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KHURRAM K. AFRIDI

University of Colorado Boulder, ECOT 342, 425 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA Tel: 1 (303) 492-8905, Email: khurram.afridi@colorado.edu

EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February 1998. Thesis: A Methodology for the Design and Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Electrical Power Systems. Advisor: John G. Kassakian Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 1992. Thesis: Parallel Operation and Failure Mechanisms of MOS-Controlled Thyristors. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA Bachelor of Science with Honors in Electrical Engineering, June 1989. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA • Assistant Professor, Department of ECEE, January 2014 – Present. • Goh Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering and Applied Science, July 2017 – Present. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA • Visiting Associate Professor, Department of EECS, January 2009 – January 2014. • Visiting Scholar, MIT Energy Initiative, September 2009 – January 2014. Lahore University of Management Sciences, School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (with tenure), June 2008 – January 2014. • Werner-von-Siemens Chair for Power Electronics, June 2008 – January 2014. • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, June 2008 - January 2009. • Project Director, July 2004 - January 2009. Techlogix, Woburn, MA, USA • Chief Operating Officer, March 2000 - March 2010. • Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, September 1997 - March 2000. AWARDS AND HONORS • First Place Prize Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017. • Best Paper Award, IEEE COMPEL, 2017. • Goh Faculty Fellowship, CU Boulder, 2017. • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2016. • First Prize Paper Award, IEEE IAS RES Committee, 2016 • Best Paper Award, IEEE COMPEL, 2016. • ECEE Department Outstanding Overall Performance Award, CU Boulder, 2016. • Dean’s Professional Progress Award, CU Boulder, 2015. • Little Box Challenge Academic Award, Google and IEEE PELS, 2014. • Werner-von-Siemens Chair for Power Electronics, LUMS SSE, 2008. • BMW Scientific Award, BMW AG, Munich, Germany, 1999. • Carnation Merit Award, Caltech, 1988. • Elected into the US national electrical engineering honor society, Eta Kappa Nu, 1988.

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• Elected into the US national engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi, 1987. • Elected into the US national scientific research honor society, Sigma Xi, 1987. • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Caltech, 1987. • Full College Blazer, Aitchison, 1985. STUDENT AWARDS AND HONORS • First Place Prize Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2017 to Minjie Chen (PhD

Student). • Best Paper Award, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL),

2017 to Katharine Doubleday, Ashish Kumar, Brandon Regensburger, Saad Pervaiz and Sreyam Sinha (PhD Students).

• First Prize Paper Award, IEEE Industry Applications Society Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems (RES) Committee, 2016 to Jie Lu (PhD Student).

• Best Paper Award, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2016 to Sreyam Sinha, Ashish Kumar, Saad Pervaiz and Brandon Regensburger (PhD Students).

• Outstanding Presentation Award, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2016 to Saad Pervaiz (PhD Student).

• Outstanding Presentation Award, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2016 to Alihossein Sepahvand (PhD Student).

• Outstanding Presentation Award, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2016 to Samantha Gunter (PhD Student).

• Outstanding Presentation Award, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2016 to Colin McHugh (MS Student).

• Outstanding Presentation Award, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2015 to Jie Lu (PhD Student).

• Best Demo Award, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2016 to Ashish Kumar (PhD Student).

• Best Demo Award, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2014 to Saad Pervaiz (PhD Student).

• Chorafas Award, Dimitris S. Chorafas Foundation, 2016 to Minjie Chen (PhD Student). • Silver Research Award, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Electrical, Computer

and Energy Engineering, 2017 to Ashish Kumar (PhD Student). • Research Award Honorable Mention, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Electrical,

Computer and Energy Engineering, 2017 to Saad Pervaiz (PhD Student). • Platinum Research Award, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Electrical,

Computer and Energy Engineering, 2016 to Ashish Kumar (PhD Student). • Gold Research Award, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Electrical, Computer

and Energy Engineering, 2016 to Jie Lu (PhD Student). • Dwight E. and Jessie D. Ryland Graduate Fellowship, College of Engineering and Applied

Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2017 to Sreyam Sinha (PhD Student). • Dwight E. and Jessie D. Ryland Graduate Fellowship, College of Engineering and Applied

Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016 to Sreyam Sinha (PhD Student). • Graduate Summer Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Electrical, Computer

and Energy Engineering, 2016 to Saad Pervaiz (PhD Student). • Student Travel Support, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC),

2018 to Brandon Regensburger (PhD Student). • Student Travel Grant, IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications

(WiPDA), 2017 to Sreyam Sinha (PhD Student). • Travel Award, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2017 to Ashish Kumar

(PhD Student). • Student Demo Travel Grant, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2017 to

Yushi Liu (PhD Student). • Travel Award, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2017

to Sreyam Sinha (PhD Student).

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• Student Travel Scholarship, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2017 to Brandon Regensburger (PhD Student).

• Travel Award, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2016 to Ashish Kumar (PhD Student).

• Student Travel Support, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2016 to Colin McHugh (MS Student).

• Travel Award, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2015 to Ashish Kumar (PhD Student).

• Graduate School Student Travel Grant, University of Colorado Boulder, 2015 to Ashish Kumar (PhD Student)

• Graduate School Student Travel Grant, University of Colorado Boulder, 2015 to Jie Lu (PhD Student)

• Travel Award, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2014 to Yu Ni (MS Student).

RESEARCH GRANTS • High Power Density GaN Based Uninterruptable Power Supply, Principal Investigator, $53,240,

Schneider Electric, January 2018-January 2019. • High Power Density Battery Charger – Phase 2, Principal Investigator, $44,000, Huawei, January

2018-January 2019. • Dynamic Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicles, Principal

Investigator, $50,000, Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory, December 2017-November 2018.

• Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Charging, Principal Investigator, $50,000, Tesla Motors, October 2017-September 2018.

• GaN-based 48-to-1.8V Converters – Phase 4, Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, September 2017-August 2018.

• High-Frequency LED Drivers for Automotive Applications – Phase 3, co-Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, March 2017-February 2018.

• High Power Density Battery Charger, Principal Investigator, $44,000, Huawei, January 2017-January 2018.

• High Power Density Merged-Energy-Buffer LED Driver and Solid-State Transformer for Voltage Range Extension, Principal Investigator, $189,940, GRE-Alpha, January 2017-January 2018.

• GaN-based 48-to-1.8V Converters – Phase 3, Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, September 2016-August 2017.

• High-Frequency LED Drivers for Automotive Applications – Phase 2, co-Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, March 2016-February 2017.

• CAREER: High-Frequency Power Electronics for Wireless Power Transfer Systems, Principal Investigator, $500,000, National Science Foundation, March 2016-February 2021.

• Ultra-Efficient High-Power-Density Isolated DC-DC Converters Phase 3, Principal Investigator, $44,000, Huawei, January 2016-January 2017.

• High Power Density Offline LED Driver, Principal Investigator, $109,997, GRE-Alpha, January 2016-January 2017.

• Efficient Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicles, Principal Investigator,$499,039, ARPA-E, October 2015-August 2017.

• GaN-based 48-to-1.8V Converters – Phase 2, Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, September 2015-August 2016.

• High-Frequency LED Drivers for Automotive Applications, co-Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, March 2015-February 2016.

• Ultra-Efficient High-Power-Density Isolated DC-DC Converters Phase 2, Principal Investigator, $44,000, Huawei, January 2015-January 2016.

• Electrolytic Capacitor Free High-Efficiency LED Driver, Principal Investigator, $107,519, GRE Alpha, January 2015-January 2016.

• A Disruptive Approach to Electric Vehicle Power Electronics, co-Principal Investigator, $1,998,658, Department of Energy, January 2015-December 2016.

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• Ultra-High Power Density Extreme Efficiency Inverter, Principal Investigator, $30,000, Google, December 2014 (unrestricted gift).

• GaN-based 48-to-1.8V Converters, Principal Investigator, $50,000, Texas Instruments, September 2014-August 2015.

• Ultra-Efficient High-Power-Density Isolated DC-DC Converters, Principal Investigator, $44,000, Huawei, April 2014-January 2015.

• Non-Electrolytic Capacitor Based Energy Buffers for Long-Life Off-Line LED Drivers, Principal Investigator, $123,672, GRE Alpha, January 2014-January 2015.

• Advanced Technologies for Ultra-Efficient Grid-Level Power Converters, co-Principal Investigator, $376,704, National Science Foundation, August 2013-August 2016.

