an analogy between microprocessor and power converters as the engines of growth for the 20th-century information and 21st-century energy economies, respectively. Prof. Shenai emphasized the importance of power semiconductor devices that form the heart of modern power electronics switching converters and the need to develop low-cost and high-performance reliable power semiconductor switching devices. In his inspiring lecture, Prof. Shenai presented a systematic design approach to develop high-performance, low-cost compact power converters with a certain prescribed field-reliability metric in terms of mean time between failures (MTBF). He validated this design approach with extensive experimental data on the field reliability of high-end computer server power supplies that demand an MTBF of 1 million hours. FIG 1 Prof. Krishna Shenai (third from right) with Prof. Fei Wang (center) and students in Prof. Wang's PEIT Laboratory at Shanghai University. Both during and after the lecture, there was a lively discussion and exchange of information between students, faculty, and Prof. Shenai. Most importantly, students and faculty were truly inspired by Prof. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPEL.2019.2926692 September 2019 z IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE 79https://ia.ie.pels.ieeekerala.org/pesgre2020/