integrated Power Electronics and Energy-Efficient Systems Lab

Latest News

• 02/2026 – The iPower3Es group sent 4 representatives to ISSCC 2026. Although we did not have paper here this year, we had a good time with alumni, friends, and technical sessions. See our photos!
• 02/2026 – We had a blast at The Escape Game San Diego for competition in the two most challenging rooms: The Heist and Prison Break. One group successfully recovered the Water Lilies by Monet in the Heist, while both groups got close to finishing Prison Break without hint.
• 01/2026 – Po-Han and Saket wins the single 1st Place award for Best Student Poster for “Two-Stage Vertical Power Delivery for High-Performance Computing” at the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS).
  • Congratulations Po-Han and Saket!!
• 01/2026 – Po-Han, Saket, and Zhiheng are going to intern at NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, and MediaTek this summer.
  • These will be great learning/working opportunities for them. Congrats!
• 01/2026 – Happy New Year, everyone – May the new year bring you and your loved ones lots of health, joy, happiness, and successes!
  • This year, our group researchers are on the verge of breakthroughs in heterogenous integrated power delivery for AI/ML high-performance computing, and integrated healthcare with advanced processes and packaging technologies.
  • We are thankful for the supports and collaborations from our industry technology and academic partners sharing the path to make this possible.

Welcome to iPower3Es

Research Mission

Our research mission is to address challenges in co-optimizing efficiency and size with performance in different electronic systems and applications, including:

• High-performance computing and data centers
• Mobile and automotive devices
• Robots: futuristic ones
• Communication systems
• DC-houses and DC-buildings
• Low-power biomedical implants
• Internet of Things (IoTs)

Team

We are always looking for good team members. Outstanding and self-motivated students interested in joining the iPower3Es group are recommended to contact Prof. Le directly.

Our team combines individuals who love what we are doing for future energy-efficient electronics systems. We strongly support diversity in our group, department, and school where creativity is fostered together with a strong work ethic. And also very importantly, we have fun.