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Professor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Yeonho    \n<\/div>\n\n
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Dr. Yeonho Jeong<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor \/ Principal Investor <\/b>

\ne-mail:yjeong@uri.edu<\/a>
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Dr. Jeong<\/b><\/em> 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.

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Graduate Students<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"KimY\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Sooan Pack<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


Graduate Student Researcher (Ph. D. Student)
\n\ne-mail: sooan.pack@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: Electric Design Automation for Power Electronic
\nInstitution:
\nB.S. from Kyungpook National University
\n

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\n\"KimY\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Young-keun Kim<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Graduate Student (Ph. D. Student)
\ne-mail: youngkeun.kim@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: EDA and Digital Twin
\nPrevious Institutions:
M.S. from Incheon National University
\nB.S. from Incheon National University


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\n\"KimY\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Elana Viola<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


Graduate Student (Master’s Student)
\ne-mail: elana.viola@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: TBD
\nPrevious Institutions:
\nB.S. from University of Rhode Island



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Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Patrick\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Royaljohn Southammavong<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Supported by Navy STEM Program (ANCHOR) <\/b>
Undergraduate Student Researcher (Senior)
\n\ne-mail: rjsouthammavong@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: Digital Twin Technology for Naval Ships
\nInstitution:
\nUniversity of Rhode Island


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\n\"RJ\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
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Marc Delgado<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


Undergraduate Student Researcher (Senior)
\n\ne-mail: marc.delgado@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: High Efficiency DC\/DC Converter
\nInstitution:
\nUniversity of Rhode Island


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\n\"Isaac\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Isaac Barbosa<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Supported by Navy STEM Program (ANCHOR) <\/b>
Undergraduate Student Researcher
\n\ne-mail: isaac.barbosa@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: Hybrid Power Conversion System
\nInstitution:
\nUniversity of Rhode Island


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\n\"Helen\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Helen Ly<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Supported by Navy STEM Program (ANCHOR) <\/b>
Undergraduate Student Researcher
\n\ne-mail: helen.ly@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: Electric Design Automation
\nInstitution:
\nUniversity of Rhode Island


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Visiting Scholars<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n

\n\"KimY\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Jae-beom Lee<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


Visiting Scholar
\n\ne-mail: jaebum.lee@uri.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: Electric traction systems in EVs and Trains
\nInstitution:
\nKorea National University of Transportation

\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\"KangT\"    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Taegu Kang<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


Visiting Student
\n\ne-mail: TBD<\/a>
\nResearch Interest: Hybrid Power Converter
\nInstitution:
\nInha University

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Alumni\/Former Visiting Scholars<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students <\/h4>

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\n

\n\"Xueshen    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Xueshen Zhang<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

PhD Degree \u201925

\n\nThesis Title: HIGH POWER DENSITY CONVERTER WITH COORDINATED ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR FLEXIBLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (ESS) INTEGRATION IN HYBRID E-MOBILITY
\nCurrent Job: Infineon Technologies

\n\n\n

\n\"Shaun    \n<\/div>\n\n
\n

Shaun Thurber<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Master’s Degree \u201925

\n\nThesis Title: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED ENHANCED STATE OF HEALTH (SOH) ESTIMATION FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY UTILIZING TWO-PULSE LOAD TEST.
\nCurrent Job: Electro Standards Laboratories.

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Undergraduate Students <\/h4><\/p>\n

[Degree Earned] <\/h4> \nMason Jacob (B.Sc., 2025), Current Job: MS at URI.
\nPatrick Feliz (B.Sc., 2025), TBD.
\nGianni Smith (B.Sc., 2025), TBD.
\nAaron Phare (B.Sc., 2025), Current Job: Burns and McDonnell.
\nSteven Kowalewski (B.Sc., 2024), Current Job: Schneider Electric USA.
\nAlex Amado (B.Sc., 2024), Current Job: NUWC.
\nZach Chofay (B.Sc., 2023), Current Job: VoltServer.
\nChris Charron (B.Sc., 2022), Current Job: EaglePicher.
\nNataly Karnaukh (B.Sc., 2022), Current Job: Raytheon.
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[Short-term Members] <\/h4>\nZachary Weinstein, 2023-2024.
\nSylas Wojciechowski, 2024.
\nAbby Tadamala, 2023-2024.
\nLayhla Morale, 2023-2024.

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Visiting Scholars\/Interns <\/h4>

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\nNahyun Lee from Dongduk Women\u2019s University, 2025.
\nGyeongHyun Kwon from Incheon National University, 2024-2025.
\nYoung-keun Kim from Incheon National University, 2024-2025.
\nHailey Haesung Oh from University of Southern California, 2024.
\nProf. ByoungHee Lee from Hanbat National University, 2023-2024.
\nProf. Il-oun Lee from Myong-Ji University, 2023-2024.
\nWoo-Seong Baek from Sogang University, 2024.
\nYun-gi Kwak from Hanbat National University, 2022.
\nDr. Nayoung Lee from Korea Aerospace Research Institute, 2021-2022.

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