Graduated from:
- National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
- The John Hopkins University (USA)
Location History:
- Lafayette, IN (US) (1999)
- Yonkers, NY (US) (2001)
- New Rochelle, NY (US) (2002)
- Midlothian, VA (US) (2008 - 2009)
- Hanover, MD (US) (2010 - 2020)
Company Filing History:
24 out of 3,381 
2 out of 5 
1 out of 832,680 Years Active: 1999-2020
The Innovative Journey of Dr. Victor Veliadis
Dr. Victor Veliadis is a visionary in the world of power electronics, where the frontiers of science meet the demands of energy efficiency and American manufacturing. As Executive Director and CTO of PowerAmerica, a member-driven consortium spanning industry, academia, and national laboratories, he has been the catalytic force behind the U.S. acceleration of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor technologies.
Since assuming leadership in 2016, Dr. Veliadis has stewarded a $156 million budget, strategically investing in over 210 projects that bridge the gap between research and commercialization. Under his guidance, PowerAmerica has not only advanced cutting-edge wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor manufacturing but has also become a national leader in workforce development, training 420 full-time students through immersive industry-academic collaborations and educating more than 7,000 engineers and technologists through tutorials, courses, and webinars.
Now, as he leads negotiations for a $64 million renewal from the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Veliadis continues to chart the path forward for American leadership in WBG technologies.
In addition to his role at PowerAmerica, he is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron Devices Society. A prolific innovator, he holds 27 issued U.S. patents, has authored six book chapters, and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers. More than 150 invited presentations underscore his influence in the field, as well as keynotes at major international conferences, including ICSCRM, APEC, ECCE, and WiPDA.
Before entering academia, Dr. Veliadis spent 21 years at the forefront of the semiconductor industry, where he not only designed and fabricated SiC and GaN devices—some of which were used in military radar applications, but also led financial and operational management in a commercial semiconductor fabrication facility.
A man of discipline and resilience, he has undergone military training in Army Infantry and holds a third-degree black belt in Shotokan karate.
Dr. Veliadis earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1995.
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