Here, you can find an overview of all ECPE Member Companies and Competence Centres, along with the ECPE Network Brochure. This brochure serves as a members' compendium, featuring individual pages for each Member Company and Competence Centre to highlight their profiles and achievements.
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Power Electronics Laboratory
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Drazen Dujic
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Gernot Schullerus
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
ECPE Contact:
Dr. Joachim Würfl
Micro Materials Center
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Sven Rzepka
In the field of power electronics, Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS) demonstrates strong expertise along the entire innovation chain, from material and device concepts to smart systems integration and reliability assessment. A key competence lies in advanced packaging and integration technologies for power electronic modules, including hybrid and heterogeneous integration concepts. These technologies enable high power density, improved thermal management, and enhanced reliability, which are essential for growing requirements of e-mobility, renewable energy systems, smart grids, and industrial power applications.
A core competence of Fraunhofer ENAS in power electronics is Design for Reliability. This approach integrates reliability considerations from the earliest design stages through simulation, virtual prototyping, and experimental validation. ENAS performs multi-physics simulation of power electronic components and systems, including thermal, mechanical, and electrical stresses, to predict lifetime and failure mechanisms. These activities are complemented by extensive reliability testing, covering temperature cycling, power cycling, vibration, and humidity tests, as well as multimodal load scenarios that reflect field application conditions. Detailed failure analysis and materials characterization provide feedback for optimized designs, reduced development time, and increased lifetime together with higher product robustness.
The European Test and Reliability Center (ETRC), hosted at Fraunhofer ENAS, serves as a central platform for testing and reliability assessment of semiconductor components and power electronic systems. The ETRC combines modern test infrastructure with more than 25 years of experience in reliability research. In the context of power electronics, the ETRC supports qualification, lifetime prediction, and technology transfer by linking experimental testing with modeling, simulation, and data-based methods, including digital twins and machine learning. This holistic “lab-to-fab” approach helps industry partners accelerate innovation while ensuring reliable, sustainable, and competitive cutting-edge products.
ECPE Contact:
Dr. Uwe Partsch
Systems Technology and Grid Integration
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Marco Jung
Department of Power Electronic Systems
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Martin März
ECPE Contact:
Department Adhesive Bonding Technology and Surfaces
Dr. Martin Rütters
Center for Applied Microstructure Diagnostics
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Petzold
Sandy Klengel
Department Power Electronics
ECPE Contact:
Dr. Sönke Rogalla
Christian Schöner
Chair of Electrical Drives (EAM)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Ingo Hahn
Chair of Electrical Energy Systems (EES)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Luther
Chair of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dürbaum
Institute for Manufacturing Automation and Production Systems (FAPS)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Jörg Franke
Chair of Electron Devices (LEB)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Jörg Schulze
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Chair of Energy Electronics (LEE)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Martin März
Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM)
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Becker
The Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM) at Friedrich-Alexander University ErlangenNuremberg is a university unit within the Faculty of Engineering. The LSTM carries out intensive research into the laminar and turbulent transport of mass, momentum and energy in natural and engineering processes. The Institute is well-equipped with large-scale experimental facilities, such as a wind tunnel, a water channel and a refractive-index-matched oil channel, as well as several test rigs for investigating the fluid dynamic and acoustic properties of cooling systems. The focus here is on twophase cooling, but also on the efficiency of single-phase ventilation systems. In addition to increasing efficiency, a key priority is to minimise noise levels as much as possible. In the field of acoustics, various experimental setups and methods have been developed that make it possible to make cooling processes quieter through the interaction between fans and heat exchangers. This leads to optimisations that include both energy savings and noise reduction. To increase recycling rates at the end of a product’s life, a systematic approach is being applied that includes a common insulation strategy and a cooling strategy for power electronics. In the field of computational fluid dynamics and thermofluid dynamics, collaboration with the Centre for National High-Performance Computing in Erlangen (NHR@FAU) enables detailed simulations of complex fluid and thermodynamic phenomena. The research work involves close cooperation with industrial partners. In terms of university teaching, the Chair offers, amongst other things, lectures on the ‘Cooling of Power Electronics’.
Institute for Power Electronic Systems ELSYS
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Norbert Grass
Electric Drives and Machines Institute
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Annette Mütze
Electric Drives and Power Electronic Systems
ECPE Contact:
Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann
Postal address ECPE e.V.:
ECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V.
Ostendstrasse 181
D-90482 Nuremberg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)911 81 02 88-0
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