2025

• August - DEIR Lab has received its first NSF award

• August - Conference Paper accepted  for publication at IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA 2025) 

  • Dielectric Characterization of Potential Encapsulant Materials for (U)WBG Power Module Packaging at High Temperature

• August - Farhina presented her research at 2025 IEEE ESTS 

• June - Rafid received the best paper award at the 2025 IEEE EIC. 

• June - Rafid and Mouri presented their first Conference papers at 2025 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC).

• June - Farhina led a session on 'High Voltage and Dielectric Materials' for the Summer Experience in Engineering Camp for K-12 students organized by College of Engineering and Polymer Science, University of Akron.

• May - Conference Paper accepted  for publication at IEEE Electric Ship Technology Symposium

  • A Partial Discharge Classification Approach in Shipboard Power System Under Power Electronics Switching Voltage 

• March - 2 conference papers have been accepted for publication in IEEE 2025 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC).

  • Convolution Neural Network in Partial Discharge Source Identification: Performance Variation for Lab-based Data and Rotating Machine 

  • Dielectric Characterization of Polyimide for UWBG Power Module Packaging at High Temperature 

• March - Farhina Lead Workshop at Kids Career Day Hosted by UA College of Engineering and Polymer Science (CEPS) Women in Engineering Program

2024

• October - Farhina presented her research at IEEE CEIDP 2024

• September- Manuscript Published in IEEE Transaction on Dielectric and Electrical Insulation

• August - Rafid and Zannatul Joined DEIR Lab

• August - Farhina Received a Travel Grant from the IEEE ECCE WIE Program 

• July - Farhina Received Firestone Research Initiative Fellowship

• June - Farhina Presented 2 Papers at IEEE EIC 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

• March - Conference Paper Accepted in IEEE EIC 2024

• March - Farhina Lead Workshop at Kids Career Day Hosted by UA College of Engineering and Polymer Science (CEPS) Women in Engineering Program

• February - Manuscript Published in IEEE Transaction on Dielectric and Electrical Insulation

• January - Lucky Joined DEIR Lab

2023

• October - Farhina Presented her Research Work at IEEE CEIDP 2023

• August - Farhina Joined as an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Akron (UA)

• May-June - Farhina Supervised Ana Patino in the Honors Summer Research Program at SBC

• March-May -  Conference Paper Accepted in IEEE EIC 2023, IEEE ESTS 2023, IEEE CEIDP 2023

• April - Farhina Presented her Research at the University of Akron and Arkansas State University

• February - Manuscript Published in Advanced Materials Interfaces