Team Leads
AMPED is led by four faculty from Pitt and NC State whose expertise spans magnetic materials, magnetic component design, and power electronics. Together they guide AMPED’s research, education, and industry engagement, ensuring that the consortium addresses real needs of the soft magnetics and electric power industries.
Pitt Faculty Leads
Paul Ohodnicki
Director, Center for Energy PITT Director (Interim), AMPED RK Mellon Faculty Fellow in Energy Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Brandon Grainger
Director, Energy GRID Institute / Power Program PITT Co-Director, AMPED Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer EngineeringNCSU Faculty Leads
Richard Byron Beddingfield
NCSU Co-Director, AMPED Research Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
