Utah State University
Aditya Zade received the B.Tech. degree from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, India, in 2015, and the M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, in 2018, both in electrical engineering. Since Fall 2021, he has been pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with the Power Electronics Department of Utah State University and ASPIRE NSF Engineering Research Center, Logan, UT, USA.
From 2018 to 2021, he worked as a Senior Research Engineer and Deputy Manager at Hind Rectifiers Limited, India. He has worked on the development of a 500 kVA locomotive converter, a 21 kW wireless EV charging system, a 5 kW multi-port system with high-frequency integrated magnetics, and converter-based emulation of 5 kVA passive loads for anti-islanding tests. His research interests include the design, modeling, and control of power converters (ac-dc, dc-dc), EV battery charging systems, and wide band-gap SiC/GaN-based converters.
Mr. Zade was awarded a gold medal during his master’s program and received the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) 2024 Best Presentation Award. Additionally, he mentored an undergraduate team from Utah State University that won first place in the IEEE International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) 2022.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
4:20 PM – 4:40 PM ET
Thursday, March 20, 2025
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET