Our Focus
Our focus is to enhance power conversion systems via new dielectric materials, geometric optimization, and power electronics operating at high frequency or high voltage.
Power Electronics
To enable new technologies and minimize the impact of passive components within circuits.
Electric Machines
To make electric machines more sustainable and perform better.
Wireless Power Transfer
To implement capacitive coupling for wireless power transfer
Our Team
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Past Group Members (Alumni)
Ryan Knippel, Ph.D. Spring 2019, “Rotating Capacitors with Spiral Groove Features for Hydrodynamic Gap Maintenance in Power Conversion Systems”
Andy Schroedermeier, Ph.D. Spring 2019, “Integrated Inductors, Capacitors, and Damping in Bus Bars for dv/dt Filter Applications”
Baoyun Ge, Ph.D. Spring 2018, “The Modeling, Design and Demonstration of Electrostatic Synchronous Machines”
Jiejian Dai, Ph.D. Fall 2017, “Power Electronics Design for High Power Capacitive Power Transfer”
Latest News
Latest Crop of ECE Associate Professors: Dan Ludois, Mikhail Kats and Zongfu Yu
Zongfu, Mikhail and I received our tenure notification letters today. We’re thrilled! …And also certain we will be rewarded with more things to do… On Wisconsin!
Graduation 2019
Congratulations to Ryan Knippel, Andy Schroedermeier and Tim Polom on their Ph.D.s !
Congratulations to Baoyun Ge and Skyler Hagen
I am proud to share that Dr. Boayun Ge (Ludois Group alum, 2018) received Harold A. Peterson Distinguished Dissertation Award, award by UW-Madison ECE (2019). Baoyun is pictured below receiving his award with myself and …
Congrats! Ryan Knippel defends his Ph.D.
A big congratulations to Dr. Ryan Knippel, after successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis titled “Rotating Capacitors with Spiral Groove Features for Hydrodynamic Gap Maintenance in Power Conversion Systems.” In a nutshell, this work was on …
Ludois Group Publishes Open Access IEEE Electrostatic Machines Paper
Our most recent machines publication is the culmination of 6 years of hard work spanning theory, engineering, prototyping and testing. I would like to thank my coauthors Baoyun and Aditya, CMT engineers Graham, Bill, Serge …
Congrats! Andy Schroedermeier defends his PhD
Today Andy Scchroedermeier successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled: “Integrated Inductors, Capacitors, and Damping in Bus Bars for dv/dt Filter Applications.” Congratulations to Dr. Schroedermeier!
Prof. Ludois comments with peers on campus entrepreneurial collaboration
Identifying and supporting the growing population of problem solvers with an entrepreneurial mindset on campus is one of the key goals of UW–Madison’s new Innovate Network.
Andy Schroedermeier launches dv/dt filter web tool!
Ludois Group PhD student Andy Schroedermeier developed an online tool for predicting and analyzing dv/dt issues in variable frequency motor drives. Check it out here!
Beyond the Lab Interview – Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
Check out the interview about reflecting on life as an engineer and scientist.
Andy Schroedermeier wins Poster Presentation Award at APEC 2018
Congratulations to Andy Schroedermeier for winning a Poster Presentation award at APEC 2018! The paper associated with the poster is: A. Schroedermeier and D. C. Ludois, “Integrated Inductors, Capacitors, and Damping in Bus Bars for dv/dt …
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