Mahshid Amirabadi
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
- 401 Dana Research Center
- 617.373.8177
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Research Focus
Design, modeling and control of power converters, power electronics for renewable energy systems, microgrids, variable speed drives and wireless power transfer
Education
- PhD (2013) Electrical engineering (Power-Power Electronics), Texas A&M University
- MS (2006) Electrical engineering (Power- Power Electronics), University of Tehran, Iran
- BS (2002) Electrical Engineering (Electronics), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Honors & Awards
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2021
- Best Paper Award, Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition 2016
Professional Affiliations
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Power Electronics Society
- Industry Applications Society
- Industrial Electronics Society
- Power and Energy Society
Research Overview
Design, modeling and control of power converters, power electronics for renewable energy systems, microgrids, variable speed drives and wireless power transfer
Selected Research Projects
- Universal SiC-Based Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems
- Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, CAREER Award
- A New Class of Modular Power Converters for Next- Generation Shipboard Power Systems
- Principal Investigator, Office of Naval Research
- A Universal Converter for DC, Single-Phase AC, and Multi- Phase AC Systems
- Principal Investigator, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
- A New Class of Soft-Switching Capacitive-Link Universal Converters for Photovoltaic Application
- Principal Investigator, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
- Development of a Dynamic Tracking Supply
- Principal Investigator, Teradyne Inc.
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- M. Khodabandeh, B. Lehman, M. Amirabadi, “A Highly Reliable Single-Phase AC to Three-Phase AC Converter with a Small Link Capacitor,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36 (9), 2021, 10051-10064
- K. Mozaffari, M. Amirabadi, A Reduced-Switch-Count Family of Soft-Switched High-Frequency Inductive AC-Link Converters, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 35(8), 2020, 7972-7990
- X. Zhang, M. Khodabandeh, M. Amirabadi, B. Lehman, A Simulation-Based Multi-Functional Differential Mode and Common Mode Filter Design Method for Universal Converters, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 8(1), 2020,658-672
- M. Khodabandeh, E. Afshari, M. Amirabadi, A Family of Ćuk, Zeta, and SEPIC Based Soft-Switching DC–DC Converters, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(10), 2019, 9503-9519
- K. Mozaffari, M. Amirabadi, A Highly Reliable and Efficient Class of Single-Stage High- Frequency AC-Link Converters, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(9), 2019, 8435-8452
- E. Afshari, M. Khodabandeh, M. Amirabadi, A Single-Stage Capacitive AC-Link AC–AC Power Converter, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(3), 2019, 2104-2118
- M. Khodabandeh, E. Afshari, M. Amirabadi, A Single-Stage Soft-Switching High-Frequency AC-Link PV Inverter: Design, Analysis, and Evaluation of Si-Based and SiC-Based Prototypes, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(3), 2019, 2312-2326
Oct 12, 2021
Amirabadi Research Receives 2020 Second Place Prize Paper Award of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
ECE alum Khalegh Mozaffari, PhD’19, and Associate Professor Mahshid Amirabadi received second place for the 2020 IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions Prize Paper Award for their paper on “A Reduced-Switch-Count Family of Soft-Switched High-Frequency Inductive AC-Link Converters.”
Feb 12, 2021
Amirabadi Received NSF CAREER Award to Improve Renewable Energy Systems
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi received a $400K NSF CAREER Award for “Universal SiC-Based Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems.”
Nov 25, 2020
Amirabadi Awarded Patent for Universal Power Converter
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi was awarded a patent for creating a “Highly reliable and compact universal power converter.”
Apr 19, 2019
PhD Student Wins Outstanding Presentation Award in 2019 IEEE APEC
ECE PhD student Ehsan Afshari from Professor Mahshid Amirabadi’s group received the award for the Outstanding Presentation at 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) held in Anaheim, CA. The award was given for the research on the development of multiport universal power converters.
Apr 02, 2019
Amirabadi Awarded Patent
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi awarded a patent for "Power conversion devices and control methods therefor". Abstract Source: USPTO Power conversion devices with control algorithms that can solve the double frequency harmonic problem are provided, as are techniques for controlling power converters when the instantaneous values of input and output power are not the same.
Jan 10, 2018
Amirabadi and Lehman Awarded $660K from ARPA-E and MassCEC for Transformational Energy Technology
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi and ECE Professor Brad Lehman were awarded $628K in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and $33K from Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).
Mar 22, 2017
Amirabadi Awarded Patent
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi awarded a patent for "Sparse and Ultra-Sparse Partial Resonant Converters". Abstract Source: USPTO The AC portion of the input of the ultra-sparse partial resonant power converter contains three pairs of forward-conducting-bidirectional-blocking switches connected in a first direction, and two pairs of forward-conducting-forward-blocking devices connected in a second direction to the three […]
Jan 24, 2017
Amirabadi Receives ONR Grant
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi was awarded a $274K grant from ONR to develop "A New Class of Modular Power Converters for Next-Generation Shipboard Power Systems." This project seeks innovative solutions for concurrent and dramatic increases in power density, lifetime, efficiency, modularity, and watts per dollar of shipboard power systems. The new class of modular AC-AC converters resulting […]
Jan 12, 2017
Amirabadi Receives ARPA-E Grant
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi was awarded a $240K grant from ARPA-E to develop "A New Class of Soft-Switching Capacitive-Link Universal Converters for Photovoltaic Application".
Sep 23, 2016
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi Receives the Best Paper Award
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi, received the Best Paper Award at the 8th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE 2016). Her paper was entitled "Cuk-Based Universal Converters in Discontinuous Conduction Mode of Operation."