On the afternoon of December 15, Dr. Pradeep Shenoy, Vice President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and from Texas Instruments (TI), USA, visited the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics (EEA) and delivered an invited lecture in Lecture Hall 217 of the West Main Building. This invited lecture was co-organized by the IEEE PELS Beijing Chapter and hosted by the IEEE PELS Tsinghua University Student Branch. The lecture was chaired by Sun Kai, Deputy Dean of EEA and Chair of the IEEE PELS Beijing Chapter, with more than 30 faculty members and students from inside and outside the university in attendance.

Dr. Shenoy delivered a presentation entitled “From Grid to Gate: Evolution of Data Center Power Delivery Architectures to Meet AI Demands.” He pointed out that the continuous development of large AI model training is driving exponential growth in data center power density, and that traditional power delivery architectures face core challenges such as low energy efficiency, response latency, and insufficient flexibility for capacity expansion. The lecture focused on end-to-end optimization from grid access to chip-level power delivery, and elaborated on the evolution of distributed power architectures, the application of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, and high-power-density compact design pathways. Drawing on practical cases from TI in the field of high-efficiency power modules, he shared the critical role of modular design and power supply reliability in meeting the dynamic power demands of AI computing clusters, providing feasible references for technological upgrading in the industry. After the lecture, as the Vice President of PELS responsible for conference activities, Dr. Shenoy reviewed how joining IEEE PELS had benefited his personal growth and career development, and encouraged the students present to actively participate in various academic activities of PELS.

Following the lecture, faculty members and students actively raised questions and engaged in in-depth discussions with Dr. Shenoy.

Speaker Biography:

Dr. Pradeep Shenoy is the Head of the Data Center Systems Engineering Team at Texas Instruments (TI), USA, and currently serves as Vice President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS). He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of power electronics, with projects spanning solar photovoltaic power generation, electric vehicle charging, data center power supplies, and other areas. He has held multiple positions within IEEE PELS and has also served as General Chair of the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC). He received his bachelor’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Dr. Shenoy has received multiple prestigious awards, including the 2010 Illinois International Graduate Achievement Award, the 2015 Jack Kilby Innovation Award, and the 2020 IEEE Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award.