The IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...

 (IEEE) that focuses on the "development of power electronics

Power electronics

Power electronics is the application of solid-state electronics for the control and conversion of electric power.-Introduction:Power electronic converters can be found wherever there is a need to modify a form of electrical energy...

technology".

History

The society was founded on January 1, 1983 by establishing the "IEEE Power Electronics Council". On February 2, 1988 the council changed its name to "IEEE Power Electronics Society".

Publications

The IEEE PELS publishes a peer-reviewed publication known as the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics that focuses on its field of interest.

Conferences

The IEEE PELS sponsors a number of annual conferences around that world that focus on its field of Interest.