Prof. Hirofumi Akagi
东京工业大学
IEEE Fellow
报告题目：Evolution of Dual-Active-Bridge (DAB) Converters for High-Power Applications

报告人简介：Hirofumi Akagi received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 1979. Since 2000, he has been Professor, currently Distinguished Professor, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Prior to it, he was with Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, and the Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan. His research interests include power conversion systems and its applications to industry, transportation, and utility. He has authored and coauthored more than 140 IEEE Transactions/Journal papers, including three invited, single-author’s papers in Proceedings of the IEEE. According to Google Scholar, his lifetime citations reach over 64,000 times with an h-index of 104. 
Dr. Akagi received many awards and recognitions, including the 2018 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering and the 2020 EPE Gaston Maggetto Medal. He is the world’s first, and currently sole, recipient of both an IEEE medal and the EPE medal. Dr. Akagi served as the President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2007 to 2008 for two years, and as the IEEE Division II Director from 2015 to 2016 for two years.