About Me

Electrical Engineer, Researcher, Circuit Designer
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I am a Power Electronics Engineer.

Hi,
My name is Ali and I am a Senior Power Electronics Engineer at AIRA. I got my Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada in 2020. Prior working at AIRA, I was working as a power electronics engineer at SMPC Technologies. During my Ph.D program, I worked as a research assistant at Dr. Ordonez's Power Electronics Group. My Ph.D. thesis was focused on developing new design methods to achieve compact, high-efficiency and low-noise planar magnetic for high-frequency power electronics converters.

My experiences and expertise includes the following:

  • AC/DC and DC/DC Power Supply Design: LLC Resonant Converter, Boost PFC, Flyback, Forward, Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost
  • Magnetic Design: Transformer, AC Inductor, Filter Inductor, Integrated Magnetic Structures
  • Wireless Power Transfer
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Power Electronics: ANSYS MAXWELL, SIMPLORER, Q3D, ICEPAK, SIWAVE, PExprt, PEMag.
  • Analog and Digital Control for power converters: PSIM, TI C2000 DSP Family
  • PCB Design, Development, and Verification: Altium Designer, Siwave (Signal Integrity), ICEPAK (thermal Analysis)
  • EMI/EMC: Conducted and Radiate Noise Measurement, Analysis and Reduction
Check the project page to see what I have been up to lately. If you think I can help you with your research or industry project, please contact me. I am always down for quality projects!

Expertise

High Frequency Magnetic Design for Power Electronics

Magnetic Design

High-Frequency Transformers, Inductors, and Integrated Magnetic Structures for Power Converters.
AC-DC and DC-DC Power Converter Design

AC-DC & DC-DC Converter Design

Buck, Boost, Flyback, Forward, and LLC Resonant Converter Design and Optimization
Wireless Power Transfer

Wireless Power Transfer

Analysis, Modeling, and Implementation of Resonant Wireless Power Transfer
Finite Element Analysis in Power Electronics

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Ansys FEA Software Tools Including MAXWELL, ICEPAK, Simplorer, Q3D, SIWAVE, PExprt, PEmag & Workbench
PCB Design and Analysis

PCB Design and Analysis

PCB Design for Minimized Parasitic Elements and Even Current Distribution
Electromagnetic Interference in Power Electronics

EMI Modeling and Reduction

Analysis, Modeling, and Reduction of Conducted & Radiated Electromagnetic Noise in Power Converters

Resume

Education (Degree)

PhD in Power Electronics

Jan 2015-Jan 2020
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

MSc in Power Electronics

Sep 2009-Dec 2011
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

BSc in Electrical Engineering, Power

Sep 2005-Sep 2005
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran


Education (Specialization)

Power Electronics Specialization

Oct 2018 - March 2019
University of Colorado Boulder

6 Course Online Specialization

Work Experience

AIRA, Phoenix, AZ

Nov 2020 - Current
Senior Power Electronics Design Engineer

SMPC Technologies, Vancouver, BC

Mar 2020 - Nov 2020
Power Electronics Design Engineer

UBC Power Electronics Lab, Vancouver, BC

Feb 2015 - Mar 2020
Research Assistant at UBC
Resear Scholar at Delta-Q Technologies

TESLA, Palo Alto, California

May 2018 - August 2018
Power Electronics Design Intern

Yekta Behineh Tavan, Tehran, Iran

Dec 2011 - Dec 2014
Power Quality Engineer


Teaching Experience

"Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Fall 2015 - Spring 2019
9 Semesters

Electrical Engineering Design Studio II (UBC)

Summer 2017

Power Electronics Lab (Sharif University)

