Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Tuesday, 23/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 5:30pm | Short Course: Fundamentals of Thermal and Thermomechanical Modeling for Electronics Reliability Location: Aula B |
11:00am - 11:30am | 1st Coffee Break |
1:00pm - 2:30pm | Seafront walk and Lunch |
4:00pm - 4:30pm | 2nd Coffee Break |
5:30pm - 6:00pm | Final test (for PhD students only) |
Date: Wednesday, 24/Sept/2025 | |
8:00am - 8:50am | Desk Registration |
8:50am - 9:00am | Welcome Location: Aula Magna |
9:00am - 9:40am | 1st Keynote: Out-of-SOA Electrothermal Limitations of Power Semiconductor Devices: Characterization and Modeling Location: Aula Magna Andrea Irace, University of Naples Federico II |
9:40am - 10:00am | Vendors session Location: Aula Magna |
10:00am - 10:20am | 1st Coffee Break |
10:20am - 11:20am | 1.A: Cooling Approaches for Devices, Packages, and Systems 1 Location: Aula Magna |
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Enhanced Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics in a Liquid-cooled Microchannel with Adjacent Micro-Synthetic Jets: Influence of Reynolds Number and Stroke Length 1Technological University Dublin, Ireland; 2Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Enhancing the Controllability of Forced Convection Liquid Cooling with Minichannel Heatsinks using Pulsating Flow of Variable Frequency Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Heat Transfer Enhancement by Metamaterial Structures for Semiconductor Cooling 1Hitachi Energy Research, Sweden; 2University of Waterloo, Canada |
10:20am - 11:20am | 1.B: Thermal Management of Batteries 1 Location: Aula A |
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Air-Cooled Versus Liquid-Cooled Flat Pulsating Heat Pipes for Battery Thermal Management Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada Fluid Dynamics in Immersion Battery Cooling: Linking Coolant Vortex Structures to Thermal Gradients and Lithium-ion Cell Performance and Longevity 1Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, Delhi; 2Sustainable Energy (SE) , Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Liquid Tab Cooling of a Prismatic Battery Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
11:20am - 11:40am | 2nd Coffee Break |
11:40am - 1:00pm | 2.A: Cooling Approaches for Devices, Packages, and Systems 2 Location: Aula Magna |
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Efficient Chip-integrated Microfluidic Cooling Through Jet-enhanced Manifold Microchannels Power and Wide-Band-Gap Electronics Research Laboratory (POWERlab), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Self-Oscillating Reeds for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Fin Channels Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America An Experimental Investigation of Guided Flow Liquid Cooling Methods on a Four Cell Prismatic Module Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Manufacturing and Design Optimisation of an Air Amplifier for Data Centre Server Cooling Applications 1Technological University Dublin, Ireland; 2Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
11:40am - 1:00pm | 2.B: Thermal Management of Batteries 2 Location: Aula A |
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A Numerical and Experimental Comparative Study on Cold Plate Cooling of a 5.6kW Tesla Battery Pack Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Thermal Performance of a Heat Pipe with Triangular Grooves for Battery Cooling Applications in Electric Vehicles Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Temperature Estimation and Thermal Runaway Detection in a Novel Battery Module Arrangement Incorporating a Reduced Number of Sensors 1Tecnalia, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain; 2University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain; 3University of Parma, Parma, Italy; 4Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain Thermal Management of Battery Cells in Electric Vehicles: Design and Analysis under Various C-Rates and Environmental Conditions ASELSAN, Türkiye |
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Poster Session A Location: Aula Magna |
