The Electric Drives and Machines Institute has a long-standing tradition of research into electric and electromechanical energy converters, power electronics, and the integration of these components into systems, including interactions between individual components. The competence of the institute was complemented and extended in April 2010 when a new, modern research and teaching laboratories were commissioned, after Prof. Muetze, who had been working previously in Germany, the US, and the UK, became head of the institute.