Professors of Power Electronics in American Universities
(This article was written by Dr. H. Gui and reprinted from NE Electric)
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Major universities and teams in the U.S.
Arizona State University, Tempe (ASU)
Raja Ayyanar : Indian, PhD @ UMN in 2000, researching energy storage, microgrid, inverter, photovoltaic, etc.
Qin Lei : Female, small AP, PhD @ MSU, student of Fang Z. Peng in 2012, alumni of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, worked at GE GRC, joined ASU in 2015, researched HVDC, micro-network, etc.
Jiangchao Qin : Xiao AP, PhD @ Purdue in 2014, a student of Gatech's Saeedifard at Perdue, an alumnus of Xi'an Jiaotong University, researching HVDC, microgrid, etc.
Auburn University (Auburn)
Robert M. Nelms : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ VT in 1987, research on smart grid, converter control, etc.
John Y. Hung : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UIUC in 1989. He has a background in control. He mainly studies converter modeling and control.
Eduard Muljadi : IEEE Fellow, Indonesian, PhD @ UW in 1992, has worked at NREL for more than 20 years, and joined Auburn in 2018. Research on power grids, wind power, motor control, distributed systems, etc.
Clemson University (Clemson)
Johan H. Enslin : IEEE Fellow, South African, PhD @ Rand Afrikaans University, 1988, worked in industry for more than 20 years, and then taught at UNCC, founder of UNCC EPIC. Joined Clemson in 2016. Research on power grids, photovoltaics, and smart buildings.
Todd H. Hubing : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ NCSU in 1988, taught at MST, and joined Clemson in 2006. Research on electromagnetic compatibility, device fault diagnosis, electric vehicles, etc.
Kumar Venayagamoorthy : Nigerian, PhD @ Natal in 2002, South Africa's Tubo , once taught at MST, joined Clemson in 2011, researched power grid, FACTS, STATCOM, etc., slightly PS.
Colombia University (Colombia)
Matthias Preindl : Little AP, PhD @ University of Padua in 2014, joined Columbia in 2015, mainly researching motor control, microgrid, etc.
Cornell University (Cornell)
Khurram Afridi : Little AP, Pakistani, PhD @ MIT, a student of Kassakian in 1998, worked as a CTO and COO at Techlogix for more than ten years, and then taught at CU. He joined Cornell in 2018, mainly studying high power density converters, High-frequency power electronics, wireless power transmission, etc. There are Chinese students.
Dartmouth College (Dartmouth)
Charles R. Sullivan : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UCB, 1996, a student of Sanders, studying magnetic component design, high power density converters, etc.
Jason T. Stauth : Big AP, PhD @ UCB, 2008, a student of Sanders, studying magnetic component design, high power density converters, etc. Experimental Room: Power and Integrated Electronics AT Dartmouth .
Drexel University (Drexel)
Chika Nwankpa : IEEE Fellow, South African, PhD @ IIT, 1990. Research on power grid, STATCOM, etc., partial PS.
Fei Lu : Xiao AP, PhD @ Umich, a student of Hofmann in 2017, alumni of Harbin Institute of Technology, researching wireless power transmission, electric vehicles, etc.
Florida State University (FSU)
Fang Z. Peng : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Nagaoka University of Technology, 1990, alumni of Wuhan University, research grid, inverter, HVDC, etc., the author of Z source inverter. He has taught at MSU and joined FSU in 2018.
Hui Li : Female, IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UTK in 2000, alumni of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, researching inverters, energy storage, microgrids, etc.
Chris S. Edrington : Big AP, PhD @ MST in 2004, UTD's Fahimi was a student at MST, studying motors, power grids, etc., partial PS.
Michael "Mischa" Steurer : Scholar Scientist with PhD. In 2001, PhD @ ETH, researched power grid, STATCOM, etc.
Yuan Li : Female, Little AP, PhD @ Wuhan University in 2007, taught at Sichuan University, joined FSU in 2018. Research inverters, photovoltaics, etc.
Jinyeong Moon : Little AP, Korean, PhD @ MIT in 2016, Leeb student, joined FSU in 2018. Research on energy harvesting and energy storage systems.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Gatech)
Deepakraj M. Divan : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Indian, PhD @ Calgary in 1983, taught at UW, then entered the industrial business, joined Gatech in 2004, served as chairman of the IEEE PELS, and won the Newell Award. His research interests are smart grids.
Thomas G. Habetler : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UW in 1989, once worked at GM, mainly researching motor control, especially sensorless monitoring. Former Chairman of IEEE PELS.
