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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 as the Alcoa Professor and founded the Semiconductor Power Electronics Center (SPEC). He is currently the Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of the Advanced Transportation Energy Center (ATEC) as well as the director of the 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.

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's research activities and interests include:

1) Power Management Integrated Circuit

2) Power Semiconductor Devices

3) Advanced Power Electronics

4) Renewable Energy Integration and Smart Grid

Dr. Huang normally teaches the following courses:

ECE434: Power Electronics

ECE534: Advanced Power Electronics

ECE734: Power Management Integrated Circuits

| Education

  1. 1983 - BS in Electrical Engineering, Zheijiang University, China
  2. 1986 - MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China
  3. 1992 - Ph.D, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

| Primary Research Interests

  1. Power Electronics and Power Systems (Including Electric Vehicle Systems*, Power Electronics*, Power Management ICs*, Power Semiconductor Devices*)
*Denotes areas in which student research is supported by Dr. Huang

| Other Research Interests

  1. Electronic Circuits and Systems (Including Analog Circuits*)
  2. Nanoelectronics and Photonics (Including III - V Materials and Devices*, Silicon Devices and Fabrication)
*Denotes areas in which student research is supported by Dr. Huang

| Selected Publications

  1. Woongje Sung; Van Brunt, E.; Baliga, B.J.; Huang, A.Q.; , "A New Edge Termination Technique for High-Voltage Devices in 4H-SiC–Multiple-Floating-Zone Junction Termination Extension," Electron Device Letters, IEEE , vol.32, no.7, pp.880-882, July 2011
  2. Huang, A.Q.; Crow, M.L.; Heydt, G.T.; Zheng, J.P.; Dale, S.J.; , "The Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) System: The Energy Internet," Proceedings of the IEEE , vol.99, no.1, pp.133-148, Jan. 2011
  3. She, X.; Huang, A. Q.; Wang, G.; , "3-D Space Modulation With Voltage Balancing Capability for a Cascaded Seven-Level Converter in a Solid-State Transformer," Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.26, no.12, pp.3778-3789, Dec. 2011
  4. Jun Li, S. Bhattacharya, A. Q. Huang, "A New Nine-Level Active NPC (ANPC) Converter for Grid Connection of Large Wind Turbines for Distributed Generation", IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Volume: 26 , Issue: 3, 2011.
  5. Liang, Z.; Guo, R.; Li, J.; Huang, A.; , "A High Efficiency PV Module Integrated DC/DC Converter for PV Energy Harvest in FREEDM Systems," Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1, 0
  6. Jinseok Park; Jiwei Fan; Xiaopeng Wang; Huang, A.; , "A Sample-Data Model for Double Edge Current Programmed Mode Control (DECPM) in High-Frequency and Wide-Range DC–DC Converters," Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.25, no.4, pp.1023-1033, April 2010

| Awards and Honors

  • 2011 - Named Zhejiang University Qiushi Chair
  • 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