FACULTY PROFILES

Dejana Cucak

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Office Building: Engineering Building
Office Room: A334
Phone: (915) 747-6632
Email: dcucak@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in Electrical Engineering, Center of Industrial Electronics, Polytechnic University of Madrid (2017)
MS in Electrical Engineering, Center of Industrial Electronics, Polytechnic University of Madrid (2011)
B.Eng. in Electrical and electronics engineering. , School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2009)

Publications

Parameter Estimation of Power Electronic Converter by Affine Physics-Informed Gaussian Processes IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Early Access (2026), Marcel Zimmer, Matthew Milton, Dejana Cucak, Thiemo Pesch, Herbert Ginn, Andrea Benigni.
A PHYSICS-BASED TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR NON-LINEAR CAPACITANCES OF ALGAN/GAN HEMT IEEE Proceedings of Power MEMS Conference, 2025 (2025), Soraya Moncada, Valdez Fernando, Francisco Hernandez, Mihai Negoita, Brian D. Rummel, Leonid Miroshnik, Lee Gill, Robert J. Kaplar, Yann E. Bouvier, Daniel Diaz, Miroslav Vasic, Dejana Cucak.
PCB-Based Inductor Design for 1-kW, 1-MHz Buck Converter 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) (2024), Aqarib Hussain, Daniel Perez, Dejana Cucak, Kristen Booth.

Presentations

Power Electronics for Space Application (2025), Volume Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dejana Cucak.
A PHYSICS-BASED TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR NON-LINEAR CAPACITANCES OF ALGAN/GAN HEMT (2025), Volume Albuquerque, New Mexico, Soraya Moncada, Dejana Cucak.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 6394 - Graduate Research	28071
Spring 2026	ECE 4315 - Intro to Power Electronics	25055	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 6390 - Special Topics	27888	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr	25066	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 4190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE	28724	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 4190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE	28742	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 5190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE	28710	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 5190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE	28744	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 6190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE	28723	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 6190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE	28745	Syllabus
Spring 2026	ECE 5398 - Thesis	28521
Spring 2026	ECE 4194 - Undergraduate Research	28648

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	ECE 5391 - Individual Studies	18412
Fall 2025	ECE 4390 - Special Topics	15837
Fall 2025	ECE 6390 - Special Topics	17626
Fall 2025	ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr	14956
Summer 2025	ECE 6694 - Graduate Research	34142
Summer 2025	ECE 6391 - Individual Studies	34141
Spring 2025	ECE 4315 - Intro to Power Electronics	25857	Syllabus
Spring 2025	ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr	25870	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	ECE 4390 - Special Topics	15837	Evaluation
Fall 2025	ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr	14956	Evaluation
Spring 2025	ECE 4315 - Intro to Power Electronics	25857	Evaluation
Spring 2025	ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr	25870	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Ph D in Electrical Engineering, Center of Industrial Electronics, Polytechnic University of Madrid (2017)
MS in Electrical Engineering, Center of Industrial Electronics, Polytechnic University of Madrid (2011)
B.Eng. in Electrical and electronics engineering. , School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2009)

Publications

Parameter Estimation of Power Electronic Converter by Affine Physics-Informed Gaussian Processes IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Early Access (2026), Marcel Zimmer, Matthew Milton, Dejana Cucak, Thiemo Pesch, Herbert Ginn, Andrea Benigni.
A PHYSICS-BASED TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR NON-LINEAR CAPACITANCES OF ALGAN/GAN HEMT IEEE Proceedings of Power MEMS Conference, 2025 (2025), Soraya Moncada, Valdez Fernando, Francisco Hernandez, Mihai Negoita, Brian D. Rummel, Leonid Miroshnik, Lee Gill, Robert J. Kaplar, Yann E. Bouvier, Daniel Diaz, Miroslav Vasic, Dejana Cucak.
PCB-Based Inductor Design for 1-kW, 1-MHz Buck Converter 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) (2024), Aqarib Hussain, Daniel Perez, Dejana Cucak, Kristen Booth.

Presentations

Power Electronics for Space Application (2025), Volume Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dejana Cucak.
A PHYSICS-BASED TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR NON-LINEAR CAPACITANCES OF ALGAN/GAN HEMT (2025), Volume Albuquerque, New Mexico, Soraya Moncada, Dejana Cucak.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 6394 - Graduate Research

Section

28071

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 4315 - Intro to Power Electronics

Section

25055

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 6390 - Special Topics

Section

27888

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr

Section

25066

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 4190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE

Section

28724

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 4190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE

Section

28742

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 5190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE

Section

28710

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 5190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE

Section

28744

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 6190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE

Section

28723

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 6190 - Special Topics Lab in ECE

Section

28745

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 5398 - Thesis

Section

28521

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

ECE 4194 - Undergraduate Research

Section

28648

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ECE 5391 - Individual Studies

Section

18412

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ECE 4390 - Special Topics

Section

15837

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ECE 6390 - Special Topics

Section

17626

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr

Section

14956

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

ECE 6694 - Graduate Research

Section

34142

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

ECE 6391 - Individual Studies

Section

34141

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ECE 4315 - Intro to Power Electronics

Section

25857

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr

Section

25870

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ECE 4390 - Special Topics

Section

15837

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr

Section

14956

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ECE 4315 - Intro to Power Electronics

Section

25857

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ECE 5390 - Special Topics Electrical Engr

Section

25870

Evaluation

Dejana Cucak

Bio

Education

Scholarly and Creative Activity

Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations