Virtual Factory Tours

In a special session, a factory representative will talk about his or her company while showing slides and/or videos on the screen. A Virtual Factory Tour is intended to mimic an actual factory walk through. The venue is expected to be a win-win for the company promoting capability and for the attendees seeing that capability. We are hoping to have four slots for presentations.

Session Chair:

Ira J. Pitel received the B.S. degree from Rutgers — The State University of New Jersey, the M.S. degree from Bucknell University, and the Ph.D. Degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1972, 1975, and 1978, respectively.
From 1973 to 1981, he worked for GTE Sylvania, Bell Laboratories, and Exxon Enterprises as a research engineer. In 1981, he founded Magna-Power Electronics, a company specializing in custom and standard power conditioning products. He is responsible for technology oversight and manufacturing of its line of 1.5-3,000+ kW ac to dc power supplies and electronic loads.
Dr. Pitel holds 29 patents in the field of power electronics and is co-recipient of the 1995 Society Prize Paper Award of the Industry Applications Society. He was honored as the Rutgers Outstanding Engineering Alumnus in 2000 and with the Gerald Kliman Innovator Award in 2008. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and has served in many IEEE capacities including Society President of the Industry Applications Society. He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.

Speakers:

Dave Seitz, NWL
Adam Pitel, Magna-Power Electronics
Burak Ozpinec, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chris Dries, United Silicon Carbide