Research

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS

Power electronics applications for data centers, i.e. multilevel converter, dc-dc converter, solid-state transformer.
Wide bandgap devices (SiC/GaN/Ga2O3) application for power conversion, wireless power transfer, bio-medical application, LED driving.
Electric Vehicle, More Electric Aircraft, and Transportation Electrification, i.e. battery management, wireless charger, traction drive inverter, dc-dc converter.
Smart grid power management and renewable energy source integration, DC micro grid.
Power converter reliability, lifetime prediction and extension utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

“Intelligent Power Systems for Next Generation Aircraft” AFRL/ Defense Associated Graduate Student Innovators (DAGSI) Student-Faculty Research Fellowship Program (PI: 100% 2023-2024)
“CarbonLess Electric AviatioN (CLEAN)” NASA University Lead Initiative ( Co-PI 10%, UD-PI 100%)
“Intelligent Power Systems for Next Generation Aircraft” 2023 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP) at AFRL-Aerospace Systems (PI: 100%, Summer 2023)
“Implementation of solid state generation technology in an existing hypersonic vehicle frame: expected performance and design considerations” AFRL (Co-P 20%) 01/01/2023 - 08/31/2023
“Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding” National Science Foundation (PI: 100%, ) 2021~ 2022
"UAM Electric Motor Drive System with Predictive Maintenance " AFWERX STTR Phase II (Co-PI ) Oct 2021 ~ Dec 2022
"Ground Fault Detection" NAVY STTR Phase I (PI) Jul 2021 ~ Jan 2022
"UAM Electric Motor Drive System with Predictive Maintenance " AFWERX STTR Phase I (Co-PI ) Jan 2021 ~ Jun 2021
· “A Hybrid Fuel Cell-Battery-Capacitor Power Source for UAS” Ohio Federal Research Network (OFRN) (Co-PI ~$1.24M) Jan 2020 ~ Jul 2021
“Harnessing Solar Energy through Noise Barriers and Structural Snow Fencing” Department of Transportation (Co-PI ~45%), 2019 ~ 2021
“Development of a High Temperature (500 C) and High Power Testbed for GaN HEMT /SiC based Switching Power Converter for Long-Duration Venus Surface Operations” NASA CAN (PI: 100%), 2019 ~ 2020 Funding Rate: 10/44
“Collecting Accelerated Test data for GaN/SiC Device based Power Converter for the Converter Lifetime Prediction Modeling as Machine Learning Training Sets” ND EPSCoR (PI: 100% ) 2018 ~ 2019
“An Ultra Efficient Composite Modularized Power Delivery Architecture for Solar Farm and Data Center”, National Science Foundation (PI: 100%) 2018~ 2021
“High Power High Efficiency Variable Voltage Converter” Ford Motor Company (PI: 100%) 2018 ~ 2021
“Real-time Monitoring and Diagnosis for SiC Inverter system” John Deere Electronics Solutions, CRQME and ECE department (PI 100%) 2018 ~ 2019
“ZER0H: Zero Energy Ready Homes” (Co-PI 10%) National Science Foundation 2017 ~ 2018
“Ultra High Density Power Adapter using Gate driver Integrated GaN” (PI: 100%) Navitas Semiconductor, Unrestricted Gift Sep. 2017 ~ 2018
“Ultra High Density Power Conversion Systems using Gallium Nitride Power Devices” (PI: 100%) Department of Commerce ND, Jan. 2017 ~ Oct. 2018
“High Density High efficiency Power Converter for Datacenter” (PI: 100%), Maxir Venture Investments/Offerdahl, Sep 2016
“High-demand Power Supply Research” (PI: 100%), Google Inc., Sep 2016
“Reliability Oriented Design for DC-Link Capacitors in Power Electronic Converters,” (PI: 100%), Center for Quality Reliability, and Maintainability Engineering CQRME and John Deere Electronic Solutions, Jan. 2016 – Jan. 2018
“Ultra Light and Compact Power Delivery Architecture in Space,” NASA EPSCoR, (PI: 100%), Nov. 2015 – Dec. 2016
“Grid Connected Photovoltaic Inverter,” Transphorm Inc, (PI: 100%), Aug 2015 – Jun. 2016
“Hybrid electric vehicle inverter evaluation”, Ford Motor Company, (PI: 100%), Aug. 2015