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NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7571
Dr. Alex Q. Huang
Progress Energy Distinguished Professor
Director of NSF FREEDM Systems Center
| Biography
Dr. Huang was a professor at Virginia Tech's Center for Power Electronics System (CPES) from 1994 to 2004. He joined NCSU in 2004 and was the Alcoa Professor from 2004 to 2007. He is the currently the Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering. He is the director of Semiconductor Power Electronics Center (SPEC) and Advanced Transportation Energy Center (ATEC), as well as the director of the newly established NSF Engineering Research Center, The FREEDM Systems Center. Dr. Huang is a fellow of IEEE.
FREEDM Systems Center seeks to develop revolutionary power grid suitable for massive deployment of distributed renewable energy resources and energy storage devices.
The center has research activities in the following areas:
1) Power Management Microsystems
2) Utility Power Electronics
3) Electric Power Systems
4) Power Semiconductor Devices
5) Electric Vehicle Systems
ATEC research concentrates on developing fundamental and enabling technologies for the emerging Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). For details please visit ATEC website
Dr. Huang currently teaches the following courses:
ECE434: Power Electronics
ECE534: Advanced Power Electronics
ECE734: Power Management Integrated Circuits
FREEDM Systems Center seeks to develop revolutionary power grid suitable for massive deployment of distributed renewable energy resources and energy storage devices.
The center has research activities in the following areas:
1) Power Management Microsystems
2) Utility Power Electronics
3) Electric Power Systems
4) Power Semiconductor Devices
5) Electric Vehicle Systems
ATEC research concentrates on developing fundamental and enabling technologies for the emerging Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). For details please visit ATEC website
Dr. Huang currently teaches the following courses:
ECE434: Power Electronics
ECE534: Advanced Power Electronics
ECE734: Power Management Integrated Circuits
| Education
- 1983 - BS in Electrical Engineering, Zheijiang University, China
- 1986 - MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China
- 1992 - Ph.D, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
| Primary Research Interests
- Power Electronics and Power Systems (Including Electric Vehicle Systems, Power Electronics, Power Management ICs, Power Semiconductor Devices)
| Other Research Interests
- Microwave, RF, Analog, and Digital (Including Analog Circuits)
- Nanoelectronics and Photonics (Including Silicon Devices and Fabrication)
| Selected Publications
| Awards and Honors
- 2007 - Named Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 2006 - IEEE Fellow
- 2004 - Named Alcoa Professor of Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University
- 2003 - Best Paper Award, IEEE Industry Application Society 2003 Annual Meeting
- 2003 - Recipient of prestigious 2003 R&D 100 Award
- 2002 - Best Paper Award, International Symposium of Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, Santa Fe, NM
- 1999 - Invitee for the 1999 Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering
- 1998 - Nominated for the NSF Alan TWaterman Award
- 1998 - NSF Presidential Early Career Award
- 1997 - IEEE Senior Member
- 1992-1995 - Elected as the holder of a Research Fellowship at Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK
- 1989-1991 - Holder of Sir Run Shaw Scholarship Awarded by Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
- 1989-1991 - Overseas Research Scholarship Award Cambridge, UK
- 1987 - Sichuan Province Scientific Development Award, Sichuan, China