• Ultra-high Efficiency Inverters for Photovoltaic Applications, co-Principal Investigator, $52,223, Enphase Energy, October 2012-May 2013.

• Ultra-high Efficiency Power Converter Architecture for DC Distribution Systems, co-Principal Investigator, $150,000, MIT Energy Initiative Seed Fund Program, April 2012-March 2014.

• Optimal Architectures for Integrating EVs into the Distribution Grid, co-Principal Investigator, $70,000, Siemens Corporate Research, July 2011-August 2012.

• Integration of PHEVs and EVs into the Electric Grid, co-Principal Investigator, $70,000, Siemens Corporate Research, November 2010-June 2011.

• Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power Systems: Modeling and Topology Studies, co-Investigator, $250,000, MIT/Masdar Institute Program, September 2010-July 2013.

• Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects and Energy Alternatives in a Complex River Basin – A Pilot Study of the Indus Basin in Pakistan, co-Principal Investigator, $100,000, Linden Trust for Conservation, July 2010-June 2011.

• MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study, co-Investigator, $2.5 million, ABB, American Electric Power, Bechtel Foundation, Larry Birenbaum, Cisco Systems, Exelon Corporation, General Electric, Iberdrola, Microsoft, NIST, and Southern California Edison, September 2009-August 2011.

INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS • Upgraded Lab Stations for the Power Electronics and Photovoltaic Power Systems Laboratory

(ECEN 4517/5517), Principal Investigator, $70,300, CU Boulder Engineering Excellence Fund, April 2015.

• Lab Bench Chairs for the Colorado Power Electronics Center (COPEC), Principal Investigator, $5,000, CU Boulder, March 2015.

• Support of the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference, 2015, Boulder, Colorado, co-Principal Investigator, $13,725, Army Research Office, January 2015.

• Establishment of the LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan, Project Director, Rs. 1,500 million ($25 million), Government of Pakistan, February 2008.

• Bio-Nanotechnology Research Initiative between LUMS SSE, Pakistan and MRC National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), UK, Assistant Link Coordinator, £31,000 ($60,000), British Council, November 2006.

COURSES TAUGHT University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER, AND ENERGY ENGINEERING • Introduction to Power Electronics (ECEN4797/5797), Fall 2014, Fall 2016 and Fall 2017

Instructor for this undergraduate (4797) and graduate (5797) level power electronics course. Enrollment was 68 students (32 undergraduate and 36 graduate students, including 8 off-campus/Boulder Connect students) in Fall 2017, 73 students (28 undergraduate and 45 graduate students, including 10 off-campus/Be Boulder Anywhere students) in Fall 2016, and 75 students (35 undergraduate and 40 graduate students, including 30 off-campus/CAETE students) in Fall 2014. In Fall 2017, the overall course rating was 5.4/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.6/6.0. In Fall 2016, the overall course rating was 5.3/6.0 and my teaching

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evaluation was 5.4/6.0. In Fall 2014, the overall course rating was 5.4/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.5/6.0.

• Power Electronics and Photovoltaic Power Systems Laboratory (ECEN4517/5517), Spring 2015 and Spring 2017 Instructor for this undergraduate (4517) and graduate (5517) level power electronics laboratory course. Enrollment was 52 students (23 undergraduate and 29 graduate students) in Spring 2017, and 42 students (27 undergraduate and 15 graduate students) in Spring 2015. In Spring 2017, the overall course rating was 4.8/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 4.7/6.0. In Spring 2015, the overall course rating was 5.0/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.4/6.0.

• Resonant and Soft-Switching Techniques in Power Electronics (ECEN5817), Spring 2014, Spring 2016 and Spring 2018 Instructor for this graduate level advanced power electronics course. Have made major revisions to this course. Enrollment is 61 students (54 on-campus and 7 off-campus/Boulder Connect) in Spring 2018. Enrollment was 43 students (15 on-campus and 28 off-campus/Be Boulder Anywhere) in Spring 2016, and 45 students (19 on-campus and 26 off-campus/CAETE) in Spring 2014. In Spring 2016, the overall course rating was 5.3/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.5/6.0. In Spring 2014, the overall course rating was 5.5/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.6/6.0.

• Power Electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles (ECEN5017), Fall 2015 Instructor for this graduate level advanced power electronics applications course. Enrollment was 23 students (11 on-campus and 12 off-campus/Be Boulder Anywhere). The overall course rating was 5.1/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.4/6.0.

• Introduction to Circuits and Electronics (ECEN2250), Fall 2016 and Spring 2018 Instructor for this core undergraduate circuits and electronics course. Enrollment is 43 students in Spring 2018. Enrollment was 94 students in Fall 2016. The overall course rating was 4.7/6.0 and my teaching evaluation was 5.3/6.0.

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA COURSERA • Magnetics for Power Electronic Converters, June 2016 - Present

Instructor for this four-week online power electronics course offered every month through the Coursera learning platform. Over 6,900 students have taken this course.

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA LUMS • National Workshop on Resonant and Soft Switching Techniques in Power Electronics, July 2016

Instructor for this four-day 8-hours/day workshop on advanced power electronic techniques held at LUMS. About 100 practitioners, faculty members and students attended this workshop.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE • Power Electronics (6.334), Spring 2009, Spring 2010 and Spring 2013

Sole lecturer for this graduate level course in power electronics during Spring 2013. Course enrollment was 45 students. Was co-lecturer of this course in Spring 2009 and Spring 2010. In Spring 2013, the overall course rating was 6.6/7.0 and my teaching evaluation was 6.8/7.0.

• Advanced Topics in Power Electronics (6.332), Fall 2013 Co-lecturer for this graduate level course in power electronics taken by 32 students. My teaching evaluation and the overall course rating were both 6.6/7.0.

• Theory and Application of Circuits and Electronics (6.169), Spring 2012, Fall 2012 and Fall 2013 Sole lecturer responsible for this sophomore level electronic circuits laboratory course that focuses on developing circuit design skills. In Spring 2012 the course was offered as a special subject (6.S076) and starting Fall 2012 it has been converted into a regular course (6.169). Spring 2012 course enrollment was 16 students and in Fall 2012 enrollment increased to 26 students. My teaching evaluation in Spring 2012 was 6.6 on a 7.0 scale, and the overall rating

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of the course was 6.7/7.0. In Fall 2012, my teaching evaluation and the overall course rating were both 6.8/7.0. In Fall 2013, my teaching evaluation was 6.8/7.0.

• Circuits and Electronics (6.002), Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Recitation instructor lecturing two sections of this sophomore level electronic circuits course. Each recitation section has an enrollment of about 25 students. My teaching evaluations during the last four terms have been between 6.4 and 6.7 on a 7.0 scale.

• Smart Electric Grid (6.A54), Fall 2009 Co-lecturer for this new freshman level course on smart electric grids that I co-developed. Enrollment was limited to 8 students, each of whom had to do a research project and make a final presentation. Being a seminar style course the course was not evaluated.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA MITx / edX • Circuits and Electronics (6.002x), Fall 2012

Sole Instructor responsible for the Fall 2012 offering of this sophomore level electronic circuits course taught through the edX online learning platform to over 46,000 students.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER, AND ENERGY ENGINEERING Assistant Professor, January 2014 – Present Established a research group in the area of high frequency power electronics focusing on the development of high performance resonant converters and their applications. Supervising eight graduate students and one undergraduate student working on projects ranging from long-life compact offline LED drivers; ultra-high efficiency resonant power converters for solar micro-inverters, telecommunication power supplies, and point-of-load converters; electric vehicle chargers; and wireless power transfer systems. Have graduated two PhD students (including one co-advised) from CU Boulder and three PhD students (all co-advised) from MIT. Have won grants and gifts totaling over $2.3 million as PI and another $2.1 million as co-PI. My group’s work has resulted in 65 peer-reviewed IEEE publications since January 2014, won the First Place Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2017, the First Prize Paper Award from IEEE IAS RES Committee in 2016, Best Paper Awards at both COMPEL 2016 and COMPEL 2017, the Best Demo Award at both ECCE 2014 and ECCE 2016, and has received 5 Outstanding Presentation Awards at APEC 2015 and APEC 2016. I have received the NSF CAREER Award and my group was one of ten teams world-wide selected for the Google Little Box Challenge Academic Award. I have taught five different undergraduate and graduate level circuits and power electronics courses – these have received excellent reviews (average of 5.4 out of 6.0 for instructor). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Visiting Associate Professor, January 2009 – January 2014 Conducted and supervised research in the area of power electronics and energy systems with applications to smart electric grids. My students' and my research in energy systems resulted in the development of a new optimization methodology for the design of electric vehicle charging infrastructure that also integrated distributed renewable resources. Our research in grid-interfaced power electronics led to the development of an efficient high energy density switched-capacitor energy buffer that utilized film capacitors and overcame the lifetime issues of electrolytic capacitors. Our research also resulted in the development of new resonant converter architectures that achieve zero-voltage switching (ZVS) and near zero-current switching (ZCS) across wide power and voltage ranges. Our research was sponsored by Siemens, Masdar Institute, MIT GaN Energy Initiative and Enphase Energy. On the teaching side I co-developed and co-taught a new freshman seminar course on Smart Electric Grid (6.A54), and taught various Electronic Circuits and Power Electronics courses at the undergraduate and graduate level multiple times. My teaching evaluations were excellent: 6.7, 6.6, 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 6.6

