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Next-Generation Power Electronics. Investigator: Sudip K. Mazumder , Electrical and Computer Engineering Prime Grant Support: NSF, DOE (SECA and I&I), PNNL, CEC, NASA, Ceramatec , Airforce (award pending), TI, Altera. To achieve reliable interactive power-electronics networks
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Next-Generation Power Electronics Investigator: Sudip K. Mazumder, Electrical and Computer Engineering Prime Grant Support: NSF, DOE (SECA and I&I), PNNL, CEC, NASA, Ceramatec, Airforce (award pending), TI, Altera • To achieve reliable interactive power-electronics networks • To design and develop power-management electronics for residential and vehicular applications of renewable/alternate energy sources (e.g., fuel and photovoltaic cells) • To achieve higher power density and realize systems on chip • Stability and Stabilization of Power-Electronics Networks: • a) Global stability analysis of stochastic and functional hybrid system • b) Stabilization using wireless networked control • Optimal Fuel Cell based Stationary and Vehicular Energy Systems • a) Resolving interactions among energy source (such as fuel cells), power electronics, and balance of plant. • b) Fuel-cell power-electronics inverter design that simultaneously meet criteria of cost, durability, and energy efficiency • Robust and efficient power devices and smart power ASIC • a) High-speed, EMI immune, wide-bandgap power devices • b) Integration of low- and high-voltage electronics on the same chip • First, wireless distributed control dc/dc and multiphase converters and three-phase induction motor control • First, zero-ripple, multilevel, energy-efficient fuel cell inverter • First, photonically-triggered power transistor design for power electronics • First, nonlinear VRM controller for next-generation Pentium processors • Comprehensive solid-oxide-fuel-cell (SOFC) spatio-temporal system model