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Research Interests<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Solid State Transformers and Solid State Circuit Protection<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • DC Distribution, Microgrid, and Renewable Energy Integration<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • High-Performance Power Conversion<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Wireless Power Transfer<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Electrical Fault Detection<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Current Research Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    High-performance power conversion (high-efficiency, high-density, and high-reliability)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Reliability-oriented Model Predictive Control (MPC) for power electronics systems<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Reliability assessment for utility PV inverter system<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SiC and Si hybrid switch (HyS) based power converters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Enabling power electronic technologies for grid modernization<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          • Power electronics assisted voltage regulator (PEVR) and solid-state transformer (SST)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Solid state circuit protection (SSCB)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Emerging energy transformation and electrical safety research<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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              • Intelligent wireless power transfer (IWPT) for rail application<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Artificial intelligence based electrical arc fault protection (ArcNet).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n


                \nResearch Sponsors<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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                \"DOE<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"DOT<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"NCDOT<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"Power<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

                 <\/p>\n\n\n

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                \"Caper<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"Coastal<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"Duke<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"Eaton<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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                \"Kedu<\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Research Interests   Current Research Projects High-performance power conversion (high-efficiency, high-density, and high-reliability) Enabling power electronic technologies for grid modernization Emerging energy transformation and electrical safety research Research Sponsors  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1357,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1357"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}