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Heath Hofmann

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

4421 EECS 1301 Beal Avenue

4421 EECS 1301 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122

hofmann@umich.edu

(734) 647-1107

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Education:

Dr. Hofmann holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998 and an M.S., also from the University of California at Berkeley, in 1997. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1992.

Teaching: ^top

Dr. Hofmann regularly teaches courses in power electronics and energy conversion, and has developed graduate and senior level courses in electromechanics and electric machinery and drives

Research Interests: ^top

His research has been sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, NASA, and the National Science Foundation, among others. He serves as associate editor to IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and the International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields.

Biography: ^top

A professor of electrical engineering at The University of Michigan, Heath Hofmann’s expertise lies in the areas of power electronics and electromechanical systems. Specific research interests include energy harvesting, flywheel energy storage systems, finite element analysis, and the design and control of electric machines.

Publications: ^top

Dr. Hofmann’s publications have appeared in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. He is currently writing a textbook, tentatively titled Electric Machinery and Drives, which will be published by Springer.

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