People

Xiaoqing “Jason” Song, Ph. D., SMIEEE

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Email: songx@uark.edu

Phone: +1 (479) 575-7397

Office: Bell 3167, ENRC 4122

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Professional Appointment

  • 2022 – Present     Assistant Professor     University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  • 2017 – 2022 Principal Scientist ABB U.S. Corporate Research Center, Raleigh, NC

Education

  • 2017      Ph. D.       Electrical Engineering      North Carolina State University, U.S.
  • 2012      M. Sc.      Electrical Engineering      Beijing Institute of Technology, China
  • 2009     B. Sc.       Electrical Engineering      Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Research Interests

  • Wide bandgap (WBG) based power conversion
  • Power electronics packaging
  • Solid state switch based power system protection

Awards

  • 2024 AAEE William and Margaret Brown Faculty Award
  • 2022 IEEE ITEC+ Best Paper Award
  • 2021 Publisher of the Year, ABB U.S. Corporate Research Center
  • 2020 Inventor of the Year, ABB U.S. Corporate Research Center
  • 2016 Outstanding Young EPE Member Award
  • 2016 IEEE ECCE Student Travel Grant

Current Students

Xiang Li

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Spring 2023

Email: xiangl@uark.edu

Research Area: GaN based power electronics converters

Mohammad Dehan Rahman

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Spring 2023

Email: mr117@uark.edu

Research Area: SiC power module packaging

Yannal Nawafleh

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Spring 2024

Email: nawafleh@uark.edu

Research Area: Solid state circuit breakers

Tanzila Akter

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Spring 2024

Email: tanzilaa@uark.edu

Research Area: GaN and UWBG power module packaging

Samuel Fakunle

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Fall 2024

Email: fakunle@uark.edu

Research Area: High voltage SiC power module packaging

Hamood Ur Rehman

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Fall 2024

Email: rehman@uark.edu

Research Area: SiC based power electronics converters

Xianglai Zeng

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Fall 2024

Email: xz038@uark.edu

Research Area: SiC based power electronics converters

Daixin Chen

Ph. D. Student

Starting from Fall 2024

Email: rehman@uark.edu

Research Area: Solid state and hybrid circuit breakers

Alumni

Geno Guillaume

Master

Defended in 2024

Now at Black & Veatch

George Ruth

Bachelor

Graduated in 2023

Now at Olsson