University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Brandon Grainger is currently an Eaton faculty fellow, associate professor and Director of the Electric Power Technologies Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), Swanson School of Engineering. He is also the associate director of the Energy GRID Institute and Co-Director of Pitt AMPED. Dr. Grainger is one of the co-architects of the electric power program at Pitt that started in the fall of 2008.
Grainger holds a PhD in electrical engineering (with a specialization in power conversion), master’s degree in electrical engineering and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (with minor in electrical engineering) all from Pitt. He was one of the first original R.K. Mellon graduate student fellows through the Center for Energy. He also obtained an executive education certificate from Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business.
Dr. Grainger’s research interests are in electric power conversion, medium to high voltage power electronics (HVDC and STATCOM), general power electronic converter design (topology, controller design, magnetics), resonant converters and high power density design, power semiconductor evaluation (SiC and GaN), aerospace power conversion systems, EV motor drives, solid state transformer design, and optimized magnetic components.
Dr. Grainger has either worked or interned for ABB Corporate Research in Raleigh, NC; ANSYS Inc. in Southpointe, PA; Mitsubishi Electric in Warrendale, PA; Siemens Industry in New Kensington, PA; and has regularly volunteered at Eaton’s Power Systems Experience Center in Warrendale, PA designing electrical demonstrations. In his career thus far, he has contributed to 110+ articles in the general area of electric power conversion and all of which have been published through the IEEE, ASEE or ASNE. He also has one patent and edited one research textbook.
Dr. Grainger is a senior member of the IEEE and technical program committee chair IEEE ECCE in 2022.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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