Title :
Power electronics - keeping pace with society
Author :
Burns, William W., III
Author_Institution :
PRESIDENT, POWER ELECTRONICS COUNCIL
Abstract :
After an overview of the evolution of the power electronics field and the benefits it has given to society the author reviews the IEEE coucils that sheparded the rise and the formation of the IEEE Power Electronics Council.
Keywords :
Automatic control; Circuits; Councils; Modems; Photovoltaic systems; Power conversion; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power system reliability; Railway engineering;
Journal_Title :
Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPEL.1986.4766270
