Jin Wang received a B.S. degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, in 1998, an M.S. degree from Wuhan University, in 2001, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, East Lansing, in 2005, all in electrical engineering. From Sept., 2005 to Aug. 2007, he worked at the Ford Motor Company as a Core Power Electronics Engineer. He joined the Ohio State University in 2007 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate professor in 2013 and full professor in 2017. His research interests include wide bandgap power devices and their applications, high-voltage and high-power converter/inverters, integration of renewable energy sources, and electrification of transportation. Dr. Wang has over 190 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and 8 patents. Julia Zhang received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, in 2010. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Center for High Performance Power Electronics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. From 2012 to 2017, she was an Assistant Professor with Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. From 2010 to 2012, she was a Control Engineering with Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, USA. Her research interests include electric machines, power electronics, high-voltage engineering, and robotics. |