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and 6.8 on a 7.0 scale in the last seven courses taught, and the course that I managed the last two terms (6.S076/6.169) received an overall course evaluation of 6.7/7.0 in Spring 2012 and 6.8/7.0 in Fall 2012. In Fall 2012, I also led MITx's Circuits and Electronics course (6.002x) on the edX online learning platform. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE Visiting Scholar, September 2009 – January 2014 As a part of MIT's Future of the Electric Grid Study team, researched the challenges that the US electric grid is expected to face over the next 20 years and developed recommendations for dealing with these challenges. My specific focus was on challenges arising from large penetration of distributed renewable generation and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Co-authored “The Future of the Electric Grid” study report which was launched on December 5, 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (SSE) Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, June 2008 – January 2009 Werner-von-Siemens Chair for Power Electronics, June 2008 – January 2014 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (with tenure) Led the development of the school's academic policies and procedures and oversaw their implementation. Also refined and implemented the school's science-rich core curriculum. Helped develop the electrical engineering curriculum and the circuits, microelectronics and power electronics related courses. Started a research program in power electronics focused on low cost electronic interfaces for renewable energy sources. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (SSE) Project Director, July 2004 – January 2009 LUMS School of Science and Engineering (SSE) was an ambitious project to build the first private research oriented school of science and engineering in Pakistan. As its founding Project Director, was responsible for all aspects of its creation, including fund raising, faculty and staff recruitment, curriculum development, design and construction of physical infrastructure, student admissions, and development of policies and procedures. Helped raise $58 million for SSE, including $25 million for equipment and research through a peer reviewed grant from the federal government; oversaw the design and construction of a 300,000 sq-ft state-of-the-art laboratory building; helped develop a tenure-track based faculty appointment and promotion system; helped recruit over a dozen high-caliber academics from US and Europe, including the first Dean; developed research linkage with Siemens Corporate Technology and Nestle Research Laboratory; and helped attract over 7,000 top students to apply for 200 positions in the SSE’s inaugural freshman class. The school started classes with 180 undergraduate students and 30 faculty members in six disciplines in Fall 2008. It now has roughly 800 students and its first batch graduated in June 2012 with many of its students gaining graduate admission into the top US and European universities. Techlogix, Woburn, MA, USA Chief Operating Officer, March 2000 – March 2010 Responsible for the strategic direction, business development and management of the company. Helped the company grow from infancy to a profitable 350-person information technology services and consulting company with offices in Boston, Dubai, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Specific accomplishments include acquisition of large customers such as General Electric and MassMutual, establishment of a software development center in Beijing, implementation of quality standards and achievement of ISO 9000 certification at the Lahore development center, and development of partnerships with large software product companies.

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Techlogix, Woburn, MA, USA Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, September 1997 – March 2000 Led the development and marketing of enhanced versions of MAESTrO – a software tool for the automated synthesis, system analysis and comparative evaluation of advanced automotive electrical systems. MAESTrO came out of my PhD thesis and its unique automated synthesis capability dramatically shortened the lead-time from concept to a finalized design. MAESTrO was used to design electrical systems for next generation fuel-efficient vehicles by about 20 automotive companies, including AMP, BMW, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Delphi Automotive, Dow Automotive, Eaton, Ford, General Motors, Honda, PSA, Renault, Siemens, United Technologies, Visteon, Volvo and Yazaki. Also managed the development of a computer vision based smart air-bag deployment system that could differentiate between different types and orientations of occupants and deploy the air bag accordingly. The work was sponsored by Eaton Corp. The system met its performance targets in terms of speed and reliability, and it was patented jointly by Eaton and Techlogix in the US and internationally. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA LABORATORY FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Research Assistant, March 1993 – August 1997. Developed a software tool (MAESTrO) for automating the synthesis and analysis of automotive electrical systems. Invented a novel linear growth network analysis algorithm (BNA) that is employed by MAESTrO, and developed cost, weight, efficiency and reliability models for automotive components. MAESTrO was used by the automotive industry to develop the new 42V PowerNet standard. The work was sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. My PhD thesis, based on this work, won a BMW Scientific Award. Schlumberger, Alexandria, Egypt and Karachi, Pakistan Field Engineer, December 1992 – February 1993. Led an oil exploration and well servicing unit. Measured and analyzed rock formation data using wireline logging tools in various oil fields in the Middle East. Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, NY, USA Design Engineer, Summer 1992. Designed a novel control scheme to reduce the inrush current in the preconditioners of electronic ballasts. The design and analysis was done using SPICE, and the circuit was realized using commercial ICs and discrete components. A patent disclosure was filed on the work. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Teaching Assistant, Fall 1991 and Fall 1992. Taught tutorials and review lectures and graded problem sets for the following courses: 1. Electromagnetic Fields and Energy (6.013), Fall 1992. 2. Introduction to VLSI Systems (6.371), Fall 1991. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA LABORATORY FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Research Assistant, September 1990 - May 1992. Designed test circuits to characterize the performance of individual and paralleled MOS-Controlled Thyristors (MCTs). Discovered a unique failure-mode in MCTs. The work is cited in the “MOS Controlled Thyristors User’s Guide” published by Harris Semiconductor. The work was sponsored by the General Electric Company. Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, PA, USA Design Engineer, Summer 1990. Designed and implemented control circuits to minimize distortion in the line current and improve the power factor of fluorescent light dimmers. Compared active power factor correction topologies, including buck, boost and flyback, on the basis of performance and cost.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Teaching Assistant, Spring 1990. Taught tutorials and review lectures and graded problem sets for the course: Circuits and Electronics (6.002). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA RESEARCH LABORATORY OF ELECTRONICS Research Assistant, September 1989 - December 1989. Developed simulation models for the onboard electronics of instrument landing systems (ILS) and microwave landing systems (MLS). The work was sponsored by the Federal Aviation Authority. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Undergraduate Research Assistant, September 1988 - March 1989. Designed and fabricated microwave integrated circuits for the transceiver of NASA’s Comet Reconnaissance and Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) spacecraft. The work was sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, September 1987 - June 1988. Helped students with course material and graded problems sets for the three quarter sophomore level course: Introduction to Electronic Engineering (EE14abc). Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA Payload Engineer, Summer 1987. Member of a student team responsible for the design of a beacon satellite (SURFSAT-1) for NASA. Designed the phase modulated dual frequency (X/Ka-band) transmitter for the satellite. SURFSAT-1 was launched into orbit on November 4, 1995 on a Delta II launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base. CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, PA, USA Instructor, June-July 2012 Taught a 36 contact-hour course on Power Electronics to the engineers of Lutron. Received excellent evaluations for the course: 4.8 out of 5.0. Lytron, Woburn, MA, USA Consultant, May-September 2011 Helped design and build a test system that can control the amount of heat dissipated in power device modules. The test system has been successfully deployed and used to evaluate the performance of Lytron's cold plates in effectively cooling IGBT modules. Lytron, Woburn, MA, USA Consultant, December 2010 Developed and delivered a two-day course on power electronics for non-electrical engineers. Most of the attendees were mechanical engineers at Lytron, which is a leading manufacturer of high performance custom liquid cooling solutions. The course received excellent evaluations: 4.7 out of 5.0.

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PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS) 1. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi, and I.A. Khan, “Automotive Applications of Power Electronics,” in

Power Electronics Handbook, 4th Edition, Muhammad H. Rashid (Editor), pp. 1067-1090, Elsevier, 2018.

2. J.G. Kassakian, R.L. Schmalensee, G. DesGroseilliers, T.D. Heidel, K.K. Afridi, A.M. Farid, J.M. Grochow, W.W. Hogan, H.D. Jacoby, J.L. Kirtley, H.G. Michaels, I. Pérez Arriaga, D.J. Perreault, N.L. Rose and G.L. Wilson, The Future of the Electric Grid, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, December, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-9828008-6-7).

PUBLICATIONS (JOURNALS) 1. S. Pervaiz, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “GaN-Based High-Power-Density Electrolytic-Free

Universal Input LED Driver,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, (accepted). 2. R.A. Abramson, S.J. Gunter, D.M. Otten, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Design and Evaluation

of a Reconfigurable Stacked Active Bridge dc/dc Converter for Efficient Wide Load-Range Operation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, (accepted).

3. J. Lu, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “A Step-Superposition Based Analysis Approach to Modeling Resonant Converters,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, (accepted).

4. A. Kumar, S. Sinha, A. Sepahvand and K.K. Afridi, “Improved Design Optimization for High-Efficiency Matching Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 37-50, January 2018. (Highlighted Paper of the Issue)

5. Y. Ni, S. Pervaiz, M. Chen and K.K. Afridi, “Energy Density Enhancement of Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers through Capacitance Ratio Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 6363-6380, August 2017.

6. J. Lu and K.K. Afridi, "High Efficiency Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converter with Optimized Startup Control," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 3880-3889, July/August 2017.

7. M. Chen, K.K. Afridi, S. Chakraborty and D.J. Perreault, “MultiTrack Power Conversion Architecture,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 325-340, January 2017.

8. J. Lu, D.J. Perreault, D.M. Otten and K.K. Afridi, “Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converter for Wide-Range High-Efficiency Operation,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 5040-5056, July 2016.

9. W. Inam, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Variable Frequency Multiplier Technique for High Efficiency Conversion Over a Wide Operating Range,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 335-343, June 2016.

10. M. Chen, M. Araghchini, K.K. Afridi, J.H. Lang, C.R. Sullivan and D.J. Perreault, “A Systematic Approach to Modeling Impedances and Current Distribution in Planar Magnetics,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 560-580, January 2016. (Winner of First Place Prize Paper Award)

11. J.A. Santiago-Gonzalez, K.M. Elbaggari, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Design of Class E Resonant Rectifiers and Diode Evaluation for VHF Power Conversion,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 4960-4972, September 2015.

12. M. Chen, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "A Multilevel Energy Buffer and Voltage Modulator for Grid-Interfaced Microinverters," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 1203-1219, March 2015.

13. W. Inam, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "High Efficiency Resonant DC/DC Converter Utilizing a Resistance Compression Network," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 4126-4135, August 2014.

14. K.K. Afridi, M. Chen and D.J. Perreault, "Enhanced Bipolar Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 1141-1149, March/April 2014.

15. M. Chen, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Architecture," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 5183-5195,

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November 2013. 16. S. Gunter, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Optimal Design of Grid-Interfaced PEV Chargers with

Integrated Distributed Resources," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 956-967, June 2013.

17. A. Siddiqi, J. Wescoat, S. Humair, K. Afridi, "An Empirical Analysis of the Hydropower Portfolio in Pakistan," Energy Policy, vol. 50, pp. 228-241, November 2012.

18. K.K. Afridi and J.G. Kassakian, “Turn-off Failures in Individual and Paralleled MCTs,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 299-303, March 1996.

PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS) 1. A. Kumar, S. Sinha and K.K. Afridi, “A High-Frequency Inverter Architecture for Providing

Variable Compensation in Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), San Antonio, TX, March 2018 (accepted).

2. B. Regensburger, S. Sinha, A. Kumar, J. Vance, Z. Popovic and K.K. Afridi, “Kilowatt-Scale Large Air-Gap Multi-Modular Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), San Antonio, TX, March 2018 (accepted).

3. S. Sinha, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Improved Design Optimization of Efficient Matching Networks for Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), San Antonio, TX, March 2018 (accepted).

4. J.A. Santiago-Gonzalez, D.M. Otten, S. Lim, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Single Phase Universal Input PFC Converter Operating at HF,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), San Antonio, TX, March 2018 (accepted).

5. S. Sinha, A. Kumar, B. Regensburger, and K.K. Afridi, “A Very-High-Power-Transfer-Density GaN-Based Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, Albuquerque, NM, October/November 2017.

6. J. Estrada, S. Sinha, B. Regensburger, K.K. Afridi and Z. Popovic, “Capacitive Wireless Powering for Electric Vehicles with Near-Field Phased Arrays,” Proceedings of the European Microwave Conference, Nuremburg, Germany, October 2017.

7. A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Single-Stage Isolated 48V-to-1.8V Point-of-Load Converter Utilizing an Impedance Control Network for Wide Input Range Operation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, October 2017.

8. S. Sinha, B. Regensburger, K. Doubleday, A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz and K.K. Afridi, “High-Power-Transfer-Density Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, October 2017.

9. J. Lu, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Closed-Loop Control of Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converter,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, October 2017.

10. S. Pervaiz, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “GaN-Based High-Power-Density Electrolytic-Free Universal Input LED Driver,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, October 2017.

11. S. Sinha, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Active Variable Reactance Rectifier – A New Approach to Compensating for Coupling Variations in Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Stanford, CA, July 2017.

12. A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz and K.K. Afridi, “Single-Stage Isolated 48V-to-1.8V Point-of-Load Converter Utilizing an Impedance Control Network and Integrated Magnetic Structures,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Stanford, CA, July 2017.

13. K. Doubleday, A. Kumar, B. Regensburger, S. Pervaiz, S. Sinha, Z. Popovic and K.K. Afridi, “Multi-Objective Optimization of Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Electric

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Vehicle Charging,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Stanford, CA, July 2017. (Winner of Best Paper Award)

14. Y. Liu, A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “A High-Power-Density Low-Profile DC-DC Converter for Cellphone Battery Charging Applications,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Stanford, CA, July 2017.

15. U. Anwar, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “A Simple Control Architecture for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converter based Power Factor Correction Rectifier,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Stanford, CA, July 2017.

16. A. Sepahvand, A. Kumar, M. Doshi, V. Yousefzadeh, J. Patterson, K.K. Afridi and D. Maksimovic, “Current Control and PWM Dimming in an Automotive LED Driver based on a Cuk Converter,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Stanford, CA, July 2017.

17. B. Regensburger, A. Kumar, S. Sinha, K. Doubleday, S. Pervaiz, Z. Popovic and K.K. Afridi, “High-Performance Large Air-Gap Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging,” Proceedings of the IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Exposition (ITEC), Chicago, IL, June 2017.

18. U. Anwar, R. Erickson, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “A Control Architecture for Low Current Distortion in Bridgeless Boost Power Factor Correction Rectifiers,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Tampa, FL, March 2017.

19. A. Sepahvand, M. Doshi, V. Yousefzadeh, J. Patterson, K.K. Afridi and D. Maksimovic, “High-Frequency ZVS Cuk Converter for Automotive LED Driver Applications Using Planar Integrated Magnetics,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Tampa, FL, March 2017.

20. R.A. Abramson, S.J. Gunter, D.M. Otten, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Design and Evaluation of a Reconfigurable Stacked Active Bridge dc/dc Converter for Efficient Wide Load-Range Operation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Tampa, FL, March 2017.

21. K. Doubleday, S. Sinha, B. Regensburger, S. Pervaiz, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Design Tradeoffs in a Multi-Modular Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless (WoW), Knoxville, TN, October 2016.

22. A. Kumar, J. Lu, S. Pervaiz, A. Sepahvand and K.K. Afridi, “High Power Density Impedance Control Network DC-DC Converter Utilizing an Integrated Magnetic Structure,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, September 2016.

23. J. Lu, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Step-Down Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converter Utilizing an Enhanced Phase-Shift Control for Wide-Input-Range Operation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, September 2016.

24. A. Kumar, S. Sinha, A. Sepahvand and K.K. Afridi, “Improved Design Optimization Approach for High Efficiency Matching Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, September 2016.

25. U. Anwar, H. Kim, H. Chen, R. Erickson, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “A High Power Density Drivetrain-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, September 2016.

26. A. Sepahvand, M. Doshi, V. Yousefzadeh, J. Patterson, K.K. Afridi and D. Maksimovic, “Automotive LED Driver Based on High Frequency Zero Voltage Switching Integrated Magnetics Cuk Converter,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Milwaukee, WI, September 2016.

