A method for controlling the operation of switching elements contained within a single-phase bridge circuit of a power converter, the method comprising: monitoring, with a computing device, gate voltages of a first switching element and a second switching element of the single-phase bridge circuit; controlling the first and second switching elements so that each switching element is alternated between an activated state and a deactivated state; transmitting a gating command signal to adjust the first switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state when: a first gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the activated state; a second gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the deactivated state; a first indication is received that the gate voltage of the second switching element is less than a predetermined voltage threshold; and a second indication being received that current is not flowing through a first anti-parallel diode associated with the first switching element; transmitting a third gating command signal to adjust the second switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state when: a third gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the activated state; a fourth gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the deactivated state; a third indication being received that the gate voltage of the first switching element is less than the predetermined voltage threshold; and a fourth indication being received that current is not flowing through a second anti-parallel diode associated with the second switching element. monitoring, with a computing device, gate voltages of a first switching element and a second switching element of the single-phase bridge circuit; controlling the first and second switching elements so that each switching element is alternated between an activated state and a deactivated state; transmitting a gating command signal to adjust the first switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state when: a first gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the activated state; a second gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the deactivated state; a first indication is received that the gate voltage of the second switching element is less than a predetermined voltage threshold; and a second indication being received that current is not flowing through a first anti-parallel diode associated with the first switching element; transmitting a third gating command signal to adjust the second switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state when: a third gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the activated state; a fourth gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the deactivated state; a third indication being received that the gate voltage of the first switching element is less than the predetermined voltage threshold; and a fourth indication being received that current is not flowing through a second anti-parallel diode associated with the second switching element. a first gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the activated state; a second gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the deactivated state; a first indication is received that the gate voltage of the second switching element is less than a predetermined voltage threshold; and a second indication being received that current is not flowing through a first anti-parallel diode associated with the first switching element; transmitting a third gating command signal to adjust the second switching element from the deactivated state to the activated state when: a third gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the activated state; a fourth gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the deactivated state; a third indication being received that the gate voltage of the first switching element is less than the predetermined voltage threshold; and a fourth indication being received that current is not flowing through a second anti-parallel diode associated with the second switching element. a third gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the second switching element to the activated state; a fourth gate drive command is received that is associated with switching the first switching element to the deactivated state; a third indication being received that the gate voltage of the first switching element is less than the predetermined voltage threshold; and a fourth indication being received that current is not flowing through a second anti-parallel diode associated with the second switching element.