PROF. DOUGLAS C. HOPKINS, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Dir., Electronic Power and Energy Research Laboratory
Assist. Dir., Electronic Packaging Laboratory and
Institute Fellow, Energy Systems Institute
  University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
332 Bonner Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1900
Tele: (716)645-3115 Fax: 645-3656
DCHopkins@Eng.Buffalo.Edu
  Off Campus Address:
  Denal Way, m/s 408, Vestal, NY 13850
607-729-9949, fax- 607-729-7129
D.Hopkins@IEEE.Org
 

 FUNDING FOR
EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
(partial listing)

 
SUNY at Buffalo

"Advanced SiC Converter for Embedded Applications"

Contract: SBIR-N00024-04-C-4133
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: 01 Jan 2004– 31 Aug 2004
Amount: $117K ($69.8K from NRL, $47.2K)

"Component and Systems Development for Power-LineCarrier Controlled Fluorescent Lighting"

Contract: DOE- Nat'l Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL) and JRS Technology
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-70%
Term: Sept. 30, 1999 – March 31, 2001
Amount: $682,100 ($409,200 from DOE, $272,840 from JRS)
Phase II: $359,563 ($215,738 from DOE, $143,825 from JRS)
Phase III: $332,668 ($199,601 from DOE, $133,067 from JRS)
 

"Development and Commercialization of Power-Line-Carrier Controlled Fluorescent Lighting Systems"

Contract: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and JRS Technology
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-70%
Term: Sept. 30, 1999 – March 31, 2001
Amount: $549,792 ($363,000 from NYSERDA, $186,792 from JRS)

SUNY at Binghamton

"High Temperature, High Voltage Power Module Development"

Contract: Custom Electronics Incorporated (CEI)
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: November 1996 – October 1997
Amount: $131,186 ($69,090 from CEI, $62,096 BU Match)
(NYSERDA flow-through from CEI, $493,000 Total)

"Power Electronics and Power Packaging Laboratory Program"

Grant: BrushWellman Incorporated (in support of)
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: received April 1996
Amount: $5,000

"Investigation of a Power Package Incorporating a Direct Attached Ceramic/AlSiC Structure,"

Contract: BrushWellman Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-80%, J. Pitarresi, PI-20%
Term: August 1995 – December 1995
Amount: $9,724

"Laboratory/Classroom Instruction and Research Support (Equipment Grant),"

Grant: Tektronix Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: Received February, 10, 1995
Amount: $38,212.50

"Mitigation of Bio-fouling Using Hydrospark"

Grant: New York State Electric and Gas Corp.
PI/co-PI: J. C. Driscoll, PI-70%, D. C. Hopkins, CI-30%
Term: January 1995 – January 1996
Value: $49,000

"Systems Engineering of Shared Resources: Decision Support for the Concept Design Phase –

Modelling Development,"
Grant: NASA Lewis Research Center
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%, one RA
Supplement 1:
Term: January 1994 – June 30, 1994
Amount: $40,121
Phase I effort:
Term: January 1993 – December 1993
Amount: $68,507

"Assessment of Power Conversion Thrust Area" and "Cost Estimate for the ARM Electronic Circuit Cards,"

Grant: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, 100%
Term: July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996
Value: (external) $26,500

"Power Electronics and Power Packaging Laboratory,"

(directly solicited and negotiated equipment grants and equipment donations)
Grant: Tektronix Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
Term: September 1994 – June 1995
Value: $119, 000 (BU: $51,000, Tektronix: $61,000)

"High Density Shunt Regulator Development,"

Contract: Martin Marietta Corporation
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins PI-100%
Term: January 1993 – December 1993
Amount: $49,119

SUNY at Binghamton: Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR)

"Self-Resonance Characterization for High Voltage Capacitors"

Grant: Custom Electronics Incorporated
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins PI-100%, one RA supported
Term: January 1996 – June 1996
Value: $40,000 ($2,000 from CEI)

"Photovoltaic Electric Vehicle Charging Station"

Grant: ETM Solar Works
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%, one RA supported
Term: September 1994 – September 1995
Value: $91,672 (ETM: 32,400, BU: $59,272)

"Logarithmic Amplifier and Detector Mixer Development"

Grant: US Dynamics Corporation
PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%, one RA supported
Term: November 1994 – January 1995
Value: $35,800 (USDC: 28,040, BU: $7,770)

