Honey, We Shrunk Almost Everything: The Scaling Challenge of Passive Components

by Pradeep Shenoy Energy conversion and storage components are notoriously large. The size of power supplies, battery chargers, battery packs, etc. are marginally smaller than what they were ten or twenty years ago. Why? Last

Istanbul Technical University wins IEEE PELS Solar Splash Competition

Istanbul Technical University took first place at the 2012 IEEE Power Electronics Society Solar Splash Competition, the World Championship of intercollegiate Solar/Electric boating, 13-17 June in Cedar Falls/Waterloo, Iowa. It is the first time a