Graduated Members



Previous and Graduated Members
		Yu Zhang Yu Zhang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Xidian University, Xi'an, China, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He is currently working towards the Ph.D degree in electrical engineering at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. His research interests include WBG devices and their electromagnetic compatibility.
		Rachit Agarwal Rachit is a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at Florida State University since Fall 2015. He completed his bachelors in Electrical Engineering at Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India in Summer 2014. From Summer 2014 to Summer 2015, he discharged his duties as a 'Resource Person" in the Institute of Professional Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. His industrial exposure includes on-the-job training with Schneider Electric, India, and a brief internship with Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd., India. His research area includes WBG converters and renewable energy.
		Sandro Martin Sandro Martin is a Ph.D student in electrical engineering at the Florida State University. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Florida State University in Spring 2016. His research interests include modular multilevel converters (MMC) and their control, renewable energy applications, and power electronics design optimization.
		Ren Xie Ren Xie is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at Florida State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. in power electronics from Zhejiang University in 2010 and 2013, respectively. He worked as a research engineer in the Central Academy of Shanghai Electric for one year. His research areas are SiC device application in power electronics, high power DC/DC converters, and fault management strategies in DC system.
		Yanjun Shi Yanjun Shi is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University. He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a system engineer for 500kW PV inverters at Huawei Technology. He also worked in GE global research center (Shanghai) as an onsite contract researcher from 2009 to 2010. His research interests include grid-connected PV systems, high power density PV inverters, high-penetration PV integration, Wide-Band-Gap device application, and modelling and control of modular multilevel converters.
		Lu Wang Lu Wang earned her Ph.D in electrical engineering at Florida State University in Spring 2019. She received her B.S and M.S from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2009 and 2012, respectively. She was also in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Ph.D. program for Power Electronics for one year from 2014-2015. She was an intern at GE Global Research Center (Shanghai) for one year in 2011. She worked in the Electrical Power System Group in Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) for two years from 2012-2014. She currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the FSU Center for Advanced Power Systems.
		Qing Ye Qing Ye earned his Ph.D degree in electrical engineering at Florida State University in Fall 2017. He received the B.S. degree and M.S degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2010 and 2013, respectively. He was also a visiting student at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, from Oct. 2011 to Jan. 2012. He was an intern at GE Global Research Center, Shang Hai, China, from Mar. 2013 to Jun. 2013. He is currently a power electronics control engineer at Toshiba International Corporation. His research areas are in the stability, power quality, and power sharing issues in power electronics-based power systems.
		Ran Mo Ran Mo earned her Ph.D degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University in Spring 2018. She received her B.S. degree from Southeast University, Nanjing, China in 2010, and her Master degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China in 2013. She is currently an application engineer at ABB Enterprise Software. Her research interests include modular multilevel dc/dc converter technology in the MVDC grid and hardware-in-the-loop simulation.
		Thierry Kayiranga Thierry Kayiranga received his Ph.D degree in electrical engineering at Florida State University in Summer 2017. He received the B.Sc. degree from Florida State University in 2013. He is currently an electrical engineer at General Atomics. His research areas are impedance source converter, smart grid technology, WBG applications, and renewable energy.
		Siyu Xiao Siyu Xiao received her M.S. in electrical engineering at Florida State University in Fall 2016. She received her B.S from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2013. She was also in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Ph.D. program of Power Electronics for two years from 2013-2015. She is currently a hardware development engineer at Amazon Lab216.
		Wenjie Miao Wenjie Miao received her M.S. in electrical engineering at Florida State University in Fall 2016. She was in Tianjin University of Technology for three years from 2011-2014, and she studied in Florida State University for her senior year from 2014-2015. She received her B.S from Tianjin University of Technology in 2015.
		Yuxiang Shi Yuxiang Shi received his Ph.D. in the electrical engineering at Florida State University in Fall 2016. He received his B.S in electrical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, and M.S in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2007 and 2010 respectively. His current research interest is grid-connected PV system with WBG device, High power DC-DC Converters, Modular Multilevel Converters and Energy Storage System.
		Ye Yang Ye Yang received his Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Florida State University in 2014. He received his B.S. in information engineering from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2008, and his M.S. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, in 2010. Currently he is working at Dynapower Company. His Ph.D dissertation title is Optimization of Battery Energy Storage Systems for PV Grid Integration Based on Sizing Strategy. His Ph.D. research interest is grid connected PV farms with energy storage simulation.
		Liming Liu Dr. Liming Liu was a Research Scientist at the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State University from 2008-2013. He received his B.S. and M.S. of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China in 1998 and 2003, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China in 2006. He is currently working at ABB. His research interests include multilevel converters with hybrid energy systems, motor drive control, modelling and simulation of power electronics systems, and power electronics applications in power systems.
		Passinam Tatcho Passinam Tatcho received her B.S in Electrical Engineering from FSU in 2008, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from FSU in 2013. Her Ph.D. research area includes microgrids prote- -ction modelling and simulation, as well as renewable energy sources. Her Ph.D. dissertation title is: Fault protection Framework Designs and Methods in Power Electronics Converter Based Power Distribution Systems.
		Xiaohu Liu Xiaohu Liu received Ph.D.degree in the ECE department at Florida State University at 2013. Currently he is working with GE Global Research, NY. He received his B.S and M.S from Hua- -zhong University of Science and Technology, China, both in electrical engineering, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Advanced Isolated Bi-directional DC-DC Converter Technology for Smart Grid Applications.
		Yan Zhou Yan Zhou received Ph.D.degree in the ECE department at Florida State University at 2013. Currently he is working at Ford Motor Company. He received his B.S and M.S in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. His Ph.D. research interest is converter and control for ren- -ewable DG unit with energy storage elements. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: The Next Generation Grid-connected PV Inverters for High Penetration Applications.
		Zhan Wang Zhan Wang received his Ph.D in electrical engineering at Florida State University in 2012. Currently he is working at Transphorm Co. CA. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2002 and 2005,respectively. From 2005 to 2007,he worked as a research engineer at SANTAK Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China. His Ph.D. research interest is multi-port, multi- phase DC-DC converter. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: An Interleaved Multi-phase Bidire- -ctional DC-DC Converter and its Extension.
		Brain Mohsen Mirtalebi Mohsen received M.S degree in Electrical Engineering at FSU in 2012. Now he is working at Rockwell Automation. He holds a BSEE from Purdue University with concentration in digital control. He has 8 years of work experience in the industry from hardware design and manufacturing to firmware programming. His Master research interest is in digital control of DC-DC converters. His Master thesistitle is: Phase-shift DC-DC Converters’ Digital Control, Control Hardware In the Loop and DSP Real Time Simulation Study.
		Haifeng Fan Haifeng Fan received his Ph.D. in the ECE department at Florida State University in 2011. Currently he is working at Intersil Corp. He received his B.S from Huazhong University of Science & Technology,Wuhan, and M.S from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, both in electrical engineering, in 2001 and 2004 respectively. From 2004 to 2005, he worked as an electrical engineer at Celestica (Shanghai) R&D Center. From 2005 to 2008, he worked as an electrical supervisor at Delta (Shanghai) Power Electronics Design Center. His Ph.D. research interest includes high frequency high power density dc-dc converter, bidirectional dc-dc converter topology and control, and power electronics application in future renewable electric energy delivery and management system. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Advanced Medium-Voltage Bidirectional DC-DC Conversion Systems for Future Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems.
		Lei Wang Lei Wang, Business Developing Engineer, ABB, Power Product Medium Voltage Group at Pinetops, NC
		Lei Wang Lei Wang received his Ph.D degree in the ECE department at Florida State University 2010 Fall. He has worked with with GE Global Research, NY from 2011-2013. Now he is working at Dell Corp at TX.He received his B.S from Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. , Shanghai, and M.S from Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China, both in electrical engineering, in 1996 and 2002 respectively. His Ph.D. rese- -arch area is hybrid energy storage elements and optimized DC-DC converters in Fuel cell vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle application. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Power Electronics Enabled System Design and Power Management Control in Future Fuel Cell Vehicle.
		Zhichao Wu Zhichao Wu received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the Florida State University 2010. Currently he is working with Magnetek, WI. He received his B.S. and M.S.in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2002, and 2005, respectively. His Ph.D. research interest is Hybrid Grid-Interactive Converter Used in Small Distributed Generation. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Single-stage Grid-interactive Inverter for Distributed Energy and Integrated Storage with Enhanced Power Flow Control.
		Yuhang Deng Yuhang Deng received his Ph.D degree in the ECE department at Florida State University 2010. He is now with GE Power Electronics in TX. He received his B.S and M.S in electrical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, in 2003 and 2005 respectively. His Ph.D. research area is Bidirectional DC-DC converter interfacing with energy storage elements for electric vehicles using Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop Concept. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Study of Multiphase Bidirectional DC-DC Converter Interfacing with Energy Storage for Fuel Cell Vehicle using Power Hardware-In-the-Loop Concept.
		Sardis Azongha Sardis Azongha received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering Department in Florida State University in 2008. He is now with United States Patent and Trademark Office. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Utilizing Ultracapacitor Energy Storage in Motor Drives with Cascaded Multilevel Converters.
		Danwei Liu Danwei Liu received his Ph.D in electrical engineering at Florida State University in 2006. Currently he is working with Cree Inc, NC. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: Topology, Development, and Control of a Three-port Triple-half-bridge DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Storage Application.
		Da Zhang Da Zhang received his Ph.D in electrical engineering at Florida State University in 2006. Currently he is working with Carrier Electronics. His Ph.D. dissertation title is: A Stochastic Approach to Digital Control Design and Implementation in Power Electronics.