Ben York

Ben York is a Senior Project Engineer in EPRI’s Distributed Energy Resource program area, and is a technical coordinator for EPRI’s Integrated Grid concept. Ben’s primary research area is distributed resource integration, focusing on both technical and economic issues. Ben currently contributes to several focus areas, including power electronics, photovoltaic balance-of-systems, and microgrid technologies. He is a published author in multiple industry journals on power electronics design and control.

Before joining EPRI in 2013, Ben was a Research Assistant at Virginia Tech’s Future Energy Electronics Center. Ben was responsible for research, development, and demonstration of several products directly related to photovoltaic energy conversion, including the development of a new distributed power electronic interface for PV as part of a multi-year Department of Energy award.

Ben received a B.S. (2008) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama, as well as M.S. (2010) and Ph.D. (2013) degrees in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech.