Principal Investigator
Prof. Saikat Dey
Prof. Saikat Dey earned his doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2025 and his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology. From 2018 to 2020, he worked as a Power Electronics Design Engineer at Tagore Technology (now part of GlobalFoundries). In 2023, he served as a Power Conversion Control Intern at Lucid Motors, where he worked with the vehicle charging team.
Dey’s research interests include the design, modeling, optimization, and control of multi-order power electronic converters, as well as high-frequency, high-density, and highly efficient power conversion solutions using wide-bandgap semiconductors. His work finds applications in clean energy systems, transportation electrification, extreme temperature and space electronics, and AI-assisted parameter estimation, health monitoring, reliability studies, and optimized converter design.
He has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed IEEE Transactions and conference papers, co-invented five pending U.S. patents, and is the co-author of one book. His research has been sponsored by NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and CoolCAD Electronics.
Prof. Dey has received numerous awards and recognitions, including Dean’s Dissertation Award by ASU, 2023 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Second Place Prize Paper Award, the Best Presentation Award at the 2022 Applied Power Electronics Conference, the 2023 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing AZ Fellowship, the 2022 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society HOPE Prize, and the 2018 Best Bachelor’s Thesis Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Present Research Team
Graduate Students
S M Saiffullah Arman
Jonah Sprandel
Bio:
I am a first-year M.S. student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida, where I previously earned my B.S. in Electrical Engineering in May 2025. I am originally from Illinois, and came to UCF as a National Merit Scholar in 2021. I was initially drawn to power electronics through a fascination with high-power EV charging systems and the infrastructure that supports electrification. My research interests include power converter topology development, control systems for converters, and real-time embedded software. I have gained hands-on experience through internships with L3Harris and several local power electronics companies. Outside of academics, I enjoy playing pickleball, being involved at my local church, and working on personal embedded software projects.
UCF email: jonah.sprandel@ucf.edu
Dewan Mohammad Asad
Undergraduate Students
