HAMED VALIPOUR POWER ELECTRONICS ENGINEER ELECTRONICS Engineer FIRMWARE DEVELOPER
Address : Vancouver, BC, Canada
E-mail : hvalipour [at] ece.ubc.ca
Phone : +1(604)822-6024
ABOUT ME & MY SKILLS RESUME

I am a Research Assistant at The University of British Columbia (UBC)

I am an experienced Research Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in academia and industry. I am skilled in Firmware Development, Electronics Hardware Design, Power Electronics, and Programming. I am a strong research professional studying Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused on Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC). I work toward my PhD degree under supervision of Dr. Martin Ordonez.

Circuit Analysis

LTspice
expert
PSIM Software
expert
MATLAB & Simulink
advanced
PLECS
advanced

Firmware & Microcontrollers

Texas Instruments (TI) C2000 DSP
expert
STM32 ARM Cortex MCUs
advanced
Atmel ARM processors (SAM7x)
advanced
Microchip dsPIC & PIC controllers
advanced
Atmel AVR microcontrollers
advanced
Freescale microcontrollers
intermediate

Programming

C
expert
C++
advanced
Python
intermediate

Electronics Hardware

Altium Designer
expert
Soldering
expert
Magnetics Design
advanced

Resume

Education

May 2016 - present

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Power Electronics)

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
GPA: 91.5/100

Sep. 2012 - Sep. 2014

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics)

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
GPA: 85.2/100

Sep. 2008 - Jul. 2012

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
GPA: 86.5/100

Work Experience

May 2016 - Present

Research Assistant

Power Electronics Lab.
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Oct. 2019 - Feb. 2020

Intern

Tesla Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Oct. 2014 - May 2016

Technical Expert (Power Electronics)

Yekta Behineh Tavan Co., Tehran, Iran

Aug. 2012 - Feb. 2014

Designer Engineer (Electronics and Frimware, part time)

Maharan Eng. Co., Tehran, Iran

Feb. 2012 - Aug. 2012

Technical Expert (Electrical Engineering, part time)

Yekta Behineh Tavan Co., Tehran, Iran

Teaching Experience

Sep. 2017 - May 2020 (5 semesters)

Course Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Engineering I/II (APSC100/101)

Applied Science Faculty
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Jul. 2017 - Aug. 2017

Course Teaching Assistant: Electrical Engineering Design Studio II (ELEC391)

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE)
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Jan. 2017 - May 2017

Course Teaching Assistant: Applied Electronics & Electromechanics (ELEC344)

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE)
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Fall 2013

Course Teaching Assistant: Electrical Energy Conversion 1 and Lab

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Fall 2013

Lab Assistant: Industrial Electronics Lab

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Spring 2013

Course Teaching Assistant: Electrical Energy Conversion 1 and Lab

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Involvments in Other Projects

Nov. 2015 - May 2016

Providing internet communication for areas without coverage

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Jan. 2015 - May 2015

Design and Implementation of Voltage Monitoring Relay (VMR) for 24, 48, 110, and 220 Vdc in sub-stations

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Aug. 2014 - Jan 2015

Design and Implementation of 3.5W, 5W, 7W, 10W, and 12W off-line LED driver

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Volunteer Experience

Jan. 2018 - Present

Vice Chair

IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS), Vancouver Section.

2016 - Present

Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL)

Aug. 2018 - Sep. 2018

Reviewer

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC2019)

Publications

Journal Papers

[1] H. Valipour, M. Mahdavi, M. Ordonez, Peter Ksiazek, Rahul Khandekar, "Extended Range Bridgeless PFC Converter with High Voltage DC Bus and Small Inductor," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[2] H. Valipour, M. Mahdavi and M. Ordonez, "Resonant Bridgeless AC/DC Rectifier with High Switching Frequency and Inherent PFC Capability," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. IEEE Xplore Link , ResearchGate Link

[3] H. Valipour, M. Ordonez and M. Mahdavi, "High Efficiency Interleaved LC Resonant Boost Topology: Analysis and Design," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[4] H. Valipour, G. Rezazadeh and M. R. Zolghadri, "Flicker-Free Electrolytic Capacitor-Less Universal Input Offline LED Driver With PFC," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 6553-6561, Sept. 2016. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

Conference Papers

[5] H. Valipour, M. Mahdavi and M. Ordonez, "A Wide Input Voltage Range PFC Converter with High-Efficiency," 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Anaheim, CA, USA, 2019, pp. 774-779. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[6] H. Valipour and M. Ordonez, "High efficiency LC resonant boost topology: Analysis and design," 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, 2017, pp. 3427-3432. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[7] H. Valipour, M. Fotuhi Firouzabad, G. Rezazadeh and M. R. Zolghadri, "Reliability comparison of two industrial AC/DC converters with resonant and non-resonant topologies," The 6th Power Electronics, Drive Systems & Technologies Conference (PEDSTC2015), Tehran, 2015, pp. 430-435. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[8] H. Valipour, G. Rezazadeh, M. R. Zolghadri and N. Noroozi, "Electrolytic capacitor-less AC-DC LED driver with constant output current and PFC," The 6th Power Electronics, Drive Systems & Technologies Conference (PEDSTC2015), Tehran, 2015, pp. 107-112. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[9] M. Mahdavi, H. Valipour, M. Ordonez, "Reconfigurable Universal Buck-Boost PFC with Ultra Wide Input Voltage Range," 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 2707-2712. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

[10] G. Rezazadeh, F. Tahami and H. Valipour, "Three-phase PFC rectifier with high efficiency and low cost for small PM synchronous wind generators," 2016 7th Power Electronics and Drive Systems Technologies Conference (PEDSTC), Tehran, 2016, pp. 302-307. IEEE Xplore Link, ResearchGate Link

Awards and Honors

Oct. 2019

Graduate Student Initiative (GSI) Award.

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Oct. 2018

Graduate Student Initiative (GSI) Award.

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

May 2016 - May 2020

Four-Year-Fellowship (FYF) award for studying PhD.

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

May 2016 - May 2020

International Tuition Award.

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Sep. 2012

Accepted for the M.Sc. degree without enterance exam (because of high GPA).

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Sep. 2008

Ranked 100th out of 500,000+ participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam in Iran for B.Sc. (Konkoor).

Tehran, Iran.

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
The University of British Columbia
2332 Main Mall - Kaiser Building
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6T 1Z4

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