Luminaries Special Sessions

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Event Time: 5:00 Pm – 7:00 PM

Prof. Dushan Boroyevich
Emeritus Professor
Virginia Tech, VA, USA

Prof. Dushan Boroyevich earned a Dipl. Ing. degree from the University of Belgrade (today Serbia) in 1976, and an M.S. degree from the University of Novi Sad in 1982, both in electrical engineering. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech in 1986, he returned to the University of Novi Sad, where he founded the power and industrial electronics research and education programs.

In 1990, Dr. Boroyevich joined the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, as associate professor, and in 1996 became associate director of Virginia Power Electronics.

In 1998, Prof. Fred Lee and Dushan led the winner team of the US National Science Foundation funding for the first national engineering research center in the area of power electronics, the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES). Dr. Boroyevich is now also the CPES Deputy Director and Virginia Tech’s Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation in Energy Systems. He has led numerous research projects in the areas of multi-phase power conversion, electronic power distribution systems, modeling and control, and multi-disciplinary design optimization. He developed a comprehensive geometric approach to modeling and control of high-frequency switching power converters that is widely used in the analysis, design, and control of multi-phase ac power conversion systems. He has co-authored over 1000 technical publications and 20 patents.

Dr. Boroyevich is an IEEE Life Fellow, a recipient of the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Technical Field Award and of IEEE Power Electronics Society Harry A. Owen Distinguished Service Award, and he was the President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society in 2011-2012.

Dr. Bruno Lequesne

E-Motors Consulting, LLC

Menomonee Falls, WI, USA

Dr. Bruno Lequesne received the Engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, Rennes, France (now Centrale-Supélec) in 1978, and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, in 1984. He then joined General Motors Research Laboratories, and, later on in 1999, Delphi Research Labs, when Delphi Corporation was spun off from General Motors. At both organizations he conducted research in automotive electro-mechanical systems. In 2006, Dr. Lequesne moved to Delphi’s Advanced Powertrain Engineering organization as a group manager. After a brief stint with the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, he joined Eaton Corporation’s Corporate Research & Technology in 2010 to develop programs in the hybrid and transportation electrification fields.

He recently (2014) went on his own as a consultant, forming E-Motors Consulting, LLC, in Menomonee Falls, WI, for technology and intellectual property investigation in electrical machines, electromagnetic devices, and their applications, particularly in the energy conversion and transportation fields. An expert witness with court experience, he holds 54 issued US patents. Dr. Lequesne authored or co-authored 25 papers in referred journals, for which he received 11 Best Paper Awards, eight from the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), including two Transactions awards, and three from the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Dr. Lequesne is an IEEE Life Fellow, a recipient of the IEEE IAS Gerald Kliman Innovator Award in 2007 and of IEEE Nikola Tesla Award in 2016. He was the President of the IEEE Industry Applications Society during 2011–2012 and Chair of the IEEE Transportation Electrification Community during 2019–2022.