{"id":19951,"date":"2024-08-23T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/?page_id=19951"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T18:24:40","slug":"2024-online-summer-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/events\/2024-online-summer-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Online Summer Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 Summer Workshop Recap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PowerAmerica\u2019s most recent Online Summer Workshop was held from Aug. 6-8, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 230 industry experts, students and working professionals registered for this year&#8217;s workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\"><div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Summer-Workshop-Agenda-1.pdf\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Summer-Workshop-Agenda-1.pdf\"><span class=\"text\">Full Agenda<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg \n\tclass=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"\n\trole=\"img\"\n\taria-hidden=\"1\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"><\/use>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\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\/members\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/members\n  >\n  \n\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Are you a member who missed the workshop?<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">We encourage members who couldn&#8217;t make it to this year&#8217;s Online Summer Workshop to check out what they missed by logging in to our Member Portal<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Member Portal<\/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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshop Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tutorial on ultra-WBG power technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final reports on five Member-Initiated Projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DoE Power Electronics Research Roadmap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overviews of two new PowerAmerica RFPs, one focused on R&amp;D and another focused on education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final reports on three undergraduate scholarship projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentations from eight different graduate student researchers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Frazer_Anderson-Jan_20-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Frazer_Anderson-Jan_20-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Frazer_Anderson-Jan_20-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Frazer_Anderson-Jan_20-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Frazer_Anderson-Jan_20-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frazer Anderson \u2013 SiC and GaN Power Electronics: An equipment supplier&#8217;s perspective<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chief Technology Officer \u2013 Oxford Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frazer is currently the Chief Technology Officer for Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT). A respected technologist with more than 40 years of experience in the design and manufacture of capital equipment for the semiconductor industry, Frazer has leadership experience across a wide range of roles, including manufacturing, engineering, product development and product management. He is responsible for the coordination of the company\u2019s National and Global Research Project Portfolio and has been instrumental in forming several long-term global collaborative partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is involved in a number of UK government and EU-led Compound Semiconductor and Graphene Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and is also a member of five Strategic Advisory Boards, as well as the Board of SEMI UK. He is very active in promoting OIPT\u2019s involvement in the UK\u2019s Centres for Doctoral Training and is an active member of several UK government initiatives on Sustainability and Key Skills Development.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1627\" height=\"1614\" src=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tamara-A2-copy-1536x1524.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tamara Baksht<\/strong> \u2013 GaN HEMT for Electric Car Inverter: Challenges and Solutions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Founder and CEO \u2013 ViSiC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamara&#8217;s background education is from Tomsk State University, Russia, where she studied Philosophy and Physics. Going forward, she gained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, focusing on GaAs and GaN HEMTs. She started working on GaN HEMT in Gal El (MMIC), part of the Israel Aircraft Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamara is one of the pioneers in GaN transistor design and development, covering wide power and frequency ranges. She has years of experience running multi-disciplinary GaN projects, defining work plans, budgeting, reporting, transferring products to production and providing customer support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010 Tamara co-founded VisIC Technologies with III-V semi-technology expert Gregory Bunin, and she has been leading the company ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-big-fact has-red-400-background-color\"><div class=\"big-fact__container\"><h2 class=\"big-fact__heading\">Want more details?<\/h2><p class=\"big-fact__support\">PowerAmerica members get access to our Member Portal \u2014 which provides links to presentation slides and other resources shared in past meetings. <\/p><div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\"><div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/members\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/members\/\"><span class=\"text\">Access Member Portal<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg \n\tclass=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"\n\trole=\"img\"\n\taria-hidden=\"1\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"><\/use>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Summer Workshop Recap PowerAmerica\u2019s most recent Online Summer Workshop was held from Aug. 6-8, 2024. 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