EDUCATION:
  •  Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1989 
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) 
  •  BSEE, MSEE in Electrical Engineering, 
    State University of New York at Buffalo 
   CITIZENSHIP: United States
   
   SOCIETIES:
   Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
 
  • Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society
  • Electron Devices Society
  • Industry Applications Society
  • Industry Electronics Society
  • Power Engineering Society
  • Power Electronics Society 
   Fellow, International Microelectronics and Packaging Society
   
 EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
  • Director, Electronic Power & and Energy Research Laboratory (ePERL),School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, March 2007 - present. 
  • Associate Director, Electronics Packaging Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, January 2004 - present. 
  • Research Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, and Institute Fellow, Energy Systems Institute, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, March 1997 - present. 
  • Founding Partner, DensePower, LLC, Vestal, New York, June 2008 - present. 
  • Founder & Consultant, DCHopkins & Associates, LLC, Vestal, New York, January 1977 - present. 
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, September 1994-August 1998. 
  • Research Professor (full-time, sole PI), State University of New York Research Foundation, Binghamton, New York, January 1993-September 1994. 
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, September 1988 - August 1992. 
  • Instructor (full time), Department Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 1983 - August 1988. 
  • Doctoral Student (part time, Co-advisors: Drs. F. William Stephenson and Fred C. Lee), Virginia Power Electronics Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 1983 - August 1988. 
  • Senior Engineer, Research and Development Center, Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, New York, September 1982 - August 1983. 
  • Electrical Engineer, Corporate Research and Development Center, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, May 1977-August 1982. 
  • Masters Student/Research Assistant (Advisor: Dr. A. Scott Gilmour), State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, June 1975 - May 1977.