Raghav Khanna

Raghav Khanna (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, in 2007, 2010, and 2014, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor and a Leidich Family Endowed Professor in energy systems with the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (EECS), The University of Toledo (UToledo). He has worked for several industries, including Lockheed Martin (Philadelphia, PA), PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, PA), and the HRL Laboratories (Malibu, CA). At HRL, he was directly involved with the development of GaN-based battery chargers for electric vehicles. His research interests are in characterization and modeling of wide bandgap semiconductors for applications in next generation power electronics, including renewable energy, electric vehicles, aerospace and maritime systems, and in low power consumer electronics. He is also conducting extensive research on control strategies for integration of distributed energy resources. He recently received grants from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to further develop his research activities.