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

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 Senior Research Assistant

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