Journal Publications
T. Hossen, G. Amariucai and B. Mirafzal, “Integrating an Analytical Risk Factor into a Neural Network Framework for Self-Protective Inverters,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2023.3298257.
M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, “Direct vs. Indirect Control Schemes for Grid-Forming Inverters–Unveiling a Performance Comparison in a Microgrid,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 75023-75036, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3297551.
T. Hossen and B. Mirafzal, “Hidden Modes of Instability for Inverters in Weak Grids,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 4505-4515, July-Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2023.3262457.
T. Hossen, M. Gursoy, and B. Mirafzal, “Self-protective inverters against malicious setpoints using analytical reference models,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, pp. 1–6, 2022, , doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2022.3199672.
F. Sadeque and B. Mirafzal, “Frequency restoration of grid-forming inverters in pulse load and plug-in events,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2022.3186156.
D. Sharma, F. Sadeque, and B. Mirafzal, “Synchronization of inverters in grid forming mode, IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 41341-41351, 2022.
M. S. Pilehvar, D. Sharma, and B. Mirafzal, “Forming interphase microgrids in distribution systems using cooperative inverters,” CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 186-195, June 2022.
J. Benzaquen, J. He, and B. Mirafzal, "Toward more electric powertrains in aircraft: Technical challenges and advancements," CES Transactions on Electrical Machines and Systems, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 177-193, Sept. 2021.
B. Poudel, E. Amiri, P. Rastgoufard and B. Mirafzal, "Toward less rare-earth permanent magnet in electric machines: A review," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 1-19, Sept. 2021, Art no. 900119.
"Guest editorial: Resilient and compact powertrains for on-the-move electrical energy technologies," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1724-1727, Feb. 2021.
A. Adib, F. Fateh and B. Mirafzal, "Smart inverter stability enhancement in weak grids using adaptive virtual-inductance," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2020.
B. Mirafzal and A. Adib, "On grid-interactive smart inverters: Features and advancements," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 160526-160536, 2020.
F. Sadeque, J. Benzaquen, A. Adib and B. Mirafzal, "Direct phase-angle detection for three-phase inverters in asymmetrical power grids," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 520-528, Feb. 2021.
J. Benzaquen, F. Fateh and B. Mirafzal, "On the dynamic performance of variable-frequency AC–DC converters," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 530-539, June 2020.
J. Benzaquen and B. Mirafzal, "Seamless dynamics for wild-frequency active rectifiers in more electric aircraft," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 7135-7145, Sep. 2020.
A. Adib, K. Afridi, M. Amirabadi, F. Fateh, M. Ferdowsi, B. Lehman, L. Lewis, B. Mirafzal, M. Saeedifard, M. B. Shadmand, and P. Shamsi, “E-mobility – Advancements and challenges,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 165226-165240, 2019.
J. Benzaquen, F. Fateh, M. B. Shadmand and B. Mirafzal, "Performance comparison of active rectifier control schemes in more electric aircraft applications," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1470-1479, Dec. 2019.
A. Singh and B. Mirafzal, "An efficient grid-connected three-phase single-stage boost current source inverter," IEEE Power and Energy Technology Systems Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 142-151, Sept. 2019.
J. Benzaquen, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal “Ultrafast rectifier for variable-frequency applications ,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 9903-9911, 2019.
M. Pilehvar, M. B. Shadmand, B. Mirafzal, “Analysis of smart loads in nanogrids,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 548-562, 2019.
A. Adib and B. Mirafzal, "Virtual inductance for stable operation of grid-interactive voltage source inverters," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 6002-6011, Aug. 2019.
A. Adib, J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, "Ancillary services via VSIs in microgrids with maximum dc-bus voltage utilization," IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 648-658, Jan.-Feb. 2019.
J. Lamb, B. Mirafzal, and F. Blaabjerg “PWM common mode reference generation for maximizing the linear modulation region of CHB converters in islanded microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 5250 – 5259, July 2018.
