Warren H. Owen - Duke Energy Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., 2015 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Electrical Engineering
M.S., 2011 - Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Electrical Engineering
B.S., 2008 - Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Electrical Engineering
Contact Information
Office: 309 Zucker Family Graduate Education Center
Office Phone: 843.730.5067
Fax: 843.554.4350
Email: zheyuz@clemson.edu
Professional
Dr. Zhang is the Warren H. Owen – Duke Energy Assistant Professor of Engineering at Clemson University. He was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, he joined General Electric Research as a Lead Power Electronics Engineer at Niskayuna, NY, USA.
Dr. Zhang has over 10 years of professional experience with a balanced industry and academic career in the area of power electronics for electric propulsion, electrified transportation, renewables, energy storage, and grid applications. He has published over 80 papers in the most prestigious journals and conference proceedings, filed over 10 patent applications with one license, authored one book and one book chapter, presented four IEEE tutorial seminars, and led one New Product Introduction in Energy Storage Systems. He was the recipient of two prize paper awards from the IEEE Industry Applications Society and IEEE Power Electronics Society, one first-author IEEE TPEL spotlight paper, and two outstanding IEEE APEC presentation awards.
Dr. Zhang’s research interests include wide band-gap-based power electronics, modularity and scalability technology, medium voltage power electronics, advanced manufacturing and cooling technology (e.g., cryogenic cooling) applied in power electronics, and highly efficient, ultra-dense, cost-effective power conversion systems for electric propulsion, electrified transportation, renewables, energy storage, and grid applications.
Dr. Zhang is currently an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. He is a senior member of IEEE.