X. Zan and A. Avestruz, “100 MHz Wireless Power Transfer for Lightweight UAVs and Agile Robots,” 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2020, pp. 1655-1661, doi: 10.1109/APEC39645.2020.9124492.
A. Sarin, D. Abbot, S. Revzen and A. Avestruz, “Bidirectional Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer for Energy Balancing in Modular Robots,” 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2020, pp. 852-859, doi: 10.1109/APEC39645.2020.9124139.
X. Zan and A. Avestruz, “Isolated Ultrafast Gate Driver with Variable Duty Cycle for Pulse and VHF Power Electronics,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2020.2999481.
X. Cui, C. Keller and A. Avestruz, “Cycle-by-Cycle Digital Control of a Multi-Megahertz Variable-Frequency Boost Converter for Automatic Power Control of LiDAR,” 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 702-711, doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913074.
X. Zan, Z. Guo and A. Avestruz, “Inductive Wireless Power Transfer at 100MHz with Wide Load Range and Constant Output Current,” 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 4967-4975, doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912589.
L. Yang, X. Cui, A. Avestruz and N. Ozay, “Correct-by-construction control synthesis for buck converters with event-triggered state measurement,” 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2019, pp. 1056-1063, doi: 10.23919/ACC.2019.8814937.
X. Cui and A. Avestruz, “Switching-Synchronized Sampled-State Space Modeling and Digital Controller for a Constant Off-Time, Current-Mode Boost Converter,” 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2019, pp. 626-633, doi: 10.23919/ACC.2019.8815075.
S. Y. Chu and A. Avestruz, “A New Calibration Strategy for Transfer-Power Measurement of Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles,” 2019 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Detroit, MI, USA, 2019, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ITEC.2019.8790596.
A. Ramyar, X. Cui and A. Avestruz, “Two-Port Up/Down DC-DC Converter for Two-Dimensional Maximum Power Point Tracking of Differential Diffusion Charge Redistribution Solar Panel,” 2019 20th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2019.8769644.
A. Sarin and A. Avestruz, “Active Segregated Inductor for Code Division Multiple Access Wireless Power Transfer,” 2019 20th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2019.8769692.
S. Y. Chu and A. Avestruz, “Electromagnetic Model-Based Foreign Object Detection for Wireless Power Transfer,” 2019 20th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2019.8769626.
X. Cui, C. Keller and A. Avestruz, “A 5 MHz High-Speed Saturating Inductor DC-DC Converter Using Cycle-by-Cycle Digital Control,” 2019 20th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2019.8769620.
X. Zan and A. Avestruz, “Active Segmentation at 100 MHz for 12 W VHF Wireless Power Transfer,” 2019 20th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2019.8769641.
X. Zan and A. Avestruz, “Performance Comparisons of Synchronous and Uncontrolled Rectifiers for 27.12 MHz Wireless Power Transfer Using CMCD Converters,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 2448-2455, doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557626.
X. Cui and A. Avestruz, “A New Framework for Cycle-by-Cycle Digital Control of Megahertz-Range Variable Frequency Buck Converters,” 2018 IEEE 19th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Padua, 2018, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/COMPEL.2018.8460055.
S. Y. Chu, X. Cui and A. Avestruz, “Accurate Transfer-Power Measurement for Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles Under Misalignment,” 2018 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power Transfer (Wow), Montréal, QC, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WoW.2018.8450889.
A. Sarin and A. Avestruz, “Scaling Wireless Power Transfer Through Code Division Multiple Access,” 2018 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power Transfer (Wow), Montréal, QC, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WoW.2018.8450917.
X. Zan and A. Avestruz, “27.12 MHz Bi-Directional Wireless Power Transfer Using Current-Mode Class D Converters with Phase-Shift Power Modulation,” 2018 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power Transfer (Wow), Montréal, QC, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WoW.2018.8450914.
S. Y. Chu, A. T. Avestruz, Transfer-Power Measurement: A Non-Contact Method for Fair and Accurate Metering of Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles. IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), July 9-12, 2017.
X. Zan, A. T. Avestruz, Wireless Power Transfer for Implantable Medical Devices Using Piecewise Resonance to Achieve High Peak-to-Average Power Ratio. IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), July 9-12, 2017.
A. Sarin, A. T. Avestruz, Comparison of Switched Receivers for Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Wireless Power Transfer. IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), July 9-12, 2017.
