People

Mike Ranjram

Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2021)
M.A.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (2015)
B.A.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (2013)

Dr. Ranjram’s main research interest is in making power electronics smaller, more efficient, and more capable, and in leveraging these improvements to enable the next generation of sustainable systems and devices. A current focus is on high-frequency power conversion, and on system- and component-level techniques for reducing the cost, volume, weight, and loss of power magnetic components, which today present a dominant bottleneck toward improved power conversion.

He has developed high performance power electronics in a wide range of applications, including 45W mobile phone chargers, 1kW data center supplies, 30kW battery energy storage systems, and MW-level high-voltage dc systems.

Dr. Ranjram is a recipient of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award, the 2025 IEEE Region 6 Outstanding Educator Award, and is a multiple-time winner of the ASU Top 5% Teaching Award. He authored the solutions manual for the 2^nd edition of Principles of Power Electronics.

Jacob Anderson

Graduate Research Associate (Ph.D.)

Jacob completed his BSE in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University in Dec. 2023. His current research interests are in miniaturized, high performance power electronics leveraging emerging widebandgap semiconductors, and in automated high frequency core loss testing platforms which serve that miniaturization.

Prior to joining as a doctoral student, Jacob was an active member of MAPEL as an undergraduate researcher and as a research aide.

Emmanuel Havugimana

Graduate Research Associate (Ph.D.)

Emmanuel completed his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His current research interests are in high frequency power magnetics and power electronics.

Before ASU, he worked as an Electrical Engineer at an electric mobility startup, Ampersand Ltd, in Kigali,  Rwanda

Nick Kirkby

Graduate Research Associate (Ph.D.)

Nick completed his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nick’s current research focus is the measurement and characterization of core loss of low permeability magnetic materials, thermal considerations in these systems, and in modular power conversion.

Nick’s background is in software engineering for power electronics including motor controllers and power converters. He is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2025).

Htat “Ted” Min

Graduate Research Associate (Ph.D.)

Htat (Ted) has B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northern Illinois University and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, where he is currently pursuing a PhD.

Previously, he worked on power electronics of aerospace/defense power generation, distribution and controls at Raytheon Technologies Corporation. He now holds a Staff Electrical Engineer position at Northrop Grumman Corporation-Tactical Space Systems Division, located in Gilbert, AZ.

Sritharini Radhakrishnan

Graduate Research Associate (Ph.D.)

Sritharini earned her BSE in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University. Her current research centers around coupled electronic and magnetic systems.

Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, Sritharini worked at Intel and Sandia National Laboratories.

Ian Willows

Graduate Research Associate (Ph.D.)

Ian completed his BSE in Electrical Engineering at ASU Fall 2022. He joined MAPEL in Fall 2023 with interests in power electronics and electrical machinery. Ian is interested in both R&D and teaching after completion of his PhD.

Before joining the lab, Ian worked at a space and defense company designing hardware test benches and performing stress analysis on PCBs.

Abbas Syed Nooruddin

Researcher (M.S.)

Abbas completed his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University and earned his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University in May 2025. His current research is focused on modeling nonlinear capacitance for high-frequency AC-DC converters, miniaturization of capacitor banks, and high-efficiency DC-DC converters. Abbas’ background is in high-frequency magnetics, power electronics converter control, and analog circuit design.

Brandon Despain

FURI Student

Brandon is pursuing a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and will graduate in May of 2027. His research interest is in variable inductors. He also works as a UGTA at the Ira A Fulton School of Engineering and as Lab Fabrication Assistant at the Game, Arts, Media, and Engineering school.

Diego Puerta

FURI Student

Diego is pursuing a BSE in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. His research interests are analog and RF integrated circuits, power electronics, and wireless communications. 

Diego will work for Texas Instruments this summer as a Test and Validation Engineering Intern on the High-Speed Amplifiers team in Tucson. After graduating in May 2026, he intends to pursue a PhD.