27. A. Kumar, J. Lu and K.K. Afridi, “Power Density and Efficiency Enhancement in Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converters Using Topology Morphing Control,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Trondheim, Norway, June 2016.

28. S. Sinha, A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz, B. Regensburger and K.K. Afridi, “Design of Efficient Matching Networks for Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Trondheim, Norway, June 2016. (Winner of Best Paper Award)

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29. U. Anwar, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “Generalized Hybrid Feedforward Control of Pulse Width Modulated Switching Converters,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Trondheim, Norway, June 2016.

30. W. Inam, T. Rak-Amnouykit, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Analysis and Design Methodology for System Cost Reduction in Distributed Power Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Trondheim, Norway, June 2016.

31. I. Ramos, K.K. Afridi, J.A. Estrada and Z. Popovic, “Near-field Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Array with External Field Cancellation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), Aveiro, Portugal, May 2016.

32. Y. Liu, J. Lu, A. Kumar, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “New Design Methodology for Megahertz-Frequency Resonant dc-dc Converters Using Impedance Control Network Architecture,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, March 2016.

33. S. Pervaiz, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “A Compact Electrolytic-Free Two-Stage Universal Input Offline LED Driver,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, March 2016.

34. C. McHugh, S. Sinha, J. Meyer, S. Pervaiz, J. Lu, F. Zhang, H. Chen, H. Kim, U. Anwar, A. Kumar, A. Sepahvand, S. Jensen, B. Choi, D. Seltzer, R.W. Erickson, D. Maksimovic, K.K. Afridi, “A High Power Density Single-Phase Inverter Using Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, March 2016.

35. S.J. Gunter, M. Chen, S.A. Pavlick, R.A. Abramson, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Applicability and Limitations of an M2Spice-Assisted Planar-Magnetics-in-the-Circuit Simulation Approach,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, March 2016.

36. J. Lu and K.K. Afridi, “High Efficiency Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converter with Optimized Startup Control,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Montreal, Canada, September 2015. (Winner of First Prize Paper Award, IEEE IAS RES Committee)

37. A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Megahertz-Frequency Isolated Resonant dc-dc Converter using Impedance Control Network for High-Efficiency Wide-Range Operation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Montreal, Canada, September 2015.

38. S.J. Gunter, K.K. Afridi, D. Otten, R. Abramson and D.J. Perreault, “Impedance Control Network Resonant Step-Down DC-DC Converter Architecture,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Montreal, Canada, September 2015.

39. M. Chen, K.K. Afridi, S. Chakraborty and D.J. Perreault, “A High-Power-Density Wide-Input-Voltage-Range Isolated dc-dc Converter having a MultiTrack Architecture,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Montreal, Canada, September 2015.

40. J. Lu, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “A Step-Superposition Based Analysis Approach to Modeling Resonant Converters,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Vancouver, Canada, July 2015.

41. A. Kumar, J. Lu and K.K. Afridi, “Enhanced-Accuracy Augmented State-Space Approach to Steady-State Modeling of Resonant Converters,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Vancouver, Canada, July 2015.

42. A. Sepahvand, A. Kumar, K.K. Afridi and D. Maksimovic, “High Power Transfer Density and High Efficiency 100 MHz Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Vancouver, Canada, July 2015.

43. W. Inam, D. Strawser, K.K. Afridi, R.J. Ram and D.J. Perreault, “Architecture and System Analysis of Microgrids with Peer-to-Peer Electricity Sharing to Create a Marketplace which Enables Energy Access,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE-ECCE Asia), Seoul, South Korea, June 2015.

44. C.K. Chang, G.G. Da Silva, A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz and K.K. Afridi, “30 W Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System with 5.8 pF Coupling Capacitance,” Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless

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Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), Boulder, CO, May 2015. 45. A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz, C.K. Chang, S. Korhummel, Z. Popovic and K.K. Afridi, “Investigation of

Power Transfer Density Enhancement in Large Air-Gap Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), Boulder, CO, May 2015.

46. J. Lu, D.J. Perreault and K.K. Afridi, “Impedance Control Network Resonant dc-dc Converter for Wide-Range High-Efficiency Operation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Charlotte, NC, March 2015.

47. S. Pervaiz, Y. Ni and K.K. Afridi, “Improved Capacitance Ratio Optimization Methodology for Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers,” Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Charlotte, NC, March 2015.

48. M. Chen, Y. Ni, C.M. Serrano, B.J. Montgomery, D.J. Perreault and K.K. Afridi, “An Electrolytic-Free Offline LED Driver with a Ceramic-Capacitor-Based Compact SSC Energy Buffer,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Pittsburgh, PA, September 2014.

49. W. Inam, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Variable Frequency Multiplier Technique for High Efficiency Conversion Over a Wide Operating Range,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Pittsburgh, PA, September 2014.

50. J.A. Santiago-Gonzalez, K.M. Elbaggari, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, “Design of Class E Resonant Rectifiers and Diode Evaluation for VHF Power Conversion,” Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Pittsburgh, PA, September 2014.

51. Y. Ni, S. Pervaiz, M. Chen and K.K. Afridi, “Energy Density Enhancement of Unipolar SSC Energy Buffers through Capacitance Ratio Optimization,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Santander, Spain, June 2014.

52. M. Chen, M. Araghchini, K.K. Afridi, J.H. Lang, C.R. Sullivan and D.J. Perreault, “A Systematic Approach to Modeling Impedances and Current Distribution in Planar Magnetics,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Santander, Spain, June 2014.

53. M. Chen, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "A Multilevel Energy Buffer and Voltage Modulator for Grid-Interfaced Micro-Inverters," Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Denver, CO, September 2013.

54. J.A. Santiago-González, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Design of Resistive-Input Class E Resonant Rectifiers for Variable-Power Operation," Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Salt Lake City, UT, June 2013.

55. P. Mitros, K.K. Afridi, G.J. Sussman, C.J. Terman, J.K. White, L.J. Fischer and A. Agarwal, "Teaching Electronic Circuits Online: Lessons from MITx's 6.002x on edX," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Beijing, China, May 2013.

56. W. Inam, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "High Efficiency Resonant DC/DC Converter Utilizing a Resistance Compression Network," Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, March 2013.

57. S.J. Gunter, D.J. Perreault, S. Suresh and K.K. Afridi, "Methodology for the Optimal Design of PEV Charging Systems with Multiple Chargers and Distributed Resources," Proceedings of the IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, February 2013.

58. K.K. Afridi, M. Chen and D.J. Perreault, "Enhanced Bipolar Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers," Proceedings of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 4209-4216, Raleigh, NC, September 2012.

59. M. Chen, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Architecture," Proceedings of the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), pp. 1404-1413, Orlando, FL, February 2012.

60. S. Gunter, K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Optimal Design of Grid-Interfaced EV Chargers with Integrated Generation," Proceedings of the IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, January 2012.

61. K.K. Afridi, “Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Electrical System Architectures Using MAESTrO,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation, pp. 85-92, Dearborn, MI, USA, October 1998.

62. M. Kokes, W. Appel, W. Schleif, M. Stege, K. Afridi, and T. Neff, “MAESTrO (Multi Attribute

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Extended System Trade-Off Analysis) - Eine Methode zur Konzeption und Bewertung von Elektrik/Elektronik Architekturen in Nutzfahrzeugen,” 17th VDI/VW Gemeinschaftstagung Systemengineering in der KFZ-Entwicklung, Wolfsburg, Germany, December 1997.

63. K.K. Afridi, “MAESTrO - A Software Tool for the Design and Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Electrical Power Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation, pp. 39-46, Dearborn, MI, USA, October 1996.

64. K.K. Afridi, R.D. Tabors and J.G. Kassakian, “Alternative Electrical Distribution System Architectures for Automobiles,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation, pp. 33-38, Dearborn, MI, USA, October 1994.

65. K.K. Afridi, R.D. Tabors and J.G. Kassakian, “Alternative Electrical Power System Architectures for Electric Vehicles,” Proceedings of the Universities Power Engineering Conference, pp. 63-66, Galway, Ireland, September 1994.

66. K.K. Afridi and J.G. Kassakian, “Turn-off Failures in Individual and Paralleled MCTs,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), pp. 60-65, Monterey, CA, USA, May 1993.

PUBLICATIONS (TECHNICAL REPORTS AND OTHER) 1. K.K. Afridi, “Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles,” The Bridge, National Academy of

Engineering, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 17-22, Winter 2017. 2. K. Doubleday and K.K. Afridi, Electric and Magnetic Field Constraints on Capacitive Wireless

Power Transfer Systems for Electric Vehicle Charging Applications, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, June 2016.

