Team

MD Rashedur Rahman, Ph.D. Student. He received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in September 2019. His undergraduate focus of the study was concentrated on electronics, control systems, and power electronics. After graduation, he served in Walton Hi-Tech. Industries PLC. under the department of R&D, Compressor Manufacturing Plant as a motor and electronics design engineer for a total of three and a half years. Currently, he is working as a Research Assistant at the Power Electronics & Energy System Lab (PEESL) at Mississippi State University. His present research area is design and control of electric machines for wind turbines and electrified transportation applications. 

Md Zakir Hasan, Ph.D. Student. He completed his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in April 2019, majoring in Power and Energy Systems. He worked for three and a half years as a Lecturer at Daffodil International University (DIU) in Bangladesh. In the summer of 2023, he joined Mississippi State University as a Ph.D. student. Currently, he is working in the Power Electronics and Energy System Laboratory (PEESL). His current research focuses on the Degradation Aware Self-Healing Control of Wideband Gap Power Switches. 

Md Moniruzzaman, Ph.D. Student. He completed his B.Sc. (2012) and M.Sc. (2019) in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, majoring in Power and Energy Systems. He worked for several years at Dhaka Electricity Supply Company Limited (DESCO) in Bangladesh. In the Fall of 2022, he joined Mississippi State University as a Ph.D. student. Currently, he is working in the Power Electronics and Energy System Laboratory (PEESL). His current research area is degradation modeling and lifetime prediction of power switches. 

Tahmid Ibne Mannan, Ph.D. Student. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in October 2018, majoring in Power and Energy Systems. In Spring 2020, he joined Mississippi State University as a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Dr. Seungdeog Choi. His current research interests include the characterization of electromagnetic interference effects in wide bandgap devices and electric transportations.