ECPE Joint Research Programme

The Joint Research Programme is organized by ECPE GmbH on the contractual basis of the ECPE Research Partner Agreement with the Principal and Associate Partners.
A Network-internal research programme where ECPE member companies jointly agree on pre-competitive research topics which are contracted to ECPE Competence Centres.

ECPE Contact

Dipl.-Phys. Thomas Harder
General Manager ECPE e.V.
and ECPE GmbH

Email

The budget comes from an industrial research fund fed by the companies.

ECPE Member companies can apply for joining the research programme as Principal Partner with full rights, or as Associate Partner with restricted access rights and reduced fund payment.

A Network-internal research programme where ECPE member companies jointly agree on pre-competitive research topics which are contracted to ECPE Competence Centres.

The ECPE Competence Centres are invited to submit research topics in an annual
Call-for-Proposals.

The Principal Partners have seat and vote in the
Project Coordination Committee (PCC) where the research topics are discussed and selected and, at the end, the results are presented.

The companies are not actively involved in the research work but they accompany the
ECPE projects in an Expert Board with regular phone or web conferences.

Examples/Success Stories

Details Automotive Drivetrain Integration (2005)

Details Ultra-low Inductance Module for Fast Switching Inverter (2013)

Details ECPE Lighthouse Porgramme msPEBB (2017)

Main benefit
for the companies

Cost sharing and discussion of latest research topics with university and research institutes as well as with companies along the value chain of power electronics.

Main benefit
for the institutes

Funding opportunities and close cooperation with European power electronics industry.

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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ECPE Joint Research Programme

The budget comes from an industrial research fund fed by the companies.

ECPE Member companies can apply for joining the research programme as Principal Partner with full rights, or as Associate Partner with restricted access rights and reduced fund payment.

A Network-internal research programme where ECPE member companies jointly agree on pre-competitive research topics which are contracted to ECPE Competence Centres.

The ECPE Competence Centres are invited to submit research topics in an annual Call-for-Proposals.

The Principal Partners have seat and vote in the Project Coordination Committee (PCC) where the research topics are discussed and selected and, at the end, the results are presented.

The companies are not actively involved in the research work but they accompany the ECPE projects in an Expert Board with regular phone or web conferences.