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The CPES Team
Faculty
CPES Deputy Director and University Distinguished Professor
Dushan received Dipl. Ing. from the University of Belgrade in 1976 and an M.S. from the University of Novi Sad in 1982, in what used to be Yugoslavia, and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1986, all in electrical engineering. Between 1986 and 1990 he was an assistant professor at the University of Novi Sad. Since then he has been with CPES at Virginia Tech leading the research, education, industry collaboration, and global outreach in the areas of electronic power distribution systems, multiphase power conversion, power electronics systems modeling and control, and integrated design of power converters. He graduated almost 50 Ph.D. and 50 M.S. students, and co-authored with them around 1,000 technical publications. Prof. Boroyevich is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and is the recipient of four honorary professorships in China and Taiwan, as well as numerous other awards.
CPES Director and Professor
Dr. Burgos received the B.S. in Electronics Engineering, the Electronics Engineering Professional Degree, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Concepción, Chile, in 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. He then joined CPES as Postdoctoral Fellow, becoming Research Scientist in 2003 and Research Assistant Professor in 2005. In 2009, he joined ABB Corporate Research in Raleigh, NC. In 2012, he returned to Virginia Tech as Associate Professor, earning an early-decision tenure in 2017, and being promoted to Professor in 2020. In July 2021, he assumed the role of CPES Director. His research interests include high-power-density, wide-bandgap, semiconductor-based power conversion, packaging and integration, electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), multiphase multilevel power converters, modeling and control, grid power electronics systems, and the stability of ac and dc power grids.
Assistant Professor
Christina DiMarino received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2014 and 2018, respectively. She was a Webber Fellow from 2012 to 2015, and a Rolls-Royce Graduate Fellow from 2016 to 2017. She has been an assistant professor in the ECE department at Virginia Tech since 2019. She is located in the Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington, VA, where she helped establish and manage two new CPES laboratories. Her research interests include power electronics packaging, high-density integration, medium-voltage power modules, and wide-bandgap power semiconductors.
Assistant Professor
Dong Dong received a Bachelor of Science in 2007 from Tsinghua University in China and a Ph.D. in 2012 from Virginia Tech. Before joining CPES in 2018, he worked with GEs global research center for over five years on various power electronics and power system-related technologies. His research interests include high-frequency high-power conversion; driving, sensing, and protection of wide-band-gap power semiconductor devices; high-frequency high-power magnetics and resonant converters; board-level to system-level EMI modeling and mitigation; power delivery and distribution systems for renewable energy systems and transportation applications. He received multiple prize paper awards from IEEE, IAS and PELS, new technology and innovation awards at GE, and the NSF Career Award.
Associate Professor
Qiang Li received his B.S. in 2003 and M.S. in 2006 from Zhejiang University. Then in 2011, he received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. He started at Virginia Tech as Research Assistant Professor in 2011 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2012. His research interests include high-density electronics packaging and integration, high-frequency
Professor (Affiliate Faculty)
Guo-Quan Lu received a double-major B.S. in physics and materials science and engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984, and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University in 1990. He then worked at Alcoa Technical Center for two years before joining Virginia Tech. Since 2003, Lu has been a professor in both the MSE and ECE departments.
Professor
Khai Ngo received his B.S. from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in 1979, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, in 1980 and 1984, respectively, all in electrical and electronics engineering. At CPES, he pursues technologies for reliable, efficient, affordable, and dense integration of high-field and high-temperature power and electronic components. He also coordinates CPESs outreach activities and the Consortium for High-Density Integration.
Professor
Richard Zhang earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University in 1989 and 1993, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech in 1998. He joined GEs Global Research Center in 1998. In the following 22 years with various GE businesses, he held a number of executive-level technology and business leadership positions. Prior to joining CPES, he was CTO of GE Grid Integration Solutions. Prof. Zhang was named the Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Chair upon joining Virginia Tech. His research interests include MVDC/HVDC, EV fast-charging stations, grid integration of renewables, H2 production, utility-scale energy storage, WBG device applications, DC Circuit Breaker, and ML/AI in high-power electronics systems. He has over 105 global patents granted or pending and has 4 IEEE Transaction Paper Awards. Prof. Zhang is a Fellow of IEEE.
Assistant Professor
Yuhao Zhang studied physics at Peking University in China, where he received a B.S. in 2011. He went on to study electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, earning his M.S. in 2013 and his Ph.D. in 2017. He received the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories Doctoral Dissertation Seminar Award, the IEEE George E. Smith Award, and a NSF CAREER Award. His research interest is at the intersection of power electronics, micro/nano-electronic devices and advanced semiconductor materials, and the energy applications for data centers, electric vehicles, photovoltaics, and mobile applications, as well as the energy-related applications in extremely harsh environments. He has published over 100 journal publications and juried conference proceedings, and has five patents.
