Ms. Shukri earned her B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 2019. She was a Research Associate in the REAPERlab from 2019 to 2020 and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in power electronics at Texas A&M in Qatar. Her areas of interest include mechatronic arc fault generator; computer-controlled photovoltaic electrical curve tracer; machine learning techniques for power and energy systems.

Dissertation: “Commutation Methods for SCR-Based Square-Wave Link Inverter”

Dr. Kim received her B.Sc. from Yonsei University in Seoul, S. Korea, in 2014 and the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station, TX USA. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in power electronics at Texas A&M in College Station. Her interest areas control and modulation method for inverters.

Dissertation: “Non-Planar Photovoltaic Surfaces: Modelling, Optimization, and Application”

Dr. Alpuerto received his B.A. in mathematics from Lyon College in 2013. He graduated with an M.S. in electrical engineering specializing in power electronics at Texas A&M in December of 2016. His research interests include flexible non-planar thin film applications and energy conversion efficiency.

Dissertation: “Control Strategies of DC Micorgrid to Enable a More Wide-Scale Adoption“

Dr. Xiao received his B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 2013. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in power electronics. His research interests include DC-DC converter, grid-connected inverter, and DSP based control of power electronics system.

Dissertation: “Model Predictive Control Techniques of Multilevel Inverter for PV Applications“

Dr. Mosa received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from South Valley University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2012. His research interests include power electronics for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, photovoltaic power integration, and switching power supplies.

Dissertation: “A Novel Single-Phase Grid-connected PV Inverter System“

Dr. Li received his B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 2012. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in power electronics at Texas A&M University. His research interests include switching power supply, grid-connected inverter, and control of power electronics system.

Dissertation: “Topology and Control for Photovoltaic Microinverters“

Dr. Zhang received his M.Sc in Electrical Engineering – Power Electronics and Power Drives from Zhejiang University, China in 2011. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in power electronics in Renewable Energy, Advanced Power Electronics Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University. His research interests include switching power supply, grid-connected inverter, UPS and LED driving. He is currently working on power conditioning system for solar energy.

Dissertation: “Model Predictive Control Techniques with Application to Photovoltaic, DC Microgrid, and a Multi-Sourced Hybrid Energy System”

Dr. Shadmand received his B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Qatar University in 2010 and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2012. His research interests include performance analysis of PV systems, switching power supplies, and DC-DC converters.

Dissertation: “Single-Phase Inverter and Rectifier for High-Reliability Applications”

Dr. Harb received his M.S. degree from University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA, in 2010, and his BS degree from Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan in 2008, both in electrical engineering. His master thesis was “Three-port Micro-Inverter with Power Decoupling Capability for Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Applications“. His research interests include power electronics for renewable energy applications, the reliability of power electronics converters, and non-linearity phenomenon in power electronics.

Fatima received her B.S.E.E from Texas A&M University  at Qatar in 2020. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in power electronics at Texas A&M in College Station. Her interest areas include mechatronics, control, and electrical arc detection in photovoltaic systems.

Nabila received her B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M Univeristy at Qatar in 2020. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in power electronics at Texas A&M Univeristy and is in-residence in Qatar. Her interest areas include machine learning and fault detection in electrical power systems.

Ricky received his B.S.E.E from Texas A&M University in 2019. His research interests include ac link inverters, grid-integration of PV and other distributed energy sources.

Bilge Tuncel graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU) as a Mechanical Engineer in 2015. She is currently studying for her Ms. in Physics at METU while working as a research assistant in Energy Engineering in Ankara University. Her research interests include solar energy and performance analyses for solar applications. She is collaborating with REAPERlab on thermal modeling of PV modules. Dr. Balog is her co-advisor with Prof. Bülent G. Akınoğlu from METU.

Thesis: “Thermal Modeling of Photovoltaic Modules for Reliability Assessment of Single-Phase Module-Integrate Power Electronics in Turkey.” Muhammed received the B.S. degree from Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, in 2013. His research interests include control systems, power electronics for renewable energy applications, and the reliability of power electronics converters. He won a scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Education and his master education was sponsored by Turkish Petroleum.

Thesis: “Autonomous Delta Power Control for Photovoltaic Sources in a DC Microgrid.” Praneeth has received his B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India in 2014. His research interests include grid integration of renewable energy sources, power electronics converter design and DSP based control.

Thesis: “Commutation Technique for High Frequency Link Inverter Without Operational Limitations and Dead Time.“ Minjeong received her B.Sc. from Yonsei University at Seoul in 2014. Her research interests include control and modulation method for inverters.

Research area: Photovoltaic Arc Fault Detection. Stephen received his B.S. from Texas A&M University in May 2014. He graduated as an Undergraduate Research Scholar with the thesis entitled “Photovoltaic Arc-Fault Detection”. His research interests include signal processing approaches to evaluate DC system performance.

Thesis: “Modeling of Non-Planar Photovoltaic Arrays.” Lance received his B.A. in mathematics from Lyon College in 2013. His research interests include solar modeling, non-planar thin film applications. and energy conversion efficiency.

Thesis: “A Single-Phase Rectifier with Ripple-Power Decoupling and Application to LED Lighting.” Bo Tian received his B.Sc in Electronic and Information Engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong in 2012. Previously, he had worked as a design engineer for two years in designing switching mode power supplies for LED lighting solutions before joining Texas A&M University.

Research Topic: Reliability of Photovoltaic Inverters. Mohit has received his B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Amravati University, India in 2011. His research interest includes switching power supplies, PV and LED power electronics. He is currently working on developing methods for designing reliable and efficient power electronics converters and renewable energy systems.

Thesis: “A Design-Oriented Framework to Determine the Parasitic Parameters of High Frequency Magnetics in Switching Power Supplies using Finite Element Analysis Techniques.” Mohammad received his B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Qatar University in 2010. His research interests include performance analysis of PV systems, switching power supplies, and DC-DC converters. He is currently working on model predictive control techniques for power converters.

Research Topic: Reliability of Photovoltaic Inverters 

Thesis: “Capacitor-Less VAR Compensator Based on a Matrix Converter“

Technical Report: “Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems”