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Hello! My name is Yicheng Zhu. I'm a Postdoctoral Scholar and Bakar Innovation Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, advised by Professor Robert Pilawa-Podgurski. Thanks for visiting!

406 Cory Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720

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Research Interests

I'm broadly interested in enabling technologies for high-performance electric power conversion, including system architectures, converter topologies, passive components, modeling and simulation, and control techniques. My research work at UC Berkeley focuses on circuit topologies, control techniques, and analytical models of high-performance hybrid switched-capacitor converters with applications in data center power delivery. Before joining the Pilawa Research Group and the Berkeley Power and Energy Center (BPEC) at UC Berkeley, I received my B.Eng. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2017 and 2020, respectively, where I worked on the discrete state event-driven (DSED) simulation of power electronic systems and active gate drivers for SiC MOSFETs. Please see my research and publications for more information.

Fun fact: I was born on the first World Teachers’ Day, and my dream is to become a teacher :)

Academic Position

 University of California, Berkeley

Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences July 2024 -- Present

Education

 University of California, Berkeley

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Aug. 2020 -- May 2024

 Tsinghua University

Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering Sept. 2017 -- July 2020

Graduate with Distinction

Tsinghua Scholarship of Academic Excellence

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical Engineering and Automation Aug. 2013 -- July 2017

  • Awards: Graduate with Distinction

Tsinghua Scholarship of Academic Excellence

Grand Prize of the 34\(^{\rm{th}}\) Tsinghua Challenge Cup Student Research Competition (Team leader)

Tsinghua Outstanding Student Leader Award