PowerAmerica's 2026 Summer Workshop will take place Aug. 11-13 at the McKimmon Conference and Training Center, in Raleigh, NC. The workshop will feature engaging panel discussions and presentations on the latest in the technology and busine…
Starting this fall, NC State University’s College of Engineering will offer a first-of-its-kind master’s degree in wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. The M.S. in WBG semiconductors — jointly offered by the… Each year in the U.S., October ma…
Where: Online via Zoom When: Wednesday, November 5, from Noon to 1 p.m. (EDT) Topic: 3300 V & 2300 V SiC Trench-Assisted Planar MOSFETs and Compact Power Modules with Epoxy-Resin Potting Technology for Energy Infrastructure Applications Pre…
Where: Online via Zoom When: Wednesday, November 5, from Noon to 1 p.m. (EDT) Topic: 3300 V & 2300 V SiC Trench-Assisted Planar MOSFETs and Compact Power Modules with Epoxy-Resin Potting Technology… Where: Online via Zoom When: Wednesday, D…
With over 200 attendees from across the country, our Annual Meeting offers unparalleled opportunities to network and connect with existing and potential business partners. PowerAmerica’s 2026 Annual Meeting took place Tuesday March 10, thro…
Our annual WBG Short Course was held Feb. 3-5, 2026. The course was presented online in real-time and included opportunities for Q&A with the instructors. Dr. Ram Adapa is a technical executive in EPRI’s power delivery and utilisation secto…
The Full Proposal Submission period is now open. Please find below the “PowerAmerica 2.0” Request for Proposals (RFP) on projects focused on further accelerating the commercialization of wide-bandgap materials — silicon carbide (SiC) and ga…
Please submit your questions about Full Proposals to poweramerica@ncsu.edu. As we receive questions, we will post the answers to them here. This Q&A page closed at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. Concept Paper decisions were sent out on Jan. 15. If…
Veliadis, executive director and CTO of PowerAmerica, will present his tutorial — "Fundamentals of SiC Power Devices" — on Thursday, Oct. 23. The IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan…
We support several initiatives and resources, many of which are exclusive to PowerAmerica Members, such as our annual meetings and other events. However, we also provide power electronics education and research to the public — such as our T…
Advance your SiC and GaN power electronics knowledge base while growing your network. A key benefit of membership in PowerAmerica is the ability to meet, learn, and collaborate with innovators in the WBG field. Our membership includes Fortu…
PowerAmerica aims to train the next generation of wide bandgap (WBG) students at U.S. universities as well as train the workforce in WBG technologies. Similar to the annual meeting in substance and scope, the summer workshops — typically he…