Members

Professor

Yeonho Jeong    

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    

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    

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    

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    

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    

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    

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    

Abby Tadamala

Undergraduate Student Researcher
e-mail: atadamala@uri.edu
Research Interest: Renewable Energy
Institution:
University of Rhode Island

Visiting Scholars

Il-oun Lee    

Prof. Il-oun Lee

Associate Professor
e-mail: leeiloun@mju.ac.kr
Research Interest: High Performance EV Charger
Institution:
Myong-Ji University

BH Lee    

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.