APEC 2013 Announces Student $1,000 Attendance Awards

APEC 2013 Announces Student $1,000 Attendance Awards

Up to 30 monetary awards offered to graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in power electronics programs to assist in attendance at APEC in March 2013; Deadline for applications is October 26, 2012

Mendham, New Jersey — August 7, 2012 — The joint sponsors of the Applied Power Electronics Conference have announced the continuation of the popular $1,000 Student Attendance Awards to cover part of the travel and conference expenses for up to 30 students to attend APEC 2013 in Long Beach, California, March 17-21, 2013.

Now in its 8th year, the APEC Student Attendance Award program, initiated by the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA), is now jointly underwritten by PSMA and the other co-sponsors of the APEC Conference — the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS).

The recipients of the Student Awards will be chosen by the APEC 2013 Award and Grants Committee. Application forms are available at APEC Attendance Award Application. The criteria for the awards are:

• The applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a power electronics program at an accredited institution.

• Applications must be made and received by the Committee by October 26, 2012.

• Up to two Student Awards will be made to students from a single institution. However, the award may be shared among students who applied for the Award.

• The recipients must attend APEC 2013 and submit expense receipts to the Committee.

• Preference will be given to students who have not received this Award in the past.

• The recipients will be notified by the Committee by November 16, 2012.

As part of the application process, students must provide information about their educational institution, degree program, the name of their faculty advisor and a brief description of their career interest and reasons for planning to attend APEC. If the student has submitted a paper for consideration to APEC, this information should also be provided along with the name(s) of co-author(s).

More information about the APEC Student Awards may be found at the PSMA Education Forum page: www.psma.com/technical-forums/education/news.

About the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC)

As The Premier Event in Applied Power Electronics, APEC focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business. This is not just a designer’s conference. APEC has something of interest for anyone involved in power electronics:

• Equipment OEMs that use power supplies and dc-dc converters in their equipment

• Designers of power supplies, dc-dc converters, motor drives, uninterruptable power supplies, inverters and any other power electronic circuits, equipment and systems

• Manufacturers and suppliers of components and assemblies used in power electronics

• Manufacturing, quality and test engineers involved with power electronics equipment

• Marketing, sales and anyone involved in the business of power electronics

• Compliance engineers testing and qualifying power electronics equipment or equipment that uses power electronics

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