ECE Departmental Seminar

Overview of Power Electronics Research at Clemson University in Charleston

Dr. Zheyu Zhang
Clemson University

Friday, 4/22/22, 2:30pm
Light Engineering 250 

Bio: Zheyu Zhang (S’12, M’15, SM’19) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, and the Ph.D. degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, in 2008, 2011, and 2015, respectively, all in electrical engineering.

Dr. Zhang is the Warren H. Owen – Duke Energy Assistant Professor of Engineering at Clemson University. He was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 2015 to 2018. Afterward, he joined General Electric Research as the Lead Power Electronics Engineer at Niskayuna, NY, USA from 2018 to 2019. He has published over 100 papers in the most prestigious journals and conference proceedings, filed over 10 patent applications, authored one book and one book chapter, and presented ten IEEE tutorial seminars and webinars. His research interests include silicon carbide-based power electronics characterization and applications.

Dr. Zhang is currently the Standard Vice-Chair of IEEE IAS Power Electronics Devices and Components Committee, Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. He was the recipient of two prize paper awards from the IEEE Industry Applications Society and IEEE Power Electronics Society. He is a senior member of IEEE.