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2013 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge
(IFEC 2013)
College Student Competition

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Non-Mandatory Letter of Intent June 15, 2012

Proposals due September 15, 2012

Attention: 
Engineering Professors

What is IFEC? A student competition sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society (PELS), Power & Energy Society (PES), and Industrial Electronics Society (IES) and Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA)

Scope: An international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy. The competition is open to college and university student teams from recognized engineering programs in any location. Participation is on a proposal basis.

Topics:
(A) Highly efficient grid-tied microinverter for photovoltaic panels
(B) Low power off-line light-emitting diode (LED) driver with long lifetime.

Awards:
Challenge Program Awards: In each of the two topic areas there will be a Grand Prize of $10,000 and three additional awards granted at $1,000, $3000 and $5,000 each. The IFEC awards include the following for each of the two topic areas (See IEEE Awards Manual)

Grand Prize $10,000

Outstanding Performance Award $5,000

Best Undergraduate Educational Impact Award $3,000

Best Innovative Design of Power Electronics Converters Award $1,000

READ MORE...www.EnergyChallenge.org

Sponsors:

IEEE Power Electronics Society
IEEE Power & Energy Society
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
IEEE Industry Applications Society
&
Power Sources Manufacturers Association

2013 IFEC General Chair:
Prof. Chris Mi, Ph.D, Fellow IEEE
Professor, Elecrical and Computer Engineering
Director, DOE GATE Center for Electric Drive Transportation
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, MI USA
Tel: +1 (313) 583-6434 
Fax: +1 (313) 583-6336 
E-mail: chrismi@umich.edu

Chair for Topic (A)
Professor Jin Wang 
Ohio State University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Columbus, OH, USA 
E-mail: wang@ece.osu.edu

Chair for Topic (B)
Professor Junming Zhang and Prof. Mark Dehong Xu 
Zhejiang University
College of Electrical Engineering
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 
E-mail: zhangjm@zju.edu.cn