the past will be considered.
- The applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a power electronics program at an accredited institution.
- After attending APEC 2024 as a speaker, the student must submit expense receipts to the Student Attendance Support Committee for reimbursement.
- Application forms must be filled out and submitted online and received by the Committee by October 16, 2023.
- If accepted for the for the Student Attendance Support Program, recipients will be notified by the Committee by November 2, 2023.
Topics of interest include:
- AC-DC Converters
- DC-DC Converters
- System Integration
- Modeling and Simulation
- Control
- Production and Manufacturing Issues
- Thermal and Packaging Issues related to Power Electronics
- Renewable Energy Systems including Battery Storage Systems
- Power Electronics for Transpiration including Vehicle Electrification
- Power Electronics for Communications Applications
- Power Electronics for Industrial Applications
- Semiconductor Devices (including WBG)
- Passive Components (including Magnetics and Capacitors)
- Power Electronics for Medical Applications
- Power Electronics for Computing Applications
- Power Electronics for Consumer Applications
- Lighting Systems
- Energy Harvesting
- Gate Drivers
- Business and Marketing of Power Electronics
- Regulatory Compliance of Power Electronics Equipment (EMI, Safety, Regulations)
As part of the application process, students must provide information about their educational institution, degree program, the name of their faculty advisor, as well as a brief description of their career interest and reasons for attending APEC. The application also requires the title and ID number of their accepted APEC paper, including the name(s) of the co-author(s), if applicable.
About the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC)
Dubbed “The Premier Event in Applied Power Electronics,” APEC focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business. This isn’t just a designer's conference. APEC has something of interest for anyone involved in power electronics:
- Equipment OEMs that use power supplies and dc-dc converters in their equipment
- Designers of power supplies, dc-dc converters, motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies, inverters, and any other power electronic circuits, equipment, and systems.
- Manufacturers and suppliers of components and assemblies used in power electronics.
- Manufacturing, quality, and test engineers involved with power electronics equipment.
- Marketing, sales, and anyone involved in the business of power electronics.
- Compliance engineers testing and qualifying power electronics equipment or equipment that uses power electronics.
Additional information about APEC can be found at this link.
