August 15, 2013

Topic A&B awards announced

Congratulations to the following winners:

Topic (A) Highly efficient microinverter for photovoltaic panels:

Grand Prize and Best Efficiency Award
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Best Engineering Achievement Award
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Best Innovative Design Award
University of Kassel

Best Control Implementation Award
Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Best Presentation Award
Beijing Jiaotong University
Topic (B) Low power off-line light-emitting diode (LED) driver with long lifetime:

Grand Prize and Best Efficiency Award
Zhejiang University

Best Engineering Achievement Award and Best Innovative Design Award
National Cheng-Kung University

Best Engineering Design Award
North China University of Technology

Best Control Implementation Award
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Best Educational Impact Award
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

February 15, 2013

Topic A&B teams qualified for final competition

The following schools have been qualified to participate in the 2013 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge final competition:

Topic (A) Highly efficient microinverter for photovoltaic panels:

  • Beijing Jiaotong University, China

  • Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany

  • McMaster University, Canada

  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

  • National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • University of Kassel, Germany

  • University of Texas at Dallas/ Texas Christian University, USA
Topic (B) Low power off-line light-emitting diode (LED) driver with long lifetime:

  • Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan

  • North China University of Technology, China

  • Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil

  • Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India

  • TsingHua University, China

  • Zhejiang University, China
Additional sponsors of Topic (A):
Additional sponsor of Topic (B):

November 1, 2013

Topic A&B teams accepted into the competition

The following schools have been accepted to participate in the 2013 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge:

Topic (A) Highly efficient microinverter for photovoltaic panels:

  • Beijing Jiaotong University, China

  • Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany

  • Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

  • Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil

  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

  • McMaster University, Canada

  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

  • National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • University of Connecticut, USA

  • University of Kassel, Germany

  • University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA

  • University of Texas at Dallas/ Texas Christian University, USA
Topic (B) Low power off-line light-emitting diode (LED) driver with long lifetime:

  • Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan

  • North China University of Technology, China

  • Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil

  • UNI-CIEEP-TechnoPark, Peru

  • Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India

  • TsingHua University, China

  • Aswan University, Egypt

  • Zhejiang University, China

September 16, 2013

List of Participants

Proposals have been received from the following schools:
Topic (A) Highly efficient microinverter for photovoltaic panels:

  • Beijing Jiaotong University, China

  • Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany

  • Delhi Technological University, India

  • Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

  • Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil

  • Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

  • Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

  • McMaster University, Canada

  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

  • National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • University of Connecticut, USA

  • University of Kassel, Germany

  • University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA

  • University of Texas at Dallas/ Texas Christian University, USA
Topic (B) Low power off-line light-emitting diode (LED) driver with long lifetime:

  • Sharif University of Technology, Iran

  • Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

  • National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan

  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

  • North China University of Technology, China

  • Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil

  • Yangzhou University, China

  • UNI-CIEEP-TechnoPark, Peru

  • Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India

  • TsingHua University, China

  • Aswan University, Egypt

  • Zhejiang University, China

  • University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico



About the IEEE 2013 International Future Energy Challenge

The International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) is an international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy. The competition is open to college and university student teams from recognized engineering programs in any location. The 2013 competition addresses two broad topic areas:

Topic (A) Highly efficient microinverter for photovoltaic panels: To develop low-cost power processing systems that support the rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations to provide non-utility and ultra-clean residential electricity.

Topic (B) Low power off-line light-emitting diode (LED) driver with long lifetime: To develop an off-line LED driver supplied from universal AC input. The input should have high power factor to avoid any potential pollution to the grid. Additionally, the conventional electrolytic capacitor for energy storage in the circuit should be eliminated to improve the reliability of the LED driver.

Participation is on a proposal basis. Those schools that are interested must submit a proposal no later thanSeptember 15th, 2012. The electronic copy of the proposal in PDF format must be sent to the respective topic chair via email and with copy to the IFEC 2013 chairman. Proposals will be judged by a distinguished panel of volunteer experts from the IEEE and from industry. Schools with successful proposals will be notified by November 1st, 2012. Major sponsor of the 2013 competition is the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS).

The Request for Proposal (RFP) is linked here in PDF format.

Chair for Topic (A)
Prof. Jin Wang 
Ohio State University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Columbus, OH, USA 
E-mail: wang@ece.osu.edu

Chair for Topic (B)
Prof. Junming Zhang and Prof. Mark Dehong Xu 
Zhejiang University
College of Electrical Engineering
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 
E-mail: zhangjm@zju.edu.cn

2013 IFEC General Chair:
Prof. Chris Mi, Ph.D, Fellow IEEE
Associate Professor, Elecrical and Computer Engineering
Director, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, MI USA
Tel: +1 (313) 583-6434 
Fax: +1 (313) 583-6336 
E-mail: chrismi@umich.edu


The Request for Proposal (RFP) is linked here in PDF format.
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