Maryland Shaping Energy and Minds (M-SEM)

Students work with me for their growth and group development.

In the early years, I provide well-defined projects to help them build technical skills, habits, and a professional mindset—in other words, to do smart things smartly. Later in senior years, the goal is for them to catch a 'Tuna’—tackling big, ambitious challenges—after learning how to catch sea bass and Branzino in a systematic and sustainable way.

I am more than happy to mentor those who aspire to become impactful researchers, exceptional engineers, and lifelong learners.

Temiladeola 'Temi' Oladugba

Wide-Range Switched-Mode Power Amplifiers

Temi joined the group in Fall 2024 as a first-year PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineerings from the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. Prior to beginning his PhD at the University of Maryland, he worked briefly as an embedded systems engineer, developing remote monitoring and control systems for residential solar power systems. Currently, his research focuses on high-frequency power converters that can work over a wide-range of load impedances and power levels.

Temiladeola Oladugba and Xin Zan, “Wide-Range Current-Mode Class-D Power Amplifier,” 2025 IEEE 26th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Knoxville, TN, USA, 2025, pp. 1-8.

Junshan Liu

Multi-Phase Current-Mode Power Amplifiers

Junshan joined the group in Fall 2024 as a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2021 and a M.S. degree from the State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2024. His current research focuses on multi-phase current-mode power amplifier. During his spare time, he enjoys traveling and playing computer games and sports.

Junshan Liu and Xin Zan, “Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Three-Phase Current-Mode Power Amplifiers,” 2025 IEEE 26th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Knoxville, TN, USA, 2025, pp. 1-8.

GEMSTONE Undergraduate VISTA Team

Virtual Interactive STEM Teaching Aids

The VISTA Team is composed of seven undergraduate students from diverse academic backgrounds, working under the guidance of Prof. Zan for three years until graduation. Our project focuses on developing remote access to physical labs, promoting inclusion, equity, and diversity in STEM education. The team members, listed from left to right in the accompanying photo, are: Daniel Kim (Computer Science), Alexander Campbell (Civil Engineering), Nickey Zhang (Social Data Science), Harshil Agarwal (Computer Science), Benjamin Nathan (Computer Science), Markell Morris (Mechanical Engineering), and Ayolani Akinwale (Computer Science). Together, we bring a multi-disciplinary approach to advancing remote learning in STEM fields.

Muhammad Haider Ali Boocha

TBD

Haider will be joining the group in Fall 2026 as a first year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He will receive his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan in May, 2026. During his undergraduate program, he has worked on developing the first urban drive cycle for electric bikes in Lahore using MCMC methods. He has also worked on developing an Active-Passive Hybrid balancing battery management system that integrates Sigma Point Kalman Filter based SOC estimation and flyback based active cell equalization.

Jinting Yuan

TBD

Jinting will be joining the group in Fall 2026 as a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Leeds in 2024 and a M.S. degree in Power Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in 2026. His current research focuses on very-high-frequency power electronics. Outside of research, he enjoys traveling.

Alumni

MS Students:
Hanbing Liu

Undergraduates:
Pruthav Patel (Fall 2024-Spring 2025, General Motors, Propulsion Engineer)
Ivan Glerum (Summer 2025 - Fall 2025)
High School Students:
Aryan Agarwal (Montgomery Blair High School, Summer 2024)
Paul Augustine (Montgomery Blair High School, Summer 2024)