Princeton Power Electronics Research Lab

111B Andlinger Center, Princeton University

Principle Investigator

Portrait of Minjie Chen 

Minjie Chen
Associate Professor
217 Andlinger Center
609-258-7656
minjie@princeton.edu

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Princeton University

You can find my Google Scholar Page & CV here.

Here is a brief OVERVIEW of the research in our group.

Recent HIGHLIGHTS of the research in our group.

Current Members

Steven Zeng 

Steven Wenliang Zeng
Postdoc Researcher
wz6581@princeton.edu
Power Architecture, Power Magnetics, Power Management Integrated Circuits
From: University of Macau

Gyeong-Gu Kang 

Gyeong-Gu Kang
Postdoc Researcher
gk3021@princeton.edu
Power Architecture, Power Management Integrated Circuits
From: KAIST

Daniel Zhou 

Daniel Zhou
Graduate Student
dz8@princeton.edu
Advanced Control and Novel Magnetic Structures
From: University of Waterloo

Haoran Li 

Haoran Li
Graduate Student
haoranli@princeton.edu
Machine Learning and Magnetics Modeling
From: Tsinghua University

Mian Liao 

Mian Liao
Graduate Student
mianl@princeton.edu
Machine Learning and Control of Power Electronics
From: Virginia Tech

Tanuj Sen 

Tanuj Sen
Graduate Student
tsen@princeton.edu
High Power Radio Frequency Power Electronics
From: ETH Zurich & BITS Pilani

Hsin Cheng 

Hsin Cheng
Graduate Student
hsin@princeton.edu
Power Electronics Topologies and Digital Power Architecture
From: National Taiwan University

Shukai Wang 

Shukai Wang
Graduate Student
sw0123@princeton.edu
Data Driven Methods for Power Electronics
From: Michigan State University

Konstantinos Manos 

Konstantinos Manos
Graduate Student
km4382@princeton.edu
Motor Drive and Power Electronics
From: National Technical University of Athens

Davit Grigoryan 

Davit Grigoryan
Graduate Student
dg1210@princeton.edu
Advanced Characterization of Power Materials
From: University of Manchester

Elias Veilleux 

Elias Veilleux
Graduate Student
ev4742@princeton.edu
Data Driven Methods for Power Electronics
From: Bates College

Hyukjae Kwon 

Hyukjae Kwon
Graduate Student
hk1715@princeton.edu.edu
High Frequency Power Electronics
From: Seoul National University

Graduate Alumni

Youssef Elasser, Graduate Student, Princeton ’24
Start Job: Senior Scientist, Nvidia Research

Ping Wang, Graduate Student, Princeton ’23
Start Job: Power Electronics Lead, Huawei Digital Energy

Yufei Li, Postdoc Research Associate, Princeton ’23
Start Job: Associate Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Diego Serrano, Postdoc Research Associate, Princeton ’22
Start Job: Senior Engineer, Wolfspeed

Jaeil Baek, Postdoc Research Associate, Princeton ’22
Start Job: Analog Design Engineer, Intel

Yenan Chen, Postdoc Research Associate, Princeton ’21
Start Job: Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University

Ming Liu, Postdoc Research Associate, Princeton ’20
Start Job: Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Jing Yuan, Visiting Graduate Student, Princeton ’19
Start Job: System Engineer, Schneider Electric

Yueshi Guan, Visiting Graduate Student, Princeton ’18
Start Job: Associate Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology

Group Photos

Mediterra 2024 

Youssef graduation group dinner at Mediterra

Panasonic 2024 

Panasonic (Ken, Kevin, Toru) visited Chen Group

ConorVisit 2024 

Dr. Conor Quinn visited Chen Group

Chen Soccer Club 2024 

Chen Group soccer group meeting

Chen Group Dinner 

Chen Group thanksgiving dinner 2023

KPSV Book 

With Principles of Power Electronics textbook writers

HuaWang 2023 

With Prof. Hua Wang at ETH Zurich

PingMinjie 2023 

Celebrate Ping's Graduation

APEC 2023 

At APEC 2023 with Pilawa and Kolar groups

JGK APEC 2023 

Reunion with Prof. Kassakian at APEC 2023

YenanGroup 2022 

Yenan Chen completed his postdoc training at Princeton

MIT Talk 2022 

Presentation at MIT after 5 years

MIT Trip 2022 

Reunion with Prof. Perreault at MIT

Intel Trip 2022 

Visit Intel AZ with Prof. Sullivan and Youssef Elasser

Diego Dinner 2022 

Group Lunch at Brick House, Go Spain!

