Research
Research Interests:
Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Materials and Systems
Electrical Insulation for Transportation Electrification (More/All Electric Ships, Aircraft, Vehicle, and Train)
Electrical Insulation for Power Module Packaging and Power Electronics
Power Electronics
High Voltage/Field Engineering
Plasma Science
Resiliency Enhancement of Power Systems under Extreme Weather Events
Power Systems Analysis and Modeling
Electromagnetic Transients in Power Systems
Unconventional HSIL Line Design and Transmission Expansion Planning
Multiphysics Modeling
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Subsea Electrification for Ultra-Deepwater Oil and Gas Processing
Geomagnetic Disturbances (GMD)
Major Research Projects:
Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award , "Prediction of Breakdown in Air and Solid Dielectrics: A Complete Plasma Model from Discharge Initiation to Flashover", PI (100%), $750, 000, 2021-2026.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Award, "Unconventional High Surge Impedance Loading Transmission Line", PI (100%), $298,507, 2021-2024.
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, "CAREER: Accelerated Insulation Aging due to Fast, Repetitive Voltage Pulses from Wide Bandgap Power Electronics", PI (100%), $500, 000, 2020-2025.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award, "Characterization, Multiphysics Modeling and Mitigation of Insulation Material Degradation and Breakdown", PI (100%), $450,000, 2020-2023.
ARPA-E, "High Power Density Cost-Effective MV DC Aircraft Cable", PI (65%), $1,300, 000, 2021-2024.
ARPA-E (OPEN 2018), "20-kV GaN Switch Technology Demonstrated in High-Efficiency Medium-Voltage Building Block", Co-PI, $3,000,000, 09/01/2019-08/31/2022.
Office of Naval Research (ONR), "Highly Sensitive Coupled Optical and Ultra-High-Frequency Electrical System for Partial Discharge Detection", PI (100%), $96,630, 2019-2020.
Office of Naval Research (ONR), "Development of the PEBB 6000 Using Gen3 10 kV, 240 A SiC MOSFET Modules in Full-Bridge Configuration", Co-PI, $1,600,000, 12/01/2017-11/30/2020.
The Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE), Novel electrical insulation materials and systems will be introduced in this project to address heat transfer issues in 3D heterogeneous microsystems, $40,000, 6/1/2023 –5/31/2024.
