power electronics

Avani Ahuja ‘26, a recent graduate of the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, received the 2026 Henry Ford II Scholar Award. The award honors a senior undergraduate student who is in high academic standing and shows exceptional potential for leadership in the profession of engineering and in society.

The second edition of George Verghese, John Kassakian, and Devid Perreault’s “Principles of Power Electronics” greatly expands upon the first, and weighs in at a hefty 4.6 pounds and 800 pages–a reflection of the increased stature and importance of power electronics to a whole new generation of electrical and computer engineers.

A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.