Northern Illinois University

College of Engineering & Engineering Technology

Liping GuoLiping Guo

Assistant Professor, Technology
Email: lguo@ceet.niu.edu
Tel: 815-753-1350

Education

M.S. (2001), Ph.D. (2006) in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Auburn University

Research Interests

Power Electronics; Renewable Energy; Solar Power; Switch Mode Power Supplies; Nonlinear Control; Digital Control; Fuzzy Logic; Embedded Systems; Digital Signal Processing.

Work Experience

  • Department of Technology, NIU (2007-present)
  • Department of Industrial Technology, University of Northern Iowa (2006-2007)
  • System Engineer, Beijing HKD Computer Co. Ltd, Beijing, China (1998-1999)
  • Associate Engineer, Bank of Beijing, Beijing, China (1997-1998)

Professional Associations and Honors

  • IEEE Member (1999-present)
  • NAIT member (2007)
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (Member)
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Student Scholarship (2005)
  • Auburn University Graduate Research Fellowship (2002-2006)

Selected Publications

  • Guo, L., “Implementation of Digital PID Controllers for DC-DC Converters Using Digital Signal Processors,” 2007 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, Chicago, IL, May 2007
  • Guo, L., Hung, J. Y. and Nelms, R. M., “Design and Implementation of Sliding Mode Fuzzy Controller for a Buck Converter,” 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Montreal, Canada, July 2006
  • Guo, L., Hung, J. Y. and Nelms, R. M., “Digital Implementation of Sliding Mode Fuzzy Controllers for Boost Converters,” 2006 Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 2006
  • Guo, L., Hung, J. Y. and Nelms, R. M., “Comparative Evaluation of Linear PID and Fuzzy Control for a Boost Converter,” The 31st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Raleigh, NC, Nov 2005
  • Guo, L., Hung, J. Y. and Nelms, R. M., “Experimental Evaluation of a Fuzzy Controller Using a Parallel Integrator Structure for DC-DC Converters,” 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2005

Research Projects

Digital control of switch mode power supplies, energy harvesting using renewable energy, solar power.

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