Founded in 2013 as part of a response to the BIS Strategy for Power Electronics, the EPSRC Centre for Power Electronics brings together the very best research groups in a UK-wide, world-leading, multi-disciplinary, virtual centre.
Our core research activities focus on fundamental power electronics research at low technology readiness level (TRL). The Centre supports a wide range of application areas with a medium to long-term time horizon.
Our ambitious, cross-institution projects build on the core research and seek to exploit the strength and breadth of UK talent. Our programme of funding calls has targeted early career researchers, international exchange visits and feasibility projects with the aim of broadening participation in the Centre’s activities.
Research and Management Team
Professor Xibo Yuan – Director of the Centre for Power Electronics
Dr Joe Gillett – Administrator for the Centre for Power Electronics, University of Bristol
Professor Mark Johnson – Centre Advisor, University of Nottingham
Professor Olayiwola Alatise – University of Warwick
Professor Chris Bailey – University of Greenwich
Professor Jon Clare – University of Nottingham
Professor Lee Empringham – University of Nottingham
Dr Paul Evans – University of Nottingham
Professor Andrew Forsyth – University of Manchester
Dr Peter Gammon – University of Warwick
Professor Philip Mawby – University of Warwick
Professor Barrie Mecrow – Newcastle University
Professor Phil Mellor – University of Bristol
Professor Paul D Mitcheson – Imperial College London
I am proud of what the Centre has achieved – it has brought together the UK’s best academic talent to deliver transformative and exploitable new technologies that are of long-term strategic value to the UK’s power electronics industry.
Looking ahead, the Centre will continue to support an integrated UK academic community, train the next generation of innovators and technology leaders and support the development and delivery of government policy through its Industrial Strategy.
Professor Mark Johnson