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PEMD 2016 Keynote. Drives – Where will the future take us?

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Keynote
  • Session
  • Tuesday, 19 April 2016
  • 10:19 - 10:19
  • Duration: 19 mins
  • Publication date: 28 Apr 2016
  • Location: Ballroom 1, Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Part of event PEMD 2016

About the session

The 8th IET international conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD™ 2016) will once again deliver a full and detailed technical programme through a call for abstracts.

PEMD™ carries a prestigious past and present reputation, bringing together 400+ international power electronics, machines and drives specialists to focus on the latest developments in the technologies and applications of electrical drives, machines and power electronic systems.

PEMD™ showcases the latest advances in power technology, providing an insight into the technology roadmaps of the materials and components that are integral to driving innovation in this sector.

The last conference, held in 2014, attracted over 400 engineers from 40 countries, making PEMD™ the ideal opportunity to share your latest research and results with the international industry.

Keywords:
  • drives
  • electronics
  • power

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Speaker

  • Professor  Barrie Mecrow

    Professor Barrie Mecrow

    University of Newcastle

    Barrie Mecrow is Professor of Electrical Power Engineering and head of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Newcastle University, UK. He leads the Drives Theme within the EPSRC Underpinning Power Electronics Initiative. His research interests include fault tolerant drives, high performance PM machines and novel switched reluctance drives. He is actively involved with industry in the aerospace, automotive and consumer product sectors, who fund a large range of projects. Barrie commenced his career as a turbo - generator design engineer with NEI Parsons, England. He became a lecturer at the University of Newcastle in 1987 and a professor in 1998. In addition to his research interests he cares passionately about provision of high quality electrical engineering education in UK universities.
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