P. Lindahl, A. T. Avestruz, W. Thompson, E. George, B. R. Sennett, S. B. Leeb, “A Transmitter-Receiver System for Long-Range Capacitive Sensing Applications,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement , vol.65, no.10, pp.2412-2423, 2016.
A.H. Chang, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb, J.L. Kirtley. Analysis and Design of DC System Protection Using Z-Source Circuit Breaker. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 31, Issue 2, 2016.
R. Zhang, A. Avestruz, J.K. White, S.B. Leeb. Design of resonance damping via control synthesis. IEEE 16th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2015.
A. Avestruz, A.H. Chang, S.B. Leeb. Quad-Switch Push-Pull (QSPP) RF Amplifier with Direct, Simultaneous Modulation of Phase and Pulse Position for Spread-Spectrum Power Applications. Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Charlotte, NC, March 2015.
A.H. Chang, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb. Capacitor-Less Photovoltaic Cell-Level Power Balancing Using Diffusion Charge Redistribution. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 30, Issue 2, 2014.
A. Avestruz, M.D. Rinehart, S.B. Leeb. Optimization of Spread-Spectrum MSK Sequences and Passive, Multi-Resonant Bandpass Rectifiers for Wireless Power Transfer with Low Electromagnetic Interference. IEEE 15th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2014.
A. Al Bastami, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb. Teaching Modeling, Control, and Simulation in a Modular Kit for Power Electronics. IEEE 15th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2014.
A.H. Chang, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb. Capacitor-less Photovoltaic (PV) Cell-Level Power Balancing Using Diffusion Charge Redistribution. Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Forth-Worth, TX, March 2014.
A. Banerjee, A. Avestruz, K. Surakitbovorn, A.H. Chang, S.B. Leeb, Uniform Single-Sided Induction Heating Using Multiphase, Multi-Resonant Halbach Windings. Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Forth- Worth, TX, March 2014.
A. Avestruz, A.H. Chang, S. Khushrushahi, A. Banerjee, S.B. Leeb, Single-Sided AC Magnetic Fields for Induction Heating, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013, Vienna, AU. pp. 5052-5057.
A.H. Chang, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb, J.L. Kirtley, Design of DC System Protection. Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS), 2013 IEEE. pp. 500-508. April 2013.
A. Avestruz, J.J. Cooley, D. Vickery, J. Paris, S.B. Leeb, Dimmable Solid State Ballast with Integral Capacitive Occupancy Sensor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 59, Issue 4, 2011.
J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb, A Retrofit Capacitive Sensing and Occupancy Detection System using Fluorescent Lamps. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 59, Issue 4, 2011.
J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb, Small-signal analysis of fully-differential closed-loop op-amp circuits with arbitrary external impedance elements, Circuits, Devices, and Systems, IET, Vol. 5, Issue 5, 2011, pp. 371-383.
J.J. Cooley, D. Vickery, A. Avestruz, A. Englehart, J. Paris, Steven Leeb. Solid-State Lamp with Integral Occupancy Sensor. 2010 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC).
W. Wichakool, J. Paris, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb, High Resolution Physically-Windowed Sensors for Power Electronics Applications. 2010 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC).
Z. Clifford, J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz, Z. Remscrim, D. Vickery, S.B. Leeb, A Retrofit 60 Hz Current Sensor for Power Monitoring at the Circuit Breaker Panel. 2010 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC).
J.J. Cooley, D. Vickery, A. Avestruz, Z. Clifford, S.B. Leeb, A Retrofit 60 Hz Current Sensor for Power Monitoring at the Circuit Breaker Panel. 2010 Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL).
W. Wichakool, A. Avestruz, R. Cox, S.B. Leeb, Modeling and Estimating Current Harmonics of Variable Electronic Loads. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2009, pp. 2803-2811, Vol. 24, Iss. 12.
J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz, S.B. Leeb, An Autonomous Distributed Demand-Side Energy Management Network Using Fluorescent Lamp Sensors. 2008 Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC).
J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz and S.B. Leeb. Fluorescent Lamp and Ballast Modifications for Sensing Activity Levels for Energy and Power Management in Buildings. 2007 IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference. June 17-21, 2007. Orlando, FL.
25. A. Avestruz, C. Wilson, R.W. Cox, S. Campbell and S.B. Leeb. A Hands-On Approach to Advanced Undergraduate Instruction in Control and Circuitry in Power Electronics. 2007 Power Electronics Educational Workshop. June 16, 2007. Orlando, FL.