Spring 2010 - Spring 2011
2 Semester

Circuit Analysis

PSIM

MATLAB

LTSpice

PSPICE

Proteus

FEA Skills

ANSYS MAXWELL

ANSYS Q3D

ANSYS Simplorer

ANSYS ICEPAK

ANSYS WORKBENCH

ANSYS SIWave

ANSYS PExprt

ANSYS PEmag

Circuit Design

Altium Designer

Allegro PCB Designer

Digital & Embedded Design

PIC MCU

ARM MCU

Quartus II

CCS

STM32CubeMX

OpenSTM32

Coding Skills

Python

C

Verilog

Publication

Journal Papers

[1] M. A. Saket, N. Shafiei, M. Ordonez, M. Craciun, C. Botting “Improving Planar Transformers for LLC Resonant Converters: Paired Layers Interleaving," IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 11813-11832, Dec. 2019. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[2] M. A. Saket, M. Ordonez, N. Shafiei “Planar Transformers with Near Zero Common Mode Noise for Flyback and Forward Converters," IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 1554-1571, Feb. 2018 (Winner of Second Prize Paper Award of the year in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics). IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[3] M. A. Saket, N. Shafiei, M. Ordonez “LLC Converters with Planar Transformers: Issues and Mitigation," IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 4524-4542, June 2017. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[4] E. Serban, M. A. Saket and M. Ordonez, “High Performance Isolated Gate-Driver Power Supply With Integrated Planar Transformer," IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Early Access. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[5] R. Shafaei, M. Ordonez, M. A. Saket “3D-Frequency Thermal Model for Planar Transformers in LLC Resonant Converters," IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 4641-4655, May 2019. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[6] A. Arshadi, M. Ordonez, W. Eberle, M. A. Saket, M. Craciun, C. Botting “Unbalanced Three-Phase LLC Resonant Converters: Analysis and Trigonometric Current Balancing" IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 2025-2038, March 2019. (Highlighted Paper of March 2019 Volume). IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[7] Q. Wang, M. A. Saket, Aaron Troy, and Martin Ordonez “A Self-Compensated Planar Coil for Resonant Wireless Power Transfer Systems," IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics (TPEL), Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 674-682, Jan. 2021. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[8] N. Shafiei, M. Ordonez, M. A. Saket, A. Arefifar “PV Battery Charger Using an L3C Resonant Converter for Electric Vehicle Applications," IEEE Transaction on Transportation Electrification (TTE), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 108-121, March 2018. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[9] M. Cermak, X. Faure, M. A. Saket, M. Bahrami, and M. Ordonez, “Natural graphite sheet heat sinks with embedded heat pipes ," IEEE ACCESS, Vol. 8, pp. 80827-80835, 2020 IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

Conference Papers

[1] M. A. Saket, M. Ordonez, M. Craciun, C. Botting “Common-Mode Noise Elimination in Planar Transformers for LLC Resonant Converters," IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), 2018, Portland, Oregon. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[2] M. A. Saket, M. Ordonez, N. Shafiei “Planar Transformers with no Common Mode Noise Generation for Flyback and Forward Converters," Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2017, Tampa, FL. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[3] M. A. Saket, N. Shafiei, M. Ordonez “Planar Transformer Winding Technique for Reduced Capacitance in LLC Power Converters," IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), 2016, Milwaukee, Wisconsin., Vol: 32, Issue: 6, June 2017. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[4] M. A. Saket, N. Shafiei, M. Ordonez, M. Craciun, C. Botting“Low Parasitics Planar Transformer for LLC Resonant Battery Chargers," Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2016, Long Beach, CA. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[5] E. Serban, M. A. Saket and M. Ordonez “High Performance Gate-Driver Power Supply for Multilevel-based 1500 V Converters," IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2020, Detroit, MI, USA, pp. 3163-3170 IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[6] N. Shafiei, M. A. Saket, M. Ordonez “Time Domain Analysis of LLC Resonant Converters in the Boost Mode for Battery Charger Applications," IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), 2017, Cincinnati, Ohio. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[7] N. Shafiei, A. Arefifar, M. A. Saket, M. Ordonez. “High Efficiency LLC Converter Design for Universal Battery Chargers ," Applied Power Elecronics Conference (APEC), 2016, Long Beach, CA. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[8] R. Shafaei, M. A. Saket, M. Ordonez, “Thermal Comparison of Planar versus Conventional Transformers used in LLC Resonant Converters," IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), 2018, Portland, Oregon. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[9] Q Wang, M Ordonez, J Wang, M. A. Saket, R Shafaei “A Novel Dual Slot Permanent Magnet Machine with Complementary Rotors for Electric Vehicle Propulsion," IEEE 28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[10] M. A. Saket, B. Jandaghi, M. Moghaddami, H. Oraee.“Thermal Lumped Parameter Modeling of a Toroidal Transformer," 3rd International Academic Conference of Young Scientists (EPECS), 2011, Lviv, Ukraine. Conference Link, ResearchGate Link

