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Khurram K. Afridi

Khurram K. Afridi

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
32
Citations
3887
World Ranking
9586
National Ranking
2720

Overview

Khurram K. Afridi is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and works primarily in the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including control and systems engineering, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas: advanced DC-DC converters, wireless power transfer systems, multilevel inverters and converters, energy harvesting in wireless networks, silicon carbide semiconductor technologies, microgrid control and optimization, and advanced battery technologies research.

Khurram K. Afridi has contributed to multiple publications in notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
  • 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL)
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • 2022 Wireless Power Week (WPW)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sreyam Sinha
  • Sounak Maji
  • Mausamjeet Khatua
  • Ashish Kumar
  • Danish Shahzad

Notable recent papers by Khurram K. Afridi and their collaborators include:

  • "High-Performance Multi-MHz Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for EV Charging Utilizing Interleaved-Foil Coupled Inductors," 2020, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • "GaN-Based High-Power-Density AC-DC-AC Converter for Single-Phase Transformerless Online Uninterruptible Power Supply," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "Design of High-Efficiency Matching Networks for Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems," 2020, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • "High-Performance Megahertz-Frequency Resonant DC-DC Converter for Automotive LED Driver Applications," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "The future of electric vehicle charging infrastructure," 2022, Nature Electronics

Best Publications

  • A Systematic Approach to Modeling Impedances and Current Distribution in Planar Magnetics

    Minjie Chen;Mohammad Araghchini;Khurram K. Afridi;Jeffrey H. Lang

  • Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Architecture

    Minjie Chen;Khurram K. Afridi;David J. Perreault

  • Investigation of power transfer density enhancement in large air-gap capacitive wireless power transfer systems

    Ashish Kumar;Saad Pervaiz;Chieh-Kai Chang;Sean Korhummel

  • A New Design Approach to Mitigating the Effect of Parasitics in Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Electric Vehicle Charging

    Sreyam Sinha;Ashish Kumar;Brandon Regensburger;Khurram K. Afridi

  • High Efficiency Resonant DC/DC Converter Utilizing a Resistance Compression Network

    Wardah Inam;Khurram K. Afridi;David J. Perreault

  • Variable Frequency Multiplier Technique for High-Efficiency Conversion Over a Wide Operating Range

    Wardah Inam;Khurram K. Afridi;David J. Perreault

  • High-Performance Multi-MHz Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for EV Charging Utilizing Interleaved-Foil Coupled Inductors

    Brandon Regensburger;Sreyam Sinha;Ashish Kumar;Sounak Maji

  • High-performance large air-gap capacitive wireless power transfer system for electric vehicle charging

    Brandon Regensburger;Ashish Kumar;Sreyam Sinha;Kate Doubleday

  • Design of Class E Resonant Rectifiers and Diode Evaluation for VHF Power Conversion

    Juan A. Santiago-Gonzalez;Khalil M. Elbaggari;Khurram K. Afridi;David J. Perreault

  • Resonant power converters using impedance control networks and related techniques

    David J. Perreault;Khurram K. Afridi

  • E-Mobility — Advancements and Challenges

    Aswad Adib;Mohammad B. Shadmand;Pourya Shamsi;Khurram K. Afridi

  • Optimal Design of Grid-Connected PEV Charging Systems With Integrated Distributed Resources

    S. J. Gunter;K. K. Afridi;D. J. Perreault

  • Multitrack Power Conversion Architecture

    Minjie Chen;Khurram K. Afridi;Sombuddha Chakraborty;David J. Perreault

  • Systems and methods for a variable frequency multiplier power converter

    David J. Perreault;Khurram K. Afridi;Samantha J. Gunter

  • Impedance Control Network Resonant DC–DC Converter for Wide-Range High-Efficiency Operation

    Jie Lu;David J. Perreault;David M. Otten;Khurram K. Afridi

  • Design of efficient matching networks for capacitive wireless power transfer systems

    Sreyam Sinha;Ashish Kumar;Saad Pervaiz;Brandon Regensburger

  • Teaching electronic circuits online: Lessons from MITx's 6.002x on edX

    Piotr F. Mitros;Khurram K. Affidi;Gerald J. Sussman;Chris J. Terman

  • Architecture and system analysis of microgrids with peer-to-peer electricity sharing to create a marketplace which enables energy access

    Wardah Inam;Daniel Strawser;Khurram K. Afridi;Rajeev J. Ram

  • GaN-Based High-Power-Density AC–DC–AC Converter for Single-Phase Transformerless Online Uninterruptible Power Supply

    Danish Shahzad;Saad Pervaiz;Nauman Ahmad Zaffar;Khurram K. Afridi

  • High-power-transfer-density capacitive wireless power transfer system for electric vehicle charging

    Sreyam Sinha;Brandon Regensburger;Kate Doubleday;Ashish Kumar

  • High-Performance 13.56-MHz Large Air-Gap Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging

    Brandon Regensburger;Ashish Kumar;Sreyam Sinha;Khurram Afridi

  • Kilowatt-scale large air-gap multi-modular capacitive wireless power transfer system for electric vehicle charging

    Brandon Regensburger;Sreyam Sinha;Ashish Kumar;Jason Vance

  • Improved Design Optimization for High-Efficiency Matching Networks

    Ashish Kumar;Sreyam Sinha;Alihossein Sepahvand;Khurram K. Afridi

  • High-Performance Megahertz-Frequency Resonant DC–DC Converter for Automotive LED Driver Applications

    Mausamjeet Khatua;Ashish Kumar;Vahid Yousefzadeh;Alihossein Sepahvand

Frequent Co-Authors

Dragan Maksimovic
Dragan Maksimovic University of Colorado Boulder
Zoya Popovic
Zoya Popovic University of Colorado Boulder
Robert W. Erickson
Robert W. Erickson University of Colorado Boulder
Charles R. Sullivan
Charles R. Sullivan Dartmouth College
Gregory L. Plett
Gregory L. Plett University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Regan Zane
Regan Zane Utah State University

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