Maryam Saeedifard : Female, AP, Iranian, PhD @ UofT, a student of Iravani in 2008, worked at ABB, then taught at Purdue for four years, joined Gatech in 2014, and won the Bass Award. His research interests include HVDC and microgrid. There have been many articles in recent years, and there are Chinese students.
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
John Shen : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ RPI in 1994, Tsinghua alumni. His research fields are mainly power electronics, smart grids, and electric vehicles. Worked at Motorola before joining IIT in 2013.
Qing-Chang Zhong : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Imperial College London, alumnus of Shanghai Jiaotong University and Hunan University in 2003. She once taught at Sheffield and joined IIT in 2014. As a control source, the current research mainly focuses on power electronics, power grids, inverter control, etc., and is the author of the virtual synchronous inverter control technology.
Mahesh Krishnamurthy : Big AP, Indian, PhD @ UTA in 2008, UTD's Fahimi was a student at UTA, researching electric vehicles, motor control, new energy, etc. There are many Chinese students.
Ian P. Brown : Little AP, PhD @ UW in 2009, a student of Lorenz. He worked at AO Smith and joined IIT in 2012. He mainly studies motors and motor drives, and recruits students with motor design background.
Lehigh University (Lehigh)
Wenxin Liu : Little AP, PhD @ MST in 2005, alumni of Northeastern University, taught at NMSU, and joined Lehigh in 2014. Research on smart grid, HVDC, distributed systems, etc., partial PS.
Marquette University (Marquette)
Nabeel Demerdash : IEEE Life Fellow, Egyptian, PhD @ Pitt in 1971, a big actor in the electrical field, not many PhDs I have brought, and I am old, I do n’t know if I will recruit students again.
Ayman El-Refaie : IEEE Fellow, Egyptian, PhD @ UW in 2005, a student of Jahns, worked in GE GRC for 12 years, and joined Marquette in 2017. The main research is motor.
Nathan Weise : Little AP, PhD @ UMN in 2011, a student of Mohan, who studies the power grid, HVDC, electric vehicles, etc. There are Chinese students.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
James L. Kirtley : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Life Fellow, PhD @ MIT in 1971, former chief scientist at GE and GM, and a major player in electrical engineering.
Steven Leeb : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ MIT, 1993, student of Kirtley, winner of Bass Award. The main research is motor control and drive, microgrid and so on.
David J. Perreault : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ MIT, 1997, a student of Kassakian, Middlebrook Award, Bass Award Winner. He mainly researches UHF power electronics, and is a pioneer and flagship figure in this field. What he does is an industry benchmark. The smallest laptop adapter in the world that was hot on Kickstarter in the past two years was made by his students.
Miami University, Oxford (MU)
Mark Scott : Little AP, PhD @ OSU, a student of Jin Wang in 2015, researching EMI, motor control, new device applications, etc.
Michigan State University (MSU)
Elias G. Strangas : PhD @ Pitt, 1980, majoring in electrical engineering, without Chinese students.
Bingsen Wang : Little AP, PhD @ UW in 2006, a student of Venkataramanan, an alumnus of Shanghai Jiaotong University, worked at GE GRC, and joined MSU in 2010, mainly researching matrix converters, electric vehicles, microgrids, and motor control .
Shanelle Foster : Female, Little AP, PhD @ MSU 2013, a student of Strangas, currently in a laboratory with him.
Missouri University of Science and Technology (MST)
Mariesa L. Crow : Female, IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UIUC in 1989, researching power grid, new energy, FACTS, etc., partial PS.
Mehdi Ferdowsi : Iranian, PhD @ IIT in 2004, Emadi's student at IIT, researching electric vehicles, motor control, etc.
Jonathan W. Kimball : Big AP, PhD @ UIUC, a student of Krein in 2007, has worked in companies such as Motorola and has entrepreneurial experience. Research microgrids, switched capacitor converters, electric vehicles, etc. At present, a company named after itself is set up, and the website is the personal homepage.
Pourya Shamsi : Little AP, Iranian, PhD @ UTD, 2012, a student of Fahimi, researching motors, microgrids, etc.
Montana State University (MSU)
Hashem Nehrir : IEEE Life Fellow, PhD @ Oregon State, 1978. Research on modeling and control of distributed systems, partial PS.
Hongwei Gao : Little AP, PhD @ TAMU in 2001, Tsinghua alumni, research on motor control, electric vehicles, battery energy storage, etc.
