Al-Thaddeus Avestruz

Professor Avestruz’s main research focus is in the area of high performance power electronics and wireless power transfer for renewable energy, biomedical, automotive, and consumer applications. He has complementary interests in circuits and systems for sensing, electromagnetic systems, feedback and controls, renewable energy, automotive, biomedical, and consumer applications.

Professor Avestruz received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor in 2016. He has over a decade of industry and entrepreneurial experience, and is author of 8 U.S. patents, with several more pending.