Deniz Yildirim

Deniz Yildirim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He received his BS from Istanbul Technical University (1989), MS (1993), and PhD (1999) from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

• Current role: Associate Professor (since 2025)
• Past roles: Assistant Professor (1999-2018), Doctor Lecturer (2018-2025), Deputy Head of Department (2015-2018)

His research focuses include:

• Power electronics and converter systems
• Renewable energy integration (solar/wind)
• Electric machines and energy conversion
• Grid-connected inverter technology

Recent research trends involve:

• Advanced gate driver designs for high-power IGBTs
• Flicker reduction in LED drivers
• Split-source converter optimization for photovoltaics
• Ripple control in inverter systems

Active projects include:

• High-efficiency DC-DC converters
• Industrial automation power supplies
• Grid-tie inverter development for solar
• Wind energy system optimization