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Biodata of Sudip K. Mazumder, Senior Member IEEE |
851 S. Morgan St, MC: 154 |
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Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng. |
Chicago, IL 60607-7053 |
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Director, Laboratory for Energy & Switching-electronics Systems |
Ph: 312-355-1315 |
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University of Illinois, Chicago |
E-mail: mazumder@ece.uic.edu |
Education
2001 Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia
Tech., Blacksburg, Virginia
1993 M.S., Electrical Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York
Professional Experience
2006- Associate Professor (tenured), ECE Department, University of Illinois, Chicago
2004 (Summer) Faculty Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
2003- Honor’s College Fellow, University of Illinois, Chicago
2001 Assistant Professor, ECE Department, University of Illinois, Chicago
1997 ONR Research Scholar, Center for Power Electronics
Systems (NSF Center), Blacksburg, Virginia
1996 Senior R&D Engineer,
R&D Electricals (Power Electronics), Crompton Greaves, Mumbai, India
1994 R&D Engineer, Kollmorgen Motion Technology
Group, Radford, Virginia
1992 Research Assistant,
Electrical Power Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
1989 Design Engineer, AC Machines Drives Division, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hardwar, India
Research Expertise and Interests
Renewable/alternative energy based power-conditioning systems and distributed generation
Interactive power-electronic/power networks
All silicon carbide (SiC) based robust and efficient high-frequency converters
Photonically-triggered power devices and systems-on-chips and packages for next-generation power electronics
Awards and Achievements
2008 Faculty Research Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activities at the Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
2007 Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking
2006 Diamond Award, for Outstanding Research Performance at University of Illinois, Chicago
2005 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge Award - 1st among U.S. universities
2005 Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
2003 CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
2003 Best Paper in a Session at the IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON)
2002 Prize Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
1997 Part of team that developed India’s first direct-torque-control based sensorless/ sensorbased universal drive
1984 Olympiad Award for
outstanding performance in mathematics, Mathematical Society of India
1983 National Merit Scholar (ranked 9th out of 250,000 students), India
Editorships
2006- Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Power Management Electronics
2003- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
2005- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Engineering
2002-2005 Associate Editor, IEEE Power Electronics Letters
Panel Reviews
2006 AAAS Panel Reviewer on Alternative Energy Systems
2005 (June and July) NSF Panel Reviewer for Networking Technology and Systems (NETS) on two panels
2005 U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Reviewer
2004 NSF Panel Reviewer on
Sensors and Networks
Professional Services External to the University of Illinois, Chicago
2008 Topic Chair, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
2008 NSF Panel Member, 2008 IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference, Pittsburgh
2008 International Program Committee Member, International Conf. on Power & Energy Systems (EuroPES’08)
2008 IPCC Session Chair on Alternative Energy and Control, IEEE Industrial Applications Society Conference
2001- Reviewer, 10 IEEE and other Tier-one Peer Reviewed International Journals and Conferences
2007 Program Committee Member, Electro/Information Technology Conference
2007 Tutorial Chair, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
2007 Session Chair, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
2006 Session Chair, IEEE International Power Electronics, Drives, and Energy Systems Conference
2005 International Steering Committee Member for IEEE International Conf. on Industrial Electronics Technology
2004 IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Administrative Committee Member
2002-2007 International Steering Committee Member, IEEE International Power Electronics Congress
2003 Special Session Organizer on
Fuel Cell Power Systems, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference
2002, 2004 Session Chair, IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference
2002, 2003 Session Organizer
for Motor Drives, IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference
2001-2003 Session Chair, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
2002 Session Chair, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference
2003, 2004, 2007 Consultant for Stadheim & Gear Limited, S&C Electric, QorTek Drive, and iWatt
Professional Services Internal to the University of Illinois, Chicago
2001- A state-of-the art power electronics laboratory (Laboratory for Energy and Switching-electronics Systems)
has been developed by Prof. S.K. Mazumder at the University of Illinois, Chicago with advanced facilities and equipments for carrying out power electronics research in alternative/renewable energy systems, power/ power-electronic networks, and power semiconductor devices
2007-2010 Faculty Senate Member
2007- Advisory Committee Member, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007 Developed a PhD Qualifier area in power electronics and electric circuits (probably first of its kind in USA)
2004- Honor's College Fellow
2007- Chair, ECE Computer Committee
2007- ECE Ph.D. Qualifier Committee for Power Electronics and Electric Circuits
2001- ECE Ph.D. Qualifier Committee for Controls
2001- Undergraduate student
advising for Senior-design, Honor, and Undergraduate-research projects
2001- Graduate student Academic Research Advising for M.S. and Ph.D. students
2006-2007 Chair, ECE Electronic Laboratory Committee
2007- Chair, ECE PhD Qualifier Committee on Electric Circuits and Power Electronics
2006 ECE Co-chair of College of Engineering Space Committee (appointed by the Dean)
2004-2005 Advisory Committee
Member, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2004- Faculty Lead, IEEE International Future Energy Challenge Team
2004, 2005 Judge for Senior Design Exposition
2003-2004 Chair, Graduate Subcommittee on Electric Circuits
2003-2004 Chair, Undergraduate Subcommittee on Electric Circuits
2003-2005 Member, Electronics Instructional Laboratory Committee
2004-2006 Research and Technical support for Proctor and Gamble
power-management project
2002-2005 Member, ECE Departmental Web Committee
2002-2003 Member, Student Scholarship Committee
Graduate Students (underlined: Mazumder is the Advisor; else, he is a Committee Member)
2003 K. Acharya, MS, first placement PhD student UIC
2003 R.K. Burra, MS, first placement PhD student UIC
2003 M. Gelmi, MS, Advisor: G. Piccinnini
2003 S. Haggag, PhD, Advisor: S. Cetinkunt
2004 A. Lokhandwala, MS, first placement International Rectifier
2004 S.L. Kamisetty, MS, first placement Servo Tech. Inc
2004 W. Gaiotto, MS, Advisor: C. Casetti
2005 D. Rancruel, PhD, Advisor: M. von Spakovsky
2005 O. Kovalenko, PhD, Advisor: D. Liu
2005 E. Zordan, MS, Advisor: F. Amirouche
2006 R.K. Burra, PhD, first placement General Electric Global Research Center
2007 S. Pradhan, PhD, first placement Philips
2007 C.M. Tan, MS, first placement Eagle Test Inc.
2008 M. Tahir, PhD, Expected Month of Degree Completion September
2008 K. Acharya, PhD, Expected Month of Degree Completion December
2008 T. Sarkar, PhD, Expected Month of Degree Completion December
2008 R. Huang, PhD, Expected Month of Degree Completion December
2009 P. Jedraszczak, MS, Expected Month of Degree Completion June
1. S.K. Mazumder, R.K. Burra, and K. Acharya, “A novel efficient and reliable dc/ac converter for fuel cell power conditioning”, USPTO Patent Application# 20050141248, September 2004. (A California based Automotive Company has reached an agreement with UIC regarding the “exclusive” licensing of this technology)
2. G. Biyalacki and S.K. Mazumder, “Room monitoring and lighting system”, USPTO Patent # 7268682, awarded in September 2007. (Joint patent between Consumer Safety Innovation and UIC)
3. S.K. Mazumder and T. Sarkar, “Optically-triggered power system and devices”, Patent Application USPTO PCT/US2006/024839, filed on June 23, 2006. Original provisional patent application filed CY083 filed in September 2005. (Under consideration for licensing by a leading aerospace company)
4. S.K. Mazumder, S. Pradhan, and R.K. Burra, “A novel power-management control for fuel cell power conditioning system”, USPTO PCT Application #CZ029, November 2005.
5. S.K. Mazumder, “Hybrid modulation of multiphase (fuel cell) converter”, Provisional Patent filed to the USPTO, December 2007.
1. S.K. Mazumder, “Fuel-cell power electronics for distributed generation”, Book Chapter in Power electronics handbook, Editor M.H. Rashid, Academic Press, Burlington, Massachusetts, pp. 717-736, 2007.
2. S.K. Mazumder, “Fuel cell power-conditioning systems”, Book Chapter in Recent trends in fuel cell science and technology, Editor S.K. Basu, Springer, New York, pp. 332-351, 2007.
3. S.K. Mazumder, T. Sarkar, M. Dutta, and M. Mazzola, “Photoconductive devices for power electronics”, Electrical Engineering Handbook, 3rd Edition, Taylor and Francis, pp. 943-958, 2005.
4. S.K. Mazumder, “Nonlinear control of switching power systems”, Electrical Engineering Handbook, 3rd Edition, Taylor and Francis, pp. 959-971, 2005.
5. S.K. Mazumder and A.H. Nayfeh, Nonlinear analysis and control of switching power converters, Springer, publication expected in 2008.
International Keynote Lectures/ Plenary Papers/ Invited Papers/ Tutorials
1. S.K. Mazumder, “High performance inverters for alternative energy systems”, Invited Tutorial, IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference, May 2008.
2. S.K. Mazumder, “A novel hybrid modulation scheme for an isolated high-frequency-link fuel cell inverter”, Invited NSF Panel Presentation, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Pittsburgh, 2008.
3. S.K. Mazumder, “Global stability methodology for switching power converters”, Invited Tutorial, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 2007. To be presented also at the EPE 2008 and IAS 2008 Conferences as Invited Tutorials.
4. S.K. Mazumder, “A ripple-mitigating and energy-efficient fuel cell power-conditioning system”, Invited Presentation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, February 2007.
5. S.K. Mazumder, “Photonically-triggered power semiconductor devices for EMI-immune power electronics”, Keynote Lecture, IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics, Chennai, India, December 2006.
6. S.K. Mazumder et al., “Optically-triggered power transistor (OTPT) for fly-by-light (FBL) and EMI-susceptible power electronics”, Plenary Paper, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1-8, 2006.
7. S.K. Mazumder, “A ripple-mitigating and energy-efficient fuel cell power-conditioning system”, Invited Presentation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida, January 2006.
8. S.K. Mazumder, “Fuel cell power conditioner for stationary power system: towards optimal design from reliability, efficiency, and cost standpoint”, Keynote Lecture on fuel cell power electronics, ASME Third International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Yipsilanti, Michigan, May 23-25, 2005.
9. S.K. Mazumder, “Nonlinear analysis of interactive power-electronic networks”, Plenary Paper, IEEE 9th International Power Electronics Congress (CIEP), Celaya, Mexico, pp: 21-27, 2004.
10. M.R. von Spakovsky, D. Nelson, and D. Rancruel, S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, C. Haynes, and R. Williams, “Investigation of system and component performance and interaction issues for solid-oxide fuel cell based auxiliary power units responding to changes in application load”, Invited Paper, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, 2003.
11. S.K. Mazumder, “Complex interactions of power electronics building block systems”, Distinguished Lecture Series, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, January 2002.
12. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Nonlinear analysis of power-electronic converters: towards stable distributed power systems”, Invited Paper, International Conference on Energy, Automation, and Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, 2001.
13. A.H. Nayfeh and S.K. Mazumder, “Power-electronics converters: a field rich in discontinuities”, Invited Paper, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Pittsburgh, USA, 2001.
14. S.K. Mazumder, “Next generation power-electronic systems”, Invited Lecture, International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, and Information Communication, University of Calcutta, India, 2001.
List of Invited Industry/ Federal Agency/ National Laboratory Presentations
1. S.K. Mazumder, “All-SiC bidirectional dc/dc converter for plug-in-hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs)”, Invited Presentation, Department of Energy Headquarters, October 2007.
2. S.K. Mazumder, “A high-power high-frequency and scalable multi-megawatt fuel-cell inverter for power quality and distributed generation”, Invited Presentation at the High Megawatt Converter Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Maryland, January 24, 2007.
3. S.K. Mazumder, “Robust and intelligent distributed wireless control for interactive power networks”, Invited Presentation, National Science Foundation Workshop at the Tuskegee University, June 13-15, 2006.
4. S.K. Mazumder, “MW fuel-cell inverters: possibilities and issues”, Invited Presentation, Department of Energy Headquarters, Germantown, Maryland, May 10, 2006.
5. S.K. Mazumder, “Wireless control of spatially distributed power electronics systems”, Invited Presentation, Office of Naval Research and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Baltimore, Maryland, August 2005.
6. S.K. Mazumder, “Power-electronics modeling and electrical-feedback effects on SOFC”, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, July 2004.
7. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, M.R. von Spakovsky, D. Nelson, D. Rancruel, S. Subramanian, C. Haynes, R. Williams, J. Hartvigsen, S. Elangovan, and C. Mckintyre, “Modeling, interaction analyses, and control and optimization of SOFC power-conditioning system”, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, West Virginia, February 2004.
