Dr. F. Patrick McCluskey is a full Professor and Interim Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has over 30 years of research experience in the areas of thermal management, reliability, and packaging of electronic systems for use in harsh environments. Dr. McCluskey has co-authored three books, 5 US Patents, and approximately 200 peer-reviewed technical articles with over 5000 citations. He is a member of the board of governors of the IEEE Electronic Packaging Society, a fellow of IMAPS, winner of the 2025 IMAPS Outstanding Educator award, and a member of ASME, MRS, and ASEE.
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Programme
CIPS 2026 - Primarily conference programm
Keynote Speaker
Dr. F. Patrick McCluskey, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
"Materials Reliability for Heterogeneously Integrated Power Electronics"
"Materials Reliability for Heterogeneously Integrated Power Electronics"
Prof. em. Dr. Johann W. Kolar - Advanced Mechatronic Systems Group ETH Zurich, Switzerland
"Integration—A Major Driver of Power Electronics Innovation"
"Integration—A Major Driver of Power Electronics Innovation"
Johann W. Kolar received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees (summa cum laude – promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae) from the University of Technology Vienna, Austria. After spending 15 years as an international consultant and independent researcher, he was appointed Associate Professor and Head of the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich in 2001 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2004. Over the course of his career, he has proposed numerous novel converter concepts, including the Vienna Rectifier, spearheaded the development of x-million-rpm motors, and pioneered fully automated, multi-objective power electronics design procedures. He has personally supervised more than 90 Ph.D. students to completion, has extensively published in IEEE Transactions, is named as inventor on numerous granted patents, and has received several prestigious awards, including the 2016 IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award, the 2025 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering, and two ETH Zurich Golden Owl Awards for excellence in teaching. As Professor Emeritus (since August 2024), he actively continues to pursue research in ultra-compact and highly efficient wide-bandgap (WBG) converter systems, AI and machine learning applications in power electronics, solid-state transformers, and the life cycle analysis of power electronic converter systems. He is an International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and an IEEE Life Fellow.
