OUR ALUMNI 

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Ph.D. & M.Sc. Alumni

  • Graduated 2021

    Yongwan Park received his Electrical Engineering Ph.D. degree in July 2021 at the University of Maryland, College Park. Yongwan joined the Maryland Power Electronics …

    Sr. Power Electronics Engineer | Tesla Motors
  • Graduated 2021

    Akshay joined the Maryland Power Electronics Laboratory as a Ph.D. student in 2016. He earned his PhD in ELectrical Engineering in 2021. Prior to …

    Sr. Power Electronics Engineer | Tesla Motors
  • Graduated 2021

    Michael D’Antonio (S’17) received his B. Sci. in electrical engineering with a specialization in power electronics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in …

    Power Electronics Engineer | SpaceX
  • Graduated 2020

    Shenli Zou received a B. Eng. degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in 2015, majoring in Electrical Engineering & Automation. Since 2015, he joined …

    Power Electronics Engineer | Rivian Automotive
  • Graduated 2019

    Zeyu Zhang received his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 2015. He is currently working toward Ph.D. degree …

    Vice President of Engineering | AmpX Technologies
  • Graduated 2019

    Arun Sankar U is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland. He received his B.Tech …

    High Voltage Systems Engineer | Mercedes-Benz
  • Graduated 2019

    Jiangheng Lu received his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2014. He is currently working …

    Power Electronics Engineer | Monolithic Power Systems
  • Graduated 2018

    Ayan Mallik is a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B.Tech …

    Assistant Professor | Arizona State University
  • Graduated 2018

    Peiwen He received a B.S. degree with honors in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2010 and a M.S. degree from Illinois …

    Power Electronics Engineer | Joby Aviation
  • Graduated 2018

    Chuan Shi received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering with distinguished honor from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China in 2013. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. …

    Staff Applications Engineer | Analog Devices
  • Graduated 2017

    Weisheng is currently an Electronic Design Engineer at Tesla Motors, Palo Alto. I obtained my M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University …

    Electronic Design Engineer | Tesla Motors
  • Graduated 2016

    Junyi Shen (S’10) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering …

    Senior Machine Learning Engineer | Apple Inc. CA
  • Graduated 2015

    Yichao Tang (S’12–M’16) received the B.S. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the …

    Systems Engineer | Texas Instruments
  • Graduated 2014

    Haoyu Wang is an associate professor with tenure. He is currently the CiPES Director and the Deputy Director of Graduate Recruitment and Admissions (GRA) …

    Associate Professor | Shanghai Tech, China
  • Graduated 2021

    Casey is an M.S student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Maryland. He received his B.S in electrical engineering …

    Power Electronics Engineer | Northrop Grumman
  • Graduated 2021

    Chayban obtained his bachelor degree in electrical engineering with high distinction in 2016 from Notre Dame University-Louaize. In fall 2017, he received a graduate …

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Post-Doctoral Alumni & Visiting Scholars

  • Post Doc, Jan 2019 - May 2021

    Apurv Kumar Yadav received the B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India in 2011, the M.Tech degree …

    Assistant Professor | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee
  • Post Doc, Oct. 2018 - May 2021

    Shiladri Chakraborty is a post-doctoral researcher at the Maryland Power Electronics Laboratory. He received the B.E. degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2008, …

    Assistant Professor | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai
  • Post-Doc, Sep. 2019 - Oct. 2021

    Jianfei Chen was a post-doctoral associate at the University of Maryland from September 2019 to October 2021. Prior to that, he worked at Wayne …

    Associate Professor | Wuhan University
  • Post Doc, April 2016 - June 2017

    Bin Wu (S’14) received the B.S degree in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in June 2008, M.S. degree in power electronics from …

    Senior Product Application Engineer | Analog Devices
  • Visiting Scholar, August 2021

    Dan Opila is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy. His research interests include the …

    Associate Professor | United States Naval Academy
  • Visiting Scholar, June - July 2016

    Currently my major research activities are in the area of DC power management circuits including the design and testing of integrated circuits, early detection …

    Director | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
  • Visiting Scholar, Jun. 2014 - Jun. 2015

    Huseyin Ayhan Yavasoglu (S’02) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2003 and 2005, respectively. …

    Chief Senior Researcher | The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Turkey).

Undergraduate Alumni

  • Ngozi Amanze

    Ngozi Amanze is a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. She joined the MPEL research team at the beginning of …

  • Anne Leatherman

    Anne Leatherman is a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in power electronics. Before joining the MPEL …

  • Logan Johnson

    Logan Johnson joined the Maryland Power Electronics Laboratory as a summer researcher in 2018. He is continuing into his third year of his B.S. …

  • Jake O’Brien

    Jake O’Brien is a rising senior at Ithaca College pursuing a B.S in physics. He is a vice president of the engineering club, a tutor …

  • Firehiwot Gurara

    Firehiwot Gurara is a senior Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Cornell University. Before transferring to Cornell, she attended Montgomery College. Her summer research …

  • Christine Ahn

    Christine Ahn is a rising junior at Cornell University working towards her B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This summer, she is currently studying …

  • Gurpreet Kaur

    Gurpreet Kaur is an undergraduate student currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. She graduated with …

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