Princeton Power Electronics Research (PERL) Lab
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Minjie Chen Department of Electrical Engineering I am an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. I lead the Princeton Power Electronics Research Lab (PERL). You can find my Google Scholar Page & CV here. |
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Research Interests
Fundamentals of Power Electronics
Power Semiconductors
Magnetics Design and Integration
Circuit Topology
System Architecture
Control Theory
Power Electronics enabled Applications
Smart Grids
Robotics
Electric Vehicles
Telecom & Data Center Power Delivery
Medical Equipment
PPERL News
December 2017
Prof. Chen's proposal as a PI “Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) Bi-directional DC Power Delivery Architecture for Smart Homes” was selected for funding by Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership.
Prof. Chen's proposal as a co-PI “Engineering the Invisible: Probing the Limits of Solar Powered Com-Towers” was funded by American Tower through Princeton Andlinger Center.
November 2017
Our new patent “Switched-Capacitor Split Drive Transformer Power Conversion Circuit”, US patent No. 9,825,545 (with Prof. Khurram Afridi at and Prof. David Perreault) was issued on Nov. 21, 2017. More innovations coming!
Prof. Chen gave a speech about Transporation Electrification at the Andlinger Center E-ffiliates Annual Meeting. Lots of opportunities for power electronics in EVs and Transportation Electrification!
October 2017
Prof. Chen's paper - “A switched-winding transformer with low quiescent loss to meet the level VI efficiency standard at high power density” - was published at IEEE ECCE.
Dr. Ming Liu joins PPERL from University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute. Welcome, Ming!
September 2017
Prof. Chen's proposal as a co-PI - “Extreme Efficiency 240 VAC to Load Data Center Power Delivery Topologies and Control” - was selected for funding by DOE ARPA-E as part of the CIRCUITS program as a three-year project. This project is in collaboration with Prof. Robert Pilawa-Podgurski's at University of California Berkeley.
Fida Niway joins PPERL as an undergraduate working on his senior thesis about wireless power transfer. Welcome, Fida!
August 2017
Prof. Chen's proposal as a co-PI - “Electrification of Transportation for Energy Storage and Smart Mobility” - was seleted for funding in a recent Call for Proposals for Innovative Research in Energy and the Environment from Princeton Andlinger Center.
Minjie's journal paper - “A Systematic Approach to Modeling Impedances and Current Distribution in Planar Magnetics” - wins 1st Place Prize Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2016.
Abdul, Alex, and Fida's research on solar powered wireless charging platform for drones was featured on Princeton SEAS Webpage.
Ping Wang joins PPERL from Shanghai Jiaotong University. Welcome, Ping!
July 2017
Prof. Chen's paper - “Magnetics Design and Optimization for Tapped-Series-Capacitor (TSC) Power Converters” - was published at IEEE COMPEL.
June 2017
Abdulghafar Al Tair, Alex Ju and Fida Newaj join PPERL.
May 2017
Dr. Chen gave a speech about at the ExxonMobil Global Longer Range Research Meeting at Princeton
March 2017
PPERL's proposal - “Developing a Smart Energy Router for Flexible and Efficient DC Power Distribution in Smart Homes and Buildings” - wins Siebel Energy Institute 2017 Research Grant.
February 2017
Dr. Chen joins Princeton Department of Electrical Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment as an Assistant Professor