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Because our research spans a wide range of topics related to electrified transportation, my graduate students are able to work in a variety of areas, and have the ability to self-direct their research topics within the areas of electrified vehicles and power electronics.

Current Students:

  • Reimundo Alcalde, Ph.D. program
  • Xu Fan, Ph.D. program
  • Mohammadhesam Hassani Sadi, Ph.D. program
  • Zahra Sadeghi, Ph.D. program

MASc Alumni:

  1. Orges Ali, “Investigation of Optimal Class-8 Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Truck Design for Improved Fuel Economy”, 2025.
  2. Hanbo Liu, “A High-Power, High-Step-Up DC/DC Converter for Fuel Cell Range-Extender Vehicles”, 2025.
  3. Gunnar Schulz, “Time-Domain Analysis and Optimization of a Three-Phase Dual-Active-Bridge Converter With Variable Duty-Cycle Modulation”, 2023.
  4. Christine Dong, “Maximizing Driving Range of Fuel Cell Range-extended Vehicles for a Fixed Cost”, 2022.
  5. Alice Dong, “GaN-based Non-isolated On-board Charger with Voltage Ripple Cancellation”, 2020.
  6. Christina Riczu, “Modeling and Implementation of a Hardware Efficient Low-Voltage-To-Cell Battery Balancing Circuit for Electric Vehicle Range Extension”, 2020.
  7. Nickolas Leahey, “Dimensioning of Integrated Starter-Generator Mild Hybrid System Using Real World Drive Cycles”, 2018.

PhD Alumni:

  1. Sukanya Dutta, “Onboard Charger for 800 V Electric Vehicles with Low Component Count”, 2025.
  2. Cun Wang, “Reliability Analysis and Advancements in Fault Tolerant Control of Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge Converters”, 2025.
  3. Henry Zheng, “Advanced Topologies and Control for High-efficiency Bidirectional Power Converters in Solar-charged Electric Vehicles”, 2023.
  4. Danial Sadeghpour, “Power Electronic Architectures for Solar-Charged Electric Vehicles, 2023.
  5. Ata Meshginqalam, “Optimal Speed Planning of Electric and Fuel Cell Autonomous Vehicles”, 2022.
  6. Ahsanul Hoque Rafi, “Electric Architectures for High-efficiency Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations with Energy Storage”, 2022.
  7. Nishant Kashyap, “Addressing GaN Converter Challenges: False Turn-On Issues & Switching Loss Modelling”, 2022.
  8. Hosnee Mobarak, “Mitigation of Electric Vehicle Charging Effects on the Distribution Grids Through Smart-Charging and On-board Solar Charging”, 2021.