{"id":19073,"date":"2024-02-13T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/?page_id=19073"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:55:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>PowerAmerica is a member-driven consortium of industry, academia, and national labs \u2014 managed by North Carolina State University and headquartered on its Centennial Campus \u2014 accelerating the commercialization of energy-efficient silicon carbide and gallium nitride power semiconductor chips and electronics. <\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"floated-spotlight-aside-container\">\n  <div class=\"floated-spotlight-contents\">\n    <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-spotlight-box has-reynolds-400-background-color with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/about\/current-members\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/about\/current-members\/\n  >\n  \n\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Meet Our Members<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Our membership network spans the wide bandgap technology ecosystem.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Our Current Members<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2015 by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/about\/manufacturing-usa\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19071\">Manufacturing USA<\/a> initiative, PowerAmerica&#8217;s membership includes forward-thinking entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, and small businesses, as well as industry associations, federal partners, and leading colleges, universities, and research institutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PowerAmerica is accelerating the adoption of advanced semiconductor chips made with silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) into a wide range of products and systems. SiC and GaN semiconductors improve the performance of power electronics systems beyond the limits of traditional silicon-based designs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re working to make these WBG semiconductor technologies cost-competitive with traditional power electronics and reduce the perceived risk that&#8217;s inherent with this new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the backing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Department of Energy<\/a> and the expertise of top researchers, we exchange knowledge and processes \u2014 and provide unparalleled access to an educated workforce. 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