{"675469":{"#nid":"675469","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Saeedifard Named Ken Byers Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/maryam-saeedifard\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMaryam Saeedifard\u003C\/a\u003E has been appointed a Ken Byers Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE), effective June 1, 2024. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ESaeedifard joined the ECE department as an assistant professor in spring 2014, specializing in power electronics and modular energy conversion systems for both terrestrial and mobile power systems. In terrestrial power systems, her research focuses on the grid integration of large-scale offshore wind and photovoltaic farms through multi-terminal High Voltage DC (HVDC) grids. Her work in this area has been funded by NSF, DOE, ARPA-E, and PSERC. In mobile power systems, she concentrates on stationary and wireless charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Power Processing Units (PPUs) for deep space exploration, with funding from NASA and various companies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ESaeedifard\u2019s contributions have garnered numerous national and international awards, including several prize paper awards for her impactful IEEE Transactions publications. In 2022, she was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/six-georgia-tech-faculty-named-ieee-fellows\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecognized as an IEEE Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E by the Power Electronics Society for her significant contributions to multilevel converters and HVDC transmission technology. Additionally, in 2020, she was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/saeedifard-appointed-deans-professorship\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eappointed as a CoE Dean Professor\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EShe is committed to mentoring, training, and promoting diversity and inclusion among underrepresented graduate students at our school. She has successfully guided and graduated 13 Ph.D. students and 4 M.S. students. Among her Ph.D. graduates, three have secured faculty positions in the U.S., while the others have joined prestigious research labs at companies such as Oak Ridge National Lab, Monolithic Power Systems, Facebook, Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Ford Motor Co., and Samsung.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EIn addition to her new appointment,\u0026nbsp;Saeedifard serves as the inaugural Director of Faculty Evaluation and Recognition in the School of ECE and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpecializing in power electronics and energy conversion systems, Professor Maryam Saeedifard has been named a Ken Byers Professor in ECE.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Specializing in power electronics and energy conversion systems, Professor Maryam Saeedifard has been named Ken Byers Professor in ECE. 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