Student Awards

-Xia Du APEC 2022, March 20-24, 2022, Best Presentation, “A Four-Level Active Gate Driver with Continuously Adjustable Intermediate Gate Voltages”, (Xia Du, Yuqi Wei, Andrea Stratta, Liyang Du, Venkata Samhitha Machireddy, H. Alan Mantooth)

-Soheil Nouri IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, International Microwave Symposium, June 2021, Best Three- Minute Thesis, “Global Modeling of Millimeter-Wave Transistors: Analysis of Wave-Propagation-Effects” (Soheil Nouri)

IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, April 19-20, 2022, Honorable Mention, Student Research Competition

-Quang Le, Imam Al Razi, Tristan Evans PELS ECCE 2021, October 14, 2021, 1st Place Student Demonstration Software Competition, “PowerSynth an MCPMs Layout Optimization Tool”, (Quang Le, Iman Al Razi, Tristan Evans, H. Alan Mantooth, Yarui Peng)

-Xiaoling Li APEC 2022, March 20-24, 2022, Best Presentation, “High Voltage SiC Power Module Optimized for Low Parasitics and Compatible System Interface” (Xiaoling Li, Yuxiang Chen, Yuheng Wu, Hao Chen, William Weber, Adel Nasiri, Robert Cuzner, Yue Zhao, H. Alan Mantooth)

-Aireen Amir Jalal Doctoral Academy Fellowship Award, Spring 2022

-Nan Lin APEC 2022, March 20-24, 2022, Best Presentation, “A Close-loop Current Balancing Method for High Power Silicon Carbide Inverter with Paralleled Power Modules” (Nan Lin, Yue Zhao, H. Alan Mantooth)

-Solomon Ojo International Society for Optics and Photonics, June 2022, Optics and Photonics Scholarship for Ojo’s potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics, and related field (The society awarded $293,000 in education scholarships to 78 SPIE student members in 2022.)

-Justin Rudie SMART Scholar Award, April 2022, Department of Defense’s Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Fellowship Award (award covers full tuition for five years and awardee has opportunity to work summers at Naval Support Activity Crane in Bloomington, Indiana. SMART scholars are required to work in the summer at one of DoD’s agencies or labs.)

-Zahra Saadatizadeh ECCE 2022 WiE Attendance Grant

-Yuqi Wei APEC 2022, March 20-24, 2022, Best Presentation, “Multiport Resonant DC-DC Converter using Actively-Controlled Inductors for Hybrid Energy Storage System Integration” (Yuqi Wei, Thiago Pereria, Yonna Pascal, Marco Liserre)

APEC 2021, June 14-17, 2021, Best Presentation, “A Fast and Accurate Simulation Tool for LLC Converters” (Yuqi Wei, Zhiqing Wang, Quanming Luo, H. Alan Mantooth)

2021 IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference (IFEEC) Best Conference Paper, November, 2021. “A Wireless Power Transfer based Gate Driver Design for Medium Voltage SiC MOSFETs,” (Authors: Yuqi Wei, Liyang DU, Xia Du, Venkata Samhitha Machireddy, H. Alan Mantooth)

-Dereje Woldegiorgis APEC 2021, June 14-17, 2021, Best Presentation, “Simple Carrier Based Capacitor Voltage Balancing Technique for Three-Level Voltage Source Inverters”, (Dereje Woldegiorgis, Yuqi Wei, H. Alan Mantooth)

2022 IEEE Region 5 student award recipients

Case Kirk: First Place IEEE Region 5 Ethics Competition

Serenity Millwood: First Place IEEE Region 5 Ethics Competition

Anthony Malloy: IEEE East area region 5 Presentation Award