Pompa Wins Best Presentation Award at the 2026 Applied Power Electronics Conference

IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, March 22-26, 2026, San Antonio, Texas

The annual Applied Power Electronics Conference focuses on practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business.

Matthew Pompa, a UA graduate student under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Lemmon, won the Best Presentation Award within the Modeling and Simulation track at APEC. His paper, “Modeling and Analysis of Partial Discharge in High-Voltage Printed Circuit Boards,” focuses on a less-studied topic. Pompa’s research analyzes partial discharge in high-voltage printed circuit boards, which are used frequently by engineers for bussing structures with little concern for partial discharge. His work seeks to provide empirically validated design guidance to enable engineers to design HV PCBs with increased confidence in reduced susceptibility to partial discharge.

At the conference, a number of awards are determined based on the scores provided by session chairs. This particular award recognizes and promotes the long-standing tradition of excellence in presentations.