Engineering Professor Named 2025 IEEE Fellow
News Release — LOGAN, Utah, — Utah State University professor and world-renowned electrical engineer Regan Zane is among the newly-elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. The organization is the world's largest association of technical professionals with more than 460,000 members in 190 countries around the world.

USU College of Engineering Professor Regan Zane was recently elected as a Fellow of IEEE, the organization's most distinguished ranking.
The grade of Fellow is conferred upon IEEE members with extraordinary records of accomplishments in the technical fields. Each year, this honor is limited to no more than 0.1% of the total IEEE voting membership. Fellow is the highest grade of IEEE membership and is recognized as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.
"Since 2012, Regan Zane has exemplified research leadership at Utah State University, building an outstanding research enterprise in modular power conversion that involves deep engagement with researchers across the country, industry, and state partners," said Lisa Berreau, vice president for research at USU.
Zane is one of 338 IEEE members elevated to Fellow and one of seven elevated by IEEE's Power Electronics Society, of which Zane is a member. He was nominated for the distinction in part for his contributions to modular power conversion in energy harvesting, lighting, and electrified transportation systems. Zane says the accolade represents an important milestone in his career and signifies the impact and achievements of his students.

Since joining USU in 2012, Zane has led an extraordinary research program and secured more than $180 million in sponsored research funding.
"It's an honor to be recognized by my colleagues for this prestigious fellowship," said Zane. "This designation is a direct reflection on the quality and achievements of my students over the past 25 years. It further demonstrates that our research and teaching programs are producing the highest qualified and capable graduates who then go on to create meaningful impacts through their engineering careers."
Zane himself has a long list of accomplishments and teaching awards. He is the founding director of the Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification, known as ASPIRE. Headquartered at Utah State University, ASPIRE is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center involving 10 universities, four national labs, more than 85 faculty and staff, 300 students and over 60 industry and innovation partners around the globe.
Zane holds the David G. and Diann L. Sant Endowed Professorship in USU's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he founded the USU Power Electronics Lab, the Electric Vehicle and Roadway research facility and test track, and the Battery Limits and Survivability Test lab. Since joining USU in 2012, he has secured over $180 million in sponsored research funding and has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles. He also holds 39 patents with nine more in development. He has graduated 38 master's and Ph.D. students who now work in engineering leadership roles in Utah and around the world and currently advises nine Ph.D. students. In addition, he has mentored dozens of undergraduate students pursuing specialized training.
His programs maintain a strong emphasis on collaboration with academic, government and industry partners to develop and transition innovative technologies into the marketplace. His research programs cover key aspects of electrified transportation charging systems and infrastructure. Additional research topics include wireless power transfer, control of series/parallel input/output converters, high efficiency, high frequency, high power density, and high performance dc-dc, ac-dc, dc-ac power converters, ac and dc microgrids, battery management systems, drivers for LEDs and discharge lamps in energy efficient lighting systems, active stability control and adaptive tuning in multi-input, multi-output converter systems, active converter and system health monitoring, power integrated circuit design, and low-power energy harvesting.
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Writer: Matt Jensen, 435-797-8170, matthew.jensen@usu.edu
Contact: Dr. Regan Zane, 435-797-9118, regan.zane@usu.edu