Professor Michael Robert Jennings, Swansea University

Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships 2022-23

The electrification of our society, including transport, is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. This project brings together a global leader in semiconductor chip manufacture and an academic with 20 years of power chip experience to develop next-generation energy-efficient automotive chips on an industrial scale. 

If we are to meet our net zero targets, power (or energy) management technology is essential, for example to create energy-efficient Industry 4.0, IoT and AI systems. Power electronics underpin all of our societal energy requirements. In particular, concatenated power electronic circuits are the key enabling technology for delivering renewable energy, electric vehicles, and industrial drives, through to domestic appliances such as kettles and washing machines. This project will investigate new materials (gallium nitride, silicon carbide and gallium oxide) as constituent power semiconductor devices for achieving near 100% power management efficiency at low thermal budgets.  

Personal website: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/m.r.jennings

Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mike-jennings-152306140