Raghav Khanna | Source | Associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at The Uni...

I received my PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Pittsburgh in 2014. Prior to graduate school, I worked for several industries including Lockheed Martin (Philadelphia, PA), PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, PA) and HRL Laboratories (Malibu, CA). At HRL I was directly involved with the development of gallium nitride (GaN) based battery chargers for electric vehicles. I recently joined the the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at The University of Toledo as an assistant professor. My research interests are in physics and behavioral modeling of wide bandgap semiconductors based on GaN and SiC for power electronic applications in renewable energy, electric vehicles, aerospace and maritime systems. I am also conducting extensive research on maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic (solar) systems and in renewable energy integration. My research group has received grants from federal sponsor agencies and we continue to seek support, particularly as climate change evolves into a national and global security threat.