Dr. Philippe Gray
Affiliations
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering
Contact information
Web presence
Location
Office: ICT342
Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 2022
M.A.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 2013
B.A.Sc. Engineering Science (Hons.), University of Toronto, 2010
Biography
Philippe Gray is an Assistant Professor in the area of power electronics in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. He received his B.A.Sc. (Hons.) degree in engineering science, M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto in 2010, 2013 and 2022, respectively. From 2012 to 2013, Dr. Gray was a Visiting Researcher at ABB Corporate Research in Västerås, Sweden. From 2014 until 2017, he was a System Design Engineer at General Electric in Stafford, UK, working on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission schemes. From 2022 until 2023, He was a Senior Power Electronics Engineer at Lucid Motors in California, where he worked on onboard charger design.
Research
Areas of Research
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| ENEL 676 | Distributed Energy Resources | Winter 2024 |
| ENEL 594 | Undergraduate Research Thesis II | Winter 2024 |
| ENEL 592 | Undergraduate Research Thesis I | Fall 2023 |
Awards
- CIGRE Canada Next Generation Network (NGN) CIGRE Paris Sponsorship, CIGRE. 2020
- Hatch Graduate Scholarship for Sustainable Energy Research, Hatch Ltd. 2020
- NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS D), NSERC. 2019
- Best Student Paper Award, Co-recipient, CIGRE Canada Conference. 2014
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA), NSERC. 2010
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA), NSERC. 2009
Publications
- Bidirectional Current-Fed Isolated MMC With Partial Soft-Switching for High Step Ratio DC–DC Applications. P. A. Gray, N. J. B. Hosein, X. Lan and P. W. Lehn. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 8281-8292. (2024)
- A High-Frequency MMC for DC–DC Applications Using a Three- Winding Transformer With DC Flux Cancellation. P. A. Gray, Z. C. Ma and P. W. Lehn. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics. 647-657. (2022)
- A Modular Multilevel DC-DC Converter with Flying Capacitor Converter Like Properties. P. A. Gray, P. W. Lehn and N. Yakop. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 6774-6783. (2022)
- Discontinuous Conduction Mode Operation of the Current-Shaping Modular Multilevel DC–DC Converter. P. A. Gray and P. W. Lehn. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 2233-2244. (2022)
- The Current Shaping Modular Multilevel DC–DC Converter. P. A. Gray and P. W. . IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 10050–10063. (2020)
- An Approach for Selecting Compensation Capacitances in Resonance-Based EV Wireless Power Transfer Systems with Switched Capacitors. K. A. Cota, P. A. Gray, M. Pathmanathan and P. W. Lehn. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 1004-1014. (2019)
- New Metric Recommended for IEEE Standard 1547 to Limit Harmonics Injected Into Distorted Grids. X. Zong, P. A. Gray and P. W. . IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 963-972. (2016)
- A Bidirectional Current-Fed Modular Multilevel Converter with Zero-Current Switching for Medium Voltage DC Distribution Applications. P. A. Gray, N.J.B. Hosein, X. Lan, P. Lehn. ICPE 2023-ECCE Asia. (2023)
More Information
I am currently looking to hire PhD and MSc graduate positions for the Summer or Fall of 2025. These positions are fully funded. If interested, please send me an email that includes your CV.
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