8. S.K. Mazumder, “Power electronics for aerospace industry”, Hamilton Sunstrand, Rockford, Illinois, January 2004.
9. S.K. Mazumder, “An investigation to resolve the interaction between SOFC, power electronics, balance-of-plant system, and application loads”, Cummins Power Generation and Delphi, April 2003 and June 2003.
10. S.K. Mazumder, “Collaborative opportunities for power electronics”, S&C Electric, Chicago, Illinois, February 2002.
11. S.K. Mazumder, “Collaborative opportunities in power-electronics”, Emerson, Illinois, 2002.
12. S.K. Mazumder and K. Shenai, “Component reliability in parallel dc/dc converters”, New York, IBM, December 2001.
International Refereed Journals and Letters (Total: 26, IEEE: 19, IEE: 1, Microelectronics: 1, ASME: 1, JVC: 2, Springer: 1, IISc: 1)
1. K. Xing, F.C. Lee, D. Boroyevich, Z. Ye, and S.K. Mazumder, “Interleaved PWM with discontinuous space-vector modulation”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 250-256, 1999.
2. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Theoretical and experimental investigation of the fast- and slow-scale instabilities of a dc/dc converter”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 201-216, 2001. (Received the Prize-paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics)
3. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Robust control of parallel dc/dc buck converters by combining integral-variable-structure and multiple-sliding-surface control schemes”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 17, no. 3 , pp. 428-437, 2002.
4. S.K. Mazumder and A.H. Nayfeh, “A new approach to the stability analysis of boost power-factor-correction circuits”, Special Issue on Nonlinear Controls and Dynamics, Journal of Vibrations and Control, vol. 9, pp. 749-773, 2003.
5. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Nonlinear analysis of parallel dc/dc converters”, Special Issue on Nonlinear Controls and Dynamics, Journal of Vibrations and Control, vol. 9, pp. 775-789, 2003.
6. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “An investigation into the fast- and slow-scale instabilities of a single phase bidirectional boost converter”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1063-1069, 2003.
7. S.K. Mazumder, “A novel discrete control strategy for independent stabilization of parallel three-phase boost converters by combining space-vector modulation with variable-structure control”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1070-1083, 2003.
8. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, C. Haynes, R. Williams, M.R. von Spakovsky, D. Nelson, D. Rancruel, J. Hartvigsen, and R. Gemmen, “Solid-oxide-fuel-cell performance and durability: resolution of the effects of power-conditioning systems and application loads”, Special Issue, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1263-1278, 2004.
9. S.K. Mazumder and S.L. Kamisetty, Design and experimental validation of a multiphase VRM controller, IEE Journal on Electric Power Applications, vol. 152, no. 5, pp. 1076-1084, 2005.
10. S.K. Mazumder, “Continuous and discrete variable-structure controls for parallel three-phase boost rectifier”, Special Issue, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 340-355, 2005.
11. R.K. Burra, S.K. Mazumder, and R. Huang, “Dv/dt related spurious gate turn-on of bidirectional switches in a high-frequency cycloconverter”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1237-1243, 2005.
12. S.K. Mazumder, M. Tahir, and S.L. Kamisetty, “Wireless PWM control of a parallel dc/dc buck converter”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1280-1286, 2005.
13. S.K. Mazumder, “Stability analysis of parallel dc/dc converters using nonlinear approach”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronics, vol. 42, no. 1, January 2006.
14. A.M. Lokhandwala and S.K.Mazumder, “A smart power ASIC (SPIC) for a distributed power system”, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, vol. 86, pp. 293-313, 2006.
15. S. Pradhan, S.K. Mazumder, J. Hartvigsen, and M. Hollist, “Effects of electrical feedbacks on planar solid-oxide fuel cell”, ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, pp. 154-166, May 2007.
16. T. Sarkar and S.K. Mazumder, “Epitaxial design and sensitivity studies for optically-triggered GaAs-AlGaAs superjunction heterostructure power device”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 589-600, 2007.
17. T. Sarkar and S.K. Mazumder, “Dynamic power density, wavelength, and switching time modulation of optically-triggered power transistor (OTPT) performance parameters”, Microelectronics Journal, vol. 38, pp. 285-298, 2007.
18. S.K. Mazumder, S. Pradhan, J. Hartvigsen, D. Rancruel, and M.R. von Spakovsky, “Investigation of load-transient mitigation techniques for planar solid-oxide fuel cell (PSOFC) power-conditioning systems”, IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 457-466, 2007.