S. Choi, M. S. Haque, M. Tarek, V. Mulpuri , Y. Duan, S. Das, V. Garg, D. Ionel, M. Masrur, B. Mirafzal, and H. Toliyat, “Fault diagnosis techniques for permanent magnet AC machine and drives– A review of current state of the art,” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 444 – 463, June 2018.
A. Singh, J. Benzaquen, and B. Mirafzal, “Current source generator-converter topology for direct-drive wind turbines,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 1663 – 1670, March/April 2018.
A. Adib, B. Mirafzal, X. Wang, and F. Blaabjerg “On stability of voltage source inverters in weak grids,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 4427 – 4439, Jan. 2018.
A. Singh, and B. Mirafzal, “A generator-converter topology with zero DC-link impedance for direct drive wind turbines,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 1620–1623, Dec. 2017.
J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, “Grid-interactive cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter PQ plane operating region analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 5744–5752, Nov./Dec. 2017.
F. Fateh, W. N. White, and D. Gruenbacher, “Torsional vibrations mitigation in the drivetrain of DFIG-based grid-connected wind turbine” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Nov.-Dec. 2017.
A. Singh, and B. Mirafzal, “Indirect boost matrix converter and low-voltage generator for direct drive wind turbines,” IET The Journal of Engineering, Iss. 1, pp. 10-16, Nov. 2017.
J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, “Open-circuit IGBT fault detection and location isolation for cascaded multilevel converters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no.6, pp. 4846 - 4856, June 2017.
J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, “An adaptive SPWM technique for cascaded multilevel converters with time-variant DC sources,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 4146 – 4155, September/October 2016.
J. Lamb, A. Singh, and B. Mirafzal, “Rapid implementation of solid-state based converters in power engineering laboratories,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 2957 – 2964, July. 2016.
F. Fateh, W. N. White and D. Gruenbacher, "A maximum power tracking technique for grid-connected DFIG-based wind turbines," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.3, no. 4, pp. 957-966, Dec 2015.
A. Singh, A. K. Kaviani, and B. Mirafzal, “On dynamic models and stability analysis of three-phase phasor PWM-based CSI for stand-alone applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 2698 – 2707, May 2015.
B. Mirafzal, "Survey of fault-tolerance techniques for three-phase voltage source inverters," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 5192-5202, Oct. 2014.
D. S. Ochs, B. Mirafzal, and P. Stoodeh, "A method of seamless transitions between grid-tied and stand-alone modes of operation for utility-interactive inverters," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 1934-1941, May/June 2014.
A. K. Kaviani, B. Hadley, and B. Mirafzal, “A time-coordination approach for regenerative energy saving in multi-axis motor-drive systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 931 - 941, February 2012.
A. Sayed-Ahmed, B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “A fault-tolerant technique for ∆-connected AC motor-drives,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 646 - 653, June 2011.
B. Mirafzal, M. Saghaleini, and A. K. Kaviani, “An SVPWM-based switching pattern for stand-alone and grid-connected three-phase single-stage boost-inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1102 - 1111, April 2011.
V. Salehi, S. Afsharnia, and B. Mirafzal, “Voltage stability improvement for wind farms using shunt FACTS devices based on dynamic modeling,” International Journal of Distributed Energy Resources, ISSN 1614-7138, vol.6, no. 2, pp. 109-130, April-June 2010.
B. Mirafzal, G. Skibinski, and R. Tallam, “A failure mode for PWM inverter-fed AC motors due to the antiresonance phenomenon,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1697-1705, September/October 2009.
B. Mirafzal, G. Skibinski, and R. Tallam, “Determination of parameters in the universal induction motor model,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.45, no. 1, pp. 142 - 151, January/February 2009.
B. Mirafzal, G. Skibinski, R. Tallam, D. Schlegel, and R. Lukaszewski, “Universal induction motor model with low-to-high frequency response characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.43, no. 5, pp. 1233 - 1246, September/October 2007. (IEEE Transactions 2nd Prize Paper Award)
B. Mirafzal, R. Povinelli, and N. Demerdash, “Inter-turn fault diagnosis in induction motors using pendulous oscillation phenomenon,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.21, no. 4, pp.871-882, December 2006.
