Students and Researchers

Current PhD Students

Hadi Akbarihaghighat
Research Focus:
Microgrid Control, Industrial Data Networking,Controller Design
BSEE from Amikabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001.
MSEE from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003
akbarih2@uwm.edu

Farzad Bahihashemi

banihas2@uwm.edu

Ahmad El Shafei
Research Focus:
Microgrids, Energy Storage, and Battery Management System Design
BE from the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon,2013.
aie@uwm.edu

Jacob Gudex

jdgudex@uwm.edu

Garry Jean-Pierre
Research Focus:
Controls, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy
MSE from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2017.
BSEE from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2016.
jeanpie4@uwm.edu
Fanglue Ju
Research Focus:
Grid-tied power converter and power transistor technologies
MSEE from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2015.
BS from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2014.
BS from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, 2012.
fju@uwm.edu
Tianchen Li
Research Focus:
EMI in WBG devices
MSEE from University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2013
BSEE from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, 2010
Rounak Siddaiah
Research Focus:
Controls,Power electronics and Optimization.

BE from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore,India,2015.
frounak@uwm.edu
Prathamesh Vadhavkar
Research Focus: 
Control Strategies for Regenerative Active Front End Converters
and Estimate LCL Filter Parameters
MSEE from Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 2007.
BSEE from University of Pune, Pune, India, 2004.
vadhavk2@uwm.edu
 Mark Vygoder
Research Focus: 
Protection and controls of power distribution and power conversion equipment for AC, DC, and Hybrid AC/DC microgrids, electrified shipboard, and lunar distribution systems. High power-density, electromagnetic compliant, power conversion systems.

MSEE from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2020.
BS in EE and Physics from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2017.

mvygoder@uwm.edu

Current Masters Students

William Koebel

wjkoebel@uwm.edu

Ryan Olson

olson299@uwm.edu

 

Skyler Schwartz

schwa296@uwm.edu

Niveditha Sivadanam

sivadan2@uwm.edu

Current Undergraduate Students

Allen Glen Caasi De Guzman

deguzma4@uwm.edu
Evan Zielski


ezielski@uwm.edu