Dr. Corradini's research focuses on power electronics, the discipline revolving around the analysis, design and practical development of electronic circuits for efficient processing of electrical energy. Ubiquitous in today's world, power electronics is the key enabling technology for operating consumer as well as industrial electronics, from battery-operated equipment to large ICT infrastructures and data centers, and for interfacing a variety of energy sources to the electrical grid. Dr. Corradini's research interests include modeling, design and control of power converters, advanced modulation strategies for bi-directional dc-dc converters, and power electronics for electrified transportation applications.
ECEN 2260 - Circuits as Systems
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Spring 2022
Continues basic circuit analysis of ECEN 2250: Laplace transform techniques, transfer functions, frequency response, Bode diagrams, resonant circuits, Fourier series expansions, and convolution. Recommended corequisite: ECEN 2270.
ECEN 3250 - Microelectronics
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Spring 2025
Develops a basic understanding of active semiconductor devices. Focuses on building an understanding of BJT and CMOS devices in both digital and analog applications.
ECEN 4517 - Power Electronics and Photovoltaic Power Systems Laboratory
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Spring 2024
Focuses on analysis, modeling, design and testing of electrical energy processing systems in a practical laboratory setting. Studies power electronics converters for efficient utilization of available energy sources, including solar panels and utility. Experimental projects involve design, fabrication and testing of a solar power system. Same as ECEN 5517.
ECEN 4827 - Analog IC Design
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Fall 2025
Covers the fundamentals of transistor-level analog integrated circuit design. Starting with motivations from application circuits, the course develops principles of dc biasing, device models, amplifier stages, frequency response analysis and feedback and compensation techniques for multi-stage operational amplifiers. Same as ECEN 5827.
ECEN 5007 - Special Topics
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Examines a special topic in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
ECEN 5110 - Graduate Teaching Practicum
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Fall 2022
Provides training and hands-on experience in teaching of ECEE courses. Students will work with an instructor of an ECEE course to carry out teaching activities such as lecturing, leading discussion sessions, writing homework and examination problems, and relevant grading. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
ECEN 5517 - Power Electronics and Photovoltaic Power Systems Laboratory
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Spring 2024
Focuses on analysis, modeling, design and testing of electrical energy processing systems in a practical laboratory setting. Studies power electronics converters for efficient utilization of available energy sources, including solar panels and utility. Experimental projects involve design, fabrication and testing of a solar power system. Same as ECEN 4517
ECEN 5807 - Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Systems
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2025
Studies modeling and control topics in power electronics. Averaged switch modeling of converters, computer simulation, ac modeling of the discontinuous conduction mode, the current programmed mode, nulldouble injection techniques in linear circuits, input filter design, and low-harmonic rectifiers.
ECEN 5817 - Resonant and Soft-Switching Techniques in Power Electronics
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Spring 2026
Covers resonant converters and inverters, and soft switching; sinusoidal approximations in analysis of series, parallel, LCC, and other resonant dc-dc and dc-ac converters; state-plane analysis of resonant circuits; switching transitions in hand-switched and soft-switched PWM converters; zero-voltage switching techniques, including resonant, quasi resonant, zero voltage transition, and auxiliary switch circuits.
ECEN 5827 - Analog IC Design
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Fall 2025
Covers the fundamentals of transistor-level analog integrated circuit design. Starting with motivations from application circuits, the course develops principles of dc biasing, device models, amplifier stages, frequency response analysis and feedback and compensation techniques for multi-stage operational amplifiers. Same as ECEN 4827.
ECEN 5857 - Digital Control for Power Electronics
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Fall 2023 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Focuses on analysis, modeling and design of digitally controlled power converters. Covers the dynamical discrete-time analysis of power converters, digital compensator design and main nonlinear phenomena due to quantization effects. Addresses the basics of controller autotuning.