3. K.K. Afridi, S. Gunter and D.J. Perreault, Integration of PHEVs and EVs into the Distribution Grid, White Paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, January, 2011.

4. K.K. Afridi, A Methodology for the Design and Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Electrical Power Systems, Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, February 1998.

5. I.P. Trefz, K.K. Afridi and T.M. Jahns, MAESTrO+ Installation and User’s Guide, LEES Technical Report TR-97-002, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, March, 1997.

6. I.P. Trefz, K.K. Afridi and T.M. Jahns, Structure of the Extended Version of MAESTrO, LEES Technical Report TR-97-001, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, February 1997.

7. K.K. Afridi, Modeling of Traveling Wave and Hybrid Transducer Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors, LEES Technical Report TR-96-003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, September 1996.

8. K.K. Afridi, MAESTrO - User Manual and Installation Guide, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, September 1996.

9. K.H. Yeh, K.K. Afridi and J.G. Kassakian, Implementation of MAESTrO, LEES Technical Report TR-96-002, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, July 1996.

10. E.G. Corbett, S.D. Umans, K.K. Afridi, J.G. Kassakian, R.D. Tabors, L.S. Schwartz and C.F. Bruce, Advanced Motors and Power Electronics, Project Report VT-2, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, April 1994.

11. K.K. Afridi, Inrush Current Limiting using Controllable Bridge Rectifiers, Project Report, Philips Laboratory, Briarcliff, NY, July 1992.

12. K.K. Afridi, Parallel Operation and Failure Mechanisms of MOS-Controlled Thyristors, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June 1992.

13. K.K. Afridi and J.G. Kassakian, SPICE Based Model of the MOS-Controlled Thyristor, LEES Technical Report TR-91-004, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, July 1991.

14. S. Chakrabarti, S. Wakayama, T. Hochberg, K. Afridi, A. Shah, R. Ridenoure, R. Clauss, J. Smith, E. Posner, KLUDGE - A Satellite Design Study, SURF Report, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, September 1987.

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PATENTS (ISSUED) 1. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi and S.J. Gunter, "Systems and Methods for a Variable Frequency

Multiplier Power Converter," United States Patent, No: 9853550, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, December 26, 2017. Licensed by FinSix in 2014.

2. M. Chen, D.J. Perreault and K.K. Afridi, “Switched-Capacitor Split Drive Transformer Power Conversion Circuit,” United States Patent, No: 9825545, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 21, 2017.

3. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi and S.J. Gunter, "Systems and Methods for a Variable Frequency Multiplier Power Converter," United States Patent, No: 9819272, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 14, 2017. Licensed by FinSix in 2014.

4. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi, M. Chen, S.B. Leeb and A.H.C. Chang, "Enhanced Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Circuit," United States Patent, No: 9762145, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 12, 2017. Licensed by GRE Alpha in November 2013.

5. A.H.C. Chang, D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi, M. Chen and S.B. Leeb, "Systems Approach to Photovoltaic Energy Extraction," United States Patent, No. 9407164, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, August 2, 2016. Licensed by GRE Alpha in November 2013.

6. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi, M. Chen, S.B. Leeb and A.H.C. Chang, “Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Circuit Architecture,” United States Patent, No. 9374020, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 21, 2016. Licensed by GRE Alpha in November 2013.

7. A.A. Baloch, U. Ahmed, M. Asif and K.K. Afridi, “Rules-based Occupant Classification System for Airbag Deployment,” United States Patent, No. 6459974 (European Patent No. EP1262376; Japanese Patent No. JP2003025953; Canadian Patent No. CA2387076), Techlogix and Eaton Corp., October 1, 2002.

PATENTS (PENDING) 1. K.K. Afridi, B. Regensburger, S. Sinha and A. Kumar, “Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer

Circuit and Related Techniques,” Provisional Patent Application, No: 62613350, University of Colorado Boulder, January 3, 2018.

2. K.K. Afridi and N. Zaffar, “High Power Density Uninterruptible Power Supply Circuit and Related Techniques,” Provisional Patent Application, No: 62554967, University of Colorado Boulder, September 6, 2017.

3. K.K. Afridi, B. Regensburger, S. Sinha and A. Kumar, “Multi-Modular Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Circuit and Related Techniques,” Provisional Patent Application, No: 62539918, University of Colorado Boulder, August 1, 2017.

4. A. Kumar, S. Sinha and K.K. Afridi, “Variable Compensation Inverter Circuit and Related Techniques,” Provisional Patent Application, No. 62537321, University of Colorado Boulder, July 26, 2017.

5. A. Sepahvand, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “A Resonant DC-to-DC Driver,” Provisional Patent Application, No. 62533317, University of Colorado Boulder, July 17, 2017.

6. A. Sepahvand, D. Maksimovic and K.K. Afridi, “DC-to-DC Driver with High Resolution Dimming,” Provisional Patent Application, No. 62529520, University of Colorado Boulder, July 7, 2017.

7. S. Sinha, A. Kumar and K.K. Afridi, “Matching Networks for Wireless Power Transfer and Related Techniques,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2017/39327, (United States Patent Application, No: 15/633,668), University of Colorado Boulder, June 26, 2017.

8. A. Kumar, S. Sinha and K.K. Afridi, “Multistage Matching Network and Related Techniques,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2017/39307, (United States Patent Application, No: 15/636,639), University of Colorado Boulder, June 26, 2017.

9. K.K. Afridi, U. Anwar and D. Maksimovic, “Hybrid Feedforward Control Architecture and Related Techniques,” United States Patent Application, No: 15/633,748, University of Colorado Boulder, June 26, 2017.

10. K.K. Afridi, A. Kumar and S. Sinha, “Active Variable Reactance Rectifier Circuit and Related

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Techniques,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2017/037802, University of Colorado Boulder, June 15, 2017.

11. D. Maksimovic, K.K. Afridi, R.A. Zane, G.L. Prett and M.S. Trimboli, “Heterogeneous Energy Storage System and Method of Controlling a Heterogeneous Energy Storage System,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2017/019306, University of Colorado Boulder, February 24, 2017.

12. K.K. Afridi, S. Sinha, B. Regensburger, K. Doubleday, A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz and Z. Popovic, “Wireless Power Transfer, Matching Networks and Related Techniques,” United States Provisional Patent Application, No: 62450495, University of Colorado Boulder, January 25, 2017.

13. K.K. Afridi, A. Kumar, S. Pervaiz, Z. Popovic, D. Maksimovic, C.K. Chang and G.G. DaSilva, “Wireless Power Transfer,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2016/030854, University of Colorado Boulder, May 4, 2016.

14. K.K. Afridi, Y. Ni, M. Chen, C.M. Serrano, B.J. Montgomery, D.J. Perreault and S. Pervaiz, “Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Circuit,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2015/049863, University of Colorado Boulder, September 13, 2015.

15. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi, J.A. Santiago-Gonzalez and D.M. Otten, “High Frequency, High Density Power Factor Correction Power Conversion for Universal Input Grid Interface,” International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2014/791685, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 6, 2015.

16. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi and M. Chen, “Multilevel Energy Buffer and Voltage Modulator for Power Converters,” United States Provisional Patent Application, No: 61826102, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 22, 2013.

17. K.K. Afridi and D.J. Perreault, "Resonant Power Converters Using Impedance Control Networks and Related Techniques," International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2013/029729, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 7, 2013. Licensed by FinSix in 2014.

18. D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi, M. Chen, S.B. Leeb and A.H.C. Chang, "Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Circuit," International Patent Application, No: PCT/US2013/021886, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 17, 2013. Licensed by GRE Alpha in November 2013.

19. K.K. Afridi, “MAESTrO,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Software Disclosure: May 5, 1997. Licensed by Techlogix in September 1997.

INVITED TALKS 1. “Frontiers in Power Electronics: From Clean Energy to Wireless Powering of Vehicles,” University

of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, February 19, 2018. 2. “Frontiers of Power Electronics,” International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Lahore,

Pakistan, February 16, 2018. 3. “Frontiers in Power Electronics: From Clean Energy to Wireless Powering of Vehicles,”

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, January 12, 2018. 4. “Power Electronics on the Cutting Edge: From Clean Energy to Wireless Powering of

Vehicles,” University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, January 11, 2018. 5. “Frontiers in Power Electronics: From Clean Energy to Wireless Powering of Vehicles,” Cornell

University, Ithaca, NY, December 8, 2017. 6. “High-Performance Resonant Converters and Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” United

Technologies Research Center (UTRC), East Hartford, CT, September 27, 2017. 7. “Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles,” National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of

Engineering (FOE) Symposium, East Hartford, CT, September 26, 2017. 8. “Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer for EVs,” IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference &

Exposition (ITEC), Chicago, IL, June 22, 2017. 9. “Design Considerations for High-Power Large-Gap Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer

Systems,” High-Power Wireless Power Transfer Workshop, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honolulu, HI, June 5, 2017.

