Xavier Perpiñà
Xavier Perpiñà was born in Almenar, Spain, in 1976. He received the B.S. degree in physics, the M.Phil. degree in electronic engineering, and the Ph.D. degree from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, in 1999, 2002, and 2005, respectively. In 1999, he was with the Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona-Centre Nacional de Microelectrònica (IMB-CNM), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Bellaterra, Spain, where he worked in the clean room and, then until 2005, he began his research activity with the Power Devices and Systems Group, IMB-CNM. From 2005 to 2007, he was with Alstom Transport, where he developed studies on thermal management and power-converters reliability. He is currently a Contracted Researcher with IMB-CNM and his research deals with thermal investigations and reliability studies in power devices and packaging. He has authored and coauthored more than 60 research papers in international conferences and refereed journals. He also belongs to the scientific committee of EUROSIME conference and THERMINIC workshop.