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Regan A. Zane R. Zane CV
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Regan A. Zane
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0425
Phone: 303-735-1560, Fax: 208-955-1867, e-mail: zane@colorado.edu, http://ece.colorado.edu/~zane

E
DUCATION

Institution
Degree
Year
Field of Study
University of Colorado at Boulder
Ph.D.
1999
Electrical Engineering
Dissertation title, Development, analysis, and implementation of
an ASIC controller for single-phase power factor correction.
University of Colorado at Boulder
M.S. (GPA: 4.0)
1998
Electrical Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder
B.S. (GPA: 4.0)
1996
Electrical Engineering

R
ESEARCH
I
NTERESTS

Core Expertise


Modeling, analysis and design of high frequency switching power converters in power ranges from
micro-watts to kilowatts; converter and system feedback and stability analysis and controller design
Custom analog and mixed signal integrated circuit design and application of digital techniques to
high frequency switching power converters
Primary Application Areas


Power management in energy efficient lighting systems: solid-state and electric discharge lamps
Low power energy harvesting for wireless devices in industrial, aerospace and medical applications
Online adaptive, tuning and system monitoring techniques applied to power converters and systems
Power management and electronics design in modular renewable energy systems
High power density, high frequency, wide bandwidth point of load power converters

E
MPLOYMENT

2001 Present Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Colorado at Boulder
1999 2001 Senior Research Scientist, Electronic Power Conversion, Corporate Research &
Development Center, General Electric, Niskayuna, NY. Principle researcher in area of
custom integrated circuits for power management applications within GE businesses with an
emphasis on miniature controllers for energy efficient lighting systems.
1999
Graduate Part Time Instructor (GPTI), Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder

H
ONORS AND
A
WARDS

2007
Senior Member, IEEE.
2006
Provost Faculty Achievement Award, University of Colorado at Boulder.
2006
Inventor of the Year Award, Technology Transfer Office, University of Colorado at Boulder.
2006
IEEE MTT Microwave Prize for best journal paper
2004
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award Recipient
2001
Six-Sigma Green Belt Certificate, GE Corporate Research and Development.
2001
Managers Award, General Electric Corporate Research and Development. R. Zane CV
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1993 1998
Member Deans list, University of Colorado.
1995 1996
Marcellus and Geraldine Merrill Scholarship, University of Colorado.
1992
National DECA competition, 2
nd
place in marketing and business.
P
UBLICATION
R
ECORD

Publication Summary

< 2002
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006 2008
Total
Journal
(accepted)
1 1 6 8 16
Journal (in
review)
- - - 1 1
Conference
(peer-
reviewed)
4 2 16 19
42
Patent
(issued)
0 1 1 1 3
Patent (filed,
pending)
- - 2 4 6
Invited (talks
and tutorials)
0 6 6 5 17
Journals (published or in press)
See http://ece.colorado.edu/~zane

[1]

M. Shirazi, J. Morroni, A. Dolgov, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, Integration of frequency response measurement
capabilities in digital controllers for DC-DC converters, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., accepted Jan. 2008.
[2]

T. Paing, J. Shin, R. Zane, Z. Popovic, Resistor emulation approach to low power RF energy harvesting, in
press, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., accepted Dec. 2007 (est. ~8 pages).

R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for lead student T. Paing; lead and sole faculty author on power
management aspects of this multi-disciplinary paper submitted to a power electronics journal
[3]

Y. Yin and R. Zane, Dual low voltage IC design for high voltage floating gate drives, in press, IEEE Trans.
Circuits Syst. I, Reg. Papers, accepted Sep. 2007 (est. ~8 pages).
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student Y. Yin and lead faculty author.
[4]

T. Carosa, R. Zane, D. Maksimovi, Scalable digital multiphase pulse width modulator, in press, IEEE Trans.
Power Electron., Lett., accepted Sep. 2007 (est. ~4 pages).
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student T. Carosa and lead faculty author.
[5]

Y. Yin, M. Shirazi, R. Zane, Electronic ballast control IC with digital phase control and lamp current
regulation, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 11 18, Jan. 2008.
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student Y. Yin and lead faculty author.
[6]

D. Maksimovi, R. Zane, Small-signal discrete-time modeling of digitally controlled DC-DC converters, IEEE
Trans. Power Electron., Lett., vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 2552 2556, Nov. 2007.
R. Zane contribution: Second faculty author, ~50% contribution to published material.
[7]

