Andrew Stillwell
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Presentation Title:
Power Electronics for Your Electrified Future
Abstract:
Power electronics are fundamental enabling technologies to some of the most exciting and important evolving technology fields, such as renewable energy and electrified transportation. New advances are needed as power converters are tasked with providing more functionality while balancing efficiency, volume, cost and reliability. In this presentation, we will discuss applications for power electronics in the grid and how modern controllers and switches are leading to new and exciting designs.
Biography:
Andrew Stillwell received dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from University of Missouri in 2005. He spent seven years at National Instruments before arriving at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he received M.S. and Ph.D degrees in electrical and computer engineering in 2015 and 2019 respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include renewable energy applications, hybrid switched-capacitor converters, power electronics design optimization, and advanced control techniques for multilevel converters.
Simeon Bogdanov
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Presentation Title:
Plasmon-enhanced quantum emitters for ultrafast quantum photonics
Abstract:
Quantum information promises the advent of new powerful computing algorithms, sensors that beat fundamental limits and safe communication channels protected by the laws of nature rather than by complex but ultimately breakable codes. Many types of quantum information systems ultimately require us to transmit quantum information over km-scale distances. Single particles of light, photons, are ideal for this task. However, performing operations with photons is difficult due to their weak interaction with other physical objects. We will take a journey to the nanoscale, where light and matter can interact very strongly on the quantum level, giving us the hope of realizing fast quantum photonic devices.
Biography:
Simeon received his PhD from the group of Manijeh Razeghi at Northwestern University and carried out his postdoctoral work in the group of Vladimir M. Shalaev at Purdue University. He joined the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering in January 2020. His research interests cover quantum nanophotonics, metamaterials, and semiconductor physics.