Research Faculty
CPES Director Emeritus - University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Fred C. Lee received his B.S. Degree in electrical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 1968, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Duke University in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He has been Founder and Director of VPEC/CPES since 1983. His research interests include high-frequency power conversion,
Research Scientist and Technical Director
Igor Cvetkovic received a Dipl. Ing. Degree from University of Belgrade, Serbia in 2004. After working several years for the Electric Power Industry of Serbia, Igor joined the Center for Power Electronics Systems at Virginia Tech where he completed his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in 2010 and 2017, respectively. Igor is now Research Scientist and Technical Director at CPES, and his research interests include electronic power distribution systems design and stability, as well as system-level modeling and control. Igor participated in numerous sponsored projects at CPES including Boeing, Newport News Shipbuilding, U.S. Department of Energy, and Office of Naval Research.
Research Scientist
Boran Fan received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2013 and 2018, respectively. In 2018 he joined, CPES as a Postdoctoral Fellow,
Lab Operations Director
David was born and raised in Southern California. He moved with his wife to Virginia in 2003 to pursue his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Soon after graduation in 2007, he began as a staff researcher under the guidance of Dr. Fred Lee at CPES. In 2010 he was promoted to research faculty and began his M.S. study with
Research Associate
Yi-Hsun (Eric) Hsieh received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He joined CPES as a Ph.D. student in 2014 and worked with Dr. Fred C. Lee. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 2020, he continues working in CPES as a research associate. Yi-Hsun Hsiehs research interests include resonant converter modeling, solid-state transformer, and modular multilevel converter. He holds one U.S. patent, and has published two journal papers and 18 conference papers.
Research Assistant Professor
Bo Wen received his B.S. degree from Xian Jiaotong University, China, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech, USA, in 2006, 2011, and 2014, all in electrical engineering. He was Research Associate with the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, and a Lecturer with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K. Dr. Wen is currently Research Assistant Professor at CPES. He received the 2017 Prize Paper Award in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and the 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the same journal. His current research interests include power conversion, power electronics systems modeling, and integration.
Research Scientist
Ming Xiao received all his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and electronics engineering from Xidian University in 2012, 2015, and 2018, respectively. He won the honor of an Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation of Shaanxi Province for his Ph.D. works. He joined CPES as Postdoctoral Associate in 2018 and was promoted to Research Scientist in 2021. His research interest is at the intersection of power electronics, micro/nano-electronic devices, advanced semiconductor materials and their energy applications.
Staff
Lab Operations Associate
Executive Assistant
Procurement Officer
Industry Program Director
Lab Assistant
Business Director
Webmaster and Digital Content Specialist
Accounting and Fiscal Associate
Graduate Students
Advisory Board
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
The CPES SAB is a critical part of the governing structure, providing key insights on the technological direction of the center. Consisting of leading global researchers and managers of research programs in areas related to power electronics, these experts observe the status of CPES research and education programs and provide critical feedback to CPES leadership.
Ohio State University
Clemson University
European Center for Power Electronics
University of Colorado, Boulder
Industry Advisory Board (IAB)
- Shengli (Catherine) Huang
CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd. - Chunhua (David) Zhou
Innoscience (Zhuhai) Technology - Jaroslaw (Jarek) Leonarski
Cummins - Zhuxian (Nicole) Xu
Ford Motor Company - Ismail Agirman
Carrier Corporation - Agasthya Ayachit
Mercedes-Benz R&D North America, Inc. - Tamara Baksht
VisIC Technologies - Laszlo Balogh
Texas Instruments - Peter Barbosa, IAB Chair
Delta Electronic - Thomas Byrd
Lockheed Martin Corporation - Pietro Cairoli
ABB, Inc. - Colin Campbell
Tesla - Sriram Chandrasekaran
Raytheon Technologies - Issac Chen
Silergy Corporation
- Yasuaki Hayami
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Qiuyan Huang
Jiangsu Wanbang Dehe New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. - Xiaochuan Jia
GE Aviation - Anurag Jivanani
Schneider Electric IT Corporation - Hongrae Kim
Eaton - Heath Kouns
Moog, Inc. - Udi Levy
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. - Jian Li
Vertiv - Ernie Parker
Crane Aerospace & Electronics - Eric Persson
Infineon Technologies - Arturo Pizano
Siemens Corporate Technology - Dinesh Ramanathan
NexGen Power Systems - Kevin Rhatigan
Aurora Flight Sciences - Juan Sabate
GE Global Research
- Zhenxia Shao
NR Electric, Ltd. - Gene Sheridan
Navitas Semiconductor - Thomas Tainer
TMEIC Corporation - Hatsuda Tsuguyasu
Panasonic Corporation - Florian Wilhelmi
ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Pit-Leong Wong
Joulwatt Technology - Peter Xu
Flextronics - Ming Xu
Powerland Technology, Inc. - Alex Yang
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Sam Ye
LITE-ON Technology - Navid Zargari
Rockwell Automation - Henry Zhang
Analog Devices, Inc. - Jianping Zhou
ZTE Corporation
