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Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
12018
World Ranking
2174
National Ranking
848

Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 256 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, complemented by work in Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Wireless Power Transfer Systems
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Semiconductor materials and devices

Recent publications illustrate ongoing contributions to power electronics and energy systems. Selected papers include:

  • Design of a GaN-Based Interleaved Nine-Level Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverter for Electric Aircraft Applications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • Investigation of Capacitor Voltage Balancing in Practical Implementations of Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • Giant energy storage and power density negative capacitance superlattices, 2024, Nature
  • Modeling and Comparison of Passive Component Volume of Hybrid Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converters, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • High-efficiency cooling via the monolithic integration of copper on electronic devices, 2022, Nature Electronics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski include:

  • Nathan M. Ellis
  • Ting Ge
  • Zichao Ye
  • Nathan C. Brooks
  • Samantha Coday

The principal venues where their work is published include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
  • IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
  • IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
  • 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL)

Best Publications

  • Ultrawide-Bandgap Semiconductors: Research Opportunities and Challenges

    J. Y. Tsao;S. Chowdhury;M. A. Hollis;D. Jena

  • Opportunities and Challenges in Very High Frequency Power Conversion

    David J. Perreault;Jingying Hu;Juan M. Rivas;Yehui Han

  • Very-High-Frequency Resonant Boost Converters

    R. Pilawa-Podgurski;A.D. Sagneri;J.M. Rivas;D.I. Anderson

  • Submodule Integrated Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar Photovoltaic Applications

    R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski;D. J. Perreault

  • A 2-kW Single-Phase Seven-Level Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverter With an Active Energy Buffer

    Yutian Lei;Christopher Barth;Shibin Qin;Wen-Chuen Liu

  • A General Method for Analyzing Resonant and Soft-Charging Operation of Switched-Capacitor Converters

    Yutian Lei;Robert Carl Nikolai Pilawa-Podgurski

  • Merged Two-Stage Power Converter With Soft Charging Switched-Capacitor Stage in 180 nm CMOS

    R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski;D. J. Perreault

  • Merged two-stage power converterarchitecture with softcharging switched-capacitor energy transfer

    R.C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski;D.M. Giuliano;D.J. Perreault

  • Toward high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and moderate-temperature chip-scale thermophotovoltaics

    Walker R. Chan;Peter Bermel;Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski;Christopher H. Marton

  • Split-Phase Control: Achieving Complete Soft-Charging Operation of a Dickson Switched-Capacitor Converter

    Yutian Lei;Ryan May;Robert Pilawa-Podgurski

  • Water immersion cooling of high power density electronics

    Patrick Birbarah;Tarek Gebrael;Thomas Foulkes;Andrew Stillwell

  • A High Power Density Series-Stacked Energy Buffer for Power Pulsation Decoupling in Single-Phase Converters

    Shibin Qin;Yutian Lei;Christopher Barth;Wen-Chuen Liu

  • Investigation of Capacitor Voltage Balancing in Practical Implementations of Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters

    Zichao Ye;Yutian Lei;Zitao Liao;Robert Carl Nikolai Pilawa-Podgurski

  • A Distributed Approach to Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Submodule Differential Power Processing

    Shibin Qin;Stanton T. Cady;Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia;Robert Carl Nikolai Pilawa-Podgurski

  • Design and Control of a GaN-Based, 13-Level, Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverter

    Christopher B. Barth;Pourya Assem;Thomas Foulkes;Won Ho Chung

  • An Analytical Method to Evaluate and Design Hybrid Switched-Capacitor and Multilevel Converters

    Yutian Lei;Wen-Chuen Liu;Robert Carl Nikolai Pilawa-Podgurski

  • Enhancing Microinverter Energy Capture With Submodule Differential Power Processing

    Shibin Qin;Christopher B. Barth;Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

  • Design of a GaN-Based Interleaved Nine-Level Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverter for Electric Aircraft Applications

    Tomas Modeer;Nathan Pallo;Thomas Foulkes;Christopher B. Barth

  • The Cascaded Resonant Converter: A Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Topology With High Power Density and Efficiency

    Zichao Ye;Yutian Lei;Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

  • Experimental Evaluation of Capacitors for Power Buffering in Single-Phase Power Converters

    Christopher B. Barth;Thomas Foulkes;Intae Moon;Yutian Lei

  • Power Converter With Capacitive Energy Transfer And Fast Dynamic Response

    David M. Giuliano;David J. Perreault;Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

  • A Series-Stacked Power Delivery Architecture With Isolated Differential Power Conversion for Data Centers

    Enver Candan;Pradeep S. Shenoy;Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavan Kumar Hanumolu
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nenad Miljkovic
Nenad Miljkovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles R. Sullivan
Charles R. Sullivan Dartmouth College
Andrew G. Alleyne
Andrew G. Alleyne University of Minnesota
Philip T. Krein
Philip T. Krein University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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