SUNY at Binghamton

Auburn University

  1. "Thermal Conductivity of Copper Clad Ceramics"
    Grant: Brush Wellman Incorporated
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-70%, S. H. Bhavnani, CI-30%
    Term: November 1991 – October 1992
    Value: $19,500
  2. "Non-Contact Power Supply,"
    Contract: Alabama Power Company,
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins PI-100%
    Term: October 1991 - June 1992
    Amount: $15,012 (AU cost share $5,136)
  3. "Materials Support for the Investigation of Charge Equalization in Serial Batteries,"
    Grant: NASA-Marshal Space Flight Center,
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%
    Term: June 01,1991 – December 31, 1991
    Amount: $4,335 (AU cost share $1,335)
  4. "Equalizing Converters for Serial Battery Charging,"
    Grant: Sol-of-Auburn, solar powered EV project
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins 100%,
    Term: September 1990 - June 1991
    Value: Internally funded, support one RA position
  5. "Sol-of-Auburn,"
    Grant: Auburn University Service,
    PI/co-PI: S. H. Bhavnani-PI, D. C. Hopkins CI-30%
    Term: Jan. 1989 - August 1990
    Value: Cash Donation $65,000; Mat'l Donation $38,000
  6. "Suitability of Co-Firable Ceramics for Development of Power Microelectronic Systems,"
    Grant: Auburn Univ. Research-Grant-in-Aid,
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%; two UGAs
    Term: January 01, 1989 – April 15, 1990
    Value: $3,800
  7. "High Density Power Transformer,"
    Contract: Unisys Corporation,
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, PI-100%, two UGAs
    Term: September – December, 1989
    Amount: $8,724
  8. "Power Electronics Research Laboratory Grant,"
    Grant: Tektronix Incorporated,
    PI/co-PI: D. C. Hopkins, 100%
    Term: November 1989
    Value: $87,536 (AU cost share $20,768, Tektronix $66,768)
    Total Funding (November 1989 – present)
    value: $809K
    cash and equip.: $493K
 

 RESEARCH REPORTS: (partial list)

  1. High Temperature Capacitors, final report to Custom Electronics Inc. April 1996, 21 p.
  2. Investigation of a Power Package Incorporating a Direct Attached Ceramic/AlSiC Structure, final report for BrushWellman Incorporated, January 1996, 36 p (incl. Software).
  3. Cost Estimate for the ARM Electronic Circuit Cards, final report for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, November, 1995, 180 p.
  4. Assessment of the Power Conversion Thrust Area, final report for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, July 13, 1995, 10 p.
  5. Systems Engineering of Shared Resources: Decision Support for the Concept Design Phase – Modelling Development, Interim Report for NASA Lewis Research Center, Dec. 1993, 80 p.
  6. Systems Engineering of Shared Resources: Decision Support System for the Concept Definition Phases, NASA-OAI Collaborative Aerospace Research and Fellowship Program at Lewis Research Center, final report, pp- 25-26, 1993.
  7. Investigation of High Frequency Resonant Effects in Batteries, Final Report for NASA Lewis Research Center, August 1993, 23 p.
  8. High Density Shunt Regulator Development, Final report for Martin Marietta Corporation, December 1993, 50 p.
  9. Materials Support for the Investigation of Charge Equalization in Serial Batteries, Final Report, NASA Contract No NAG8-123, December pp. VII-1 – VII-21, 1992.
  10. Power Measurement in Converters - Final Report, for NASA Lewis Research Center, August 1992, 32 p.
  11. Optimum Operating Temperature for a Minimum Mass Space Power System - Final Report, for NASA Lewis Research Center, August 1991, 30 p.
  12. Current Limiting Remote Power Control Module - Final Report, D.C. Hopkins, for NASA Marshal Space Flight Center, NGT-01-002-009, September 1990, 24 p.
  13. High Density Power Transformer, D.C. Hopkins, for Unisys Corporation, December 1989, 15 pages
  14. Testing of High Power Devices - Final Report, for U.S. Army LABCOM-ETDL, DAAL03-86-D-001, DO 1576, September 1989.
  15. High-Performance, High-Frequency, Distributed, Computer Power Supply Technology, with F.C. Lee, et al., for Digital Equipment Corporation, February 1987, 50 p.; February 1988, 60 pages; June 1989, 5 volumes.
  16. Very High Frequency Quasi-Resonant Converters for Use in High Density Power Supplies for Military Applications, with F.C. Lee, et al., for Texas Instruments Incorporated, December 1985, 52 p.
  17. Evaluation of Semiconductor Devices for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (EHV) AC-Drive Applications, with F.C. Lee, et.al., for U.S. Department of Energy and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, publ. JPL9950-1038, May 1985, 50 p.