The Electric Drives and Machines Institute at Graz University of Technology has a long-standing tradition of research into electric and electromechanical energy converters, power electronics, and the integration of these components into systems.The competence of the institute was complemented and extended in 2010 when Prof. Muetze, who had worked previously in Germany, the US, and the UK, became head of the institute, further directing the institute into an international network of research and development activities.A significant part of the research activities is carried out in cooperation with national and international industrial partners, covering the areas of electromechanical as well as solid-state power converters, design of power-electronics based systems including control and interactions between system components, and the development of prototypes and experimental verification in the institute's own laboratories.