M. Solveson, B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Soft started induction motor modeling and heating issues for different starting profiles using a flux linkage ABC-frame of reference,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.42, no. 4, pp.973-982, July/August 2006.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “On innovative methods of induction motor inter-turn and broken-bar fault diagnostics,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.42, no. 2, pp.405-414, March/April 2006.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Effects of load magnitude on diagnosing broken bar faults in induction motors using the pendulous oscillation of the rotor magnetic field orientation,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.41, no. 3, pp.771-783, May/June 2005.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Induction machine fault diagnosis using the rotor magnetic field space vector orientation,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.40, no. 2, pp.534-542, March/April 2004.
M. Mirafzal, and B. Mirafzal, “On the oscillation problem of second nonlinear Euler type differential equations,” International Journal of Differential Equations and Applications, vol.9, pp.187-198, 2004.
Selected Conference Papers in Proceedings
T. Hossen and B. Mirafzal, "A Study on Self-Security of Smart Inverters," 2023 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), Manhattan, KS, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/KPEC58008.2023.10215454.
F. Sadeque, M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, "Survey of Control Methods for Grid-Forming Inverters – Advancements from 2020 to 2023," 2023 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), Manhattan, KS, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/KPEC58008.2023.10215408.
T. Hossen and B. Mirafzal, "Self-Protective Inverters for Enhancing the Security of Smart Power Grids," 2023 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), Manhattan, KS, USA, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/KPEC58008.2023.10215484.
F. Sadeque and B. Mirafzal, "Seamless Grid-Following to Grid-Forming Transition of Inverters Supplying a Microgrid," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023 (to be presented).
T. Hossen, F. Sadeque, F. Fateh, and B. Mirafzal, "Projection of Safe Operation for Inverters Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Stability Criterion," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023 (to be presented).
M. T. Fard, J. He, M. Sadoughi, B. Mirafzal, and F. Fateh "Smart Coils for Mitigation of Motor Reflected Overvoltage Fed by SiC Drives," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023 (to be presented).
T. Hossen and B. Mirafzal, “On projection of safe operation for grid-following inverters - grid parameter estimation,” in 2022 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics: Developments & Applications (ICIDeA), 2022, pp. 68–72.
M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, “Dynamic load inrush current mitigation in islanded microgrids powered by grid-forming inverters,” in 2022 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics: Developments & Applications (ICIDeA), 2022, pp. 73–77.
F. Sadeque and B. Mirafzal, “A universal controller for grid-forming inverters in microgrid during islanding for low transient current,” in 2022 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics: Developments & Applications (ICIDeA), 2022, pp. 62–67.
M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, “Inrush current mitigation for grid-forming inverters in islanded microgrids,” in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022, pp. 1–7.
T. Hossen and B. Mirafzal, “On stability of PQ-controlled grid-following and droop-control grid-forming inverters,” in 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022, pp. 1–7.
F. Sadeque and F. Fateh, “On control schemes for grid-forming inverters,” 2022 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), 2022, pp. 1–6.
M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, “Self-security for grid-interactive smart inverters using steady-state reference model,” 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021, pp. 1–5.
M. Gursoy and F. Fateh, “A model-reference adaptive direct-power control scheme for grid-interactive inverters,” 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021, pp. 1–5.
F. Sadeque, D. Sharma, and B. Mirafzal, “Multiple grid-forming inverters in black-start: The challenges,” 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021, pp. 1–6.
F. Sadeque, D. Sharma, and B. Mirafzal, “Power-sharing between grid-forming and grid-following inverters,” 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021, pp. 1–5.
T. Hossen, D. Sharma, and B. Mirafzal, “Smart inverter twin model for anomaly detection,” 2021 IEEE 22nd Workshop on Control and Modelling of Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021, pp. 1–6.
T. Hossen, M. Gursoy, and B. Mirafzal, "Digital twin for self-security of smart inverters," 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2021, pp. 713-718.
F. Sadeque and B. Mirafzal, "Cooperative inverters to overcome PLL malfunctions," 2021 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2021, pp. 1-6.
M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, "On self-security of grid-interactive smart inverters," 2021 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), 2021, pp. 1-6.
