Hua “Kevin” Bai received BS and PHD degree from Department of Electrical Engineering of Tsinghua University in 2002 and 2007, respectively. In 2010 he joined Kettering University (former General Motor Institute) as an assistant professor. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2018 as Associate Professor, and was promoted to Professor in 2024. His research interests include power electronics (particularly wide-bandgap devices) with motor drives, electric vehicle battery chargers, auxiliary power modules and battery energy storage systems. He is the author of 2 books, >140 IEEE papers and hold >20 industrial patents. He is associate editor of SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles, and associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.