New York University (NYU)
Zivan Zabar : Israeli, PhD @ Israel Institute of Technology, 1972, studied magnetic levitation technology, power grid, etc., may retire.
Francisco de Leon : Big AP, Mexican, PhD @ UofT in 1992, has been doing Post Doc from 1992 to 1999, and later joined NYU to study grid transformers, distributed systems, etc., partial PS.
Dariusz Czarkowski : Big AP, PhD @ UF, 1996. Research on wireless power transmission, converter modeling and control, RF converter, etc.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh (NCSU)
Jayant Baliga : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Life Fellow, Indian, PhD @ RPI, 1974, Newell Award Winner. The inventor of the power device research, IGBT, is absolutely great. Do things that are semiconductors.
Iqbal Husain : IEEE Fellow, Bangladeshi, PhD @ TAMU, Director of FREEDM in 1993, taught at the University of Akron, joined NCSU in 2011, researched motor control, relay protection, microgrid, etc. There are many Chinese students.
Douglas C. Hopkins : PhD @ VT in 1989, researching power device packaging, director of PREES, not many students, Chinese.
Srdjan Lukic : Big AP, PhD @ IIT in 2007, Emadi's student at IIT, researching electric vehicles, micro-networks, etc., is the director of ATEC, recruiting Chinese students.
Subhashish Bhattacharya : Indian, PhD @ UW in 2003, Gavan ’s Divan was a student at UW, researching electric vehicles, microgrids, etc., mainly Indian students.
Wensong Yu : Research AP, PhD @ 华南科技 , 2000, alumni of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. After VT, he joined NCSU in 2013 to study new device applications, inverters, and solid-state transformers.
North Dakota State University (NDSU)
Dong Cao : Little AP, 2012 PhD @ MSU, a student of Fang Z. Peng, an alumnus of Zhejiang University, worked in Ford for two years, and joined NDSU in 2014 to research new energy, power grid, electric vehicles, high-frequency power electronics, new devices Applications, etc.
Northeastern University (NEU)
Bradley Lehman : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Gatech in 1992, researching high power density converters, photovoltaics, etc. Students are mainly Chinese, write on their personal website will say Chinglish, former editor of IEEE on Power Electronics.
Mahshid Amirabadi : female, small AP, Iranian, PhD @ TAMU, student of Toliyat in 2013, joined NEU in 2015, researching microgrid, inverter, electric car, etc.
Northern Illinois University (NIU)
Liping Guo : Female, AP, PhD @ Auburn, student of Nelms and Hung in 2006, alumni of Beijing Institute of Technology, researching converter modeling and control, battery energy storage, etc.
Ohio State University, Columbus (OSU)
Longya Xu : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UW in 1990, an alumni of Hunan University, an authority in the field of electrical machinery, is about to retire.
Jin Wang : PhD @ MSU, a student of Fang Z. Peng, alumni of Xi'an Jiaotong University and Wuhan University in 2005, worked at Ford, joined OSU in 2007, and won the Bass Award. Research on HVDC, microgrid, etc. is very active, the laboratory is developing rapidly, there are many Funding, and it is in a period of rapid rise, and there are many articles.
Julia Zhang : Female, Little AP, PhD @ OSU in 2010, a student of Longya Xu, an alumnus of China Southern, worked in Ford for three years, then joined Oregon State, and joined OSU in 2017. The main research is motor control.
Mahesh Illindala : Big AP, Indian, PhD @ UW in 2005, a student of Venkataramanan, mainly researching microgrids, distributed systems, etc., slightly PS.
Oregon State University (OSU)
Ted Brekken : Big AP, PhD @ UMN in 2005 , researching marine energy generation.
Yue Cao : Xiao AP, PhD @ UIUC, a student of Krein in 2017, a master's and doctoral degree in the United States, researching energy storage, intelligent buildings, and electric vehicles. In addition, there is a Q & A page on the personal website, which contains some summary of Yue Cao's application and research. It is very practical. It is recommended that friends who apply, especially undergraduates, read.
Princeton University (Princeton)
Minjie Chen : Little AP, PhD @ MIT 2015, a student of Perreault, Tsinghua alumni. Mainly research high-frequency power electronics. The experimental chamber: Princeton the Power Electronics, Research, Lab (a PowerLab) .
Purdue University (Purdue)
Scott D. Sudhoff : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Purdue in 1991. He once taught at MST, researching motor control, magnetic component design, etc.
Steven D. Pekarek : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Purdue, 1996, mainly researching motor control.
Dionysios Aliprantis : Big AP, PhD @ Purdue in 2003, taught at ISU, joined Purdue in 2013. The main research is motor and wind power.
Raymond A. Decarlo : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ TTU in 1976. His main research area is not PE, but he also does some electric vehicle and system modeling related work.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Jian Sun : IEEE Fellow, Middlebrook Award Winner, PhD @ Paderborn, 1995, alumni of China Southern Airlines and Beijing Airlines. Research on power grid, HVDC, FACTS, etc.
San Diego State University (SDSU)
Chris Mi : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ UofT in 2000, alumni of Northwestern Polytechnical University, taught at Umich-Dearborn, joined SDSU in 2015, and served as Department Chair.
Reza Sabzehgar : Little AP, Iranian, PhD @ Simon Fraser in 2012, researching energy storage, electric vehicles, micro-networks, etc., personal websites show that it can be magnetized.
Stanford University (Stanford)
Juan Manuel Rivas Davila : Little AP, Mexican, PhD @ MIT, a student of Perreault in 2006. He taught at Umich and joined Stan ford in 2014. He mainly studies radio energy transmission, ultra-high frequency power electronics and so on. Its laboratory: Stanford University Power Electronics Research Lab (SuperLab)
Temple University (Temple)
Xiaonan Lu : Little AP, PhD @清华 in 2013, worked in Argonne laboratory, joined Temple in 2018. Research on microgrid, inverter control, etc.
Texas A & M University (TAMU)
Mehrdad Ehsani : IEEE Life Fellow, PhD @ UW in 1981, mainly researching electric vehicles, motor control, wind power, etc. The students are mainly Indians and a small number of Chinese.
Prasad Enjeti : IEEE Fellow, Indian, PhD @ Concordia, 1988, Middlebrook Award Winner. His research interests include wind power, photovoltaics, and power grids. Few students are Chinese.
Hamid A. Toliyat : IEEE Fellow, Iranian, PhD @ UW in 1991, mainly researching motors and their controls, electric vehicles, etc. The students are basically Middle Eastern, no Chinese.
Robert Balog : Big AP, PhD @ UIUC, a student of Krein in 2006. He mainly studies photovoltaic, microgrid, new energy, etc. There are Chinese students.
University at Buffalo, SUNY (UB)
Xiu Yao : Female, small AP, PhD @ OSU, student of Jin Wang in 2015, alumni of Xi'an Jiaotong University, research on microgrid, HVDC, etc.
Luis Carlos Herrera : Little AP, PhD @ OSU in 2015, a student of Jin Wang, has taught at RIT, and joined Buffalo in 2018. Research on microgrid, fault diagnosis, etc.
University of Alabama (UA)
Tim A. Haskew : PhD @ Auburn, 1991, researching wind power, photovoltaics, motor control, etc.
Shuhui Li : Big AP, PhD @ TTU in 1988, an alumnus of Southwest Jiaotong University. He once taught at Southwest Jiaotong University and TAMU, researching power grids, inverters, and electric vehicles.
Jaber Abu-Qahouq : Big AP, Jordanian, PhD @ UCF in 2003, researching electric vehicles, energy storage, wind power, etc. Many students are Chinese.
Mithat Kisacikoglu : Little AP, Turkish, PhD @ UTK 2013, student of Tolbert. Research on electric vehicles, smart grids, etc.
A ndrew Lemmon : Small AP, 2013 Nian PhD @ Mississippi State, main wide bandgap semiconductor applications.
Aaron D. Brovont : Little AP, PhD @ Purdue 2016, student of Pekarek. The main research is power grid and motor control.
University of Arkansas (UArk)
Alan Mantooth : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Gatech in 1990. He has worked for Anology for eight years. He is the leader of POETS and the director of GRAPES. He is currently the chairman of IEEE PELS, researching power electronics, microgrid, inverter control, photovoltaic, etc.
Simon Ang : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ SMU in 1981, worked at TI for seven years, researching power electronic device packaging, power IC, etc.
Juan Balda : Argentine, PhD @ University of Natal, South Africa, 1986. Research on microgrid, HVDC, matrix converter, inverter, etc. No Chinese students.
Fang Luo : Little AP, PhD @ 华 科 in 2010, after VT blog, he was a Research Professor at OSU, and joined Uark in 2017. Research EMI, new device applications, etc.
Yue Zhao : Xiao AP, PhD @ UNL in 2015, a student of Wei Qiao, alumni of Beihang University, researching motor control, new energy, micro-grid, etc.
Roy McCann : PhD @ Dayton in 2001, researching inverters, new energy, etc.
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Seth R. Sanders : I EEE Fellow, PhD @ MIT in 1989, mainly researching high power density converters, DC microgrids, motor control, etc. Daniel, many students are teachers in famous schools.
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski : Big AP, Swedes, PhD @ MIT, 2012, Perreault student, Bass award winner, taught at UIUC, joined UCB in 2018. His research interests include communication power supplies, high power density converters, ultra-high frequency power electronics, and photovoltaics. There have been many articles in recent years , the laboratory has developed rapidly, and Chinese students have basically overseas experience.
Scott Moura : Little AP, PhD @ Umich, 2011, belongs to CEE instead of EE. He mainly studies battery energy management, electric vehicles, etc., and the relationship between PE and PE.
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Keyue M. Smedley : Female, IEEE Fellow, PhD @ CIT in 1991, a student of Daniel Middlebrook and Cuk, an alumnus of Zhejiang University. The author of one-cycle control studies converter topology, modeling, and control.
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Patrick Mercier : Big AP, PhD @ MIT 2012. Research areas include integrated circuits and microelectronics, and also do wireless energy transmission.
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
Keith Corzine : PhD @ MST in 1997, has taught at UWM, MST, Clemson, and joined UCSC in 2018 to study multilevel converters, power grids, new energy systems, and relay protection.
Leila Parsa : Female, Iranian, PhD @ TAMU in 2005, taught at RPI, and joined UCSC in 2017. Research on motor control, wind power, etc.
University of Central Florida (UCF)
Issa Batarseh : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ IIT, 1990. Research on microgrid, photovoltaic, etc.
University of Colorado, Boulder (CU)
Robert W. Erickson : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ CIT in 1982. His main research fields are converter modeling, digital control, etc., CoPEC co-founder, author of well-known textbook "Fundamentals of Power Electronics", academic representative, now retired Already.
Dragan Maksimovic : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ CIT, Cuk student in 1989, mainly researching high power density converters, converter modeling, digital control, new device applications, etc., CoPEC co-founder, well-known textbook "Fundamentals of Power Electronics" The author, most of the domestic students know him because of this book. He is one of the pioneers in the research of digital control theory of power electronics. There are many Chinese students in his name.
Hanh-Phuc Le : Little AP, Vietnamese, PhD @ UCB in 2013, a student of Sanders, joined CU in 2016, mainly researching power IC.
Taylor Barton : Female, Young AP, PhD @ MIT, a student of Perreault in 2012. She taught at UTD and joined CU in 2016. His research interests include power amplifiers.
University of Connecticut (UConn)
Ali Bazzi : Little AP, Lebanese, PhD @ UIUC, 2011, a student of Krein, researching motor control, microgrid, inverter, etc. There are Chinese students.
Sung-Yeul Park : Big AP, Korean, PhD @ VT in 2009, a student of Jason Lai, studying microgrid, inverter control, distributed system, etc.
Peng Zhang : Little AP, PhD @ UBC in 2006, alumni of Shanda University and Tsinghua University, worked for BC Hydro for four years, researched power grid, new energy, etc., partial PS, and did grid-related converter modeling work.
University of Denver (DU)
David Wenzhong Gao : Big AP, PhD @ Gatech in 2001, alumni of Northwestern Polytechnical University, taught at Tennessee Tech, joined DU in 2010, and researched microgrids, wind power, and electric vehicles.
University of Florida (UF)
Shuo Wang : Big AP, IEEE Fellow, PhD @ VT in 2005, a student of Fred Lee, an alumnus of Zhejiang University and Southwest Jiaotong University, who has taught at UTSA for four years, mainly studying EMI, and has made in-depth research in this area.
University of Georgia (UGA)
Jin Ye : Female, small AP, PhD @ Mac in 2014, student of Emadi, alumni of Xi'an Jiaotong University, joined UGA in 2018. Research on motor control, electric vehicles, inverters, etc.
University of Houston (UH)
Kaushik Rajashekara : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Indian, PhD @ Indian Institute of Science in 1984, has worked in Delphi, Rolls-Royce and other companies for more than 20 years, has taught at UTD for 4 years, joined UH in 2016, Research on electric vehicles, motor control, etc. There are many Chinese students.
Wajiha Shireen : Female, Bangladeshi, PhD @ TAMU, 1993. Research on wind power, photovoltaics, electric vehicles, motor control, etc.
