My Projects

Solar Plug – Universal Off-Grid Microconverter

Energy Access Power Electronics MPPT

Plug-and-play PV integration using isolated inline converters with onboard MPPT to enable low-cost Tier-1–4 energy access.

IDEAS 2025 (Presented) Paper / Slides

AC Cube – Single-Stage PV/Battery/Grid Energy Router

Grid Controls Isolated Converter

Inertia-less isolated architecture that unifies PV, storage, and grid into one stage to improve PQ and integration.

ECCE-Asia 2025 Tech Report

Regenerative Clamp Converter

PEBB Energy Recovery DHB / DAB

Clamp topology that recycles device stress energy back to the source via an auxiliary port; sim + hardware in progress.

Thesis Chapter Simulation Results

Single-Stage Bidirectional Inertia-less Isolated Converter

Isolated Bidirectional High Density

High-power single-stage isolation with bidirectional operation; groundwork for AC Cube style energy routing.

APEC 2024 Paper

Rogowski-Coil Current Sensing Analog Circuit

Measurement Analog HF Power

PCB integrator design + parameter sweeps for accurate HF current measurement in compact power converters.

Design Files Validation Data

Power Quality & Submetering Device

Embedded DSP PQ

Comprehensive PQ monitoring platform with fine-grained measurements for analysis and compliance reporting.

Specs Firmware

Medium-Voltage DC Distribution

MV Architecture Tradeoffs

MVDC architecture evaluation and component trade studies for future distribution grids and DER integration.

Overview Analysis Notes

UMC HEMU – Unified Home Energy Controller

IoT Controls Energy Mgmt

Centralized monitoring and coordinated control for home PV, storage, and flexible loads.

System Design Demo

Piezsole – Piezoelectric Smart Shoe Insole

Wearables UIUC

Smartshoe insole marketing project.

Project Demo Video

Acoustic-Signal ML for Weld Quality (CAT)

ML Signal Processing

Pipeline to predict weld quality from acoustic signatures to improve manufacturing yield.

Report Algorithm