Pradeep Shenoy of Texas Instruments gave a terrific presentation getting into the nitty-gritty of point-of-load DC/DC converter design and testing. A large crowd of attendees made the presentation very engaging with its interactive format. The session covered issues found in converter capabilities, component selection, control design, board layout and measurement techniques. Pradeep explained the causes of the most typical design mistakes and how to avoid them in future designs.

Biography:  Pradeep Shenoy

Pradeep Shenoy leads Texas Instrument’s Power Design Services team focused on the automotive, telecommunications, and enterprise computing markets. Pradeep has served in several roles in the IEEE Power Electronics Society including Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Ad-Com Member-at-Large, Young Professionals Chair, Industry Advisory Board, Chapter Chair, and Regional Chair. He is active in the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) organizing committee and served as a DC-DC Converter Track Chair for several years. Pradeep obtained the B.S. degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received various awards including the Illinois International Graduate Achievement Award in 2010, the Jack Kilby Award for Innovation in 2015, and Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award in 2020.