Diego Minjie 2022 

Diego's Farewell Group Lunch

Alan 2022 

Prof. Mantooth at Princeton

ETH 2022 

Prof. Kolar at ETH Zurich

Boulder 2022 

Prof. Maksimovic at Boulder

EPFL 2022 

Prof. Dujic at EPFL

Huai 2022 

Huai at Aalborg

Cindy 2022 

Cindy and Petru at ECE final thesis presentation

Seth 2022 

Prof. Sanders at Princeton

Kilby 2022 

Youssef at TI headquarter

Sushi 2022 

Jaeil Farewell at Mori Sushi
Haoran Li, Minjie Chen, Jaeil Baek, Shukai Wang, Ping Wang, Hsin Cheng, Diego Serrano, Daniel Zhou, Youssef Elasser.

APEC 2022 

Farewell meeting with Jaeil 2022

APEC 2022 

APEC 2022 in Houston
Youssef Elasser, Minjie Chen, Daniel Zhou, Hsin Cheng, Diego Serrano, Ping Wang, and Haoran Li.

Yenan Airport 2021 

Yenan Farewell at the JFK Airport 2021
Yenan Chen and Minjie Chen.

PwrSoC 2021 

Group Photo at PwrSoC 2021
Minjie Chen, Prof. Jason Stauth (Dartmouth), Daniel Zhou, Jaeil Baek, Ping Wang, Haoran Li, Youssef Elasser, and Diego Serrano Lopez (taking photo).

Krein 2021 

With Prof. Krein at Princeton

Group Photo at the Casino Pier Breakwater Beach 

Group Photo at the Casino Pier Beach 2021
Minjie Chen, Daniel Zhou, Youssef Elasser, Haoran Li, Mian Liao, Hsin Cheng, Evan Dogariu, Ping Wang, Jaeil Baek, Yenan Chen

Group Dinner at Tardi's Ristorante Italiano 

Group Dinner at Tardi's Ristorante Italiano 2021
Yenan Chen, Evan Dogariu, Youssef Elasser, Hsin Cheng, Haoran Li, Ping Wang, Daniel Zhou, Minjie Chen, Jaeil Baek, Mian Liao

Group Photo at ECCE 2019 

Farewell Meeting with Ming 2020
Ming Liu, Minjie Chen

Group Photo at ECCE 2019 

LEES Legacy Group Photo at ECCE 2019

Group Photo at ECCE 2019 

Group Photo at ECCE 2019
Jing Yuan, Jaeil Baek, Youssef Elasser, Yenan Chen, Ping Wang, Ming Liu, Minjie Chen

Group Dinner at Bluefish Grill 2019 

Group Dinner at Bluefish Grill 2019
Minjie Chen, Ming Liu, Jaeil Baek, Youssef Elasser, Yenan Chen, Ping Wang

Attending Open Compute Project at San Jose 2019 

Open Compute Project Global Summit 2019
Yenan Chen, Ping Wang and Minjie Chen

Visiting Princeton High Performance Computing Center 2018 

Princeton High Performance Computing Center 2018
Ping Wang, Youssef Elasser, Parker Kushima, Ming Liu, Yueshi Guan, Minjie Chen and Yenan Chen

New Year Group Dinner at Root 2018 

New Year Group Dinner at Root 2018
Ping Wang, Fida Newaj, Ming Liu, Yueshi Guan, Minjie Chen and Yao Shen

Testing Drones in Forbes 2017 

Testing Drones in the backyard of Forbes 2017
Abdulghafar Al Tair, Alex Ju, Fida Newaj