Hongjie Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant 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 Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Utah State University. At USU, Dr. Wang serves as the co-director of the Utah State University Power Electronics Laboratory (UPEL). Dr. Wang is the Charging Stations of the Future (CSoF) project lead at the NSF ASPIRE ERC. Dr. Wang has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and holds 8 issued patents. Dr. Wang received NSF CAREER Award in 2023. His current research areas include DC power distribution, analysis, design and control of resonant converters, extreme fast charging, grid interface power converters, 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
Research Interests
DC power distribution, high-performance power converter design, MV tied AC-DC power converters, cyber-physical security of power converters and battery management systems, conductive and wireless charging for electric vehicle
Awards
FOR-THE-STUDENTS, BY-THE-STUDENTS, 2023
ASPIRE
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
- Wang, H., Zane, R., (2023). 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
- 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
- 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.
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Publications | Other
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