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Ing. Pavel Skarolek, Ph.D.

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Teaching

Bachelor level Power Electronics 1 (B1B14ZVE) Master level Theory and Application of Power Converters (B1M14TVM) Electrical machinery and equipment (A1B14SP1)

Education

2024 - Ph.D.: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, Fakulta elektrotechnická. Obor: Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony. 2016 - Ing.: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, Fakulta elektrotechnická. Obor: Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony.

Work Experience

2017–present: Researcher at the Department of Electric Drives and Traction, CTU in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. 2018–present: Collaboration with the CTU Lions team, tuning the drive of a racing motorcycle 2022–present: Development of hardware and software for companies in the renewable energy sector

Professional focus

Development and implementation of hardware power converters with GaN transistors for drives and renewable energy systems. Focus primarily on gate drivers for power transistors. Implementation of control software for power converters on ARM STM32 processors.

Overview of a research impact

Grants

2025–present: TQ15000386 – Development of a small vertical wind turbine using an axial switched multistage generator 2022–2024: FW06010024 – Pre-charging unit for HCB or SSCB circuit breakers 2019–2023: EG17_176/0015614 – Innovative charging station with GaN transistors 2020–2022: SGS20/164/OHK3/3T/13 – Analysis of the application of GaN transistors in power converters

Research contracts

2024: Porsche Engineering - Matrix converter development support

Publications

H-index: 4
publications WoS: 12
citations WoS: 34
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