MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
BS, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2016
Teaching Interests
Power Electronics
Circuit Modeling and Dynamics
Linear Control Theory
Electric Machines
Introductory Circuit Theory
Electric Vehicle Technology
Research Interests
Hybrid switched-capacitor power converters
Capacitor and inductor characterization
Power factor correction
Publications & Presentations
N. C. Brooks, J. Zou, S. Coday, T. Ge, N. M. Ellis and R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, "On the Size and Weight of Passive Components: Scaling Trends for High-Density Power Converter Designs," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 8459-8477, July 2024
N. C. Brooks, F. Giardine and R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, "DC-Link Capacitors for Twice-Line Frequency Power Decoupling: Design-Oriented Figures-of-Merit With Empirical Application," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 6569-6573, June 2024
N. M. Ellis, N. C. Brooks, M. E. Blackwell, R. A. Abramson, S. Coday and R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, "A General Analysis of Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converters Using Peak Energy Storage and Switch Stress Including Ripple," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 8363-8383, July 2024
