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Automotive Electronics - Team Leader
Name:Marshall Molen
Position:Team Leader
Email: molen@cavs.msstate.edu
Office:Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems 2186
Office Phone:(662) 325-5577

Biography:G. Marshall Molen received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University in 1974. After graduation he was employed at The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, and later was selected as Director of Research and Development for ESCO Manufacturing Company in Greenville, Texas. He began his academic career at Old Dominion University in 1978 and was actively involved in research in the pulsed power area with particular interests in high voltage spark gaps. He was later promoted to Professor of Electrical Engineering and was appointed Director of the Physical Electronics Research Institute. He became Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in 1985. In 1987 he relocated to Tennessee Technological University as chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering, and in July 1992 he accepted a position at Mississippi State University where he served as department head for Electrical and Computer Engineering until 2002. He currently serves as team leader for APS and is the principal investigator for the MSU Radar Power program sponsored by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. In his current position as the Diversified Technology/Ergon Distinguished Professor he is involved with unique power applications employing modern power electronics.
Research Interest:

Pulsed power technology, gas discharges, quantum electronics and high energy lasers, elctromagnetics, electrical power, automotive engineering, power-train design, hybrid vehicle design
Publications:
  • Young, M., Molen, M., Oglesby, D., & Lewis, R. (Aug 2007). The Design and Development of a Through-the-Road Parallel Diesel Electric Hybrid. , IEEE VPPC 07 Arlington, TX: IEEE. [Abstract][Document]
  • Guoyan, T., Mazzola, M., Molen, M., Martin, P., Parker, C.J., Cheng, L., & Bondarenko, V. (Nov 2008). Prototyping a SiC JFET Drop-In Replacement Module for a 600-V, 600-A Si IGBT Half-Bridge Module. 41st International Symposium on Microelectronics, Providence, Rhode Island.
  • Cheng, L., Mazzola, M., Molen, M., Gafford, J., Parker, C., Kelly, R.L., Bondarenko, V., Sheridan, D., & Scofield, J.D. (Aug 2008). HIGH-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE OF 4H-SIC VJFET SWITCHES FOR 200-A/600-V POWER MODULE APPLICATION. 2008 LESTER EASTMAN CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVICES, University of Delaware, DE.
  • Cheng, L., Mazzola, M., Molen, M., Gafford, J., Parker, C., Kelly, R.L., Bondarenko, V., Sheridan, D., & Scofield, J.D. (Aug 2008). HIGH-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE OF 4H-SIC VJFET SWITCHES FOR 200-A/600-V POWER MODULE APPLICATION. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 18.
  • Gafford, J., Mazzola, M., Robbins, J., & Molen, M. (Jun 2008). A multi-kilowatt high-frequency AC-link inverter for conversion of low-voltage DC to utility power voltages. , PESC '08 - 39th IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference / Rhodes, Greece: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 445 Hoes Lane / P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, N, 3707-3712. [Abstract][Document Site]
    • Total Publications by this Author: 19