Research

Research Interests

• High frequency power electronics systems to improve power density, efficiency and performance.
• Single-phase Hybrid-Microinverters with storage.
• Smart energy integrated systems – PV and Storage.
• Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging System.
• The utilization of soft-switching technique in the design of microinverters for PV. systems.
• Analysis and design of high frequency dc-to-dc resonant converter topologies.
• Modeling and control of advanced high-frequency power converters.

List of National Science Foundation Projects

• Highly Integrated Multi-port, GaN-Based Inverters with Grid-Forming Capabilities.
• Advanced and Highly Integrated Power Conversion Systems for Grid Stability and Resiliency.
• NSF-Golai: Highly Integrated Grid-tied Multi-port Power Module for PV and Storage.
• NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) Planning Grant Energy Storage System Enabled Decarbonized Society (ESSENSE).

Publications

• Journals
• Conferences

Summary of Key Projects

• Solar Energy Conversion
• High-Density High-Power Vehicle-Board DC/DC Concerters

Previous students dissertations and theses

• PhD Dissertations
• Completed Honors Undergraduate Theses
• Completed Masters Theses