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Miroslav Vasić was born in Serbia in 1981. He received the B.S. degree from the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, in 2005. Since then he has been working at Centro de Electrónica Industrial at ETSII (UPM) where he received his M.S. in 2007 and his Ph.D. degree in 2010. He has been working as assistant professor at UPM since 2015.
His research interests are in the field of Power Electronics Applications in the field of telecom, automotive and renewable energy applications. In the recent years, he has been very active in the field of power converter modelling, optimizations and in research of new semiconductor wide bandgap devices based on GaN and SiC and their impact on power electronics.
Miroslav has advised over 15 Master Thesis and 2 Doctoral dissertations, published over 20 journal papers and over 50 technical papers. His R&D has been done in direct collaboration with industrial partners (Thales Alenia Space, Airbus, Apex Microtechnology, Huawei, etc.) or through public funds obtained from the Spanish Ministry of Science and European Union. The research results have been extensively published and IP protected, and he holds 5 patents.
Fellowships and Awards
| 2016 | Best Young Researcher Award, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain |
| 2015 | Medal for Your Researcher Trajectory, Real Academia de Ingenieria, Spain |
| 2012 | SEMIKRON European Annual Award for the best Innovation in Power Electronics. Given for the results achieved during the PhD research. |
| 2011 | The Best Poster Award, at IEEE ECCE 2011, Phoenix, USA |
| 2005-2009 | Formación de profesorado Universitario, Scholarship for PhD students by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Spain |
| 2004-2005 | Scholarship for talented students, Serbian Ministry of Science and Education, Serbia |
| 2003 | Scholarship for extraordinary students, Norway Embassy in Serbia, Serbia |
Patent Applications:
| Apex Microtechnology | 2019 | Power Amplifier With a Tracking Power Supply”, US Application Number: 16/539,733, patent pending |
| Huawei | 2018 | “Power Converter”, International application number: PCT/EP2018/051547 |
| Huawei | 2018 | “Power Converter”, International application number: PCT/EP2018/051546 |
| Apex Microtechnology | 2017 | “Multiplexed Multilevel Converter Amplifier”, International application number: US 9,592,665 B1 |
| Spanish national patent | 2008 | “Fuente de Alimentación para Amplificadores de RF que Utilizan la Técnica EER”, Spanish app. number: P200803324 |
Invited Talks and Technical Seminars
| May 2020 | Technical Tutorial | Demystifying GaN Devices: From Theory to Practice | PCIM Europe, Nuremburg |
| October 2019 | Key Note Talk | Demystifying Power GaN Devices: Theory and Application | 20th Ee2019, Novi Sad, Serbia |
| September 2019 | Technical Seminar | GaN transistors as an enabler of high performance power electronics | EPE’19 ECCE Europe, Genova Italy
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| July 2019 | Invited Talk at Technical Seminar | High Performance Power Electronics Driven Multidimensional Optimizations A Necessity from Device to System Level | ECPE Expert Discussion ‘Design Automation and Next Generation Measurement Technology in Power Electronics‘, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland |
| February 2019 | Technical Webinar | Design Automation for Power Electronics | IEEE PELS Webianar |
| November 2018 | Technical Seminar | High Power Density Power Converters | High Power Density Power Converters |
| July 2018 | Invited talk | The impact of Wide Bandgap Devices on Modern Power Electronics | Chongqing Acoustic-Optic-Electric Company, Chongqing, China
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| February 2018 | Invited talk | GaN HEMT enabled power electronics | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| July 2018 | Technical Tutorial | Employing GaN devices in High Performance Power Electronics | Airbus Crisa, GaN Day Event, Madrid, Spain
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| March 2018 | Invited Talk | High Frequency Power Conversion for Envelope Tracking | School of Electrical Engineering, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia |
| October 2016 | Invited Talk | Fast Dynamics Converters for Power Amplifiers | School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia |
Organization of the Scientific Meetings
| 2019 | Publication Chair, Ee2019, Novi Sad Serbia |
| 2019 | Workshop Co-Chair, DAPE 2019, Genova, Italy |
| 2018 | Workshop Co-Chair, DAPE 2018, Portland, USA |
| 2016 | Member of Organization Committee of Power Supply On Chip Workshop, PwrSOC 2016, Madrid, Spain |
| 2013 | Member of Organization Committee of Seminario Annual de Automatica y Electronica Industrial, Madrid, Spain 2013 |
Institutional Responsibilities
| 2016 – present | Technical coordinator of Erasmus+ programme between the University of Belgrade and Universidad Politecnica de Madrid |
| 2018 – 2019 | Technical coordinator of student exchange for Universidad Politecnica de Madrid in International Research Experiences for Students, organized by the National Science Foundation of the USA |
Journal Editorial Boards and Reviewing Activities
| 2019 – present | Project Peer Reviewer of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia |
| 2018 – present | Associated Editor in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology |
| 2016 – present | Associated Editor in IEEE Journal on Emerging Applications in Power Electronics |
| 2014 – present | Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
| 2012 – present | Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
| 2010 – present | Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I |
Membership of Scientific Societies
| 2019 – present | IEEE Senior Member |
| 2010 – 2019 | IEEE Member |
| 2008 – 2010 | IEEE Student Member |