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Critical Analysis of Intersection-point-based Techniques for the Experimental Indirect Determination of Thermal Resistance in Bipolar Transistors 1Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Milan, Italy HTRB-Based Assessment of Epoxy Mold Compounds Using a Multi-DUT Monitoring Platform University of Naples Federico II, Italy Temperature‐dependent equivalent circuit modeling of PiN diodes for accurate electromagnetic simulations of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces University of Naples Federico II, Italy Aging Effect on Temperature Behaviour in Li-ion Battery Cell: a Case of Study University of Napoli Federico II, Italy Improving Photovoltaic Reliability with Temperature-aware Hot-spot Mitigation University of Napoli Federico II, Italy Experimental Evaluation of a Passive Dual Two-Phase Cooling System for Ev Batteries Using a Dielectric Fluid and a Pulsating Heat Pipe 1Department of Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies,University of Parma, Italy; 2Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy Hysteresis Phenomenon in the Electric Parameters of Lithium-ion Batteries under Temperature Effects 1Politecnico di Milano, DEIB, Italy; 2Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, TGM, S.p.A. Development of 1D Simulation Methodology and Automation for Predicting the Cooling Performance of an Electric Vehicle Battery System Hyundai Mobis, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Solder Joint Fatigue Study on Integrate Circuit Components for Telecom Products Ericsson Sweden AB, Sweden Thermal analysis of a 5G telecom demonstrator in FO-WLP SiP with Integrated GaN Power Amplifier and GaAs Low Noise Amplifier 1III-V Lab, France; 2XLIM, France; 3UMS (United Monolithic Semiconductors), France; 4TRT (Thales Research & Technology) Characterisation of Thermal Interface Materials Under Sustained Cyclic Thermo-Mechanical Loading Silicon Austria Labs, Austria Multi-scale and Multi-physics Analysis Of a GaN System in Package Using Fan Out Wafer Level Packaging (FO-WLP) Technology 1XLIM, UMR7252, Université de Limoges, France; 2United Monolithic Semiconductor, Villebon sur Yvette, France; 33 - 5 Lab, Palaiseau, France In-chip Liquid Cooling using Directly Integrated Jet Impingement with Enhanced Pin Fins EPFL, Switzerland Improved Thermal Transient Testing of GaN Devices Manufactured with Various Construction Principles 1SIEMENS DISW, Hungary; 2Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Thermal Characterization of a Novel Direct Cooler Design for Modular Power Devices University of Parma, Italy 4H-SiC Power MOSFET Body Diode as a Highly-linear Temperature Sensor for Tj Monitoring 1University of Napoli Federico II, Italy; 2Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Thermal analysis of fast-charger contactless power transfer for electric buses University of Napoli Federico II, Italy Prediction of Dynamic Thermal Behavior of Novel Ceramics for Power Devices Using Numerical Simulations Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Numerical Investigation on Thermal Behaviour of Horizontal Plate Heat Sink with Metal Foam Partially Embedded in PCM for Passive Cooling System Universita' degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy |
3:00pm - 4:00pm | 3rd Coffee Break and Poster Viewing Location: Aula Polifunzionale |
4:00pm - 5:40pm | 3.A: Cooling Approaches for Devices, Packages, and Systems 3 Location: Aula Magna |
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On the Role of Turbulence and Swirl on Heat Transfer Enhancement in Developing Pipe Flow Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Numerical Investigation of Gradient-based Alveoli Microchannel Heat Sinks Embedded with Hotspots for Electronic Cooling Applications IIITDM Kancheepuram, India Stainless-steel Flat Plate Pulsating Heat Pipe: An Alternative for Electronic Cooling 1Heat Pipe Laboratory, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis/SC, Brazil; 2Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy A Deep Dive into an Air Cooled Data Centre’s Mechanical Cooling System Energy Consumption 1School of Mechanical & Design Engineering, College of Engineering & Built Environment, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, Dublin D01 K822, Ireland; 2Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland Testing of Two-Phase Cooling of Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cells 1NLR - Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre, 1059 CM Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2Airbus Commercial Aircraft, 22335 Hamburg, Germany; 3Aerostack GmbH, 72581 Dettingen, Germany |
4:00pm - 5:40pm | 3.B: Advanced packaging solutions Location: Aula A |
