Akif Zia Khan

About

Akif Zia Khan received the B.Eng. degree in electrical power engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, the M.Sc. degree in electrical power systems from the North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Beijing, China, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU), Hong Kong SAR in 2011, 2014, and 2020, respectively. From 2014 to 2020, he has served as a Lecturer and from 2020 to 2021 as an Assistant Professor at U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan. During the spring of 2016, he was a visiting research scholar with the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, AZ, USA. In 2019, he was a visiting Ph.D. scholar with the Center of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University (AAU), Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently working as a Senior Scientist at Hitachi Energy Research Center, Krakow, Poland. His current research interests include the design, modeling, and control of high-power and high-frequency bidirectional resonant power converters for various power processing and industrial applications. He is an author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and contributes regularly as a reviewer for various international journals and conferences.

Employment

• Hitachi Energy Senior Scientist
  2021 - Present
• National University of Sciences and Technology Assistant Professor
  2020 - 2021
• National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Lecturer
  2014 - 2016

Education

• Hong Kong Polytechnic University PhD
  2017 - Present
• North China Electric Power Unviersity MSc (Electrical Power Systems)
  2011 - 2014
• National University of Sciences and Technology BEng (Electrical)
  2007 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (20)

• Exploiting the Inherent Flexibility in Transmission Network for Optimal Scheduling, Wind Power Utilization, and Network Congestion Management
  IEEE Access 2021 DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3090089
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• A Multi-Structure, Multi-Mode Three-Phase Dual-Active-Bridge Converter Targeting Wide-Range High-Efficiency Performance
  IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2020 DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2020.3014900
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• A Reconfigurable Three-Phase Dual-Active-Bridge DC-DC Converter Designed for Wide-Range High-Efficiency Operation
  2019 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) 2019 DOI: 10.1109/pedg.2019.8807776
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• A Three-Phase Dual-Active-Bridge DC-DC Converter with Reconfigurable Resonant Network for Efficient Wide Voltage Range Operation
  IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2019 DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2019.2920115
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• Design, Analysis, and Performance Characterization of Dual-Active-Bridge DC–DC Converter Utilizing Three-Phase Resonant Immittance Network
  IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2019 DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2018.2833744
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• Switched-Capacitor-Inductor-based Differential Power Converter for Solar PV Modules
  IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2019 DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912615
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• A Three-Phase Dual-Active-Bridge DC-DC Immittance Converter
  2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 2018 DOI: 10.1109/ecce.2018.8558332
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• Feasibility, emission and fuel requirement analysis of hybrid car versus solar electric car: a comparative study: Hybrid versus solar electric car comparison
  International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s13762-017-1332-0
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• A study on GaN based converters for the application of power conditioning of photovoltaic systems
  2017 International Conference on Electrical Engineering, ICEE 2017 2017 DOI: 10.1109/ICEE.2017.7893438
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• A comprehensive overview on the impact of widespread deployment of electric vehicles on power grid
  2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities, ICSGSC 2017 2017 DOI: 10.1109/ICSGSC.2017.8038575
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