Harish S. Krishnamoorthy : Little AP, Indian, PhD @ TAMU in 2015, a student of Enjeti, joined UH in 2017. Research inverters, power grids, etc.
University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)
Sudip K. Mazumder : IEEE Fellow, Indian, PhD @ VT, 2001. Research on microgrid, inverter control, new device applications, etc.
Inna Partin-Vaisband : Female, AP, Israeli, PhD @ Rochester, 2015, mainly researching power IC.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia : Big AP, PhD @ MIT in 2007, a student of Kassakian, mainly studying distributed systems, microgrid stability, etc., partial PS, and many articles in recent years.
Arijit Banerjee : Little AP, Indian, PhD @ MIT, student of Leeb and Kirtley in 2016, mainly studying motor drive.
Kiruba S. Haran : Big AP, IEEE Fellow, Nigerian, PhD @ RPI in 2000, worked at GE GRC for more than ten years, joined UIUC in 2014, and mainly researched motors. Chinese students basically have overseas experience.
University of Kentucky (UKY)
Dan M. Ionel : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ University Politehnica of Bucharest in 1987, Turbo, Romania. He has worked for AO Smith and other companies for nearly 20 years. He joined UKY in 2015, mainly studying permanent magnet motors, and has Chinese students.
Aaron M. Cramer : Big AP, PhD @ Purdue, 2007, a student of Sudhoff, studying motor control, photovoltaics, distributed systems, etc.
University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
Alireza Khaligh : Big AP, Iranian, PhD @ IIT in 2006, Emadi was a student at IIT, taught at IIT, and joined UMD in 2011. He mainly studies electric vehicles, and has been very active in recent years. There are many articles, and most of the students are Chinese.
University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML)
Tingshu Hu : Female, 2001, PhD @ UVA, alumni of Shanghai Jiaotong University, control background, mainly researching the modeling and control of converters and new energy systems ...
Siavash Pakdelian : Little AP, Iranian, PhD @ TAMU 2014, a student of Toliyat, studying motor control and magnetic gears.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Umich)
Heath Hofmann :PhD @ UCB, a student of Sanders in 1998. He has taught at PSU for more than ten years. He joined Umich in 2010, mainly studying motor control and electric vehicles.
Al-Thaddeus Avestruz :Little AP, PhD @ MIT, a student of Leeb in 2011. After graduating, he stayed at RA and continued to work as an RA. He joined Umich in 2016, mainly researching radio energy transmission and power IC. Americans, Asians may be their names and looks.
University of Michigan, Dearborn (UM-Dearborn)
Taehyung Kim : Big AP, Korean, PhD @ TAMU in 2003, a student of Ehsani, researching electric vehicles, photovoltaics, etc.
Wencong Su : Little AP, PhD @ NCSU in 2013, a student of Alex Huang, a master of science in the United States, research on smart grids, electric cars, etc., partial to PS, but he said that he also recruits students with PE background.
Mengqi Wang : Female, Little AP, PhD @ NCSU, 2014, a student of Alex Huang, an alumnus of Xi'an Jiaotong University, researching microgrids, electric vehicles, motor drives, etc.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMN)
Ned Mohan : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Indian, PhD @ UW in 1973, researching power grids, wind power, matrix converters, solid-state transformers, etc., and author of the classic textbook "Power Electronics". Currently taking students, no Chinese.
Sairaj Dhople : Big AP, PhD @ UIUC 2012, a student of Chapman. UIUC's master's and master's degree, research on power grids, distributed systems, etc.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL)
Jerry L. Hudgins : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ TTU in 1985. He was the chairman of IEEE PELS and mainly researched power electronics.
Wei Qiao : 2008 PhD @ Gatech, a student of Harley, an alumnus of Zhejiang University. Research fields include wind power, smart grid, battery energy management, etc. There are nearly 20 PhD students, and the output of articles has been very high in recent years.
Liyan Qu : Female, AP, PhD @ UIUC, 2007, a student of Chapman, alumni of Zhejiang University. Research on smart grids, wind power, new transformers, etc.
University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC)
Tiefu Zhao : Little AP, PhD @ NCSU in 2010, a student of Alex Huang, a Tsinghua alumni, worked in Eaton for 6 years, joined UNCC in 2016, and researched microgrids, inverters, and solid-state transformers.
Babak Parkhideh : Big AP, Iranian, PhD @ NCSU 2012, student of Bhattacharya. Research photovoltaic, microgrid, electromagnetic components, etc.
