Enabling Solid State Transformer with 3.3kv - 15kV SiC Devices

Subhashish Bhattacharya

Distinguished Professor

North Carolina State University

Subhashish Bhattacharya is currently Duke Energy Distinguished Professor in the Department of ECE at NC State University. He received B.E. from University of Roorkee [IIT-Roorkee], India, M.E. from IISc, Bangalore, India, and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, all in electrical engineering. He was with FACTS and Power Quality Division at Westinghouse R&D and Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, from 1998 to 2005. He joined NCSU in August 2005, where he is a founding faculty member of NSF FREEDM Center, ATEC, and DoE PowerAmerica Institute. His research interests are Solid-State Transformers with HV SiC devices, Integration of renewable energy resources, Microgrids, high-frequency magnetics, active filters, and the application of new power semiconductor devices such as SiC and GaN for power converters. His research is funded by several industries, NSF, DoE/ARPA-E, Navy, NASA, and others. He has over 900 publications, 12 patents, H-index of 80, and 27,300+ citations.