Nathan Brooks

Nathan Brooks serves as an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where his research and teaching focus on advancing power electronics systems through innovative converter design and component optimization.

Education:

• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2023
• MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
• BS, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2016

His research centers on hybrid switched-capacitor power converters, passive component characterization, and power factor correction, targeting reductions in size and weight for high-density power systems. This work addresses critical challenges in electric vehicle technology and renewable energy integration by optimizing capacitor and inductor performance in converter topologies.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent contributions to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2024), exploring scaling trends for passive components, DC-link capacitor design, and resonant converter analysis. These works establish methodological frameworks for component sizing and stress analysis in next-generation power systems.

Teaching expertise spans Power Electronics, Circuit Modeling and Dynamics, Linear Control Theory, Electric Machines, Introductory Circuit Theory, and Electric Vehicle Technology, emphasizing hands-on design principles and real-world applications in electrical engineering education.