Yi Deng was born in China. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 2016 from Hunan University, Changsha, China. He received his M.S. degree in electronic engineering in 2017 from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. He received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2019 from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. He joined the advanced power electronics and motor drives group and has been pursuing his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University since 2019. His research interests include motor control, power electronics, renewable energy, and energy storage.