F. Sadeque and F. Fateh, "Voltage control by transmitter-side measurements for on-board wireless EV battery charger," 2021 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), 2021, pp. 1-6.
J. Benzaquen and B. Mirafzal, "Smart active rectifier fed by a variable voltage and frequency source," 2021 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), 2021, pp. 1-5.
T. Hossen, F. Sadeque, M. Gursoy and B. Mirafzal, "Self-secure inverters against malicious setpoints," 2020 IEEE Electric Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2020, pp. 1-6.
M. S. Pilehvar and B. Mirafzal, "PV-fed smart inverters for mitigation of voltage and frequency fluctuations in islanded microgrids," 2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES), 2020, pp. 807-812.
M. S. Pilehvar and B. Mirafzal, "Smart inverters for seamless reconnection of isolated residential microgrids to utility grid," 2020 IEEE Electric Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2020, pp. 1-6.
M. S. Pilehvar and B. Mirafzal, "Energy-storage fed smart inverters for mitigation of voltage fluctuations in islanded microgrids," 2020 IEEE Electric Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2020, pp. 1-6.
M. S. Pilehvar and B. Mirafzal, "A frequency control method for islanded microgrids using energy storage systems," 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2020, pp. 2327-2332.
J. Benzaquen and B. Mirafzal, "An active rectifier fed by a variable-speed generator," 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2020, pp. 1691-1696.
M. Easley, A. Fard, F. Fateh, M. B. Shadmand, and H. Abu-Rub, “auto-tuned model parameters in predictive control of power electronics converters,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, Sep. 2019, pp. 3703-3709.
J. Benzaquen, A. Adib, F. Fateh and B. Mirafzal, "A model predictive control scheme formulation for active rectifiers with LCL filter," 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 3758-3763.
A. Adib, F. Fateh and B. Mirafzal, "A stabilizer for inverters operating in grid-feeding, grid-supporting and grid-forming modes," 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 2239-2244.
F. Sadeque, A. Yousefzadeh Fard, A. Adib, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal, "Experimental challenges in using a 1.2 kV GaN HEMT for high power density converters," IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), February 2019.
M. Easley, S. Jain, M. B. Shadmand, F. Fateh, and B. Mirafzal, “Hierarchical model predictive control for cascaded multilevel inverters,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2019.
S. D’silva, P. Nanduri, S. Jain, F. Fateh, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal, “Autonomous power reserve control for cluster of photovoltaic sources in microgrids,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2019.
J. Benzaquen, M. B. Shadmand, F. Fateh, and B. Mirafzal, “Model reference adaptive one-step-ahead control scheme for active rectifiers in wild frequency applications,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2019.
M. S. Pilehvar, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal, “Smart loads for power quality and battery lifetime improvement in nanogrids,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2019.
M. S. Pilehvar, J. Benzaquen, M. B. Shadmand, A. Pahwa, B. Mirafzal, J. McDaniel, D. Rogge, and J. Erickson, "Modeling, control, and stability of smart loads toward grid of nanogrids for smart cities," Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), October 2018.
J. Benzaquen and B. Mirafzal, "Asymmetrical multi-coil wireless EV charger with enhanced misalignment tolerance," Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), October 2018.
A. Adib, F. Fateh, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal, “A reduced-order technique for stability investigation of voltage source inverters,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), September 2018.
A. Adib, F. Fateh, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal, “Weak grid impacts on stability of voltage source inverters - Asymmetrical Grid,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), September 2018.
S. Jain, M. Easley, F. Fateh, and M. B. Shadmand, “Distributed predictive control scheme for grid tied cascaded multilevel impedance source inverter with LVRT capability,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), September 2018.
A. Adib, F. Fateh, B. Mirafzal, “Weak grid impacts on the design of voltage source inverters” Press for IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Padova, Italy, June 25-28, 2018.
J. Benzaquen, M. B. Shadmand, A. Stonestreet, and B. Mirafzal “A unity power factor active rectifier with optimum space-vector predictive DC voltage control for variable frequency supply suitable for more electric aircraft applications ,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2018. “Best Paper Presentation Award”
A. Adib, J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, “Atypical PWM for maximizing 2L-VSI DC-bus utilization in inverter-based microgrids with ancillary services,” Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2018.
