Biography
Dr. Regan Zane is the founding Director of the Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE), an NSF-sponsored engineering research center involving 10 universities, 4 national labs, more than 85 faculty and staff, more than 300 students, and more than 60 industry and innovation partners. He holds the David G. and Diann L. Sant Endowed Professor position at Utah State University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he founded the USU Power Electronics Lab (UPEL), the Electric Vehicle and Roadway (EVR) research facility and test track, and the Battery Limits and Survivability Test (BLAST) lab. Dr. Zane has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, served as co-inventor on more than 35 issued patents, received international and institutional recognition in research, teaching and innovation, and raised more than $180 million in research, development and demonstration funding. His programs maintain a strong emphasis on collaboration with academic, government and industry partners to develop and transition innovative technologies into the marketplace. Dr. Zane has made significant contributions to the design, modeling, and application of resonant converters and to the development of advanced control techniques for modular power converters in a wide range of applications. His current programs cover key aspects of electrified transportation, from battery, vehicle, and charging systems to grid integration, smart charge management, demand response and distributed energy resources. Additional topics include wireless power transfer, medium voltage grid-tied power converters, control of modular scalable series and parallel input and output converters, high efficiency, high frequency, high power density, and high performance dc-dc, ac-dc, dc-ac power converters, ac and dc microgrids, battery management systems, drivers for LEDs and discharge lamps in energy efficient lighting systems, active stability control and adaptive tuning in multi-input, multi-output converter systems, active converter and system health monitoring, power integrated circuit design, and low-power energy harvesting.