10. “ICN Power Conversion Architecture for High-Power-Density High-Efficiency Wide-Operating-Range Isolated Converters,” IBM Power Technology Symposium, Yorktown Heights, NY, April

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26, 2017. 11. “Opportunities and Challenges in Radio Frequency Power Electronics,” International

Conference on Electrical Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan, March 4, 2017. 12. “Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Electric Vehicle Charging,” SELECT Brown

Bag, Online, February 15, 2017. 13. “High Frequency Power Electronics for Wireless Power Transfer & Other Applications,” Tesla

Motors, Palo Alto, CA, January 27, 2017. 14. “High Efficiency Compact Resonant Converters,” National Transportation Research Center,

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN, October 3, 2016. 15. “Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles,” Conference on Electric Roads and

Vehicles, Logan, UT, May 16, 2016. 16. “High Efficiency Compact Resonant Converters,” Department of Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 13, 2016. 17. “Magnetics Design for High-Efficiency Compact Resonant Converter Architectures,”

PSMA/IEEE Workshop: Power Magnetics @ High Frequency – Solving the Black Magic, Long Beach, CA, March 19, 2016.

18. “Power Electronics – An Enabling Technology for Smart Grids,” Keynote Presentation, Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Smart Grids in Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan, September 18, 2015.

19. “Ultra-Efficient, Compact and Long-Life Power Electronics,” Power and Energy Systems Seminar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 6, 2015.

20. “Grid-Interfaced Power Electronics,” Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, July 2014.

21. “Grid-Interfaced Reliable Power Electronics,” University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, July 2014.

22. “Grid-Interfaced Power Electronics Research,” Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen, China, July 2014.

23. “Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Denver, CO, September 2013.

24. "Circuits and Systems Education in the Era of the MOOCs," CASEO Workshop, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Beijing, China, May 23, 2013.

25. "Converter and System Architectures for Grid-Interfaced Power Electronics," Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium, Tufts University, Medford, MA, November 2012.

26. "Methodology for the Optimal Design of Grid-Connected PEV Charging Systems with Integrated Distributed Resources," Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ, July 2012.

27. “Electrification of Transportation,” MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study Advisory Board Meeting, Cambridge, MA, May 2010.

28. “Electrification of Road Transport and its Impact on the Grid,” MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) Workshop, Cambridge, MA, April 2010.

29. “International Grid Activities,” MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study Advisory Board Meeting, Cambridge, MA, January 2010.

30. “An Engineering Curriculum for the 21st Century,” International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Education, Islamabad, December, 2007.

31. “Enhancing University-Industry Collaboration,” Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad, January 2003

32. “Entrepreneurship in the Internet Age,” 4th Annual Intercollegiate Arab Students Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 2000.

33. “Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship,” Pakistan Economic and Social Development Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, March 1998.

34. “MAESTrO,” Eaton Corporation, Strasburg, France, October 1996. 35. “Effects of Higher System Voltage on Semiconductor Switch Attributes,” 1st Meeting of the

Consortium on Advanced Automotive Electrical/Electronic Components and Systems, Cambridge, MA, November 1996.

36. “MAESTrO - A Software Tool for the Design and Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Electrical

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Power Systems,” Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, September 1996. 37. “Ultrasonic Motors,” 5th Workshop on Advanced Automotive Electrical Systems, Cambridge,

MA, March 1996. 38. “Power Electronics - Technology and Applications,” GIKI Institute of Engineering Science and

Technology, Topi, Pakistan, October 1995. 39. “Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Power System Architectures using MAESTrO,” 2nd

Meeting of ‘Forum Bordnetzarchitektur’, Hannover, Germany, October 1995. 40. “Cost Analysis of a Front-end Converter for an ac Distribution System in Internal Combustion

Engine Vehicles,” 4th Workshop on Advanced Architectures for Automotive Electrical Distribution Systems, Cambridge, MA, December 1995.

41. “MAESTrO Evaluation of Alternative Power System Architectures.” 3rd Workshop on Advanced Architectures for Automotive Electrical Distribution Systems, Cambridge, MA, September 1995.

42. “Motors for Automotive Applications,” 2nd Workshop on Advanced Architectures for Automotive Electrical Distribution Systems, Dedham, MA, March 1995.

43. “Communication Strategies for the Control of Power in Automobiles,” 1st Workshop on Advanced Architectures for Automotive Electrical Systems, Cambridge, MA, October 1994.

44. “MOS-Controlled Thyristors - A Submicron Technology Power Device,” IEEE Student Branch, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, November 1993.

45. “MOS-Controlled Thyristors,” Department of Electronics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 1992.

46. “Parallel Operation and Failure Mechanisms of MOS-Controlled Thyristors (MCTs),” MIT/Industry Power Electronics Collegium, Cambridge, MA, December 1991.

PHD THESIS SUPERVISION 1. Nauman Zaffar, High-Power-Density Uninterruptible Power Supplies, PhD Thesis, Department

of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress). 2. Mausamjeet Khatua, High-Power-Density DC-DC Converters, PhD Thesis, Department of

Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress). 3. Danish Shahzad, High-Frequency Solid-State Transformers, PhD Thesis, Department of

Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress). 4. Brandon Regensburger, Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems for EV Charging, PhD

Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress).

5. Sreyam Sinha, High Frequency Power Electronics for Wireless Power Transfer, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress).

6. Yushi Lu, Ultra High Power Density Battery Chargers for Mobile Applications, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress).

7. Saad Pervaiz, High Power Density Electrolytic Free Offline LED Drivers, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress).

8. Ashish Kumar, Ultra-Efficient High-Power-Density Isolated DC-DC Converters, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, (in progress).

9. Juan Santiago-Gonzalez, Ultra-high Frequency Power Conversion Architectures, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, (in progress), (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault).

10. Alihossein Sepahvand, High-Frequency DC-DC Power Conversion for Automotive LED Driver Applications, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2017, (co-advisor: Prof. Dragan Maksimovic). Following graduation employed at Texas Instruments.

11. Jie Lu, Impedance Control Network Resonant DC-DC Converters for Wide-Range High-Efficiency Operation, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, December 2016. Following graduation employed at FinSix.

12. Samantha Gunter, Investigation and Application of High-Efficiency Large-Step-Down Power Conversion Architectures, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer

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Science, MIT, August 2016, (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation employed at General Motors.

13. Wardah Inam, Adaptable Power Conversion for Grid and Microgrid Applications, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, June 2016, (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation started company uLink Technologies.

14. Minjie Chen, Merged Multi-Stage Power Conversion: A Hybrid Switched-Capacitor/ Magnetics Approach, PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, June 2015, (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation employed as Assistant Professor at Princeton University.

MASTERS THESIS SUPERVISION 1. Usama Anwar, High Power Density Drivetrain Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger, MS Thesis,

Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, December 2016. Following graduation pursued PhD at UCLA.

2. Yu Ni, Design of Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers for Offline LED Drivers, MS Thesis, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, December 2014. Following graduation employed at Empower Micro Systems.

3. Juan Santiago-Gonzalez, Design of Class E Resonant Rectifiers for Very High Frequency Power Conversion, SM Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, August 2013, (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation pursued PhD at MIT.

4. Wardah Inam, High Efficiency Resonant Power Converter for Solar Power Applications, SM Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, October 2012, (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation pursued PhD at MIT.

5. Minjie Chen, Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Architecture, SM Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, December 2011, (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation pursued PhD at MIT.

6. Samantha Gunter, Methodology for Combined Integration of Electric Vehicles and Distributed Resources into the Electric Grid, SM Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, September 2011 (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault). Following graduation pursued PhD at MIT.

UNDERGRADUATE AND NON-THESIS GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION 1. Katharine Ann Doubleday, Techniques for Meeting Field Safety Requirements in High Power

Density Capacitive WPT Systems, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2017. Following graduation employed at NREL.

