Biography
Dr. Fei Lu received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in May 2017. He joined Drexel University as an assistant professor in August 2018. Dr. Lu's research focuses on high performance power electronics technologies, specified on transportation electrification and smart grid applications. He is working on wireless power transfer technology for electric vehicle charging and solid-state circuit breakers to protect medium voltage dc power systems. At Drexel, he received the College of Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Research Award (2022.)
Degrees / Education
- PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2017
- MS, Electrical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2012
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2010
Research Areas
Areas of Study
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- S. Zhao, Y. Wang, R. Kheirollahi, Y. Zheng, Z. Zheng, S. Rad, H. Zhang, F. Lu, “Compact Wireless Energy Pick-Up System Coupled Gate-Drive for Medium-Voltage Power Devices in Modular DC Solid-State Circuit Breakers,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 11826-11836, October 2023.
- S. Zhao, R. Kheirollahi, Y. Wang, H. Zhang, F. Lu, “Economic Implementation of 99.98% Efficiency in Natural-Cooling Modular MVDC SSCBs,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 9515-9526, September 2023.
- R. Kheirollahi, S. Zhao, H. Zhang, F. Lu, “Fully Soft-Switched DC Solid-State Circuit Breakers,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 6750-6754, June 2023.
- R. Kheirollahi, X. Zan, S. Zhao, H. Zhang, S. Zheng, X. Lu, A. Avestruz, F. Lu, "Capacitive Couple-based Transient Current Commutation in Solid-State Circuit Breakers," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 4973-4978, May 2022.
- Y. Wang, H. Zhang, F. Lu, “Review, Analysis, and Design of Four Basic CPT Topologies and the Application of High-Order Compensation Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 6181-6193, May 2022.