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John Zheng Shen

Director, Professor, Graduate Student Supervisor
Mechatronic Systems Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 1994
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 1991
  • B.S. in Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 1987

Biography

Over 30 years of academic, industrial, and entrepreneurial experience in the field of power electronics, power semiconductor devices, renewable energy systems, fault protection of DC and AC microgrids, and transportation electrification.

Over 300 journal and conference papers (received two IEEE Transaction Prize Paper awards), several book chapters, and 18 granted U.S. patents.

Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors and Fellow of IEEE in 2010. Recipient of the 2012 IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award, the 2012 E. T. Walton Fellowship from Science Foundation of Ireland, the 2003 NSF CAREER Award, the 1996 Motorola Science and Technology Award, and the 2020 Illinois Institute of Technology Senior Faculty Sigma Xi Research Award.

Served the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) in various capacities including Vice President of Products, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, Chair of PELS Distinguished Lecturers Program, Guest Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, Guest Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, general chair, technical program chair, or organizing committee member of over 30 international conferences.

Research Interests

  • Power electronics
  • Power semiconductor devices and ICs
  • Fault protection in microgrids
  • Renewable and alternative energy systems
  • Intelligent systems

Teaching Interests

  • Electronics
  • Power electronics
  • Sensors and actuators

Recently Taught Courses

  • Advanced power electronics, electronics, circuit analysis, renewable energies, advanced power semiconductor devices, sensors and actuators, vehicular electronics

Selected Recent Publications

  • Yuanfeng Zhou; Yanjun Feng; Nikolay Shatalov; Risha N; Z. John Shen, "An Ultra-Efficient DC Hybrid Circuit Breaker Architecture Based on Transient Commutation Current Injection," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2021
  • Parham Hekmati; Ian P. Brown; Z. John Shen, "Open Circuit Switch Fault Detection in Flying Capacitor and Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converters," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 11, 2021
  • Jun Ge; Zhikang Shuai; Chunming Tu; An Luo; Z. John Shen, "Flexible Control Strategy for Enhancing Power Injection Capability of Three-Phase Four-Wire Inverter During Asymmetrical Grid Faults," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 8, 2021
  • Zishun Peng; Jun Wang; Zeng Liu; Zongjian Li; Daming Wang; Yuxing Dai; Guoqiang Zeng; Z. John Shen, "Adaptive Gate Delay-Time Control of Si/SiC Hybrid Switch for Efficiency Improvement in Inverters," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2021
  • Zishun Peng; Jun Wang; Hengyu Yu; Jianjun Chen; Zhong Zeng; Xin Yang; Z. John Shen, "Online Junction Temperature Measurement for SiC MOSFET Based on Dynamic Threshold Voltage Extraction," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2021
  • Yanjun Feng, Xin Zhou, Slobodon Krstic, Yuanfeng Zhou, and Z. John Shen, "Molded Case Electronically Assisted Circuit Breaker (EACB) for DC Power Distribution Systems," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2021
  • Yuanfeng Zhou, Yanjun Feng, Risha Na, and Z. John Shen, "GaN-Based Tri-Mode Intelligent Solid-State Circuit Breakers for Low-Voltage DC Power Networks," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2021
  • Yang Li; Zhikang Shuai; Junbin Fang; Xiangyang Wu; Z. John Shen, "Small-Signal Stability Analysis Method for Hybrid AC-DC Systems with Multiple DC Buses," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2021
  • Yang Li; Zhikang Shuai; Xuan Liu; Zuyi Li; Yi Hong; Z. John Shen, "Stability Analysis and Location Optimization Method for Multiconverter Power Systems Based on Nodal Admittance Matrix," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2021
  • Lili He; Zhikang Shuai; Xu Chu; Wen Huang; Yu Feng; Z. John Shen, "Waveform Difference Feature-Based Protection Scheme for Islanded Microgrids," IEEE Tran. Smart Grid, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2021
  • Yelun Peng; Zhikang Shuai; Xuan Liu; Zuyi Li; Josep M. Guerrero; Z. John Shen "Modeling and Stability Analysis of Inverter-Based Microgrid Under Harmonic Conditions," IEEE Tran. Smart Grid, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2021
  • Zishun Peng; Jun Wang; Zeng Liu; Zongjian Li; Yuxing Dai; Guo-Qiang Zeng; Z. John Shen, "A Variable-Frequency Current-Dependent Switching Strategy to Improve Tradeoff between Efficiency and SiC MOSFET Overcurrent Stress in Si/SiC Hybrid Switch Based Inverters," IEEE Tran. Power Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2021

Courses

Future courses may be subject to change.

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