KKA PhotocropKhurram K. Afridi

Visiting Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

 
MIT, Room 10-140L

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-253-4199
Email: afridi@mit.edu

 

Education

 

BS (Caltech), SM (MIT), PhD (MIT)

 

Awards and Honors

 

•          Werner-von-Siemens Chair for Power Electronics, LUMS SSE, 2008

•          BMW Scientific Award, BMW AG, 1999

•          Carnation Merit Award, Caltech, 1988

•          Elected into Eta Kappa Nu (The Electrical Engineering Honor Society), 1988

•          Elected into Tau Beta Pi (The Engineering Honor Society), 1987

•          Elected into Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), 1987

•          Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Caltech, 1987

•          Full College Blazer, Aitchison, 1985

 

Research

 

Power Electronics, Power Semiconductor Devices, Automotive Electronics and Smart Electric Grids

 

Teaching

 

Spring 2012: Circuits and Electronics (6.002)

Spring 2012: Theory and Application of Circuits and Electronics (6.S076)

Fall 2011: Circuits and Electronics (6.002)

Spring 2011: Circuits and Electronics (6.002)

Fall 2010: Circuits and Electronics (6.002)

Spring 2010: Power Electronics (6.334)

Fall 2009: Circuits and Electronics (6.002)

Fall 2009: Smart Electric Grid (6.A54)

Spring 2009: Power Electronics (6.334)

 

Selected Publications and Patents:

 

·                 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), Orlando, FL, February 2012.

 

·                 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.

 

·                 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.

 

·                 D.J. Perreault, K.K. Afridi and I.A. Khan, “Automotive Applications of Power Electronics,” Power Electronics Handbook, 3rd Edition, Muhammad H. Rashid (Editor), pp. 643-668, Elsevier, 2011.

 

·                 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), October 1, 2002.

 

·                 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.

 

·                 K.K. Afridi and J.G. Kassakian, “Turn-off Failures in Individual and Paralleled MCTs,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, pp. 299-304, March, 1996.

 

Selected Talks

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Graduate Students

 

·                 Samantha Gunter, PhD Candidate (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault)

 

·                 Minjie Chen, PhD Candidate (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault)

 

·                 Wardah Inam, SM Candidate (co-advisor: Prof. David Perreault)