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Olivier Trescases

Professor

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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    Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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BIO

Olivier Trescases received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto, in 2007. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Concept Engineer and Mixed-Signal IC Designer with Infineon Technologies in Austria, focusing on safety-critical automotive applications. He is currently an Associate Professor in the E. S. Rogers, Sr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. His group conducts research on advanced power electronic converters. Since 2015, he has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. While on sabbatical in 2016, he was with the Texas Instruments Kilby Labs in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Since 2016, he has been the Vice Chair of the IEEE Toronto Section and has served on various IEEE conferences technical committees, including the Applied Power Electronics Conference, the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, and the International Symposium on Power Semiconductors and ICs.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Canada Research Chair in Power Electronic Converters
    Canada Research Chairs, Ottawa, Canada2017 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2014 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009 - 2014

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Concept Engineer and IC Designer
    Infineon Technologies, Austria2007 - 2008

DEGREES

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • MASc in Electrical Engineering
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • BASc in Electrical Engineering
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Climate Positive Energy (CPE)

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