Jessica Boles wins ARPA-E IGNIITE Early Career Award

EECS Assistant Professor Jessica Boles has won an ARPA-E Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE) Early Career Award. Boles is one of 23 recipients receiving approximately $500,000 to advance their research and convert “disruptive ideas into impactful energy technologies.” The IGNIITE 2024 selectees were honored on July 9, 2024, at the National Academies in Washington, D.C.

Boles’ project will explore “High-Performance, Modular Piezoelectric Components for Miniaturized Power Conversion,” a new class of power electronics based on modular piezoelectric components, which are capable of substantial miniaturization and significant efficiency gains for power electronics in a wide variety of applications.

Boles is also co-director of the recently launched Berkeley Power and Energy Center, a UCB Presidential Chair Fellow, and a past recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her research interests include power electronic circuits, components, control systems, and their associated applications.