X. Zhao, T. Qian, G. Mei, C. Kwan, C. Walsh, T. Paing, R. Zane, Z. Popovic, Active health monitoring of an
aircraft wing with an embedded piezoelectric sensor/actuator network: II. Wireless approaches, Smart Mater.
Struct. 16 (2007) 1218 1225. R. Zane CV
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R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student T. Paing; lead and sole faculty author for all power
management aspects of this multi-disciplinary paper.
[8]

F.J. Azcondo, R. Zane, Ch. Brañas, Design of resonant inverters for optimal efficiency over lamp life in
electronic ballast with phase control, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., special issue on lighting, vol. 22, no. 3, pp.
815 823, May 2007.
R. Zane contribution: Second faculty author, 50% contribution; based on international collaboration with Prof.
F. Azcondo from Univ. of Cantabria, Spain.
[9]

S. Johnson, R. Zane, Custom spectral shaping for EMI reduction in high frequency inverters and ballasts, IEEE
Trans. Power Electron., vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1499 1505, Nov. 2005.
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student S. Johnson and lead faculty author.
[10]

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimovi, System identification of power converters with digital control through cross-
correlation methods, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 1093 1099, Sep. 2005.
R. Zane contribution: Supervisor for professional research assistant B. Miao and lead faculty author.
[11]

Y. Zhang, R. Zane, R. Erickson, D. Maksimovi, A. Prodic On-line calibration of MOSFET switch on-state
resistance for precise current sensing, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., Lett., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 100 103, Sep.
2004.
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student Y. Zhang and lead faculty author.
[12]

Y. Yin, R. Zane, R. Erickson, J. Glaser, Direct modeling of envelope dynamics in resonant inverters, IEE
Electron. Lett., vol. 40, no. 13, pp. 834 836, Jun. 2004.
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student Y. Yin and lead faculty author.
[13]

Y. Yin, R. Zane, Digital phase control for resonant inverters, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., Lett., vol. 2, no. 2,
pp. 51 53, June 2004.
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student Y. Yin and lead faculty author.
[14]

J. Hagerty, F. Helmbrecht, W. McCalpin, R. Zane, Z. Popovic, Recycling ambient microwave energy with
broadband rectenna arrays, IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 1014 1024, Mar. 2004.
R. Zane contribution: Lead and sole faculty author for all power management aspects of this multi-disciplinary
paper. Received the 2006 Microwave Prize.
[15]

Y. Yin, R. Zane, J. Glaser, R. Erickson, Small-signal analysis of frequency-controlled electronic ballasts, IEEE
Trans. Circuits Syst. I: Fundam. Theory and Appl., vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 1103 1110, Aug. 2003.
R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for student Y. Yin and lead faculty author.
[16]

R. Zane, D. Maksimovi, Nonlinear-carrier control for high-power-factor rectifiers based on up-down switching
converters, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 213 221, Mar. 1998.
R. Zane contribution: Primary and sole student.
Manuscripts Submitted to Journals (in first or second review)
[1]

F. Javier Diaz, F. J. Azcondo, Ch. Branas, R. Casanueva, R. Zane, Digital control of a low-frequency square-
wave electronic ballast with resonant ignition, invited submission to IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 08-TIE-0281,
submitted Feb. 2008 (est. ~8 pages).
R. Zane contribution: Second faculty author, 50% contribution; based on international collaboration with Prof.
F. Azcondo from Univ. of Cantabria, Spain.
Full Conference Papers with Peer Review (published or in press)
See http://ece.colorado.edu/~zane

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T. Paing, J. Morroni, A. Dolgov, J. Shin, J. Brannan, R. Zane, Z. Popovic, Wirelessly-powered wireless sensor
platform, in Proc. IEEE European Microw. Conf., Munich, Germany, Oct. 2007, pp. 999 1002. R. Zane CV
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R. Zane contribution: Primary advisor for lead student T. Paing; lead and sole faculty author on power
management aspects of this multi-disciplinary paper.
[2]

F. Javier Diaz, F. J. Azcondo, R. Zane, Digitally controlled low frequency square wave electronic ballast with
resonant ignition and power loop, in Proc. IEEE Ind. Appl. Soc. Ann. Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 2007,
pp. 826 832.
R. Zane contribution: Second faculty author, 50% contribution; based on international collaboration with Prof.
F. Azcondo from Univ. of Can