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May 13, 2015
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Praveen Jain카지노 게임 컬렉션s success is due in no small part to the opportunities he has received throughout his education and research career.
The Canada Research Chair in Power Electronics and Director of the Queen's Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research (ePOWER) repeats time and again that he wouldn카지노 게임 컬렉션t be where he is today without the work, support and generosity of others.
And that is a big reason why he has donated all his patent royalties to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
It카지노 게임 컬렉션s no small sum. Dr. Jain is responsible for more than 50 patents and has started up two companies through PARTEQ Innovations, whose role it is to commercialize intellectual property arising from university-generated research, such as Dr. Jain카지노 게임 컬렉션s.
One of his start-ups, CHiL Semiconductor, was sold in 2011 to a U.S. company for $75 million. Dr. Jain developed and patented the technology that formed the basis for CHiL카지노 게임 컬렉션s success. All the funds he received from the patent royalties were directed back to the university.
With his current start-up, SPARQ Systems, he intends to do the same.
카지노 게임 컬렉션It gives me great career satisfaction to be involved in a start-up company as a founder,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션The research work that makes a start-up possible is done here at the university, so I feel it카지노 게임 컬렉션s only right that the royalties that I receive as a result be directed back to the university, to be put to good use to allow students to develop their research knowledge, skills and experience.카지노 게임 컬렉션
It카지노 게임 컬렉션s simple for Dr. Jain, as he feels that the best use of the funds is to direct it to education, where it will create opportunities for others to realize their potential.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I was welcomed in Canada and have benefitted from a number of opportunities. People in the past made contributions that provided me with valuable chances to learn and contribute,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I appreciate their generosity, and want to 카지노 게임 컬렉션pay it forward카지노 게임 컬렉션 to support the next generation of researchers and inventors.카지노 게임 컬렉션
A key to Dr. Jain카지노 게임 컬렉션s groundbreaking work 카지노 게임 컬렉션 with the aim of creating new energy-efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly power electronic technologies 카지노 게임 컬렉션 is trying different approaches.
As he explains it, there are two key steps to innovation 카지노 게임 컬렉션 identifying the problem that needs to be solved and understanding the solutions that are already out there.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Then the question to ask is: how can you create a different solution? So you start looking at things from a very different angle. When you do that, you may find two or three potential solutions,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Jain. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Then your job is to evaluate the potential solutions and decide which one makes more sense.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Dr. Jain카지노 게임 컬렉션s research these days is focused on increasing the efficiency of power conversion in electronics.
The primary source of energy used in the world is electricity 카지노 게임 컬렉션 in its many forms 카지노 게임 컬렉션 from computers to jets, from cars to household appliances. However, different products use different forms of electricity.
For example, the standard power frequency in North America is usually 50 Hertz, but a plane that lands at Pearson Airport may use 400 Hz power, so power frequency conversion is needed for the ground power unit used to power the plane while it is at the gate. And when any power unit receives one type of electricity and converts it into another form, a lot of power is wasted.
Even a slight reduction in electrical energy lost in conversion could have a massive result.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Almost two-thirds of electricity throughout the world is processed through electronic devices,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Jain says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션So if you can improve the efficiency even by 1 per cent you can imagine the impact 카지노 게임 컬렉션 you can save an enormous amount of energy.카지노 게임 컬렉션
At ePOWER, Dr. Jain and his team of researchers are working to make this a reality. However, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s far from a simple task, as many of the electronics, Dr. Jain points out, are used in consumer goods. As a result there is a need to make them cost-effective as well.
카지노 게임 컬렉션So to meet the needs of industry and people who buy its products, at ePOWER we have to do this conversion in the most efficient manner and at the lowest possible cost, ensuring as small a device size and as low a device weight as possible,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Successfully balancing all these considerations creates technologies that meet the needs of companies and consumers.카지노 게임 컬렉션