PowerAmerica Faculty
PowerAmerica faculty herald from 16 universities across the United States and conduct groundbreaking work in silicon carbide and gallium nitride wide bandgap power electronics. Click on the headshot to be directed to each faculty member’s webpage (if applicable) and learn more about them.
Dr. Raja Ayyanar
School: Arizona State University
PowerAmerica Project: High Performance Solar PV String and Micro Inverters with SiC and GaN Devices
Dr. Sarit Dar
School: Auburn University
PowerAmerica Project: Development of an Open Gate Dieelectric Process for SiC MOSFET Manufacturing
Dr. Ayayi Ahyi
School: Auburn University
PowerAmerica Project: Development of an Open Gate Dieelectric Process for SiC MOSFET Manufacturing
Dr. Hui “Helen” Li
School: Florida State University
PowerAmerica Project: SiC Commercial PV Inverter
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Dr. Yanjun Shi
School: Florida State University
PowerAmerica Project: SiC Commercial PV Inverter
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Dr. Petru Andrei
School: Florida State University
PowerAmerica Project: Curriculum Development on Modeling, Simulation and Design of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices
Dr. Deepak Divan
School: Georgia Tech
PowerAmerica Project: 5 kV DC to LV DC or 3 Phase AC Microgrid Power Conditioning Modules
Dr. Allan Taylor
School: Kettering University
Dr. Jay Baliga
School: N.C. State University
PowerAmerica Projects: 1.2kV SiC Trench Gate Power MOSFET; Lower Cost 1.2kV Foundry Process for SiC Planar Gate Power MOSFETS and JBS Rectifiers
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Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya
School: N.C. State University
PowerAmerica Project: Integrated Intelligent Gate Driver and Interface System for Medium Voltage Converter Applications
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Dr. Doug Hopkins
School: N.C. State University
PowerAmerica Project: Demonstration of a Medium Voltage Power Module for High Density Conversion
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Dr. Iqbal Husain
School: N.C. State University
PowerAmerica Project: 100 kW SiC Inverter for EV Traction Drive
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Dr. Srdjan Lukic
School: N.C. State University
PowerAmerica Project: Wide Bandgap Medium Voltage EV Fast Charger
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Dr. Spyridon Pavlidis
School: N.C. State University
PowerAmerica Project: Graduate WBG Semiconductor Power Device Lab
Dr. Paul Chow
School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PowerAmerica Project: Documentation of Design and Process of GaN Power Devices
Dr. Woongje Sung
School: SUNY Polytechnic Institute
PowerAmerica Project: Development of 3.3 kV/6.5 kV/10 kV SiC MOSFETs, JBS Diodes and JBS Diode Integrated MOSFETs
Dr. Jin Wang
School: The Ohio State University
PowerAmerica Project: Medium Voltage Gate Drive with Comprehensive Protection Functions
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Dr. Stephen Bayne
School: Texas Tech
PowerAmerica Project: Reliability Analysis of Wide Bandgap Power Devices
Dr. Rolando Burgos
School: Virginia Tech
PowerAmerica Projects: EMI Mitigation and Containment in SiC-Based Modular UPS for Commercial Applications; 100 kW Commercial PV Inverter with Efficiency > 99% Operating in iTCM
Dr. Qiang Li
School: Virginia Tech
PowerAmerica Project: DC Data Center with High Frequency Isolation
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Dr. Yilmaz Sozer
School: University of Akron
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Dr. Umesh Mishra
School: UC Santa Barbara
PowerAmerica Project: N-Polar GaN Power Devices
Dr. Srbanti Chowdhury
School: UC Davis
PowerAmerica Project: Development of a Static Induction Transistor
Dr. Kevin Bai
School/year: University of Michigan – Dearborn
PowerAmerica Project: Comparing SiC and GaN Electric Vehicle Chargers
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Dr. Fred Wang
School: University of Tennessee – Knoxville
PowerAmerica Project: Multi-functional High-efficiency High-density Medium Voltage SiC Based Asynchronous Microgrid Power Conditioning System Module
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