Rod Bayliss III is a Ph.D. candidate in the Pilawa Power Electronics Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously received his B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2020 and 2021. His research interests include multi-level power converter design and control and high performance power magnetics design. Rod is a recipient of the Hertz Fellowship and the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Fellowship.
143 Cory Hall
Univesity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
rodbay@berkeley.edu
Publications
- An Input Inductor Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter Utilizing a Combined Power Factor Correcting and Active Voltage Balancing Control Technique for Buck-Type AC/DC Grid-Tied Applications
Roderick S. Bayliss, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE 25th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2024 - A High-Bandwidth Parallel Active Balancing Controller for Current-Controlled Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters
Rahul K. Iyer, Ivan Z. Petric, Roderick S. Bayliss, Nathan C. Brooks, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2024 - High-Performance High-Power Inductor Design for High-Frequency Applications
Mansi V. Joisher, Roderick S. Bayliss, Mike K. Ranjram, Rachel S. Yang, Alexander Jurkov, David J. Perreault. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2024 - A Combined Power Factor Correcting and Active Voltage Balancing Control Technique for Buck-Type AC/DC Grid-Tied Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters
Roderick S. Bayliss, Nathan C. Brooks, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE 24th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2023 - A Segmented Electric Aircraft Drivetrain Employing 10-Level Flying Capacitor Multi-Level Dual- Interleaved Power Modules
Roderick S. Bayliss, Rahul K. Iyer, Richard Liou, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2023 - On the Role of Switch Output Capacitance on Passive Balancing within the Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter
Roderick S. Bayliss, Nathan C. Brooks, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE 23rd Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2022 - Fundamental State-Space Modeling Methodology for the Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converter
Nathan C. Brooks, Rahul K. Iyer, Roderick S. Bayliss, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE 23rd Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2022 - Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of High-Efficiency High-Power Radio-Frequency Inductors
Roderick S. Bayliss, Rachel S. Yang, Alex J. Hanson, Charles R. Sullivan, David J. Perreault. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2021 - A Multi-Phase Segmented Drive Comprising Arrayed Flying Capacitor Multi-Level Modules
Nathan Pallo, Roderick S. Bayliss, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2021 - A Modular Multi-Phase Actively Controlled Resistive Load Bank with Zero-Current Switching Capability and Integrated Snubbers
Amanda Jackson, Nathan Pallo, Roderick S. Bayliss, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski. IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), 2021
Portfolio Recent Work
MIT Power Electronics Group M.Eng
For my Master's work I both characterized the inductor designed for my undergraduate research and investigated new, high energy density inductor designs.
FSAE Custom 20 kW Traction Inverter
As part of my advanced power electronics class at MIT (6.332) and FSAE, I designed both the hardware and firmware for a custom 20 kW traction inverter.
Tesla Motors Internship
At Tesla, I developed magnetics simulation tools for PCB based magnetics and characterized magnetic materials for use in new power converters.