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Thermal Management Investigation of a V-band GaN Amplifier Embedded into an Advanced Package 1III-V Lab, France; 2UMS S.A.S, France Thermal Contact Resistance Improvement Between Clip Attached TO- 247 Package and Heat Sink with Insertion of an Ultra-Thin Interlayer Silver Film KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Multi-Material Heat Sink on Silicon Substrate: A Sn-Al Solution for High-power Electronic Heat Dissipation 1Politecnico di Milano; 2University of Twente; 3European Space Agency Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on Directly 3D-printed Metallic Micropillars on Silicon Chips 1Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2University of Pisa, Italy; 3University of Twente, The Netherlands Graphene Aerogel Enhancement for Next-Generation Ultralight Thermal Management Applications 1Gyeongsang National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2Nanomechatronics, University of Science and Technology (UST); 3Department of Nanomechanics, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) |
7:00pm - 9:00pm | Welcome Cocktail at Circolo Canottieri |
Date: Thursday, 25/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:40am | 2nd Keynote: From Thermal Resistance to Power Efficient Thermal Design: Is Thermal still the Cinderella of Semiconductor Industry? Location: Aula Magna Claudio Maria Villa, STMicroelectronics |
9:40am - 10:00am | 1st Coffee Break |
10:00am - 11:20am | 4.A: Advanced Thermal Measurement Techniques 1 Location: Aula Magna |
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Monitoring Electrothermal-Induced Package Strain During HTRB Using Fiber Optic Sensors University of Naples Federico II, Italy Thermal‑Resistance‑Based Reliability of TIM1 Materials in a Lidded Thermal Test Vehicle Under Active Thermal Load‑Cycling 1Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH, Germany; 2Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; 3Fraunhofer ENAS, Germany Impact of Adiabatic and Condenser Lengths on the Thermal Performance of Flat Pulsating Heat Pipes University of Sherbrooke, Canada Optimal Sensor Placement for Thermal Virtual Sensing in Electronic Systems Using Augmented Kalman Filtering 1Imec; 2Siemens Industry Software NV; 3KU Leuven; 4Siemens Industry Software; 5Flanders Make |
10:00am - 11:20am | 4.B: Advances in Thermal Modeling and Simulation 1 Location: Aula A |
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Circuit-based Thermal Modeling of Phase Change Materials for Fast Dynamic Simulations 1Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 2Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Heat Transfer Performance Modelling for Liquid Cooling of High-Power Electronics WLC, Netherlands, The VOLTERRA: An Innovative Approach for Accurate Nonlinear Thermal Modeling of Electronic Components 1Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 2Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Bayesian Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification for 1D Low-element Thermal Networks 1Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria; 2Graz University of Technology, Austria |
11:20am - 11:40am | 2nd Coffee Break |
11:40am - 1:00pm | 5.A: Advanced Thermal Measurement Techniques 2 Location: Aula Magna |
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Experimental Comparison of Variable Density Heatsinks Under Flow Boiling Conditions Universitat de Lleida, Spain Experimental Evaluation of Different Cold Plates Configurations for Direct-to-chip Liquid Cooling 1Universal Smart Cooling SL, Spain; 2Universitat de Lleida, Spain Experimental Comparative Analysis of PCB Cooling Technologies Including Nonlinear Thermal Effects 1ABB Corporate Research Center, Switzerland; 2Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy High-Resolution Thermal Analysis of Interface and Microstructure Formation in SAC-Cu Solder Joints Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria |
11:40am - 1:00pm | 5.B: Advances in Thermal Modeling and Simulation 2 Location: Aula A |
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Thermohydraulic Lumped Parameter Models for Direct Battery Cooling 1Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2FlandersMake@UGent - Core lab MIRO, Leuven, Belgium; 3University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Electro-thermal Analysis of p-GaN Gate e-mode HEMTs with Ohmic and Schottky Gates Korea Institute of Energy Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Numerical Study of Transient Heat Transport in 4H-SiC Triggered by UV Laser Pulses Lodz University of Technology, Poland SPICE Modeling of GaN HEMTs in the Wide Temperature Range (-269°C…+500°C) National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics), Russian Federation |
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Poster Session B Location: Aula Magna |
