{"id":335,"date":"2019-06-13T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.research.ece.ncsu.edu\/bhattacharya\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2019-07-30T22:50:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T22:50:06","slug":"richard-byron-beddingfield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/bhattacharya\/team-members\/richard-byron-beddingfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Byron Beddingfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/portrait_no_logo-Byron-Beddingfield-1-e1560436160599.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" width=\"392\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/bhattacharya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/portrait_no_logo-Byron-Beddingfield-1-e1560436160599.jpg 361w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/bhattacharya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/06\/portrait_no_logo-Byron-Beddingfield-1-e1560436160599-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Byron Beddingfield was born in Atlanta, GA in 1990. He <g class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"17\" data-gr-id=\"17\">started  research<\/g> work with Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya at North Carolina State  University as an Undergraduate Research Scholar in 2012. He focused <g class=\"gr_ gr_18 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"18\" data-gr-id=\"18\">on  active<\/g> filters after completing a <g class=\"gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"11\" data-gr-id=\"11\">three semester<\/g> CO-OP rotation with  Nucor Steel Hertford, NC where he fell in love with high power, <g class=\"gr_ gr_19 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"19\" data-gr-id=\"19\">high  voltage<\/g> converters after seeing the capabilities of the DC and AC  electric arc furnaces. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical  Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, and the University Honors Program from  North Carolina State University in 2013. He then completed his  Professional Science Masters in Electric Power Systems Engineering with a Renewable Electric Energy Systems Certificate in 2014. During his <g class=\"gr_ gr_20 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"20\" data-gr-id=\"20\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_14 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace\" id=\"14\" data-gr-id=\"14\">PhD<\/g>  work<\/g>, he visited Carnegie Mellon and the US Department of Energy  National Energy Technology Laboratory as an ORISE Postgraduate Fellow.  There he gained an appreciation and passion for magnetic materials <g class=\"gr_ gr_21 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"21\" data-gr-id=\"21\">and  components<\/g>. He completed his <g class=\"gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace\" id=\"15\" data-gr-id=\"15\">PhD<\/g> research in magnetic materials and components for <g class=\"gr_ gr_22 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"22\" data-gr-id=\"22\">high  power<\/g>, medium frequency power converters in the summer of 2018. <g class=\"gr_ gr_23 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"23\" data-gr-id=\"23\">His  current<\/g> research interests are to leverage the intersection of <g class=\"gr_ gr_24 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"24\" data-gr-id=\"24\">material  science<\/g> and electrical engineering to improve magnetic component <g class=\"gr_ gr_25 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"25\" data-gr-id=\"25\">designs  to<\/g> meet the challenging demands of modern wide bandgap power electronics converters. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Byron Beddingfield was born in Atlanta, GA in 1990. 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