Power electronics expert Philip Krein talks electric vehicles and solar power

Illinois Engineering

Jul 29, 201900:38:31Technology

Professor Krein talks about how he is helping shape the future of advanced energy applications, specifically in electric vehicles and solar power. A recent article in the IEEE Spectrum Krein, a research professor of elec...

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