Hongjie Wang

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor


Hongjie  Wang

Contact Information

Office Location: 620 Building – Room 104
Phone: 435-797-0591
Email: hongjie.wang@usu.edu
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Educational Background

PhD, Electrical Enginnering, Utah State University, 2018
MS, Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2012
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 2009

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

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

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. *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

ECE, ECE 5120, 6120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2025
ECE 6120, 5120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2024
ECE, ECE 5120, 6120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2024
ECE 5150, 6150 - Power Electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles, Fall 2024
ECE, ECE 5150, 6150 - Power Electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles, Fall 2024
ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2024
ECE, ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2024
ECE 5110 - Fundamentals of Electric Power Systems, Spring 2024
ECE 6120, 5120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2023
ECE 6930-IS2 - Renewable Energy and the Future Power Grid, Fall 2023
ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2023
ECE 5110 - Fundamentals of Electric Power Systems, Spring 2023
ECE 6930-IS1 - Power System Protection, Spring 2023
ECE 6120, 5120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2022
ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2022
ECE 5110 - Fundamentals of Electric Power Systems, Spring 2022
ECE 5120, 6120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2021
, Spring 2021
ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2021
ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2021
ECE 5110 - Fundamentals of Electric Power Systems, Spring 2021
ECE 5120, 6120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2020
ECE 5160, 6160 - Electric Vehicle Design Laboratory, Spring 2020
ECE 5120 - Introduction to Power Electronics, Fall 2019

Graduate Students Mentored

Forrest David Nichols, Electrical & Computer Engr, December 2024
Arifa Sultana, Electrical & Computer Engr, August 2024
Paul Bridger Bradford, Electrical & Computer Engr, July 2024
Dakota R. Goodrich, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2023
Mckay J. Waite, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2023
Ramish Majeed Raja, Electrical & Computer Engr, April 2023
Shubhangi Gurudiwan, Electrical & Computer Engr, December 2021 - December 2025
Conner Deppe, Electrical & Computer Engr, June 2023 - May 2024
Craig Adam Simpson, Electrical & Computer Engr, August 2021 - January 2024
Levi T. Miller, Electrical & Computer Engr, June 2022 - December 2023
Jyotirmoy Saha, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2021 - August 2023
Paul Ziegenfelder, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2021 - December 2022
Brooks Jace Maughan, Electrical & Computer Engr, February 2021 - December 2022
Ishrat Jamal, Electrical & Computer Engr, June 2022 - October 2022