Biography

Yilmaz Sozer (M '05, SM ‘14, Fellow '23) received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electric power engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY. His masters and doctoral work focused on power electronics and the development of control algorithms for electric machines. Dr. Sozer is currently a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Akron, engaged in teaching and research. Before joining the University of Akron, he has worked at Advanced Energy Conversion Schenectady, NY. His research interests are in the areas of control and modeling of electrical drives, alternative energy systems, design of electric machines, high-power isolated DC/DC converter systems, static power conversion systems that interface energy storage and distributed generation sources with the electric utility.
Dr. Sozer has been involved in IEEE activities which support power electronics, electric machines and alternative energy systems. Dr. Sozer is a past chair for the IEEE IAS Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems Committee. He has served as an associate editor and paper review chair for the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, and associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. Dr. Sozer is currently serving as an editor for the IEEE journal of emerging and selected topics in power electronics