09/2026: PEEC Lab named a runner-up in the U.S. DOE Office of Electricity’s Feeder of the Future Prize!
Our Urban-track submission proposes a hybrid solid-state transformer that integrates modular solid-state transformer stages in parallel with an existing line-frequency transformer, creating a flexible, scalable, and controllable medium-voltage/low-voltage interface for urban feeders.
04/2026: A successful seminar at ASU!
We were excited to host Kurt Hofman, President of RoMan Manufacturing, for a session on Power Transformer: Theory and Practice.
02/2026: Our latest review paper on high-power MFT for medium voltage applications was published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
Z. Guo, B. Cao, C. Chen and A. Q. Huang, “A Review of High-Power Medium Frequency Transformers in Medium Voltage Power Electronics: State of the Art, Challenges, and Solutions,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2026.3654531
01/2026: Glad to share that our project has been selected for inclusion in NVIDIA’s Academic Grant Program! Through this project, we aim to leverage Gen AI Training and Model Development for the next-generation AI data center power architecture optimal design.
01/2026: Two patent-pending research papers from the Power Electronics and Energy Conversion (PEEC) Lab were published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
[1]B. Cao, J. Deng, G. Yan and Z. Guo, “A Novel Hybrid Magnetic Core Structure for Planar Medium-Frequency Transformer,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3632190.
[2]G. Yan, B. Cao, J. Deng and Z. Guo, “An Integrated Inductive Power and Capacitive Data Transfer System Using Ultra-Thin Nanocrystalline Laminated Sheets,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2025.3636455.
10/2025: The new home of the PEEC lab, ISTB12, had its grand opening.
10/2025: IEEE ECCE 2025 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Guangyu Yan presents his paper “A Battery Charging System Using Ultra-Thin Nanocrystalline Laminated Magnetic Sheets.”
Jie Deng presents and demos his research “A 1300 V/60 A Double-side Cooling GaN Half-bridge Power Module with Active Clamping Voltage Control “
04/2025: PEEC FURI project was featured by FURI Spring 2025!
01/2025: Michael Kim and Samuel Alfaro join PEEC with ASU Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) project, Welcome!
01/2025: Guangyu Yan join PEEC as PhD student, Welcome!
10/2024: IEEE ECCE 2024 – Phoenix, AZ
08/2024: SRP-ASU Project Kickoff
In the SRP-ASU Project, the PEEC lab will investigate the EV Charging Load effect to distribution transformer and the grid.
08/2024: Jie Deng and Binhong Cao join PEEC as PhD students. Welcome!
06/2024: PEEC paper published in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine
Sharing our recent article in IEEE Power Electronics Magazine Issue 2 • June 2024. “1.2 kV/400 A SiC Source Turn-Off MOSFET Intelligent Power Module”. A compact current and temperature monitoring solution is achieved by utilizing the internal integrated sensors of the STO MOSFET.
06/2024: PEEC paper published in Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Glad to share our latest paper “Characterizations of Partial Discharge in Modern Power Electronics” in the IEEE J. of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10568122 We will continue investigating the PD behaviors under PWM and grid frequency plus the switching frequency situations for medium voltage power electronics. A 100 kV PD test platform is under set up at PEEC lab ASU. Welcome to talk about the research and collaborations.
02/2024: Invited talk at 2024 Power Magnetics @ High-Frequency Workshop (APEC)
Dr. Zhicheng Guo was invited to give a talk about the Characterization of Partial Discharges in High-frequency transformers under PWM Pulses. It is about the partial discharge behaviors in modern power electronics components and systems. The information also contributes to one part of the IEEE P3105 (Recommended Practice for Design and Integration of Solid-State Transformers in Electric Grid) we are working on.
01/2024: PEEC Lab is launched by Dr. Zhicheng Guo
