Prof. Chapman's Graduate Students
past and present- starting with most recently recruited
Prospective employers and students: Please feel free to contact these students. Each of these students at minimum has (or will have) coursework in power electronics, electric machinery, drives, and control. However, their research specialties vary considerably.
See the IEEE Student Chapter to get e-mail addresses or phone numbers, if available.
| Name |
Degree Grad Dates (actual or expected) |
Research Topics | Last Known Position |
| Melanie Shelton | MSEE 2007, PhD 2010 | Magnetic sensing in steel or concrete structures | Student |
| Yingying Kuai | PhD 2009 | Digital Control of Power Converters | Student |
| Alireza Khaligh | Post-Doc 2006-2007 | Anticipatory Control | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Yong Chen | MSEE 2007 | Dynamic modeling of multiple-input converters | ? |
| Ali Davoudi | PhD 2008 | Numerical modeling of magnetic devices | Student |
| Matt Meinhart | MSEE 2006 | Harmonic Elimination with Modulation | Caterpillar |
| Daisy Chen | MSEE 2006 | Hybrid passive components on semiconductor substrates | Northrop Grumman Space Technology |
| Liyan Qu | PhD 2007 | Numerical analysis of power electronics devices | Ansoft |
| Trishan Esram | MSEE 2004, PhD 2008 | Power conversion techniques for solar energy | Student |
| Nicholas Benavides | MSEE 2004, PhD 2007 | Hybrid energy systems | Converteam |
| Brett Nee | MSEE 2004, PhD 2007 | Low-cost inverters and motor drives | Caterpillar |
| Penglin Niu | PhD 2007 | Energy harvesting from biomechanics | Intel |
| Theresa Flowers | MSEE 2003 | Low Power, low voltage converters | Northrop Grumman Space Technology |
| Bryan Dobbs | MSEE 2003 | Multiple-input converters | Sargent and Lundy Analytical Division |
| Jaeho Byoun | PhD 2006 | Flexible Digital Control of Power Converters | Maxim |
| Alan Wu | MSEE 2003 | Optimal control of PM motors | Northrop Grumman Space Technology |
| James Owens | MSEE 2002 | Reduced order numerical modeling of magnetic devices | Unknown |
| Surya Musunuri | MSEE 2003, PhD 2005 | Low-power monolithic dc-dc converters | Intel |
| Jason Wells | MSEE 2002, PhD 2006 | Analysis and optimization of pulse width modulation schemes, various motor drive and power electronics projects, educational lab projects | P.C. Krause and Associates |