[11] M. Ahmadian, A. Oraee, B. Jandaghi, M. A. Saket, H. Gorginpour, H. Oraee. “Eddy Current Losses in Brushless Doubly-Fed Machines" 3rd international youth conference on energetic, 2011, Leiria, Portugal. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[12] B. Jandaghi, H. Gorginpour, M. A. Saket, A. Oraee, M. Ahmadian, H. Oraee. “A Survey on Rotor Faults in Brushless Doubly Fed Machines" 3rd international youth conference on energetic, 2011, Leiria, Portugal. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[13] H. Gorginpour, B. Jandaghi, M. A. Saket, A. Oraee, H. Oraee. “Magnetic Field Harmonic Analysis in Brushless Doubly Fed Machine" 3rd international youth conference on energetic, 2011, Leiria, Portugal. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[14] H. Gorginpour, A. Oraee, B. Jandaghi, M. A. Saket, M. Ahmadian, H. Oraee. “Reduction of the Torque Ripple in Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine" 3rd international youth conference on energetic, 2011, Leiria, Portugal. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[15] M. A. Saket, M. Moghaddami, E. Alishahi “Modeling one typical digital differential relay in the MATLAB" in 3rd International Academic Conference of Young Scientists (EPECS), 2011, Lviv, Ukraine. Conference Link, ResearchGate Link [16] E. Alishahi, M. A. Saket, M. Moghaddami “A comparison of genetic algorithm and immune algorithm in optimization of one typical axial flux permanent magnet motor" 3rd International Academic Conference of Young Scientists (EPECS), 2011, Lviv, Ukraine. Conference Link, ResearchGate Link

Ph.D. Thesis

[1] M. A. Saket, “High-efficiency and low noise planar transformers for power converters: paired layers interleaving,” T, University of British Columbia , 2020. UBC Library Link, ResearchGate Link

Projects

Featured Projects
Resonant Inductive Wireless Power Transfer

Resonant Wireless Power Transfer
Magnetic Design for Power Electronics

Analytic Design and FEA Optimization of Magnetic
Finite Element Analysis Applications in Power Electronics

Physics-Based Modeling and Optimization of Power Converters
Tarnsformer Common-Mode Noise Elimination

Planar Transformers with Near Zero Common-Mode Noise
Low Parasitic Planar Transformer for LLC resonant converters

Low Parasitic Planar Transformers for LLC resonant Converters

Online Courses & Certificates

Power Electronics

Introduction to Power Electronics (Coursera)

Converter Circuits (Coursera)

Converter Control (Coursera)

Advanced Converter Control Techniques (Coursera)

Magnetics for Power Electronic Converters (Coursera)

Capstone Design Project in Power Electronics (Coursera)

C

C Programming Bootcamp (Udemy)

Microcontrollers and Embedded C Programming language+Secrets (Udemy)

Python

Complete Python Bootcamp: Go from zero to hero in Python 3 (Udemy)

Python-Advanced (Maktabkhooneh)

Python-Basic (University of Tehran)

Electronics

Introduction to Electronics (Coursera)

Electronic I (Faradars)

Electronic II (Faradars)

Altium Designer

Learn to Design your own Boards (Udemy)

PCB design master class with altium designer + 3 board example (Udemy)

Microcontroller

Mastering ARM Microcontroller with Embedded Driver Development (Udemy)

Honors & Awards

Oct 2019

Second Place Winner for 2018 Prize Paper Awards: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Second Best Paper of 2018

July 2018

UBC J.K. ZEE Memorial Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

Oct 2017

UBC Graduate Student Initiative (GSI) Award.

Oct 2016

UBC Graduate Student Initiative (GSI) Award.

Feb 2015 - Feb 2019

UBC International Tuition Award.

Apr 2013

Ranked 7th out of 2100+ participants in the IRAN Nationwide University Entrance Exam for PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Apr 2009

Ranked 10th out of 30000+ participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam for MSc in Electrical Engineering.

Aug 2005

Ranked 333th out of 500000+ participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam in Iran for BSc (Konkoor).

Teaching

Spring 2019

Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Fall 2018

Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Spring 2018

Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Fall 2017

Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Summer 2017

Electrical Engineering Design Studio II (UBC)

Spring 2017

Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Fall 2016

Energy Conversion and Transmission (UBC)

Fall 2015

Electrical Engineering Design Studio II (UBC)

Summer 2017

Electrical Engineering Design Studio II (UBC)

Spring 2011

Power Electronics Lab (Sharif University of Technology)

Fall 2010

Electrical Machines Lab (Sharif University of Technology)

Spring 2010

Power Electronics Lab (Sharif University of Technology)

Contact

Get in Touch

Get in Touch

Electrical & Computer Engineering
The University of British Columbia
2332 Main Mall - Kaiser Building
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
alisaket [at] ubc.ece.ca
MohammadAli.Saket [at] gmail.com

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