Faculty and Staff
Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, SPEC Director, IEEE Fellow
aqhuang@utexas.edu
512-232-1645(Pickle Campus)
512-232-6647(Main Campus)
Dr. Junhong Tong
Research Interest:
-Medium Voltage Power Electronics
-Power Module & Device Package
-High-Density Power Electronics
-Wide-Bandgap Power Semiconductor Device
-Insulation and Thermal
Dr. Atsushi Shimbori | Research Scientist
Graduation time: November 2020
Ford Motor Company
Saleh Farzamkia | Research Scientist
Research Interest:
Modular Solid-State Transfromer Design, Control and analysis
Distributed and Decentralized Control Systems
Ph.D. Students
Peng Han
patrickhan@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
High power density and high-efficiency converters
Rishab Anand
Emad Nazerian
nazerian@utexas.edu
Design and Development of High Power-Density Converters
Design and Analysis of Magnetic Components
Vishal Kumar Meena
vpiloda@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
-DC-DC Converters
Mojtaba Heydari
mailto:heydari@utexas.edu
Research interests:
- High Power Density Converters
Huanghaohe Zou
hzou@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
- Medium Voltage High Power Converters
- Wide Bandgap High-Frequency Power Electronics
Halladi Shashwatha Kumara Kedlaya
Rahul Valecha
rahul.valecha@utexas.edu
Research interest: semiconductors and process technology
Cheolhwan Kim
chkim@utexas.edu
Research Interest :
- High power density High-efficiency Power Electronics converter design
- Power Supply Units (PSU) for AI Data Center
Mack, Hunter M
Research Interest:
- Energy storage applications (combining new and immersive technologies)
Master Students
Alumni
Mafu Zhang, Ph.D.
Graduation time: April 2026
Delta Electronics
Chen Chen, Ph.D.
Graduation time: May 2026
Houshang Salimian, Ph.D.
Graduation time: May 2025
Lucid Motors
Sanjay Rajendran, Ph.D.
Graduation time: May 2026
Bayes Power
Adithyan Vetrivelan, Ph.D.
Graduation time: Aug 2025
Conifer
Zibo Chen, Ph.D.
Graduation time: Dec 2023
Meta
Joseph M A, M.S.
Graduation time: May 2025
Apple
Da Jiao
Zhiyuan Ma, M.S., May 2025
PhD student at UCSB (Developing GaN devices)
XiXi Luo, Ph.D.
Graduation time: December 2023
Zhicheng Guo, Ph.D.
Graduation time: March 2023
Arizona State University
Xiaoyi Yang, M. S.
Graduation time: May 2023
Enphase Energy
Bharath Kumar Rayachoty, M. S.
Graduation time: Apr 2023
Analog Devices
Weijung Hsu, M. S.
Graduation time: Apr 2023
Monolithic Power Systems
Wei Xu, Ph.D.
Graduation time: Apr 2023
Monolithic Power Systems
Fei Zhou
Graduation time: 2022
Yoon Sheen, M. S.
Graduation time: 2022
Rahul Choudhary, M. S.
Graduation time: Dec 2022
Enphase Energy
Qingxuan Ma, Ph.D.
Graduation time: Apr 2022
Infineon
Tianxiang Chen, Ph.D.
Graduation time: Apr 2022
NVIDIA Corporation
Jackie Pang, M. S.
Graduation time: December 2021
Texas Instruments
Jin Gao, M. S.
Graduation time: December 2021
Maxim Integrated
Pengkun Liu, Ph.D.
Graduation time: July 2021
Texas Instruments
Soumik Sen, Ph.D.
Graduation time: June 2021
Tesla
Atsushi Shimbori, Ph.D.
Graduation time: November 2020
Ford Motor Company
Ao Sun, M. S.
Graduation time: May 2020
Monolithic Power Systems
Liqi Zhang, Ph.D.
Graduation time: June 2020
Hitachi Energy
Xin Zhao, Ph.D.
Graduation time: Apr 2020
Monolithic Power Systems
Hanning Tang, Ph.D.
Graduation time: November 2019
SharkNinja
Yang Lei, Ph.D.
Graduation time: August 2019
Dell
Qingyun Huang, Ph.D.
Graduation time: August 2018
University of Missouri