2. Jeffrey Meyer, Development of High Power Density Single-Phase Inverters, Graduate Research Internship, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2017. Following graduation employed at Checkers Industrial.

3. Colin McHugh, Design of Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers for High Power Density Single-Phase Inverters, Graduate Research Internship, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2016. Following graduation employed at Maxim.

4. Thomas Loeffler, Compact and High-Efficiency Off-line Battery Chargers, Discovery Learning Apprenticeship Program, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2016. Following graduation pursuing Masters at CU Boulder.

5. Abner De Andrade, Design of Packaging for the High Power Density Google Little Box Inverter, Research Internship, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2015. Following study abroad returned to Brazil to complete degree.

6. Anke Ge, Thermal Management Design for the High Power Density Google Little Box Inverter, Research Internship, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, May 2015. Following graduation employed at Elecyr Corporation.

7. Guilherme Goularte, High-Frequency Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems,

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Independent Study, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, December 2014. Following study abroad returned to Brazil to complete degree.

8. Chieh-Kai Chang, Development of a Large Air Gap Medium Power Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System, Graduate Research Internship, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder, December 2014. Following graduation employed at LGChem.

9. Curtis Serrano, Comparative Evaluation of Alternative Twice-Line-Frequency Energy Buffering Architectures, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, August 2013. Following graduation employed at Linear Technology.

10. Cory Harris, Thermal Balancing of Multiphase dc-dc Converter Controllers, Undergraduate Advanced Project (UAP), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, May 2013.

11. Benjamin Montgomery, Practical Design Considerations for Stacked Switch Capacitor Energy Buffers, Undergraduate Advanced Project (UAP), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, May 2013

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editorial Board Membership, Conference Organization, Reviewer and Panelist 1. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2017-Present. 2. Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 2017-

Present. 3. Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Special Issue on

Wireless Power Transfer, 2015. 4. Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,

Special Issue on Resonant and Soft Switching Techniques with Wide Bandgap Devices, 2018. 5. Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Journal of Emerging

and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Joint Bonus Special Issue on Power Conversion & Control in Photovoltaic Power Plants, 2017-2018.

6. Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Special Issue on Power Electronics for Energy Efficient Buildings, 2015-2016.

7. Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Special Issue on Robust Design and Reliability in Power Electronics, 2014.

8. Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), 2015. 9. Vice Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

(ECCE), 2014-2018. 10. Track Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and

Exposition (APEC), 2015-2018. 11. Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power

Electronics (COMPEL), 2016-2018. 12. Publications Chair, IEEE Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power (WoW), 2016. 13. Member of Steering Committee, International Networking and Communications

Conference, Lahore, Pakistan, May 2008. 14. Member of National Organizing Committee, LUMS 2nd International Conference on

Mathematics and its Applications in Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, March, 2008. 15. Member of Conference Organizing Committee, Pak-Millennium Conference 2002 - Higher

Education in Pakistan: Challenges for Reform, Boston University, Boston, MA, April 2002. 16. Session Chair, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013-2017. 17. Session Chair, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2014-2017. 18. Session Chair, IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2015-

2017. 19. Session Chair, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Exposition (ITEC), 2017. 20. Session Chair, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), 2015. 21. Session Chair, Information Technology, Pak-Millennium Conference, Boston University, Boston,

MA, April 1999.

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22. Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2013-Present. 23. Reviewer for the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 2016-

Present. 24. Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2017-Present. 25. Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2015-Present. 26. Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2015. 27. Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 1995. 28. Reviewer for the IEEE Electron Device Letters, 1995. 29. Reviewer for the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2009-2016. 30. Reviewer for the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2015. 31. Reviewer for the IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL),

2016-2017. 32. Reviewer for the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012-2013. 33. Reviewer for the IEEE Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power (WoW), 2016. 34. Reviewer for NSF Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN) Panel, 2016-2017. 35. Reviewer for DOE SunShot Incubator, 2014. 36. Jury Member for Siemens Smart Grid Innovation Contest, 2011. 37. Reviewer for the PTCL R&D Fund, 2002-2004. 38. Member of the panel on Entrepreneurship: Stabilizing Force in the World, OPEN Forum,

Mountain View, CA, June 2009. 39. Member of the panel on Technology and Entrepreneurship, Pakistan Conference at Harvard,

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 2009. 40. Invited guest on Voice of America WorldNet TV, Washington, DC, April 1999. Board Membership and Leadership 1. Secretary of IEEE PELS Technical Committee on Power Conversion Systems and Components

(TC2), 2016-Present. 2. Member of Board of Directors, Techlogix, 1997-Present. 3. Member of LUMS School of Science and Engineering (SSE) Advisory Board, 2018-Present. 4. Member of Board of Studies, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of

Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 2009-2014. 5. Member of Engineering Development Board Human Resource Committee, 2007-2011. 6. Member of Board of Management, Engineering Development Board, Government of

Pakistan, 2005-2011. 7. Member of Institutional Review Board, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and

Research Center, 2005-2009. 8. Member of Board of Directors, Pak-Millennium Conference, 1999-2004. 9. Member of Board of Directors, Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America

(OPEN), 1999-2003. 10. Member of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Committee on Future Technologies, 2003. 11. Member of LUMS Science and Engineering Initiative Committee, 2003. 41. Member of the expert panel on Automotive E/E Architecture at the IEEE Workshop on Power

Electronics in Transportation, Dearborn, MI, October, 1996. 42. Member of the Working Group on Advanced Automotive Electrical Systems, 1994-1997. The

working group developed a new 42V standard for the automotive electrical system. 43. Treasurer of Pakistan Students Association International (PSAI), 1991-1994. 44. Manager of PSAI 1cent/day literacy campaign for raising funds for primary education in

Pakistan, 1991-1993. 45. Boston area reporter for The Pakistan Journal, a Los Angeles based newspaper, 1992. 46. Co-editor of the Journal of the Pakistan Study Group, 1991-1992. 47. Founding President of Caltech’s chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, 1988. 48. Executive Secretary of Caltech’s chapter of Tau Beta Pi, 1987. 49. Undergraduate Representative on student faculty scholars committee, Caltech, 1987. 50. Founding President of Caltech's Pakistan Society, 1986-1989.

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Other 1. Co-authored The Boston Group report: Higher Education in Pakistan - Towards a Reform

Agenda, 2001. The report was incorporated by the Task Force on Improvement of Higher Education in Pakistan in their final recommendations to the President.

2. Mentor for one undergraduate (Seth Hollar, SB, MIT, 1996) and two master’s students (Kevin Yeh, MEng, MIT, 1996 and Isaac Trefz, SM, MIT, 1998) under supervision of Prof. Kassakian.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE 1. Member of CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science Faculty Leadership

Advancement Group (FLAG), 2015-Present. 2. Member of CU Boulder ECEE Department Faculty Search Committee, 2014-2015. 3. Member of CU Boulder ECEE Department Curriculum Committee, 2014-Present. 4. Member of LUMS SSE Electrical Engineering Appointments, Promotions and Tenure

Committee, 2009-Present. 5. Member of LUMS Provost Search Committee, 2008-2010. 6. Member of LUMS SSE Electrical Engineering Curriculum Committee, 2008-2009. 7. Member of LUMS Core Curriculum Committee, 2008-2009. 8. Co-Chair of LUMS Quarter to Semester Transition Committee, 2008-2009. 9. Member of LUMS SSE Development Committee, 2008-2009. 10. Member LUMS SSE Admissions Committee, 2007-2009. 11. Member of LUMS Search Committee for Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, 2007. 12. Member of LUMS BSc (Hons) Admissions Committee, 2007-2008. 13. Member of LUMS Decision Making Process Review Committee, 2007-2008. 14. Member of LUMS Quarter vs. Semester Committee, 2006-2007. 15. Member of LUMS SHSS Faculty Appointment and Promotions Committee, 2006-2007. 16. Member of LUMS Faculty Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Process Development

Committee, 2006-2007. 17. Member of LUMS Undergraduate Steering Committee, 2006-2007. 18. Member of LUMS Computer Science and Math Department’s Dean’s Council, 2006-2007. 19. Chair of LUMS SSE Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007. 20. Member of LUMS Computer Science and Math Dept’s Transition to SSE Committee, 2006. 21. Member of LUMS SSE Dean Search Committee, 2005-2007. 22. Member of LUMS SSE Hiring, Promotions and Tenure Process Development Committee, 2005-

2006. 23. Chair of LUMS SSE Coordination Committee, 2004-2005. 24. Project Director of LUMS School of Science and Engineering (SSE), 2004-2008.