Robert Cox : Big AP, PhD @ MIT, student of Leeb 2006. Research on motor control, power grid, etc.
Maciej Noras : Big AP, PhD @ SIU in 2000, worked in Trek for 7 years, joined UNCC in 2007, what he does seems to be system monitoring, testing, etc., but his research interest also wrote Power electronics.
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Gregory F. Reed : PhD @ Pitt, Director of the Laboratory in 997, researching power grids, photovoltaics, etc.
Alexis Kwasinski : Big AP, PhD @ UIUC, a student of Krein in 2007. He once taught at UT-Austin, researching smart grids, photovoltaics, fault diagnosis, etc., with a slight bias towards PS.
Robert Kerestes : Little AP, PhD @ Pitt, a student of Reed in 2014. He has worked for Emerson for two years and joined Pitt in 2016. Study power grids, battery energy storage, etc.
University of South Carolina (USC)
Roger A. Dougal : PhD @ TTU in 1983, studying microgrids, photovoltaics, battery energy storage, wireless energy transmission, etc. There are many articles and projects related to ships.
Charles Brice : Big AP, PhD @ Gatech in 1977. He once taught at TAMU, researching hardware system simulation, AC motor, etc.
Enrico Santi : Big AP, PhD @ CIT, a student of Cuk in 1994, worked for TESLAco for four years, and joined USC in 1998 to study distributed systems, device modeling, and hardware system simulation.
Herbert L. Ginn : Big AP, PhD @ LSU, 2002, a student of Czarnecki, researching power grids, distributed systems, FACTS, etc.
University of South Florida (USF)
Lingling Fan : Female, AP, PhD @ WVU, alumni of Southeast University, 2001. She worked in Midwest ISO for six years, researching microgrid, distributed system, wind power, etc., partial PS.
Zhixin Miao : Big AP, PhD @ WVU in 2002, alumni of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He worked in Midwest ISO for seven years.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Fred Wang : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ USC, an alumnus of Xi'an Jiaotong University, worked in GE for ten years, then taught at VT, joined UTK in 2009, and co-founded CURENT. Research on high-power AC converters, microgrids, new device applications, and electric vehicles.
Leon Tolbert : IEEE Fellow, PhD @ Gatech, 1999, a student of Habetler, co-founder of CURENT. Research on grid, new energy, HVDC, new device applications, etc.
Daniel Costinett : Little AP, PhD @ CU, 2013, a student of Maksimovic, researching wireless power transmission, high-frequency power electronics, converter modeling, and digital control.
Kevin (Hua) Bai : Big AP, PhD @ 清华 in 2007, taught at Kettering University, UM-Dearborn, and joined UTK in 2018. Research on electric vehicles and motor drives.
University of Texas, Arlington (UTA)
Ali Davoudi : Big AP, Iranian, PhD @ UIUC 2010, student of Chapman, winner of Bass Award. Research on microgrids, new energy, etc. There have been many articles in recent years. No Chinese students.
University of Texas, Austin (UT Austin)
Alex Q. Huang : IEEEFellow, PhD @ Cambridge in 1992, alumni of Zhejiang University and University of Electronic Science and Technology, formerly taught at VT and NCSU, founder of FREEDM, joined UT Austin in 2017, mainly researching power devices, solid-state transformers, microgrids, New energy and others are the authors of solid-state transformers. FREEDM has grown very rapidly since its establishment and is now one of the largest power electronics research centers in North America.
University of Texas, Dallas (UTD)
Babak Fahimi : IEEE Fellow, winner of Bass Award, Iranian, PhD @ TAMU in 1999, taught at MST and UTA, joined UTD in 2010. Research on motor control, electric vehicles, battery management, photovoltaics, microgrids, etc. Mainly Chinese students.
Poras T. Balsara : IEEE Fellow, Indian, PhD @ PSU in 1989. He was born in integrated circuit and digital signal processing. He currently studies power IC and belongs to Fahimi Lab. There do not seem to be Chinese students.
D Ong Sheng (Brian) Ma : In 2003 PhD @ HKUST, Nankai alumni, who taught at Arizona in 2010 joined UTD, main power IC.
Hoi Lee : Hong Kong, China, PhD @ 港 科 大大, 2004, mainly researching power IC.
Bi lal Akin : Big AP, Turkish, PhD @ TAMU, a student of Toliyat in 2007, worked in TI for four years, joined UTD in 2012, researched motor control, fault diagnosis, etc. There have been many articles in recent years.
