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A note to prospective students

Current graduate students

CoPEC Post-Doc Researchers

CoPEC Faculty

Graduates

CoPEC Visiting Scholars



  • (9/10/12) Congratulations to Josh Traube and Fengong Lu for winning a Best Student Paper Award at EPE-PEMC 2012 Europe
  • (6/10/12) Congratulations to Daniel Costinett for winning the 3rd Best Paper Award at IEEE COMPEL 2012 for the paper "Discrete-Time Small-Signal Modeling of a 1 MHz Efficiency-Optimized Dual Active Bridge Converter with Varying Load"
  • (5/14/12) Congratulations to Yushan Li for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on High Efficiency Power Supplies for Multi-Mode RF Power Amplifiers in Cellular Handset Applications
  • (1/09/12) Congratulations to Mark Norris for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on Multi-Phase High Slew-Rate Tracking Supply for WCDMA/LTE Base Stations
  • (11/11/11) Congratulations to Sang Hee Kang for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on Efficiency Optimization in Digitally Controlled Flyback DC-DC Converters Over Wide Ranges of Operating Conditions
  • (04/01/11) Congratulations to Sung Woo Moon for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on Auto-Tuning of Digitally Controlled Single-Phase Low Harmonic Rectifiers and Inverters
 

Graduate students

Alexander Brissette, Ph.D. candidate, analysis, modeling and control of micro-grid power electronics

Hua Chen, Ph.D. candidate, automotive power electronics; co-advisor: Prof. Robert Erickson

Beom Seok Choi, Ph.D. candidate, integrated DC-DC converters

Daniel Costinett, Ph.D. candidate, power control and management for ultra high-efficiency data servers; co-advisor: Prof. Regan Zane

Tadakazu Harada, M.S. candidate, automotive power electronics

Anderson Hoke, Ph.D. candidate, analysis, modeling and control of micro-grid power electronics

Scott Jensen, Ph.D. candidate, digital control of resonant inverters

Dongxue Li, Ph.D. candidate, envelope tracking amplifiers

Fenglong Lu, Ph.D. candidate, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, wind-power and battery management systems; co-advisor: Prof. Li Shang

Hien Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate, high-frequency resonant converters, smart DC-DC power management

Joshua Traube, Ph.D. candidate, grid emulators, integrated PV/EV charger systems

Yuanzhe Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, high-frequency switchers


CoPEC post-doc researchers

Dr. Yoash Levron, CoPEC Professional Research Associate, 2013-

Dr. Miguel Rodríguez González, CoPEC Professional Research Associate, 2011-

Mr. Kamal Sabi, CoPEC Professional Research Associate, 2013-

Dr. Carlos Olalla, CoPEC Professional Research Associate, 2012

Dr. Luca Corradini, CoPEC Professional Research Associate, 2008-2011

Dr. Botao Miao, CoPEC Professional Research Associate, 2003-2007


CoPEC faculty collaborators

Prof. Robert W. Erickson

Prof. Zoya Popovic

Prof. Regan Zane


Graduates

Daniel Clement, M.S. 2013, PV submodule integrated DC-DC converters

Yushan Li, Ph.D. 2012, High Efficiency Power Supplies for Multi-Mode RF Power Amplifiers in Cellular Handset Applications

Greg Stahl, M.S. 2012

Hoda Pahlevanzadeh, M.S. 2012

Mark Norris, Ph.D. 2012, Multi-Phase High Slew-Rate Tracking Supply for WCDMA/LTE Base Stations

Sang Hee Kang, Ph.D. 2011, Efficiency Optimization in Digitally Controlled Flyback DC-DC Converters Over Wide Ranges of Operating Conditions

Sung Woo Moon, Ph.D. 2011, Auto-Tuning of Digitally Controlled Single-Phase Low Harmonic Rectifiers and Inverters

Aleksandar Bjeletic, M.S. 2010; project: Specifications-Based Optimization of Point-of-Load Converters. Co-advisor: Prof. Regan Zane

Fu-Zen Chen, Ph.D. 2010, Thesis: Digital Control Techniques for Efficiency Improvements in Single-Phase Boost Power Factor Correction Rectifiers

Barry Mather, Ph.D. 2010, Thesis: Digital Control Techniques for Single-Phase Power Factor Correction Rectifiers

Xu Zhang, Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Digital Control Techniques for Synchronous Buck DC-DC Converters

Rajarshi Paul, Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Adaptive Power Control for WCDMA RF Power Amplifiers with Antenna Mismatch

Jeff Morroni, Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Adaptive Tuning and Monitoring of Digitally Controlled Switched-Mode Power Supplies; co-advisor: Prof. Regan Zane

Amir Babazadeh, Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Switching Surface Approach for Improved Transient Response in Digitally Controlled DC-DC Power Converters

Mariko Shirazi, Ph.D. 2009, Thesis: Embedded Frequency Response Measurement Capability for Monitoring and Tuning of System Dynamics in Digitally-Controlled DC-DC Converters. Co-advisor: Prof. Regan Zane.

Shruti Yalamurty, M.S. 2008

Yang Zhang, Ph.D. 2007, Thesis: Digital Control in Modular Multiphase DC-DC Converters. Co-advisor: Prof. Regan Zane.

Xufeng Jiang, Ph.D. 2007, Thesis: Envelope-Tracking Power Supplies for RF Power Amplifiers in Portable Applications

Milan Ilic, Ph.D. 2007, Thesis: Analysis, Modeling and Design of a Wide Range Constant Power Source

Bhaskar Ramachandran, M.S. 2007

Vahid Yousefzadeh, Ph.D. 2006, Thesis: Digitally Controlled Power Converters for RF Power Amplifiers.

Haitao Hu, M.S. 2006

Hao Peng, Ph.D. 2006, Thesis: Digital Current-Mode Control of DC-DC Converters

Barry Arbetter, Ph.D. 2006, Thesis: DC-DC Converter Utilizing Hysteretic Current-Mode Control for Low-Voltage Microprocessor Systems with Power Management

Toru Takayama, M.S. 2006, Thesis: Optimization of Monolithic Digitally Controlled DC-DC Converters

Sandeep Dhar, Ph.D. 2004, Thesis: Low-Power Design Using Adaptive Voltage Scaling and Multiple Voltage Distribution

Praneet Athalye, Ph.D. 2004, Thesis: High-Performance Power Factor Correctors for Avionics Applications. Co-advisor: Prof. Robert Erickson

Serge Simonov, M.S. 2004, Thesis: Inductor Design for Monolithic DC-DC Converters

Asif Syed, M.S. 2004, Thesis: Feed-Forward Digital Pulse Modulators

Ershad Ahmed, M.S. 2004, Thesis: High-Frequency Low-Power Digital PWM Controller Chip with Feed-Forward Compensation

Aleksandar Prodic, Ph.D. 2003, Thesis: Digital Control of Switching Converters: Design and VLSI/DSP Implementation. Dr. Prodic is now an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.

Kusumal Changtong, Ph.D. 2003, Thesis: Magnetics Modeling and Design for Improved Cross-Regulation. Co-advisor: Prof. Robert Erickson

Jingquen Chen, Ph.D. 2002, Thesis: Topologies and Control of Single-Phase Low-Harmonic Rectifiers. Co-advisor: Prof. Robert Erickson

Michael Vincent, M.S. 2002, Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Self-Calibrated Delay-Line Analog-to-Digital Converter

Benjamin Patella, M.S. 2000, Thesis: High-Speed Low-Power Digital PWM Controller. For his work on the "Buffalo Switcher" all-digital PWM control chip Ben Patella received the College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Research.

Regan Zane, Ph.D. 1999, Thesis: Development, Analysis, and Implementation of an ASIC Controller for Single-Phase Power-Factor-Correction. Dr. Zane is now an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado

Nagandini Jayaram, M.S. 1997, Thesis: Power Factor Corrector Based on Coupled-Inductor SEPIC with Nonlinear-Carrier Control

Anders Fagerhaud, M.S. 1996, Thesis: Nonlinear-Carrier Control for Single-Phase High-Power-Factor Rectifiers

Brede Arntzen, M.S. 1995, Thesis: Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter Design for Low-Power Applications

Predrag Pejovic, Ph.D. 1995, Thesis: A Method for Simulation of Power Electronic Systems Using Piecewise-Linear Device Models. Dr. Pejovic is now a Professor at the University of Belgrade.


CoPEC visiting scholars

Prof. Eduard Alarcon Cot, Nonlinear Circuits and Systems Group, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Politechnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Ramon Leyva, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain (2012)

Prof. Rui Ling, College of Automation, Chongqing University, China (2012)

Prof. Wojciech Wojtkowski, Bialystok Technical University, Poland (2011)

Aitor Vazquez Ardura, Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain (2013)

Alberto Rodriguez Alonso, Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain (2011)

Carlos Olalla Martinez, Ph.D., Universitat Politechnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (2010-2012)

Pablo Fernandez Miaja, Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain (2010)

Miguel Rodriguez Gonzales, Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain (2009)

Marco Meola, Ph.D. candidate, University of Trieste, Italy (2007)

Daniele Trevisan, M.S. candidate, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy (2007)

Mikkel Hoyerby, Ph.D. candidate, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark (2007)

Lazaro Marco, Ph.D. candidate, Universitat Politechnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (2006, 2007, 2008)

Luca Corradini, Ph.D. candidate, University of Padova, Italy (2005)