Mission and Vision
Mission
The University of Arkansas Power Group is committed to advancing the frontiers of knowledge and innovation in the foundational technologies and applications of power electronics from materials through systems. Our mission is to train, educate, empower, and inspire a diverse population of engineers and leaders to address global energy challenges by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, cutting-edge research, and experiential learning. Further, we strive to achieve positive impacts in the professional field worldwide and the local economy through our leadership and expertise.
Vision
The University of Arkansas Power Group will always strive to maintain its stature among the world’s premier institutions of expertise and research leadership in electronics, energy and information. This will be enabled through providing and maintaining world-class facilities, a committed university environment, and its outstanding faculty and staff, to provide the best education possible to students at all degree levels. We envision a strong balance of support from a diverse portfolio of sources to achieve research breakthroughs that advance an increasingly electrified world. We are committed to developing an alumni base who will profoundly impact the power and energy field through their achievements.
UA Power Group Team
Faculty
Juan Balda
power systems and power electronics
Yuxiang Chen
module packaging design and fabrication
Zhong Chen
devices and fabrication
Jia Di
asynchronous digital IC design, cybersecurity, hardware security
Jeff Dix
analog IC design, artificial neural networks
Chris Farnell
embedded systems, cybersecurity, and power electronics testing
Han Hu
electronics cooling and thermal sensing
David Huitink
thermal management, packaging, and reliability
Kevin Jin
cybersecurity
Qinghua Li
cybersecurity
Thi Hoang Ngan Le
artificial intelligence and computer vision
Alan Mantooth
semiconductor device modeling, CAD, packaging, and power & analog IC design, cybersecurity
Roy McCann
motor drives, storage, and controls
Xiangbo Meng
next-generation high-energy battery systems
Yarui Peng
design automation tools
Greg Salamo
materials and devices
Wan Shou
materials, advanced manufacturing, and devices
Xiaoqing Song
power electronics and power packaging
Keisha Walters
polyelectrolytes, mixed-ionic electronic conducting polymers, surface modification, packaging
Keith Walters
thermal management, computational fluid dynamics, computational heat transfer
Morgan Ware
wide bandgap devices, capacitors
Jingxian Wu
data analytics and communications
Yue Zhao
motors, machines and drives
Technical
Tijesunimi Akintunde
HiDEC Graduate Assistant
Oluwaseyi Ayinde
HiDEC Graduate Assistant
Nestor Camargo
MUSiC Facilities & Process Engineer
Tom Cannon
HiDEC Facility Maintenance Technician
Anna Corbitt
NCREPT Test Engineer
James Fraley
HiDEC Scientific Research Technologist
Gary Jeffery
HiDEC Senior Research Assistant
Errol Porter
HiDEC Lab Director
Kaoru Porter
HiDEC LTCC Lab Manager
Tanner Rice
MUSiC Facility Process Engineer
Wesley Schwartz
NCREPT Senior Research Assistant
Thomas White
MUSiC Fabrication Director
Operations
Lauryn Adkins
MUSiC & HiDEC Administrator;
Proposals & Procurement Specialist
Karin Alvarado
& Events Manager
Shawn Bell
Workforce Development Director
Jeff Bowles
Financial Affairs Manager
Shannon G. Davis
Ph.D. CRA
MUSiC Executive Project/
Program Director
Hannah Huffaker
Executive Assistant to Alan Mantooth & Jason Serin
Jenica Hughes
Procurement & Travel Administrator
Michael Lam
Fiscal Support Manager
Ruby McCloskey
Digital Marketer & Student Support Administrator
Jason Serin
Grants & Contracts Manager
To Be Hired
Project Manager
To Be Hired
Proposal Administrator
To Be Hired