IEEE Power Electronics Society

The IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that focuses on the "development of power electronics technology".[1][2]

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History

The society was founded on January 1, 1983 by establishing the "IEEE Power Electronics Council". On February 2, 1988 the council changed its name to "IEEE Power Electronics Society".[3]

Publications

The IEEE PELS publishes a peer-reviewed publication known as the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics[4] that focuses on its field of interest.

Conferences

The IEEE PELS sponsors a number of annual conferences[5] around that world that focus on its field of Interest.

References

  1. ^ "IEEE Power Electronics Society". IEEE Power Electronics Society. http://www.pels.org/. Retrieved December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11). 
  2. ^ "IEEE Power Electronics Society Constitution". IEEE Power Electronics Society. February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15). http://www.ieee-pels.org/component/docman/doc_download/211-constitution. Retrieved December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11). 
  3. ^ "IEEE Global History Network - IEEE Power Electronics Society History". IEEE. http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/IEEE_Power_Electronics_Society_History. Retrieved December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11). 
  4. ^ IEEE PELS Publications
  5. ^ IEEE PELS Conferences