{"id":33,"date":"2016-09-03T15:58:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:31:38","slug":"potential-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/potential-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading STYLE9\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Graduate Assistantship Openings<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Graduate assistantship <\/strong>is available for&nbsp;<strong>Ph.D. <\/strong>students in Dr. Zhao\u2019s research group at UNC Charlotte. Highly qualified and motivated students who are interested in power electronics, power distributions, microgrids, renewable energies, and motor drives are all encouraged to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">If you are interested in applying for the <strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> positions, please email me your resume including your education background, major courses and grades, overall GPA, relevant research\/working experience, relevant publications, GRE score, TOEFL score (for international applicants). Please use \u201cGraduate Applicant \u2013 Your Name\u201d as the email subject.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Contact Dr. Zhao at email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Tiefu.Zhao@charlotte.edu\">Tiefu.Zhao@charlotte.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>About UNC Charlotte and Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>UNC\u00a0Charlotte<\/strong> is North Carolina\u2019s urban research university. Located in the state\u2019s largest metropolitan area and one of America\u2019s most vibrant regions, UNC Charlotte is among one of the fastest-growing universities and the largest power programs in the U.S. The <a href=\"http:\/\/epic.charlotte.edu\/\"><strong>Energy Production and Infrastructure Center \u2013 EPIC<\/strong><\/a>, located on the campus of UNC Charlotte, serves as a national leader in energy research and development. Successful candidates will participate in EPIC to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary and foundational research, collaborate with industry and use state-of-the-art laboratories to solve some of today\u2019s most difficult energy challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Assistantship Openings Graduate assistantship is available for&nbsp;Ph.D. students in Dr. Zhao\u2019s research group at UNC Charlotte. Highly qualified and motivated students who are interested in power electronics, power distributions, microgrids, renewable energies, and motor drives are all encouraged to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/potential-students\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","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=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1370,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/1370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/tzhao5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}