Dr. Slobodan Ćuk was a full-time Professor of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology until January 1, 2000. During that time, more than 30 students obtained their Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics under Dr. Ćuk’s guidance. Many of them are now leading researchers and/or Professors of Power Electronics in the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Ćuk won a coveted IR*100 Award in 1980 from the Industrial Research Magazine for the invention of a new and patented switching converter topology and several of its extensions, which are now known as the ĆUKonverter technology. For the invention of Integrated Magnetics and expediting the development of switched-mode power converters, Dr. Ćuk obtained the prestigious 1991 Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute, which was for the first time in its 100 years history awarded to researchers in Power Electronics. His publications include over 100 scientific papers in the Power Electronics field and a three-volume book on Advances in Switched-Mode Power Conversion.
Over a span of 20 years, Dr. Ćuk has taught a number of public and in-house courses in the United States, Europe and Far East, and gave a number of tutorial seminars at leading Power Electronics conferences throughout the world. These courses and seminars have been attended by over 4,000 Power Electronics specialists.
In 1979, Dr. Ćuk founded TESLAco with the charter to apply the basic research results developed at Caltech to practical commercial and military designs. He holds over 30 patents related to new switched-mode power conversion concepts.
He received Franklin laureate award for pioneering and expediting the development of integrated magnetics and switched-mode power conversion.