Ghanshyamsinh Gohil : Little AP, Indian, PhD @ Aalborg in 2016, a student of Blaabjerg, joined UTD in 2018. Research on new device applications, converter control, etc.
University of Washington (UW)
Brian Johnson : Little AP, PhD @ UIUC in 2013, a student of Krein, who worked at NREL before joining UW in 2018. Research on microgrid, inverter control, etc.
University of Wisconsin, Madison (UW)
Thomas M. Jahns : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Newell Award winner, PhD @ MIT in 1978, currently Co-Director of WEMPEC, and former Chairman of IEEE PELS. The main research is permanent magnet synchronous motor and its control and drive.
Giri Venkataramanan : Indian, PhD @ UW in 1992, mainly researching power grid, inverter, distributed system, motor control, etc.
Bulent Sarlioglu : Big AP, Turk, PhD @ UW, a student of Lipo in 1999. He mainly studies permanent magnet motors and their drives, electric vehicles, and new device applications.
Daniel C. Ludois :Little AP, PhD @ UW in 2011, a student of Venkataramanan, mainly researching wireless power transmission, electric vehicles, motor control, etc.
Eric L. Severson : Little AP, PhD @ UMN 2015, a student of Mohan, who mainly studies motor control and wind power generation.
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM)
Adel Nasiri : Iranian, PhD @ IIT in 2004, Emadi's student at IIT, studying microgrids, electric vehicles, new energy, battery energy storage, etc. Chinese students.
Robert Cuzner : Little AP, PhD @ UW 2013, a student of Venkataramanan, researching microgrids, distributed systems, etc.
Utah State University (USU)
Regan Zane : PhD @ CU in 1999, a student of Maksimovic, winner of the Bass Award, taught at CU, joined USU in 2012, and founder of UPEL. Research on high power density converters, battery management, digital control, etc.
Zeljko Pantic : PhD @ NCSU, Student of Lukic, 2001. Research on wireless power transmission, electric cars, etc.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT)
Fred C. Lee : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Life Fellow, Taiwanese, PhD @ Duke 1974, father of CPES. In terms of soft switching, converter modeling, and converter power density improvement, Lee's contribution is unparalleled. CPES's greatest wealth is extremely large industrial resources and connections. Lee's eyes will always keep an eye on industrial needs. Perhaps because of this, his students have basically entered the industrial world, and few have stayed in the academic circle. Announced retirement in 2017, but in the field of scientific research, still bring students and meetings.
Dushan Boroyevich : Academician of the American Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Newell Award Winner, PhD @ VT in 1986, student of Fred Lee, director of CPES, former chairman of IEEE PELS, research fields mainly include power grid, new energy, new device applications, electric vehicles Wait.
Jih-Sheng (Jason) Lai : IEEE Fellow, Taiwanese, PhD @ UTK in 1989, mainly researching microgrids, photovoltaics, inverters, electric vehicles, etc., high-power systems, the only university in the 2016 Google Little Box competition The winning team was directed by him. Note that he does not belong to CPES, so he cannot be found on the CPES laboratory website.
Khai Ngo : I EEE Fellow, Vietnamese, PhD @ CIT in 1984, worked at GE. He mainly researched packaging, material thermal effects, magnetic components, etc. The things are very low-level and relatively small.
Rolando Burgos : Big AP, Chilean, PhD @ University of Concepcion, Chile, 2002. After VT, he worked at ABB for three years. He mainly studies the power grid and new energy. Currently, he is working with Dushan to recruit students by himself, and also help Dushan bring students.
Qiang Li : Little AP, PhD @ VT in 2011, a student of Fred Lee, an alumnus of Zhejiang University, researching high power density converters, new device applications, power electronics power integration, magnetic component design, etc. Nice people, interview in Chinese. In a group with Fred Lee.
Dong Dong : Little AP, PhD @ VT in 2012, a student of Boroyevich, Tsinghua alumni, worked at GE after graduation, and joined VT in 2018. Research on multilevel converters, HVDC, new device applications, etc.
Mona Ghassemi : Female, Little AP, PhD @ Uof Tehran, Tubo, Iran in 2012, worked in Canada after graduation, joined VT in 2017. Research on high-voltage insulation technology.
Yuhao Zhang : Little AP, PhD @ MIT in 2017, Peking University alumni, joined VT in 2018. Investigate the GaN device body.
Guo-Quan Lu : 1990 PhD @ Harvard, researching device packaging and magnetics integration. And CPES is more a cooperative relationship. Students are mainly learning materials.