S. Jain, M. Easley, M. B. Shadmand, and B. Mirafzal, “Decoupled active and reactive power predictive control of impedance source microinverter with LVRT capability,” IEEE Power & Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), Feb 2018.
J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, “Active and reactive power operational region for grid-interactive cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), September 2016.
A. Singh, and B. Mirafzal, “A generator-converter design for direct drive wind turbines,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), September 2016.
A. Singh, and B. Mirafzal, “Three-phase single stage boost inverter for direct drive wind turbines,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), September 2016.
W. N. White, F. Fateh, and D. Gruenbacher, “Impact of sliding mode bandwidth and disturbance estimation on damping of wind turbine torsional vibration” Invited paper for the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, July 2016.
F. Fateh, W. N. White and D. Gruenbacher, "Torsional vibrations in the drivetrain of DFIG- and PMG-based wind turbines -Comparison and mitigation," ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Columbus, Ohio, Oct 2015.
F. Fateh, W. N. White and D. Gruenbacher, "Mitigation of torsional vibrations in the drivetrain of DFIG-based grid-connected wind turbine," IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Sep 2015.
J. Lamb, and B. Mirafzal, “An adaptive SPWM technique for cascaded multilevel converters,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2015), pp. 703- 708 Sept. 2015.
W. N. White, F. Fateh and Zhichao Yu, "Torsional resonance active damping in grid tied wind turbines with gearbox, DFIG, and power converters," American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July 2015.
F. Fateh, and D. Gruenbacher, “Minimization of power losses and harmonic distortions in grid-tied cascaded multilevel inverters” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 2014.
F. Fateh, W. N. White and D. Gruenbacher, "A nonlinear control scheme for extremum power seeking in wind turbine energy conversion systems," American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 2014.
Singh, A. A. Milani, and B. Mirafzal, “Modified phasor pulse width modulation method in three phase single stage boost inverter,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2014, pp. 1276-1280.
A. Singh, A. A. Milani, and B. Mirafzal, “Voltage regulation in single-stage boost inverter using modified phasor pulse width modulation method for stand-alone applications,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2014, pp. 3011-3016.
A. K. Kaviani, and B. Mirafzal, "Stability analysis of the three-phase single-stage boost inverter," IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC), March 2013, pp. 918-923.
A. K. Kaviani, and B. Mirafzal, “Dynamic model of three-phase single-stage boost inverter for grid-connected applications,” IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Sept. 2012, pp. 4627- 4634.
M. Saghaleini, and B. Mirafzal, “Reactive power control in a three-phase grid-connected current-source boost-inverter,” Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf., Orlando, FL, February 2012, pp. 904-910.
A. K. Kaviani, B. Mirafzal, and K. Yen, “Dynamic model of three-phase current source boost inverter for stand-alone applications,” Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf., February 2012, pp. 218-224.
A. K. Kaviani, and B. Mirafzal, “A switching pattern for single-phase single- stage current source boost inverter,” Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf., Orlando, FL, February 2012, pp. 2066-2071.
M. Saghaleini, and B. Mirafzal, “Power control in three-phase grid-connected current-source boost inverter,” Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition Conf., Phoenix, AZ, 2011, pp. 776 - 783.
A. K. Kaviani, B. Hadley, and B. Mirafzal, “Regenerative energy saving in multi-axis servo-motor-drives,” Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 2011, pp. 3450 - 3457.
H. Afshari, M. Saghaleini, A. K. Kaviani, B. Hadley, and B. Mirafzal, “A time-coordination approach for compensating pulse-load using flywheel,” Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 2011, pp. 109 - 115.
A. Sayed-Ahmed, B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “A fault-tolerant technique for delta-connected vector-control AC motor-drives,” Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf., Fort Worth, TX, March 2011, pp. 1034 - 1041.
A. Sayed-Ahmed, B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Continued operation of delta-connected AC motor-drive systems under short-circuit fault,” Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conf., Niagara Falls, Canada, May 2011, pp. 669-674.
