Henkel Corporation and FREEDM Systems Engineering Research Center today announced a new partnership agreement designed to study the impact of materials technology on power electronics applications. Henkel, well-known for its global presence in the chemical and consumer goods industries, has […]

This 2-day online course will enable SiC and GaN power electronics professionals to incorporate this technology into products and systems and fully utilize its benefits. Registration details forthcoming.

Danfoss is a global leader in engineering advanced technologies, like AC drives, that work to build a better, smarter, more efficient world.  Founded in 1933 in Denmark to manufacture the first thermostatic expansion valves for refrigeration systems and then radiator thermostats to regulate heating, the company now employs 28,000 […]

Prof. Douglas C Hopkins, Ph.D.,  NC State University Research Professor, FREEDM Faculty and Director of the Laboratory for Packaging Research in Electronic Energy Systems (PREES), has joined the Executive Council of the International Microelectronic Assembly and Packaging Society (iMaps). IMAPS […]

Join us later this month for our new technical webinar series designed to share the research we’re doing at FREEDM to lead the electrification revolution. There are two options for participation: in-person (on the NC State campus) or via conference […]

FREEDM Faculty and students will be at APEC 2019 to present research on advances in wide band gap power electronics. APEC, considered to be the leading conference for practicing power electronics professionals, addresses a broad range of topics in the […]

  FREEDM Faculty and students will be at APEC 2019 to present research on advances in wide band gap power electronics. APEC, considered to be the leading conference for practicing power electronics professionals, addresses a broad range of topics in the use, […]

FREEDM, ABB and New York Power Authority are engaged in a collaborative R&D project to develop and deploy an extreme fast charger for electric vehicles. How extreme? The initial design calls for a 1 megawatt station with five charging points each […]

A group of students huddled around tables in a lab at N.C. State University one hot summer day in late July, peering through plastic goggles as they soldered components onto printed circuit boards. The finished boards would operate as power […]

Course description: With the recent availability of essentially chip-scale packaged GaN and higher voltage SiC Wide Band Gap (WBG) power devices, the onus is on packaging engineers to expand their understanding of the unprecedented high-speed and high-power-density characteristics of these […]