Bowang ZHANG
B.S., Southeast University
M.S., National Taiwan Univ.
Ph.D., HKUST-Guangzhou
Research Interests:
High frequency power electronics, magnetics modeling and measurement
Principle Investigator
Ping WANG, Assistant Professor
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST
Ph.D. 2023, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
B.S. 2017, Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dr. Ping Wang joined the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at HKUST as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2025. He received his B.S. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2017 and his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 2023. From 2023 to 2025, he worked in the tech industry, focusing on power architecture for AI computing systems. He is a recipient of the IEEE PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk Award (2024), two Prize Paper Awards from the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2020, 2021), two First-Place Awards in the IEEE ECCE Best Student Project Demo Competition (2019, 2021), the First Place Award from the Innovation Forum of Princeton University (2019), and the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 2022 IEEE APEC.
Postdoc Researchers
PhD Students
Chuhan PENG
B.S., Zhejiang University
M.S., ShanghaiTech Univ.
Research Interests:
HVDC-based data center power delivery, active power buffering
Jinshuo XU
B.S., South China Univ. of Tech.
M.S., University of Macau
Research Interests:
High-current processor power design, coupled magnetics
Visiting Students
Yang SHEN
B.S., North China Univ. of Tech.
M.S., North China Univ. of Tech.
Ph.D., HKUST-GZ (In Progress)
Research Interests:
Learning-based control method for motor drives and power converters
Qiuyun ZHANG
(Incoming Ph.D. Student)
B.S., Sichuan University
Research Interests:
AI for magnetics modeling and design
Group Photos
Prof. Georgios Konstantinou and Dr. Shan Jiang from UNSW Sydney visited HKUST and the APEX Lab. We were particularly intrigued by Jen-Hsun Huang’s jacket!
Prof. Kai Sun and Prof. Cong Hao visited the APEX Lab on consecutive days. Warmly welcome them!
Dr. Jiayang Wu from City University of Hong Kong visited our lab, and we celebrated the Christmas holiday together!
Princeton Power Group reunited at CPSSC 2025!
Welcome dinner for Dr. Bowang Zhang joining our group!
Prof. Minjie Chen from Princeton University visited Prof. Kevin Chen, Prof. Yan Ji, and me at HKUST. We warmly welcome him!
Met Prof. John Kassakian at APEC, a legend in the field of power electronics!