J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz and S.B. Leeb. A Modified Fluorescent Lamp for Discrete Biometric Surveillance. 2007 IEEE Conference on Homeland Security. May 16-17, 2007. Woburn, MA.
W. Witchakool, A. Avestruz and S.B. Leeb. Resolving Power Consumption of Variable Power Electronic Loads Using Non-Intrusive Monitoring. 2007 IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference. June 17-21, 2007. Orlando, FL.
J.J. Cooley, A. Avestruz and S.B. Leeb. Proximity Detection and Ranging Using a Modified Fluorescent Lamp for Security Applications. 2006 IEEE International Conference on Security Technology. October 16-20, 2006. Lexington, KY.
A. Avestruz, and S.B. Leeb. DSP Control of Multi-Use Induction Machines with Multiple Stator Windings: Closed Loop Voltage Regulation and Speed. 2006 Computers in Power Electronics (COMPEL) Conference. July 16-19, 2006. Troy, NY.
A. Avestruz, J.W. Holloway, R. Cox and S.B. Leeb. Voltage Regulation in Induction Machines with Multiple Stator Windings by Zero Sequence Harmonic Control. Twentieth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition. March 6-10, 2005. Volume 2, pp.746-752.
Biomedical
31. S. Stanslaski, P. Afshar, P. Cong, J. Giftakis, P. Stypukowski, D. Carlson, D. Linde, D. Ullestad, A. Avestruz, T. Denison. Design and validation of Fully Implantable, Chronic, Closed-loop Neural Stimulator with Concurrent Sensing and Stimulation Capability. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2012.
A. Avestruz, W. Santa, D. Carlson, R. Jensen, S. Stanslaski, A. Helfenstine, and T. Denison. A 5 μW/Channel Spectral Analysis IC for Chronic Bidirectional Brain–Machine Interfaces. Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of, vol. 43, 2008, pp. 3006-3024.
T. Denison, W. Santa, R. Jensen, D. Carlson, G. Molnar, and A. Avestruz. An 8μW Heterodyning Chopper Amplifier for Direct Extraction of 2μVrms Neuronal Biomarkers. Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2008. ISSCC 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International, 2008, pp. 162-603.
T. Denison, K. Consoer, W. Santa, A. Avestruz, J. Cooley, and A. Kelly. A 2 μW 100 nV/rtHz Chopper-Stabilized Instrumentation Amplifier for Chronic Measurement of Neural Field Potentials. Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of, vol. 42, 2007, pp. 2934-2945.
W. Santa, R. Jensen, K. Miesel, D. Carlson, A. Avestruz, G. Molnar, and T. Denison. Radios for the brain? a practical micropower sensing and algorithm architecture for neurostimulators. Circuits and Systems, 2008. ISCAS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on, 2008, pp. 348-351.
Optical and Communication
A. Avestruz, J.I. Rodriguez, R.T. Hinman, G. Livshin, E.C. Lupton, and S.B. Leeb. Stability Considerations and Performance of Wide Dynamic Range, Ambient Light Active Rejection Circuits. Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference. June 30-July 2, 2004. Vol.1, pp. 367-373.
P. Cuddihy, R.T. Hinman, A. Avestruz , et al. Successful Aging. Pervasive Computing, IEEE, Vol.3, No. 2. pp. 48-50. April-June 2004.
R.T. Hinman, E.C. Lupton, S.B. Leeb, A. -T. Avestruz, R. Gilmore, D. Paul, N. Peterson. Using talking lights illumination-based communication networks to enhance word comprehension by people who are deaf or hard of hearing. American Journal of Audiology. Vol.12, No.1, pp. 17-22. June 2003.
A. Avestruz, Roderick T. Hinman, Gary Livshin, Elmer C. Lupton, S.B. Leeb, and A. Culkin. Smart Markers for In- Depth Area and Perimeter Security Using Optical and Hybrid Communications. Presented at the 2003 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security.
G. Livshin, A. Avestruz, R.T. Hinman, E.C. Lupton, and S.B. Leeb. Context Aware Security Based on Illumination (CASI). Presented at the 2003 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security.
A. Avestruz, E.C. Lupton, S.B. Leeb and R.T. Hinman. Smart Markers for In-Depth Battlefield Information: Optical and Hybrid Communication. 2002 Army Science Conference.
A. Avestruz. Minefield Communications with Light. Presented at the 2002 Mines, Demolition and Non-Lethal Conference and Exhibition, 3-5 June 2002.