Ali Khajehoddin, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Power Electronics Control Systems Digital Control High Freq Power Supplies Smart Grid Photovoltaic Renewable Energy Systems Energy Storage Electric Vehicle Energy Systems Integrated Circuits and Systems

About

S. Ali Khajehoddin received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada, in 2010. He is currently a Senior UofA Engineering Research Chair in Energy Systems and a Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Prior to his Ph.D., he had co-founded a start-up company that was focused on the development and production of power analyzers and smart metering products for smart grid applications. For the doctoral research with Queen’s University, he concentrated on the design and implementation of compact and durable microinverters for photovoltaic (PV) grid connected systems; leading to the spin-off of SPARQ Systems Inc., where he worked as the Lead R&D Engineer toward mass production and commercialization of microinverters from 2010 to 2013.  His current research interests include design and implementation of high-power density power converters based on novel modeling techniques, topologies, and controllers for energy systems. Dr. Khajehoddin was the recipient of several awards including Second Place Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2022. He is also an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics.

Research

Research Interests

• High power density and high frequency power converters
• Analysis and design approaches for power electronic devices 
• Digital control system design and implementation for power electronics systems
• Microinverter design for Photovoltaic systems
• Grid-connected and standalone power converter design for DG systems
• Smart grids and their components

• uAPEL (Univesity of Alberta Power Electronics Lab) research Group