Yayun Zhao, BEng (she/her/hers)

Cornell University

Yayun Zhao (Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering and automation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2025. She is currently pursuing the Master of Engineering degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. She conducted this work during her senior-year academic exchange at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Her research interests include high-power-density flying-capacitor multilevel (FCML) converters, GaN-based power electronics systems, digital control strategies, and advanced power delivery architectures.

Presentation(s):

• T02.2 - A High-Performance 6-Level Flying Capacitor Multilevel Totem-Pole Bidirectional DC-AC Converter for Single-Phase Systems

  Tuesday, March 24, 2026
  8:50 AM - 9:10 AM CT