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Numerical Investigation of the Thermal Behavior of 3-D GaN LEDs for Thermal-Aware Design 1Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 2Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronics Devices, Lodz University of Technology, Politechniki 10, 93-590 Lodz, Poland Failure Analysis for Electronic Packaging Materials: A Comparative Study of Pulsed and Lock-In Thermography 1Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany; 2Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH; 3Fraunhofer ENAS SPICE-based Switching Energies Estimation of SiC Power Transistors Gdynia Maritime University, Poland Investigation of the Compact Thermal Modeling of SiC-based Power MOSFETs 1Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 2StarPower Europe AG, Baden, Switzerland; 3Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy 3D Modelling of Mass and Heat Transport in Multi-Phase Microfluidic Systems 1Centre for Energy Research, Hungary; 2Tallinn University of Technology A Time-Efficient Approach to Thermal-electrical Analysis of Six-pack IGBT-based Power Module Nexperia B.V. Reduced BJT Power Dissipation via Saturated Operation in Full Wave Rectifiers 1Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria; 2University of Napoli Federico II, Italy Peltier Cooling for Thermal Management and Efficiency Enhancement in Perovskite Solar Cells 1Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development, Campus Fesdis, Batna 05078, Algeria; 2Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University Federico II, via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy Thermal Performance of Server Voltage Regulator Modules in Liquid and Air-cooling System STMicroelectronics, Italy Thermal Characterization of Heat Pipe Embedded Heat Spreaders for High Performance Computer Cooling in Automotives 1Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; 2Fraunhofer ENAS Thermal Characterisation of Packaging Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures by the Three-Omega Method 1Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany; 2Fraunhofer ENAS, Chemnitz, Germany; 3Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies (ZfM), Chemnitz, Germany; 4Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz, Germany; 5Nanotest Berlin, Germany Fast Extraction of Thermal System Model for a Silicon Carbide Power Module Based on a 1D and 3D Hybrid Simulation Framework Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric UK Innovation Center, United Kingdom Effect of the Condenser on the Thermal Performance of a Mini Loop Heat Pipe Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil An Advanced High Temperature Device Heating Methodology for Automotive Grade Zero Conditions 1KAI Kompetenzzentrum Automobil- und Industrieelektronik GmbH, Austria; 2Graz University of Technology Optimizing Boosting for Faster Calorimetric Measurement of High-Efficiency Electric Machines 1Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2FlandersMake@UGent - Core lab MIRO, Leuven, Belgium; 3University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 4University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Sout Africa Verification of Thermal Transient Measurement Methods for Cascode Type SiC JFETs SIEMENS, Japan Numerical Thermal Analysis of Liquid-Cooled Electric Motors for High-Performance Applications ASELSAN, Turkiye Fast Approach with Analytical Models for Heat Sink Modelling and Optimization 1Technical University Munich; 2Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH Cooling Strategies for PCB-Mounted MOSFETs: Comparative Analysis and Numerical Simulations CARIAD SE, Germany |
3:00pm - 4:00pm | 3rd Coffee Break and Poster Viewing Location: Aula Polifunzionale |
4:00pm - 5:00pm | 6.A: Advanced Thermal Measurement Techniques 3 Location: Aula Magna |
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Experimental Investigation of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Under Periodically Varying Heat Loads 1Ghent Universtity, Ghent, Belgium; 2FlandersMake@UGent – Core lab MIRO, Leuven, Belgium; 3University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Development and Integration of Phase Change Materials to Limit Operating Temperatures University of Rostock, Germany An Approach to Thermoelectric Module Selection: Analytical Simulation and Experimental Test 1Industrial Engineering Department, University of Napoli “Federico II”, Piazzale Vincenzo Tecchio, 80, Napoli, 80125, Italy; 2Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council of Italy, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Napoli, 80131, Italy |
4:00pm - 5:00pm | 6.B: Advanced Thermal Measurement Techniques 3 Location: Aula A |
