Prof. Nando Kaminski (invited)

Nando Kaminski has been full professor for power semiconductor devices at University of Bremen since 2008. He has been one of two directors of the Institute for Electrical Drives, Power Electronics, and Devices (IALB). His research interests include   alternative semiconductor materials, material basics, device concepts, simulation,   packaging, reliability, influence of parasitics, and EMC.  

From 1998 until 2008 Nando Kaminski was with ABB Semiconductors in Lenzburg, Switzerland. He worked on IGBTs, IGCTs, diodes, packaging, and reliability. He held   various positions as project, team, laboratory, and customer support manager in R&D and quality before he finally became department manager and head of the IGBT module factory.  

Nando Kaminski studied electrical engineering at the University of Bremen and finished   with the Dipl.-Ing. degree (with distinction) in 1994. Afterwards until 1998, he was researcher and PhD-candidate at the former Daimler-Benz research institute in Frankfurt (Main), Germany. He worked on Silicon-Carbide power devices and received the Dr.-Ing. degree (summa cum laude) in 2001 from University of Bremen.