The Minister of Research & Innovation, Reza Moridi, announces $4M in funding to ePOWER through the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence Program.Matched by NSERC with an additional $1.2M in 2020.
Dr. Jain has been awarded the 2021 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering, “For contributions to the theory and practice of high-frequency power-conversion systems.”- PV Panels installed on the roof of Walter Light Hall as part of a CFI funded ePOWER micro-grid lab, which also has a wind turbine mounted on the roof's edge.
- Dr. Suzan Eren leads the ePower research team, as part of a cluster of post-secondary institutions receiving funding from The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) to pursue battery electric bus research. CUTRIC is contributing $2.6M in funding to help achieve the federal government’s ambitious goal of electrifying 5,000 transit buses.
Queen’s University has been operating at a heightened safety level for some time due to COVID-19, including ePOWER Lab facilities. Much of our research activity has been switched to remote access with only critical hardware research experiments conducted on site.
- Invented at ePOWER, SPARQ's revolutionary solar micro-inverters maximize solar energy capture
Dr. Yan-Fei Liu, one of three 2020 recipient of the Queen's Prize for Excellence in Research, the institution’s top recognition for research excellence. Dr. Liu received the award in recognition of his contributions to advancing the field of power conversion systems.
Dr. Alireza Bakhshai elevated to IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2021, "for contributions to the development of synchronization techniques for power electronics converters."
Dr. Majid Pahlevani has joined ePOWER, collaborating on the newly awarded $1.2M NSERC Alliance Project, "Renewable Nano-Grid Power For Remote Wireless Communication," and establishing a new Energy Storage Systems lab in ePOWER.
- Dr. Jain receives the 2017 IEEE Canada 'Electric Power Medal'
- Emeritus Professor Paresh Sen (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was chosen by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as the recipient of the 2022 IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award, for outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering, with the following citation: “For contributions to the theory, practice, education, and development of advanced industrial motor drives and power electronics systems.”
Electrical and Computer Engineering professor and researcher, Dr. Praveen Jain has over 100 patents to his name. Testament to his prolific contributions to the advancement of power solutions for an evolving world, Dr. Jain’s patents span the whole range of the power electronics field.