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Numerical Investigation on Full Immersion Forced Convection Cooling of 8-Cell Lithium-Ion Prismatic Battery Pack Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland FEM-Assisted Design and Characterization of a New Lithium Battery Pack-Heatsink Assembly 1University of Parma, Department of Engineering and Architecture, Italy; 2University of the Basque Country, Department of Electronic Technology, Spain; 3Tecnalia, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Spain Investigation and Compact Modeling of Self-heating in Buried Gate Carbon Nanotube Field-effect Transistors Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Steering Commitee Meeting Aula B Location: Aula B |
7:20pm - 7:30pm | Appointment to get the BUS |
8:00pm - 11:00pm | Gala Dinner at Villa Doria d'Angri |
Date: Friday, 26/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:40am | 3rd Keynote: Towards Intelligent Power Electronics Location: Aula Magna Jochen Koszescha , Infineon Technologies, AG |
9:40am - 10:00am | 1st Coffee Break |
10:00am - 11:20am | 7.A: Thermal Management in Power Electronics 1 Location: Aula Magna |
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Electrothermal Performance Enhancement of Silicon Carbide Gate-All-Around MOSFETs Using a Ferroelectric Gate Stack 1University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 2Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy Dielectric Liquid Cooling of 2.0 kV SiC MOSFET Power Module Using Jet Impingement and Pumped Immersion Flow Hochschule Kempten - University of Applied Sciences, Germany A comparative analysis of the thermal performance of DBC and novel IMS substrates of IGBT devices 1Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; 2Serigroup, Italy Multi-physics Simulations for IGBT Power Electronics Module Cooling 1Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary; 2ABB Oy, Motion, Technology Collaboration Office, Helsinki, Finland |
10:00am - 11:20am | 7.B: Advances in Thermal Modeling and Simulation 4 Location: Aula A |
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Integrated Modelling Framework for 3D IC Package Thermal Design 1Siemens EDA, United States of America; 2Budapest University of Technology and Economics Simplified Thermal Transient Testing: Unlocking Affordable, Open-source Solutions 1South Westphalia University of Applied Science; 2Forvia SE; 3Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors Comparative Analysis of TPMS Structures for Optimized CPU/GPU Thermal Management Using Generative Design Diabatix, Belgium Influence of Heat Source Dimensions and Heat Transfer Coefficient Value on Temperature of Electronic Circuits Cooled by Free Convection Lodz University of Technology, Poland |
11:20am - 11:40am | 2nd Coffee Break |
11:40am - 1:00pm | 8: Thermal Management in Power Electronics 2 Location: Aula Magna |
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Study Of Breakdown Mechanisms In GaN/AlGaN HEMTs Under Various Short Circuit Tests Using p-GaN Schottky Gate Current As Thermal Sensitive Parameter 1STMicroelectronics, France; 2LAAS-CNRS, France Toward Real-Time Junction Temperature Estimation with a Physics-Informed Attention LSTM 1Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 2Ideas & Motion K-factor Calibration Issues of IGBTs Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Development of a Surrogate Model for a Phase Change Material Heat Sink for Thermal Buffering of Power Electronics 1Ghent University, Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Ghent, 9000, Belgium; 2FlandersMake@UGent – Core lab MIRO, Ghent, 9000, Belgium; 3University of Cape Town, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa |
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:00pm - 3:20pm | 9: Thermal Investigation of LEDs and Solar Cells Location: Aula Magna |
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Reliability of High-Power LEDs Under Varying Thermal Aging Conditions Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany Extrinsic Failure of High-power Blue LEDs for Horticulture Applications Stressed in Hot Environments University of Padova, Italy Thermal aspects of infrared LED sources interfering with military night vision systems Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Electro-thermal Circuit Models of PhotoVoltaic Cells Subjected to Optical Degradation Phenomena 1University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 2University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"; 3University of Salerno; 4National Technical University of Athens |
3:20pm - 3:40pm | 3rd Coffee Break |
3:40pm - 4:20pm | Awards & Closing Remarks |