Graduate Students

Anubhav Bose

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Email bose15@nospam647a5cd2908b2.illinois.edu

Short Biography Anubhav is a second-year graduate student pursuing his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He graduated from the University of Mumbai, India in Spring 2021 with a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering. His current research interests are in the analysis and optimization of electric powertrains for aircraft applications. His other research interests include design of PM motors, drives and power electronics.

Joshua Feldman

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Short Biography Josh Feldman is a third-year graduate student pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2019 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. His research focus is on thermal management and mechanical design of superconducting machines.

Anjana Samarakoon

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Email spa5@nospam647a5cd2921f1.illinois.edu

Short Biography Anjana graduated from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2018 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. After graduation he joined the department of Electrical Engineering of University of Moratuwa as a Temporary Lecturer. He is a third-year graduate student at UIUC. His focused area is insulation reliability of electrical machines. Other research interests are renewable energy generation and storage.

Samith Sirimanna

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Short Biography Samith graduated from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2016 and MS from UIUC in 2020. As a second year Ph.D. student, his focus is on magnet loss analysis, validation and reduction strategies for PMSM. His other research interests include design optimization of PMSM, design and manufacturing methods of superconducting coils for armature and field coils of electric machines.

Yaokun Shi

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Email yaokuns2@nospam647a5cd29393a.illinois.edu

Short Biography Yaokun is a first year graduate student pursuing an M.S. in computer engineering. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in spring of 2022 with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. His research focuses on low-field, handheld MRI systems.

Thanatheepan Balachandran

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Email tb8@nospam647a5cd29453d.illinois.edu

Short Biography Theepan is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at UIUC.

Brian Wolhaupter

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Email brianaw2@nospam647a5cd2950aa.illinois.edu

Short Biography Brian is a first year graduate student pursuing an M.S. in electrical engineering. He graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in spring of 2022. His research interests include the design and thermal management of electric machines and power electronics for automotive and aerospace applications.

Jianqiao(Peter) Xiao

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Short Biography Peter joined the team in the spring of 2017. He loves the aerospace applications of electrical machines and devices. His research focuses on the design and construction of manned electrical multi-rotor vehicle. He also provides CAD support and design visualization for the group. He obtained his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at UIUC in 2019, and is currently pursuing his M.S.

Junhan Zhao

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Short Biography Junhan Zhao is a first-year graduate student perusing his M.S. in electrical engineering. He received his bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Fall 2020.