SS1: Prof. Lipo’s Memorial Session
Organizer:  Thomas M. Jahns, Bulent Sarlioglu
A: Monday, October 12 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM
B: Tuesday, October 13 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM

SS2: SiC Power Converters-based Grid Infrastructure: Technologies, Challenges, and Grid Applications
Organizer:  Akanksha Singh
Monday, October 12 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS3:  Electric Vehicles: Implementation and Grid Interactive Applications
Organizer:  Xiaonan Lu, Po-Tai Cheng
Monday, October 12 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS4:  Recent Successes in Accelerating the Adoption of Wide Bandgap Power Electronics
Organizer: Victor Veliadis, Jim LeMunyon
Monday, October 12 | 13:30PM – 15:10PM

SS5Standard Development for Power Electronics Systems / Products
Organizer: Fang Deng 
Monday, October 12 | 13:30PM – 15:10PM

SS6 Testing in the EV World – Simulators, Emulator, Dyno based and Vehicle level testing – Technologies, Trends, and Thoughts
Organizer: Uday Deshpande, Brij N. Singh
Monday, October 12 | 13:30PM – 15:10PM

SS7: Adoption and Use of Standards in the Industrial Drives and in the Renewable Energy Grid Integration
Organizer: Joe Pavia, Kevin Lee
Tuesday, October 13 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM

SS8: Cybersecurity in Power Electronics
Organizer: Osama Mohammad, Burak Ozpineci
A: Tuesday, October 13 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM
B: Tuesday, October 13 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS9: Innovation Through Failing Better – Panel Session
Organizer: Peter Wung
Tuesday, October 13 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS10: Sustainable Energy Systems and Opportunities for Power Electronics
Organizer: Sudip K. Mazumer
A: Tuesday, October 13 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM
B: Tuesday, October 13 | 13:30PM – 15:10PM

SS11: Powering the Future: Criticality of System Engineering for E-Mobility and Automated Vehicles
Organizer: Anne O’Neil, Jace Allen
Tuesday, October 13 | 13:30PM – 15:10PM

SS12: Heavy-duty All-electric Urban Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Organizer: Yue Cao
Tuesday, October 13 | 13:30PM – 15:10PM

SS13: Next Generation Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) Testing of Traction Inverters: Challenges and Opportunities
Organizer: Ahmad Arshan Khan, Seung-Ki Sul
Wednesday, October 14 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM

SS14: Power Electronics Intensive Power Systems: Modeling, Control, and Implementation
Organizer: Xiaonan Lu, Bo Chen
A: Wednesday, October 14 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM
B: Wednesday, October 14 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS15: Electric Propulsion for Future Aero and Space Vehicles
Organizer: Jin Wang
A: Wednesday, October 14 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM
B: Wednesday, October 14 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS16: Industry vs Academia: Which Career Path is Right for You?
Organizer: PELS Digital Media and Education Committee, Somasundaram Essakiappan, Yongheng Yang, Harish Sarma Krishnamoorthy, Arijit Banerjee, Jinyeong Moon
Thursday, October 15 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM

SS17: Dealing with Public Health Emergence: Online Life and Advanced Technologies in Remote Education
Organizer: PELS Women in Engineering (WiE), Norma Anglani, Hong Li, Giovanna Oriti, Katherine A. Kim, Jin Ye, Jingya Dai, Mi Dong, Shu Yang, Na Zhi
Thursday, October 15 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM

SS18: Power Electronics Application in Standalone Wind/ Solar Based Distributed Generation System
Organizer: Ashutosh K Giri, Sabha Raj Arya, Rakesh Maurya, Yongheng Yang
Thursday, October 15 | 9:00AM – 10:40AM

SS19: HVdc/MVdc/MTdc Technologies and Benefits to Grid
Organizer: Suman Debnath, Maryam Saeedifard
Thursday, October 15 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM

SS20: Energy Access: Technologies, Impact and The Opportunity for PELS
Organizer: Deepak Divan, Jelena Popović
Thursday, October 15 | 11:00AM – 12:40PM