19. S.K. Mazumder, R.K. Burra, and K. Acharya, “A ripple-mitigating and energy-efficient fuel cell power-conditioning system”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1437 – 1452, July 2007.
20. S.K. Mazumder, M. Tahir, and K. Acharya, “Master-slave current-sharing control of a parallel dc-dc over a RF Communication Interface”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 59-66, 2008.
21. S.K. Mazumder and K. Acharya, “Multiple Lyapunov function based reaching criteria for orbital existence of switching power converters”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, accepted for publication on May 2008.
22. K. Acharya, S.K. Mazumder, and I. Basu, “Reaching criterion of a three-phase voltage source inverter operating with passive and nonlinear loads and its impact on global stability”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, accepted for publication on August 2008.
23. M. Tahir and S.K. Mazumder, “Markov chain model for performance analysis of transmitter power control in contention based wireless MAC protocol”, Springer Telecommunication Systems Special Issue on Advances in Modelling and Evaluation of Communication Systems, accepted for publication in 2008.
24. M. Tahir and S.K. Mazumder, “Delay constrained optimal resource utilization of wireless networks for distributed control systems”, IEEE Communication Letters, accepted for publication in 2008.
25. S.K. Mazumder, C.M. Tan, and K. Acharya, “Design of a radio-frequency controlled parallel all-SiC dc/dc converter unit”, IEEE Power Transactions on Power Electronics, provisionally accepted, 2008.
26. S.K. Mazumder, R. Huang, and K. Acharya, “Wireless-position-sensing based motor speed control”, IEEE Power Electronics Letters, accepted, 2008.
International Refereed Journals and Letters In Review or To-be-submitted for Review
1. M. Tahir and S.K. Mazumder, “Distributed realization of sub-gradient algorithm for optimal rate and delay allocations in wireless control networks”, Letter, submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2008.
2. S.K. Mazumder and S. Pradhan, “Efficient and robust power management of reduced cost distributed power electronics for fuel-cell power system”, ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, in review.
3. S.K. Mazumder, R. Huang, M. Tahir, K. Acharya, and R.K. Burra, “A 1 kW high efficient universal grid-connected fuel cell converter for residential application”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, to be submitted for review.
4. C.M. Tan and S.K. Mazumder, “Design of a hybrid controller ASIC for a VRM using 90 nm CMOS process”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, to be submitted for review.
5. S.K. Mazumder, S. Pradhan, J. Hartvigsen, D. Rancruel, M. von Spakovsky, and M. Khaleel, “A multidiscipline and multi-rate modeling framework for planar solid-oxide fuel cell based power-conditioning system for vehicular auxiliary power unit (APU)”, Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, in review.
6. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, and M. Tahir, “Network reconfiguration of distributed controlled homogenous power inverter network using composite Lyapunov function based reachability bound”, The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, in review.
International Refereed Conference Papers
1. S.K. Mazumder, “Complete mathematical analysis of ripple current as a function of the modulation index for direct indirect and bus clamped space vector modulation techniques [motor drives]”, IEEE Electric Machines and Drives Conference Record, pp. TC2/10.1-TC2/10.3, 1997.
2. S.K. Mazumder, “DSP based implementation of a PWM ac/dc/ac converter using space vector modulation with primary emphasis on the analysis of the practical problems involved”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 306-312, 1997.
3. S.K. Mazumder, “DSP based implementation of a new V/F control scheme based on non-conventional space vector modulation for better dynamic response, smooth transition to overmodulation region and operation without line voltage sensors”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 791-795, 1998.
4. Z. Ye, K. Xing, S.K. Mazumder, F.C. Lee, and D. Boroyevich, “Modeling and control of parallel three-phase PWM boost rectifiers in PEBB-based dc distributed power systems”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 1126-1132, 1998.
5. K. Xing, S.K. Mazumder, Z. Ye, F.C. Lee, and D. Boroyevich, “The circulating current in paralleled three-phase boost PFC rectifiers”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 783-789, 1998.
6. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “New sensorless control of three-phase bi-directional converter using space-vector modulation”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 783-788, 1999.
7. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Development of integral-variable-structure control schemes for parallel-buck and parallel-boost dc/dc converters”, IEEE Telecommunications Energy Conference, pp. 82-89, 2000.
8. S.K. Mazumder, M. Alfayyoummi, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “A theoretical and experimental investigation of the nonlinear dynamics of dc/dc converters”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 729-734, 2000.
9. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “A nonlinear approach to the analysis of stability and dynamics of standalone and parallel dc/dc converters”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 784-790, 2001.
10. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Stability analysis of parallel dc/dc converters using a nonlinear approach”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1283-1288, 2001.
11. A.H. Nayfeh and S.K. Mazumder, “Power-electronics converters: a field rich in discontinuities”, 18th Biennial ASME Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, DETC2001/VIB-21621, Pittsburgh, 2001.
12. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Nonlinear analysis of power-electronic converters: towards stable distributed power systems”, Invited Paper, International Conference on Energy, Automation, and Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, 2001. (CD publication, no page numbers available)
13. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “A novel approach to the control of parallel three-phase boost converters that combines space-vector modulation with variable-structure control”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 1031-1037, 2002.
14. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “Comparison of nonlinear and linear control schemes for independent stabilization of parallel multi-phase converters”, IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, pp. 552 -558, 2002.
15. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, A novel approach to predict the instabilities and analyze the dynamics of a single phase bidirectional boost converter”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1711-1716, 2002.
16. S.K. Mazumder, A.H. Nayfeh, and D. Boroyevich, “A nonlinear control scheme for independent stabilization of a parallel multi-phase boost converter by blocking pure zero-sequence current”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1401-1406, 2002.
17. S.K. Mazumder and K. Shenai, “On the reliability of distributed power systems: a macro- to microlevel overview using a parallel dc/dc converter”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 809-814, 2002.
18. A.M. Lokhandwala and S.K. Mazumder, “A novel smart power ASIC (SPIC) for integrated control of cascaded power converters”, VLSI, pp. 155-161, 2003.
19. K. Acharya, S.K. Mazumder, R. Burra, C. Haynes, and R.Williams, “System interaction analyses of solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power-conditioning system”, IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, pp. 2026-2032, 2003.
20. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, R. Burra, M.R. von Spakovsky, D.J. Nelson, D. Rancruel, C. Haynes, and R.Williams, Development of a comprehensive simulation platform to investigate system interactions among solid-oxide fuel cell, power-conditioning systems, and application loads”, ASME Proceedings on First International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, pp. FUELCELL2003-1706, April 21-23, 2003.
21. M.R. von Spakovsky, D. Nelson, and D. Rancruel, S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, C. Haynes, and R. Williams, “Investigation of system and component performance and interaction issues for solid-oxide fuel cell based auxiliary power units responding to changes in application load”, Invited Paper, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, pp. 1574-1579, 2003. (Received Certificate for Best Paper in a Session)
22. S.L. Kamisetty and S.K. Mazumder, “Hybrid nonlinear controller for multiphase VRM”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, pp. 574-579, 2003.
23. K. Acharya, S.K. Mazumder, C. Haynes, and R.Williams, “Solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power-conditioning systems interaction analyses: resolution of the electrical-feedback effects on performance and durability”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 1515-1520, 2004.
24. R.K. Burra and S.K. Mazumder, “A low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) distributed power system for residential utility”, ASME Second International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, pp. FUELCELL2004-2463, June 2004.
25. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, S. Pradhan, C. Haynes, R. Williams, M.R. von Spakovsky, D. Nelson, D. Rancruel, J. Hartvigsen, and R. Gemmen, “Energy-buffering and control techniques for load transient mitigation of solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power conditioning system (PCS)”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 4749-4754, 2004.
26. S.K. Mazumder and S.L. Kamisetty, “Experimental validation of a novel multiphase nonlinear VRM controller”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 2114-2120, 2004.
27. T. Sarkar and S.K. Mazumder, “Amplitude, pulse-width, and wavelength modulation of a novel optically-triggered power DMOS”, accepted for publication, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 3004-3008, 2004.
28. A.M. Lokhandwala and S.K. Mazumder, “Discrete validation of a smart power ASIC (SPIC) for a distributed power system”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 3721-3727, 2004.
29. R.K. Burra, S.K. Mazumder, and R. Huang, “A low-cost fuel-cell power electronic system for residential loads”, IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference, pp. 468-473, 2004.
