Ya-Jun Pan, IES Vice-President of Membership, was awarded the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Mechatronics Medal “for exceptional research and innovation contributions to the field of mechatronics” on 27 May in Montreal. Congratulations to her!

IEEE IES Industrial Innovation Conclave will be held on 6-7 August 2025 in Hyderabad, India. Targeted at students, researchers, and professionals, this conclave will explore the theme “AI Frontiers: Pioneering Intelligent Solutions in Industry."

The EMTC Summer School will be held in Modena, Italy from 8 to 12 September 2025.

This training program is aimed at young researchers and PhD students, as well as professionals who want to explore key technologies for sustainable mobility.

This article presents a grid-forming inverter prototype capable of delivering sufficient short-circuit current to support the use of cheap legacy overcurrent protection devices in inverter-based microgrids.

Wednesday 16 July 2025 at 8:00 PM CST, 2:00 PM CET, 8:00 AM EDT
By Zheng Wang (School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, China)

This webinar will investigate advanced low-carrier-ratio modulation & control schemes for dual three-phase permanent-magnet synchronous motor (DTP-PMSM) drives to improve control performance with low carrier ratios.

Tuesday 22 July 2025 at 2:00 PM CET, 8:00 AM EDT
By Hani Vahedi (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands), Mateja Novak (AAU Energy, Aalborg University, Denmark)

This webinar will focus on AI-based control strategies for power converters, highlighting how machine learning is transforming the design and implementation of modern control algorithms. The talk will dive into the opportunities AI presents and showcase practical examples of machine learning algorithms in action.