Power Electronics Basics: Operating Principles, Design, Formulas, and Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781482298796)

Yuriy Rozanov earned a Dipl.-Eng in electromechanical engineering and Ph.D in science and technical science from the National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute," Russia, where he is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus. Previously, Dr. Rozanov served as the head of the same department and worked in the electrical industry in various positions ranging from engineer to deputy chief designer. He has authored seven books and more than 160 articles and 24 patents, been awarded the prestigious title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, and won the Government of the Russian Federation Award in the fields of science (2001) and education (2005). He is an IEEE fellow and a chairman of the IEEE Russian Chapter PEL/PES/IES/IAS, as well as editor-in-chief of Russian Electrical Engineering.

Sergey Ryvkin graduated with high honors as an engineer from the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), earned his Ph.D from the Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICS RAS), Moscow, and was awarded a D.Sc from the Supreme Certifying Commission of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, Moscow. He is currently a professor at the National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute," Russia, and a main researcher at the ICS RAS. Dr. Ryvkin holds six patents and has published seven books and more than 130 technical papers. He is an IEEE senior member, full member of the Russian Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences and the Power Electronics and Motion Control Council, deputy editor-in-chief of Russian Electrical Engineering, and editorial board member of several international journals.

Evgeny Chaplygin graduated from the National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" (MPEI), Russia, and was awarded a Ph.D in power electronics. He is currently a professor in the Department of Industrial Electronics at MPEI, where he has supervised 11 students toward their master's degrees. Dr. Chaplygin has patented 70 inventions and published three books and more than 100 papers. He is a member of the Academic Council of the Institute of Radio Electronics of MPEI and a member of the editorial board of the journal Russian Electrical Engineering. His areas of interest include modeling power electronic devices, improving energy-matter currency converters and mains, and increasing the quality of electricity through power electronics.

Pavel Voronin earned a Dipl.-Eng in electrical engineering and a Ph.D in power electronics from the National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute," Russia, where he is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Electronics. He previously worked as an assistant in the same department. He has published more than 70 papers, two books, and 31 patents in the field of power electronics. His areas of interest include power converters, multilevel inverters, soft-switching circuits, and computer simulations of power electronic devices.