Call for Papers IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Special Issue on Robust

Design and Reliability in Power Electronics

Scheduled Publication Time: August 2015

In recent years, the automotive and aerospace industries have brought stringent reliability constraints on power electronic systems because of safety requirements. The industrial and energy sectors are also following the same trend, and more and more efforts are being devoted to improving power electronic systems to account for reliability with cost-effective and sustainable solutions. The paradigm shift in reliability research in power electronics is going on in terms of the design methodologies, reliability testing concepts, and robustness validation approaches. Research on active switching devices, passive components, and interconnections is of interest to have a better understanding on the component level reliability physics. Furthermore, with the consideration of reliability as performance, the existing or new power converter topologies and control schemes are to be studied in multi-physics domains. The fault-tolerant design and prognostic health management are also interesting research areas to provide additional opportunities to ensure the reliable field operation of power electronic systems, especially in reliability-critical applications. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions or survey papers for review for publication in this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Robustness design design for reliability in power electronics Reliability in Capacitors, Power electronics devices challenges Handling reliability in embarked systems: automotive, aircraft and space applications Modelling of life-time life time prediction Stressors in reliability impact and status Failure mechanism in power semiconductor devices Testing for reliability how to accelerate test activities Mission profile modeling in renewable energy systems Optimization for reliability in power electronics Design of modular power electronics systems for reliability Reliability in wind turbine systems Fault tolerant design of power electronic converters Life cycle cost analysis of power electronic systems Prognostic methods in power electronics And other related topics to the title

All manuscripts must be submitted through Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tpel-ieee. Submissions must be clearly marked Special Issue on Robust Design and Reliability in Power Electronics, 2015 on the cover page. When uploading your paper, please indicate, under step 4 Details & Comments, that it is for the Special Issue on Robust Design and Reliability in Power Electronics 2015. Refer to http://www.pels.org for general information about electronic submission through Manuscript Central. Manuscripts submitted for the special issue will be reviewed separately and will be handled by the guest editorial board: Deadline for Submission of Manuscript: April 1, 2014 Guest Editor-in-Chief: Frede Blaabjerg, Aalborg University, Denmark (fbl@et.aau.dk) Guest Editor-in-Chief: Michael Pecht, CALCE, University of Maryland, US (pecht@calce.umd.edu) Guest Associate Editors: Robert Balog, Texas A&M, US Maryan Saeedifard, Purdue Univ., US Huai Wang, Aalborg University, Denmark Rik De Doncker, RWTH, Aachen, Germany Tim Zgonena, Underwriters Laboratories, US Stan Atcitty, Sandia National Laboratories, US Barry Mather, NREL, US Aminul Huque, Electric Power Research Institute, US Thomas Levitsky, First Solar, US Pedro Rodriguez, Abengoa Research, Spain Faisal Khan, Univ. Utah, US Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, UIUC, US Peter P. D. Rimmen, Danfoss Power Electronics, Denmark Suresh Perinpanayagam, Boeing Prognostic Center, UK Meir Adest, SolarEdge Technologies Inc., US Henry S. H. Chung, City University of Hong Kong, HK Sarah Kurtz, NREL, US Thomas Key, Electric Power Research Institute, US Thierry Lebey, LEGT, France Khurram Afridi, CU Boulder, US Dorin Neacsu, Technical University of Iasi, Romania

Timeline: December 2013 April 2014 Call for Papers in the Transactions and Newsletter April 1, 2014 Manuscripts Submission Deadline July 1, 2014 First Review Complete August 15, 2014 Revised Manuscripts Due October 1, 2014 Final Acceptance Notification December 15, 2014 Final Manuscripts Due January 1, 2015 Manuscripts Forwarded to IEEE for Publication August 2015 Special Issue Appears in Transactions