Hongjie Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor

Contact Information
Office Location: 620 Building – Room 104Phone: 435-797-0591
Email: hongjie.wang@usu.edu
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Biography
Dr. Hongjie Wang is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Utah State University. At USU, Dr. Wang serves as the director of the Utah State University Power Electronics Laboratory (UPEL). Dr. Wang is the lead for the Charging Stations of the Future (CSoF) project at the NSF ASPIRE ERC. Dr. Wang has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles and holds 10 issued patents. Dr. Wang received the NSF CAREER Award in 2023. His current research areas include DC power distribution, analysis, design, and control of power converters, AI-based battery status monitoring and active management systems, extreme fast charging, grid interface power converters, AI-based health monitoring and diagnosis of power converters, and dynamic wireless power transfer for transportation electrification applications.
Teaching Interests
Introduction of power electronics, electrical vehicle design and lab, fundamental of electric power systems, power electronics for electric vehicles, resonant power converter and soft-switching techniques, digital control for power converters
Research Interests
DC power distribution, analysis, design, and control of power converters, AI-based battery status monitoring and active management systems, extreme fast charging, grid interface power converters, AI-based health monitoring and diagnosis of power converters, and dynamic wireless power transfer for transportation electrification applications.
Awards
International distinguished lecturer , 2025
IEEE System Council in Taipei
Best Presentation Paper Award, 2024
2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE)
Second Prize Paper Award, 2024
IEEE IAS Transportation Systems Committee (TSC)
FOR-THE-STUDENTS, BY-THE-STUDENTS, 2023
ASPIRE
CAREER Award, 2023
NSF
Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year , 2023
College of Engineering
Outstanding Advisor of the Year, 2023
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2022
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Honorable Mention Award in IEEE ECCE Hardware Demonstration Competition, 2022
IEEE ECCE, 2021
2nd Place Award in IEEE ECCE Software Competition, 2021
IEEE ECCE, 2021
Best Oral Presentation Paper Award, 2021
IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2021
Top-ten Finalist competing for the American-Made Solar Prize, 2021
Department of Energy
Best Paper Award, 2020
IEEE Workshop on the Internet of Safe Things
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Mehadi, A.A, Morgan, J., Sultana, A., Wang, H., Zane, R., (2026). Heuristic-Based Electric Bus Charging Optimization Considering Grid Capacity and Energy Prices. IEEE Access, 14, 4327-4340. doi: doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3650765
- Horesh, N., Quinn, J.C, Trinko, D.A, Harper, M.Y, Wang, H., Afridi, K., Singleton, P., Allen, B., Pekarek, S.D, Zane, R., (2025). The future of electrified transportation in the United States. IEEE Electrification Magazine, 13:4, 6-16. doi: 10.1109/MELE.2025.3631374
- Newbolt, T., Mandal, P., Wang, H., Zane, R., (2025). A Novel Approach to Dual-Lane Microscopic Simulations for Large-Scale In-Motion Electric Roadway Charging Load Infrastructure. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 12:1, 145-158. doi: 10.1109/TTE.2025.3611372
- Serrano, R., Sultana, A., Kavanaugh, D., Wang, H., (2025). Increasing Electric Vehicle Charger Availability with a Mobile, Self-Contained Charging Station. Sustainability, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su17062767
- Gurudiwan, S., Zade, A., Wang, H., Zane, R., (2024). Optimized Timing Control for Leading-Edge Aligned Modulation of a T-Type Bridge in Unfolding-Based AC-DC Converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Newbolt, T., Waite, M., Mandal, P., Wang, H., Zane, R., (2024). Load Demand Modeling of Large-Scale Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles In-Motion. IEEE Access
- Bernal, D., Raheem, A.A, Inti, S., Wang, H., (2024). Assessment of Economic Viability of Direct Current Fast Charging Infrastructure Investments for Electric Vehicles in the United States. Sustainability
- Gurudiwan, S., Zade, A., Wang, H., Zane, R., (2024). Accurate ZVS Analysis of a Full-Bridge T-Type Resonant Converter for a 20-kW Unfolding-Based AC-DC Topology. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
- Ma, X., Zhou, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, Q., Wang, H., Hu, R.Q, (2024). Exploring Communication Technologies, Standards, and Challenges in Electrified Vehicle Charging. IET Communication
- Rasheed, M., Hassan, R., Kamel, M., Wang, H., Zane, R., Tong, S., Smith, K., (2024). Active Reconditioning of Retired Lithium-ion Battery Packs from Electric Vehicles for Second Life Applications. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
- Wang, H., Zane, R., (2023). A New Online Continuous Stability Monitoring Method for DC Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Wang, H., Hu, R., (2023). Authentication and PHY-Security Schemes for Electric Vehicle Dynamic Wireless Charging. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
- Wang, H., Zane, R., (2023). A 21 kW Unfolding-Based Single-Stage AC-DC Converter for Wireless Charging Applications. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
- Wang, H., Zane, R., (2023). Life-extended Active Battery Control for Energy Storage Using Electric Vehicle Retired Batteries. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Wang, H., Zane, R., (2023). Sustainability of Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Roadway for In-motion Electric Vehicle Charging. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
- Wang, H., Zane, R., (2022). Bidirectional LCL-T Resonant DC–DC Converter for Priority Loads in Undersea Distribution Networks. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 37:12, 14874-14887. doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2022.3187133
- Wang, H., (2021). Dynamic Wireless Charging of Medium Power and Speed Electric Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 70:12, 12552-12566. doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3122366
- Hou, L., Wang, H., Chen, Q., Su, J., Mahmoud, G., Li, J., Mullaah, S., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2021). Fecal pollution mediates the dominance of stochastic assembly of antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon (Yundang lagoon), China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 417
- Wang, H., Hou, L., Liu, Y., Liu, K., Zhang, L., Huang, F., Wang, L., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C., (2021). Horizontal and vertical gene transfer drive sediment antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon system. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 102, 11-23.
- Wang, H., Saha, T., Riar, B., Zane, R., (2019). Design Considerations for Current-Regulated Series-Resonant Converters With a Constant Input Current. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34:1, 141-150.
- Hu, A., Ju, F., Hou, L., Li, J., Yang, X., Wang, H., Mulla, S.I, Sun, Q., Burgmann, H., Yu, C., (2017). Strong impact of anthropogenic contamination on the co-occurrence patterns of a riverine microbial community. Environmental Microbiology, 19:12, 4993-5009. doi: DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13942
- Hu, A., Wang, H., Yang, X., Hou, L., Li, J., Li, S., Yu, C., (2017). Seasonal and spatial variations of prokaryoplankton communities in a salinity-influenced watershed, China. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93:8
- Wang, H., Zane, R., Driving to the Future of Energy Storage: Techno-economic Analysis of a Novel Method to Recondition Second Life Electric Vehicle Batteries Applied Energy. Applied Energy, 295, 117007. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117007
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Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
- Gerdes, R., Wang, H., Li, M., Zhang, N., Adams, S., Erpek, T., Giani, A., Morales-Rodriguez, M., (2024). Achieving Cyber-Resilience for Power Systems using a Learning, Model-Assisted Blockchain Framework. *
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Publications | Other
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