Professor
Dr. Yeonho Jeong
Assistant Professor / Principal Investor
e-mail:yjeong@uri.edu
Dr. Jeong is an Assistant professor of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. He is a Principle Investor of the URI Power Electronics Lab.
Before joining the University of Rhode Island, Dr. Jeong has ten years of industrial experience with Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Solu-M as a Senior Research Engineer, where he had in charge of various projects for AC/DC and DC/DC server and network power supplies. From 2018 to 2020, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado Denver for a power system of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as a part of the SubTerranean Challenge sponsored by the DARPA.
Graduate Students
Xueshen Zhang
Ph. D. Student
e-mail: xueshenzhang@uri.edu
Research Interest: High-frequency DC/DC Converter
Previous Institutions:
M.S. from University of Colorado Boulder
B.S. from Shanghai Maritime University
Shaun Thurber
Graduate Student Researcher
e-mail: sthurber506@uri.edu
Research Interest: High-efficiency PFC Converter
Previous Institutions:
B.S. from University of Rhode Island
B.S. from Roger Williams University
Undergraduate Students
Steven Kowalewski
Undergraduate Student Researcher
e-mail: skowalewski@uri.edu
Research Interest: Active Thermal Control for Vehicles under Sub-zero
Institution:
University of Rhode Island
Sensata Technologies, Inc.
Edgar Ponce
Undergraduate Student Researcher
e-mail: edgar_ponce@uri.edu
Research Interest: Cryogenic Power Electronics
Institution:
University of Rhode Island
URI Formula SAE
Zach Chofay
Supported by NDEP/NIUVT
Undergraduate Student Researcher
e-mail: zachary_chofay@uri.edu
Research Interest: Naval Electric Power Systems
Institution:
University of Rhode Island
Gianni Smith
Supported by NDEP/NIUVT
Undergraduate Student Researcher
e-mail: gianni_smith@uri.edu
Research Interest: Naval Electric Power Systems
Institution:
University of Rhode Island
Abby Tadamala
Undergraduate Student Researcher
e-mail: atadamala@uri.edu
Research Interest: Renewable Energy
Institution:
University of Rhode Island
Visiting Scholars
Prof. Il-oun Lee
Associate Professor
e-mail: leeiloun@mju.ac.kr
Research Interest: High Performance EV Charger
Institution:
Myong-Ji University
Prof. ByoungHee Lee
Associate Professor
e-mail: bhlee@hanbat.ac.kr
Research Interest: Wireless Power Transfer
Institution:
Hanbat National University
Alumni/Former Visiting Scholars
Undergraduate Students
Chris Charron, Undergraduate Student 2022, EaglePicher.
Nataly Karnaukh, Undergraduate Student 2022, M. S. at Northeastern University.
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Nayoung Lee from Korea Aerospace Research Institute, 2021-2022.
Yun-gi Kwak from Hanbat National University, 2022.