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Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
High Voltage Engineering
Power Systems
Plasma Science
Some Major Research Projects:
Some 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.
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