CV
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Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stony Brook University, NY, USA, 2024
- M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Stony Brook University, NY, USA, 2022
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Honours), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, 2018
Work & Research Experience
- August 2024 – Present: Lead Engineer Power Electronics
Eaton Research Labs, Menomonee Falls, WI, USA- Technical lead for hardware development and testing of ongoing projects sponsored by government and business units.
- Simulate, design, and validate high-power AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC power converter topologies using Silicon and Wide Bandgap (WBG) semiconductors (GaN, SiC).
- Perform multi-objective design optimization aimed at reducing semiconductor losses and minimizing passive component footprint.
- Support electro-mechanical-thermal co-design of compact high-power converter packaging through Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
- Design high power PCBs optimized for minimal parasitics and reduced electromagnetic emissions for WBG-based power converters.
- Perform EMI modeling and analysis of power converters and design targeted EMI filters to ensure compliance and performance.
- Contribute to government proposal preparation.
- Mentor junior staff and consult internal business and engineering customers.
- Support building business relationships by presenting ideas and projects, participating in ideation events and acquiring resources and funding needed.
- Participate in external open innovation events with universities and research institutions.
- May 2022 – August 2022: Power Electronics Intern
GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA- Reviewed MIL-461 and DO-160 Radiated Susceptibility (RS) test standards to define H and E-fields susceptibility test levels for gate driver.
- Developed Design of Experiment (DoE) to perform RS testing of gate driver for WBG devices.
- August 2020 – August 2024: Graduate Research Assistant
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA- SiC-based 75 kVA Intelligent Grid-Interface Bidirectional Converter
- Led hardware development and testing of a 75 kVA SiC-based DC-DC-AC power converter.
- EMI Immune Gate Driver Design for High Speed GaN HEMT
- Designed an EMC hardened gate driver to suppress mis-triggering due to high CM noise generated by high switching dv/dt of GaN HEMT.
- Broadband Electro-Magnetic Modeling and Testing for Reliable Power-Electronic-Based Energy Conversion System for Electric Aircrafts
- Investigated the influence of PWM output voltage characteristics (rise/fall time, duty cycle and frequency) of SiC-based motor drives on PD in motor winding insulation.
- Integration Methods for High-Density Integrated Electric Drives
- Developed a slit-based PCB terminal for high bandwidth current-sensing.
- January 2020 – August 2020: Graduate Research Assistant
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA- Grid-Integrable Medium-Voltage Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker (HCB)
- Designed a novel integrated E-Core magnetic structure with zero magnetic bias in normal operation.
- March 2019 – December 2019: Site Engineer
Pak Matiari - Lahore Transmission Company Private Limited, Lahore, Pakistan China Electric Power Equipment and Technology, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC)- ± 660 kV 800 km HVDC Transmission Line
- Sampling and material inspection on-site.
- Managed quality control and safety issues on-site, ensuring compliance with technical designs and drawings.
- September 2018 – February 2019: Research Analyst – Transmission and Distribution Systems
Power Technology Research, Munich - Germany (remote work)- Distribution Transformers
- Developed a cost model for induction-based Distribution and Power transformers.
Publications
Journal Articles
Abdul Basit Mirza, Andrew Castiblanco, Abdul Muneeb, Yang Xie, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2025 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Kushan Choksi, Sama Salehi Vala, Ali Anwar and Fang Luo. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2025 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Sama Salehi Vala, Kushan Choksi and Fang Luo. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2024 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Kushan Choksi, Austin Zhuo, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 2024 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Asif Imran Emon, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2023 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Yalda Azadeh, Hongwu Peng, Yang Li, John Kaplun and Fang Luo. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2023 [PDF]
Conference Papers
Abdul Basit Mirza, Sama Salehi Vala, Gaurav Bhansali, Balaji Narayanasamay and Fang Luo. 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2023 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Yang Xie, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2023 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Abdul Muneeb, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. 2023 IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal/Power Integrity (EMC+SIPI), 2023 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Asif Imran Emon, Kushan Choksi, Sama Salehi Vala, Fang Luo, Radha Krishna Moorthy and Madhu Sudhan Chinthavali. 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2023 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Xiaoqiang Xu, Asif Imran Emon, Fang Luo and Shikui Chen. ASME 2022 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems, 2022 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Kushan Choksi, Sama Salehi Vala, Radha Krishna Moorthy, Madhu Sudhan Chinthavali and Fang Luo. 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'22 ECCE Europe), 2022 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Asif Imran Emon, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2022 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Asif Imran Emon, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Yalda Azadeh, Hongwu Peng and Fang Luo. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza, Asif Imran Emon, Sama Salehi Vala and Fang Luo. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021 [PDF]
Webinars
Theses
Abdul Basit Mirza. Stony Brook University, 2024 [PDF]
Abdul Basit Mirza. Stony Brook University, 2022 [PDF]
Patents
- Co-inventor for the provisional patent application “System and Method for Digital Twin-based Health and Fault Monitoring for Power Electronics Systems” (filed from Stony Brook University)
- Co-inventor for the provisional patent application “Integrated TMR-based Current Sensing Solution for Future High Power Density Power Electronics Systems” (filed from Stony Brook University)
Teaching Experience
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA- ESE 451 Power Electronics (Spring 2023, Fall 2023 and Spring 2024)
- ESE 559 EMI in Power Electronics Converters: Generation, Propagation and Mitigation (Spring 2023 and Spring 2024)
- ESE 366/566 Hardware-Software Co-Design of Embedded Systems (Fall 2022)
- ESE 280 Embedded Microcontroller Systems Design I (Fall 2020)
Professional Service
Journal Article Reviewing
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
- IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
- IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
Conference Paper Reviewing
- IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
- IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition US (ECCE) and Asia (ECCE-Asia)
- IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Exposition (ITEC)
- IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems
