Electrical engineering PhD students Matthew Bossart and Skye Reese have won prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation, allowing them to continue with two important projects in power electronics and renewable energy systems.
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support.
Matthew Bossart
Co-advisors: Bri-Mathias Hodge and Dragan Maksimovic
Bossart’s research focus is on the transient stability of large power systems under high penetrations of inverter-based generation, such as wind and solar. He hopes to leverage novel techniques in scientific machine learning to study the stability regions of such systems, optimize the location of resources, and develop new control strategies.
Skye Reese
Advisor: Dragan Maksimovic
Reese is looking into capacitive wireless power transfer applied to vehicle electrification. Using GaN transistors and resonant tank network optimizations, the goal is to find a safe and cost-effective way to charge vehicles while they are driving on the road, ultimately leading to reduced vehicle emissions. She is also looking into machine learning techniques for predicting component parameters based on commercially available components. This system will be used to more easily design and build converters under various parameter constraints.
