Mason Parker received the M.Eng (Hons.) degree in General Engineering specialising in Renewable Energy from Durham University, Durham, U.K, in 2021. He then completed the Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics with The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K in 2025. He is currently working as a senior product applications engineer at Analog Devices, Edinburgh, U.K, in the high voltage protection group. His research interests include the active gate driving of high current Silicon Carbide devices. This is with a focus of improving switching characteristics, reducing emissions and achieving active current balancing between parallel power modules.
Workshop Report
Mason’s funding allowed him to attend an ECPE tutorial ‘Testing and Electrical Characterization of Power Semiconductor Devices’. The aims for this workshops were: to enhance his knowledge relating to the testing of power semiconductor devices; to improve his PhD research; to inspire new ideas or directions for research beyond his PhD; to get a better understanding of how to overcome unique challenges like very high bandwidth requirements; to bring back the knowledge gained to my group and the N-ZEEE network to facilitate academic discussions. Finally, he anticipated that the networking would allow him to make new contacts from both industry and academia, potentially resulting in future collaborations or funding.
