01/09/2010 - IEEE International Future Energy Challenge - Deadine October 31, 2010
Attention:
Engineering Professors
What is IFEC? A student competition sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society (PELS), Power & Energy Society ( PES), and Industrial Electronics Society (IES).
Scope:
An international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy. The competition is open to college and university student teams from recognized engineering programs in any location.
Participation is on a proposal basis.
Topics:
(A) Low Cost Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Automotive and Renewable Energy Applications.
(B) Low Power Induction Motor Drive System Supplied From a Single Photovoltaic Panel For an Emergency Water Treatment Device.
Awards:
Challenge Award: US$10,000 will be awarded for highest score in each of the 2 topic areas among entries meeting all minimum requirements as confirmed through reports and hardware tests.
Program Awards:
(actual number depends on availability): Best in specific topic areas (design innovation, educational impact, technical reports, presentations, and others); expected levels are $1,000 to $5,000 each.
More info?
Brochure
http://www.ieee-pels.org/education/ifec
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The research group EELAB is active in various areas of electrical energy conversion, more particularly electrical drives (electrical machines, power electronics for drives, and control of drives), electromagnetic field calculations (development of FE software for field calculations and application to the design of electromagnetic devices), magnetic material modelling and characterization, electrical power networks (including also power electronic converters for mains applications).
More than 30 people are at the lab, including 4 full-time professors, 4 part-time professors, some Post-Doctoral fellows, 5 technical and administrative collaborators and about 20 scientific collaborators.
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
9000 Gent
Telefoon: +32 (0)9 264 34 18
Fax: +32 (0)9 264 35 82
Website: http://www.ugent.be/ea/eesa/en/
Lieven [dot] Vandevelde [at] UGent [dot] be (Lieven Vandevelde)
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