On October 27, Professor Petar Grbovic, Chief Professor of the Power Electronics Laboratory (i-PEL) at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, visited the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics (EEA) at Tsinghua University at the invitation of Professor Li Yongdong and delivered an academic lecture titled “Partial Power Processing Converters: From Theory to Practice?” The lecture was hosted by Professor Li Yongdong and attended by more than 30 students.

During the academic lecture held from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., Professor Li Yongdong delivered a welcome speech, expressing sincere greetings to Professor Petar Grbovic on his first visit. In the formal report session, Professor Grbovic systematically presented the basic concepts, historical development, core technical issues, potential application scenarios, future trends, and challenges of partial power processing converters under the theme “Partial Power Processing Converters: Myth or Reality?” He demonstrated the unique advantages of partial power processing converters compared to classical full-power processing converters, providing the audience with a research perspective that was both forward-looking and practical. During the discussion session, Professor Li Yongdong and the attending faculty and students raised several specific questions related to partial power converters. Professor Grbovic, drawing on his extensive industrial and academic experience, provided professional answers and shared unique insights.

Note: The Innsbruck Power Electronics Lab (i-PEL) is affiliated with the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. It was jointly established by Infineon Technologies Austria and the University of Innsbruck, focusing on research in advanced power semiconductors and power electronics technologies.

Speaker Biography

Petar Grbovic is Chief Professor at the Innsbruck Power Electronics Lab (i-PEL), University of Innsbruck, Austria. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 1999 and 2005, respectively, and obtained his PhD from Centrale Lille, France, in 2010.

From 1999 to 2003, he worked as an R&D engineer at RDA, Belgrade; from 2003 to 2005, he worked at PDL Electronics Ltd., New Zealand; from 2005 to 2010, he served as a power electronics specialist at Schneider-Toshiba Inverters Europe, France; from 2010 to 2011, he worked at the Global R&D Center of General Electric, Munich, Germany; from 2011 to 2018, he was a senior expert in power electronics and power conversion at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., European Energy R&D Center. In June 2018, he was appointed Chief Professor at the Innsbruck Power Electronics Lab (i-PEL), University of Innsbruck, focusing on advanced energy storage device applications, high-power IGBT and SiC MOSFET active gate driver technology, power converter topologies, advanced power semiconductor devices, and power converter and semiconductor switch control.