Phase 2 project: High-density, high-efficiency, large step-down conversion for space applications. We are on a team selected to move on to Phase 2 in the DARPA Space Power Conversion Electronics (SPCE) program.
Congratulations to Audrey Cheshire for the best presentation award at IEEE APEC 2025.
2024
New project: Universal Chargers, project sponsored by OptiGrid LLC, in collaboration with Prof. Luca Corradini.
New project: we are on a team with NREL working on MERIT: Medium Voltage Resource Integration Technologies
Congratulations to Skye Reese for successfully defending her Ph.D. Thesis on An Approach to Switching Converter Design using Machine Learning- and Device Physics-based Component Models.
Congratulations to Chandan Suthar who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on High Performance Digital Control and Synthesis of DC-DC Converters for Wide Bandwidth and High Efficiency.
Congratulations to Trent Martin for successfully defending his M.S. Thesis on Modular series-stacked bidirectional AC/DC architecture for 3-phase grid-tied applications.
Congratulations to Shivangi Sinha for successfully defending her M.S. Thesis on 48 V - 1 V Active clamp stacked direct forward converter.
Congratulations to Skye Reese for the best presentation award at IEEE APEC 2023.
Congratulations to Trent Martin for the best presentation award at IEEE APEC 2023.
New project: Next generation PV micro-inverters, collaborative project sponsored by Qcells.
New project: Universal AC-DC Charger, with Prof. Luca Corradini on a collaborative project sponsored by FreeWire Technologies.
New project: High-Voltage Bidirectional DC-DC Converter, collaboration with Alphacore in a NASA Phase I SBIR project.
New project: Advanced Cooling Solutions for High-Frequency Medium-Voltage Planar Transformers, collaboration with Advanced Cooling Technologies in a Department of Energy Phase II SBIR project.
New project: Electric-vehicle power electronics, collaborative project with Toyota Research Institute.
New project: High-density, high-efficiency, large step-down conversion for space applications, we are on a team in the DARPA Space Power Conversion Electronics (SPCE) program.
New project: Modeling and Control of Resonant Inverters,a project sponsored by Eximis Surgical.
New project: Scalable Modular MVAC-to-DC Architecture,a collaboration project sponsored by Electric Hydrogen.
New project: Building Pandemic Resilience for Native American Communities, Flexible Air-Quality Control System,a project sponsored by NIST Rapid Assistance (for) Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER) program through PowerAmerica, a collaboration with Prof. Shelly Miller from CU-Boulder Mechanical Engineering.
Congratulations to Branko Majmunovic who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Optimization of active-bridge-based modular power converters.
Congratulations to Janko Celikovic, who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Modeling and control optimization of DC-DC power converters for battery-powered mobile applications.
2021
New project: Data-Driven Design Automation Techniques for High-Performance Power Conversion Systems, a project sponsored by Lockheed Martin.
New Project: Gallium Nitride Power Amplifier Design, Test, & Advanced Packaging for High-Performance, collaboration with Prof. Zoya Popovic and Prof. Taylor Barton, including developments of monolithic GaN high-performance switch-mode converters.
Congratulations to Vivek Sankaranarayanan who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Control Strategies for Efficiency Optimization of Composite Converters
Congratulations to Yucheng Gao who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Design and Optimization of a 100 kW Composite Converter for Electric Vehicle Drivetrain
Congratulations to Satyaki Mukherjee who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Wide Range DC-DC Power Conversion Systems - Architectures, Circuits and Components
Congratulations to Ph.D. students Skye Reese and Matthew Bossart who won NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!
Congratulations to Kyle Goodrick who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Systematic Optimization of DC Distribution Architectures
New project: Synthesis of Extreme Efficiency Monolithic Power Converters, a project sponsored by Texas Instruments.
2020
Prof. Maksimovic is the recipient of the 2020 College of Engineering Research Award.
Congratulations to Jianglin Zhu who successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on Transformerless Stacked Active Bridge Converters: Analysis, Synthesis and Design
New project: We are a part of the ASPIRE - Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification, a new NSF Engineering Research Center. Here is the CU-Boulder announcement.
