Abdul Muneeb Earns IEEE Best Presentation Award at APEC 2026

Abdul Muneeb, a PhD student and graduate research assistant at Stony Brook University, has been recognized with the Best Presentation Award at the 41st IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) held March 22–26, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas.

• Award details: Muneeb won the Best Presentation Award at the 41st IEEE APEC, presented at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas (March 22–26, 2026). His paper title: “D30.4 – Near-Field Coupling Analysis of Butterfly Layouts in Paralleled GaN Half-Bridges for Aerospace Applications.” The awards are determined by Session Chairs’ scores across presentation criteria.
• Research and mentorship: Muneeb is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University, supervised by Professor Fang Luo, and focuses on GaN and SiC devices, planar transformer design, PCB-integrated magnetics, EMI-aware design, and PDN modeling for high-speed power conversion aimed at aerospace and AI data center infrastructure.