30. S.K. Mazumder, M. Tahir, and S.L. Kamisetty, “Wireless PWM control”, Power Systems World Conference, 2004. (CD publication)
31. S.K. Mazumder and S.L. Kamisetty, “A novel multiphase VRM controller”, Power Systems World Conference, 2004. (CD publication)
32. T. Sarkar and S.K. Mazumder, “Steady-state and switching characteristics of an optically-triggered power transistor (OTPT)”, Power Systems World Conference, 2004. (CD publication)
33. S.K. Mazumder, “Nonlinear analysis of interactive power-electronic networks”, Plenary Paper, IEEE International Power Electronics Congress (CIEP), pp. 21-27, 2004.
34. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, and M. Tahir, “Wireless control of spatially distributed power electronics”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, pp. 75-81, 2005.
35. S.K. Mazumder, “Fuel cell power conditioner for stationary power system: towards optimal design from reliability, efficiency, and cost standpoint”, Keynote Paper, ASME Third International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Yipsilanti, Michigan, FUELCELL2005-74178, May 23-25, 2005.
36. S.K. Mazumder and T. Sarkar, “A new paradigm in power electronics: feasibility of photonically switched power systems”, IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, accepted and in press for publication, 2005.
37. S.K. Mazumder and T. Sarkar, “Optically-triggered power transistor (OTPT) for fly-by-light (FBL) and EMI-susceptible power electronics”, Plenary Paper, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1-8, 2006.
38. K. Acharya, M. Tahir, and S.K. Mazumder, “Fault-tolerant wireless network control of load-sharing multiphase interactive power networks”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1167-1174, 2006.
39. S.K. Mazumder and K. Acharya, “Multiple Lyapunov function based reaching condition analyses of switching power converters”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 2232-2239, 2006.
40. S.K. Mazumder and R. Huang, “A high-power high-frequency and scalable multi-megawatt fuel-cell inverter for power quality and distributed generation”, IEEE Power Electronics, Drives, and Energy Systems Conference, pp. 1 - 5, December 2006.
41. M. Tahir and S.K. Mazumder, “Improving throughput-delay performance by merged packet routing in wirelessly controlled interactive power networks”, accepted for publication, in The IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007.
42. M. Tahir and S.K. Mazumder, “Markov chain model for performance analysis of transmitter power control in wireless MAC protocol: towards delay minimization in power-network control”, accepted for publication, in The IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-07), Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007. (Received Prize-paper Award)
43. S.K. Mazumder and R. Huang, “A high-power high-frequency and scalable multi-megawatt SiC based inverter for power quality and distributed generation”, IEEE Power Electronics Drives & Energy Systems, pp. 1-5, 2006.
44. S.K. Mazumder, C. Tan, and K. Acharya, “Design of a radio frequency controlled parallel dc-dc all-SiC converter”, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 2007.
45. S.K. Mazumder, S. Pradhan, J. Hartvigsen, D. Rancruel, M. von Spakovsky, and M. Khaleel, “A multidiscipline and multi-rate modeling framework for planar solid-oxide fuel cell based power-conditioning system for vehicular APU”, Summer Computer Simulation Conference, San Diego, July 2007.
46. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, and M. Tahir, “Network reconfiguration of distributed controlled homogenous power inverter network using composite Lyapunov function based reachability bound”, Summer Computer Simulation Conference, San Diego, July 2007.
47. S.K. Mazumder, K. Acharya, and M. Tahir, “Pseudo-decentralized control-communication optimization framework for microgrid: a case illustration”, IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference, Chicago, April 2008.
48. S.K. Mazumder, “A novel hybrid modulation scheme for an isolated high-frequency-link fuel cell inverter”, Invited NSF Panel Paper, accepted for publication, IEEE Power Engineering Society Conf., Pittsburgh, 2008.
49. R. Huang and S.K. Mazumder, “An isolated soft-switching three-phase inverter with six-pulse modulated pulsating dc link”, accepted and in press, IEEE Industry Applications Society Conference, Alberta, Canada, 2008.
50. K. Acharya and S.K. Mazumder, “Optimal sequence-based control of switching power converters with periodic disturbances”, in review, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Rhodes, Greece, 2008.
51. S.K. Mazumder et al., “Single-stage low-cost and energy-efficient isolated phase-shifted high-frequency inverter followed by a forced cycloconverter for universal residential fuel cell power system”, accepted and in press, IEEE Electro/Information Technology, 2008.
52. S.K. Mazumder et al., “A low-cost single-stage isolated differential Cuk inverter for fuel cell application”, accepted and in press, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Rhodes, Greece, 2008.