AI-Enabled Design of High-Frequency Power Electronics Converters

Abstract:  

In this research seminar, an AI-driven design methodology for high-frequency power converters will be presented. As the operating frequency increases, the size and weight of converter components can be reduced, making high-frequency power conversion particularly attractive for applications such as electric vehicles, aerospace systems, etc.
The primary goal is to minimize the size and weight of power converters while maintaining high efficiency, reliability and cost-effectiveness. Achieving this objective requires careful consideration of the trade-offs among size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C), especially as the switching frequency increases and electrical, magnetic, and thermal constraints become increasingly important.
The methodology also supports intelligent component selection across a broad range of commercially available design options, including magnetic cores and materials, winding configurations and numbers of turns, capacitors, WBG semiconductor devices, and other converter components. In addition, experimental prototype data can be incorporated to further refine and reinforce the AI models, creating a physics-informed design and control approach.

Bio:

Zahra Saadatizadeh (Member, IEEE) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA since August 2024. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow in power electronics at the University of Arkansas, National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT), from 2021 to 2024. She was a Ph.D. Visiting Scholar at Aalborg University, Denmark, from 2019 to 2020 and she earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering/Power Electronics from the University of Tabriz in 2020.
Her research interests include power electronics, converter/inverter design and implementation, renewable energy systems, and AI-optimized design automation methods for power electronics.
Dr. Saadatizadeh received the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award from IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) and the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award from IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (TTE). She is currently, serving as Associate Editor of IEEE TTE and has served as a session chair of several IEEE conferences, including IEEE ECCE 2022, IEEE ECCE 2024, and IEEE APEC 2025, etc.