Haris Bin Ashraf received his B.E. in electronics engineering in 2019 from NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. He worked as a Research Assistant at Electronics Design Center NEDUET Karachi from 2020 to 2021 on designing BLDC ceiling fan circuits and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems. He started in 2022 as a direct Ph.D. student in CPES, Virginia Tech. His research interests include power converter modeling and control, microgrids, and grid forming control.
P5.1: Microgrid Building Blocks (MBB)
Jack Knoll graduated from Miami University with his bachelor’s in electrical engineering in 2020. He is currently a direct Ph.D. student at CPES. His research interests include power semiconductor packaging, optimization techniques, and mathematical modeling.
P1.8: A Guide for Accurate and Repeatable Measurement of the RTH, JC of SiC Packages
Marie Lawson earned a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2004. She worked for ten years for Northrop Grumman Power/Control Systems as an electronics engineer. In 2010 she earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In 2014, Marie joined Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding, where she works in electrical power conversion. Marie began her studies as an electrical engineering post-masters Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech CPES in 2021.
P5.9: Multi-Objective Co-Design Methodology for a High-Density, Medium-Voltage Integrated Power Electronics Building Block
Danielle Lester got her bachelor’s degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA, in 2021. She is now a master’s student in CPES. Her research interest includes power electronics packaging and wide band-gap devices.
P1.14: Fabrication Refinements and Evaluation of a Wirebond-less Multi-Chip Power Module with 13 kV SiC MOSFETs
Qian Li is a Ph.D. student at CPES, Virginia Tech. She received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China. Her research is focused on the design optimization of medium-voltage modular converter-based power electronic systems.
Benjamin Lyon received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut. He is currently working on his M.S. in electrical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic and State University and working as a graduate research assistant advised by Dr. Christina DiMarino at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES). His research interests are high-temperature electronics packaging, wide bandgap semiconductor devices, and electro-thermal modeling.
P1.12: Electro-Thermal Device-Package Co-Design for Ultra-Wide Bandgap Gallium Oxide Power Devices
Vladimir Mitrovic is Research Associate currently working on his Ph.D. at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech. He received his M.S. in electrical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic and State University and a B.S. degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia. His research focus is a real-time protocol for fast communication between nodes (gate drivers, sensors, and controllers) inside a power cell and communication between power cells in large systems (ex., modular multilevel converters). Vladimir is the lab manager for CPES Arlington lab.
P5.10: Gate Driver Integrated Sensors
Taha Moaz received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering from LUMS University, Pakistan. He is now a direct Ph.D. student in CPES, Virginia Tech. His research interest includes EMI and the packaging of wide-bandgap semiconductor devices.
T3.3: EMI Mitigation for SiC MOSFET Power Modules Using Integrated Common-Mode Screen
Shivani Nair completed her B.Tech in electrical and electronics engineering from the College of Engineering Trivandrum, KTU, India. She is now a direct Ph.D. student in CPES, Virginia Tech, under Dr. Richard Zhang. Her research interests include MVDC grid and power conversion solutions for hydrogen production and EV fast charging stations.
P4.1: Power Conversion Solutions for Hydrogen Production
Narayan Rajagopal is Graduate Research Assistant with a strong research background in power electronics and high-density integration. Skilled in Electronics Packaging, multi-physics design, and resonant converters. Currently working towards a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech.
P2.7: Electro-Thermal Optimization of Common-Mode Screen for Organic Substrate-Based SiC Power Module
He Song received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University, China, in 2013 and his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2018. He is now a Ph.D. student at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech. His research interests include electromagnetic interference (EMI) considerations in high-power medium-voltage power converters.
T3.1: Noise Propagation Study on Gate Drivers Caused by Near Field Coupling inside Medium Voltage High Power SiC-based Converters
Jiaxiong Yu got his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2022. He is now a direct Ph.D. student in CPES. His research interest includes HVDC and offshore wind.