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understanding can be gained of the complexities involved
and identify new avenues for innovation and advancement,
enabling us to push the boundaries of what is possible and
achieve new levels of performance and efficiency in power
electronics.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research
under Grant Award N00014-22-1-2545 titled " A multiscale
physic-based magnetics design framework for ship scale
power electronics. "
About the Authors
Han (Helen) Cui (helencui@utk.edu) received the B.S.
degree in electrical engineering from Tianjin University,
Tianjin, China, in 2011, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,
USA, in 2013 and 2017, respectively. Upon graduation, she
joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, as a
Post-Doctoral Researcher to expand the knowledge of magnetics
modeling for high-frequency RF applications. She has
been an Assistant Professor with the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN, USA, since 2020. Her research interests
include magnetic designs and integration for WBG device
applications, advanced power electronics packaging, electromagnetic
devices for sensing, and microscopic
magnetics.
Saurav Dulal received the bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering from Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University,
Nepal, in 2021. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D.
degree with the Department of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
TN, USA. His research interests include magnetic modeling,
modeling of power converters, and application of power
electronics in electric vehicles.
Sadia Binte Sohid received the B.S. degree in electrical
and electronic engineering from the Rajshahi University
of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in
2015, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA, in 2019. She is
currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering
with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. Her
research interests include power electronics and magnetic
design.
Gong Gu is a Professor of electrical engineering with
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA. His
research interests are in novel materials for electronic
device applications. He received the Ph.D. degree from
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, and the bachelor's
degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Leon M. Tolbert received the bachelor's, M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. He is currently
the Chancellor's Professor and the Min H. Kao Professor
with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN,
USA. He is also an Adjunct Participant with Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, where he previously worked from 1991
to 2020. His research interests include electric vehicles,
application of wide bandgap semiconductors, and the utility
application of power electronics for renewable energy and
energy storage.
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