SPEC People

Faculty and Staff

Dr. Alex Huang

Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, SPEC Director, IEEE Fellow

aqhuang@utexas.edu
512-232-1645(Pickle Campus)
512-232-6647(Main Campus)

Ph.D. Students

Jungong Tong

Junhong Tong

jredtong@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
-Wide-bandgap power semiconductor device

Houshang Salimian

Houshang Salimian

salimian@utexas.edu
Research interests:
-Multilevel Converters
-Renewable Energy Systems

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Zibo Chen

zibochen@utexas.edu
Research interests:
- Wide-band-gap High-Density Rectifier
- Medium Voltage High Power Inverter
- Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Grid

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Adithyan Vetrivelan

adithyan.vetrivelan@utexas.edu
Research interests:
- High density power electronics
- WBG devices & High frequency converters
- Digital control of power electronics

Sanjay

Sanjay Rajendran

sanjayrajendran@utexas.edu
Research interests:
- Medium Voltage High Power Converters
- Renewable Energy Systems
- EV/PHEV Drives

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Peng Han

patrickhan@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
High power density and high-efficiency converters

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Saleh Farzamkia

farzam@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
- Grid-Integrated Renewable Energy Systems and Storage
- Distributed and Decentralized Control Systems
- Reliability Engineering and Fault Tolerance

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Mafu Zhang

mafuzhang@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
-High Power Density High-Efficiency Power Electronics
-Multi-Objective Design Optimization of Power Electronics

Emad Nazerian

Emad Nazerian

nazerian@utexas.edu
Design and Development of High Power-Density Converters
Design and Analysis of Magnetic Components

Vishal Kumar

Vishal Kumar Meena

vpiloda@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
-DC-DC Converters

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Chen Chen

chenchen@utexas.edu
Research interests:
- Medium Voltage High Power Inverter
- High Power and High-Efficiency Converters

Huanghaohe Zou

Huanghaohe Zou

hzou@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
- Medium Voltage High Power Converters
- Wide Bandgap High-Frequency Power Electronics

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Halladi Shashwatha Kumara Kedlaya

Rahul_Valecha

Rahul Valecha

rahul.valecha@utexas.edu
Research interest: semiconductors and process technology

Master Students

Hunter_Mack

Mack, Hunter M

huntermack13@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
- Energy storage applications (combining new and immersive technologies)

Zhiyuan Ma

Zhiyuan Ma

zhiyuanma@utexas.edu
Research Interest:
-Wide-bandgap power semiconductor device

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Joseph Moonnattum

joseph.ma@utexas.edu

Alumni

Xixi Luo 2

XiXi Luo, Ph.D.

Graduation time: December 2023

ZhiChengguo

Zhicheng Guo, Ph.D.

Graduation time: March 2023
Arizona State University

Xiaoyi Yang

Xiaoyi Yang, M. S.

Graduation time: May 2023
Enphase Energy

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Bharath Kumar Rayachoty, M. S.

Graduation time: Apr 2023
Analog Devices

Wei-jung Hsu

Weijung Hsu, M. S.

Graduation time: Apr 2023
Monolithic Power Systems

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Wei Xu, Ph.D.

Graduation time: Apr 2023
Monolithic Power Systems

Fei Zhou

Fei Zhou

Graduation time: 2022

Yoon Sheen

Yoon Sheen, M. S.

Graduation time: 2022

Rahul Choudhary

Rahul Choudhary, M. S.

Graduation time: Dec 2022
Enphase Energy

Ma Qingxuan

Qingxuan Ma, Ph.D.

Graduation time: Apr 2022
Infineon

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Tianxiang Chen, Ph.D.

Graduation time: Apr 2022
NVIDIA Corporation

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Jackie Pang, M. S.

Graduation time: December 2021
Texas Instruments

Jin Gao

Jin Gao, M. S.

Graduation time: December 2021
Maxim Integrated

Pengkun Liu

Pengkun Liu, Ph.D.

Graduation time: July 2021
Texas Instruments

Soumik Sen

Soumik Sen, Ph.D.

Graduation time: June 2021
Tesla

Atsushi Shimbori

Atsushi Shimbori, Ph.D.

Graduation time: November 2020
Ford Motor Company

Ao Sun

Ao Sun, M. S.

Graduation time: May 2020
Monolithic Power Systems

Liqi Zhang

Liqi Zhang, Ph.D.

Graduation time: June 2020
Hitachi Energy

Xin Zhao

Xin Zhao, Ph.D.

Graduation time: Apr 2020
Monolithic Power Systems

Hanning_Tang_01

Hanning Tang, Ph.D.

Graduation time: November 2019
SharkNinja

Yang Lei

Yang Lei, Ph.D.

Graduation time: August 2019
Dell

Qingyun Huang

Qingyun Huang, Ph.D.

Graduation time: August 2018
University of Missouri