B. Hadley, B. Mirafzal, and D. Ionel, “On power-sharing of solar-based hybrid motor-drive systems,” Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition Conf., Atlanta, GA Sep. 2010, pp. 695-701.
A. Nejadpak, B. Mirafzal, O. Mohammed, and L. Wei, “Effects of different switching algorithms on the thermal behavior of IGBT modules under pulse-load conditions,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2010, pp. 451-456.
M. Saghaleini, B. Mirafzal, and C. Edrington, “Regenerative energy management for pulse-loads in dual DC-AC micro-grids,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2010, pp. 674-679.
A. Sarikhani, B. Mirafzal, and O. Mohammed, “Inter-turn fault diagnosis of PM synchronous generator for variable speed wind applications using floating space vector,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2010, pp. 2628-2633.
A. K. Kaviani, B. Mirafzal, and O. Mohammed, “Optimal load coordination in a hybrid bi-axis drive system using genetic algorithm,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2010, pp. 939-944.
V. S. Pour-Mehr, B. Mirafzal, and O. Mohammed, “Pulse-load effects on ship power system stability,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2010, pp. 3353-3358.
M. M. Amin, B. Mirafzal, and O. Mohammed, “A DC-bus voltage regulation for parallel wind-based synchronous generators,” Proc. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conf., Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2010, pp. 3161-3166.
B. Mirafzal, G. Skibinski, and R. Tallam, “A failure mode for PWM inverter-fed AC motors due to the anti-resonance phenomenon,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., Edmonton, Canada, Oct. 2008, pp. 1-6.
M. Gries, and B. Mirafzal, “Permanent magnet motor-drive frequency response characteristics for transient phenomena and conducted EMI analysis,” Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf., Austin, TX, February 2008, pp. 1767-1775.
B. Mirafzal, G. Skibinski, and R. Tallam, “Determination of parameters in the universal induction motor model,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., New Orleans, LA, Oct. 2007, pp.1207 - 1216.
B. Mirafzal, G. Skibinski, R. Tallam, D. Schlegel, and R. Lukaszewski, “Universal induction motor model with low-to-high frequency response characteristics,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., Tampa, FL, vol.1, Oct. 2006, pp. 423-433.
A. Sayed-Ahmed, C. Yeh, B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Analysis of stator winding inter-turn short-circuit faults in poly-phase induction machines for identification of the faulty phase and estimation of the fault severity,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., Tampa, FL, vol.3, Oct. 2006, pp. 1519-1524.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “On innovative methods of induction motor inter-turn and broken-bar fault diagnostics,” Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conf., San Antonio, TX, May 2005, pp.762-769. (Invited paper)
C. Yeh, B. Mirafzal, R. Povinelli, and N. Demerdash, “A Condition monitoring vector database approach for broken bar fault diagnostics of induction machines,” Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conf., San Antonio, TX, May 2005, pp.29-34.
B. Mirafzal, F. Fateh, C. Yeh, R. Povinelli, and N. Demerdash, “Condition monitoring of squirrel-cage induction motors fed by PWM- based drives using a parameter estimation approach,” IEEE International Conf. Power System Technology, Singapore. Nov. 21-24, 2004
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Effects of load on diagnosing broken bar faults in induction motors using the pendulous oscillation of the rotor magnetic field orientation,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., Seattle, WA, vol.2, Oct. 2004, pp.699-707.
M. Solveson, B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Soft started induction motor modeling and heating issues for different starting profiles using a flux linkage ABC-frame of reference,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., Seattle, WA, vol.1, October 2004, pp.18-25.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Induction machine fault diagnosis using the rotor magnetic field space vector orientation,” Proc. IEEE Industry Applications Society Conf., Salt Lake City, UT, vol.3, October 2003, pp.1847-1854.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “Effects of inductance nonlinearities in a transformer-rectifier DC motor drive system on the AC side harmonic distortion using a time-stepping coupled finite element-circuit technique,” Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conf., Madison, WI, vol.3, June 2003, pp.1755-1759.
B. Mirafzal, and N. Demerdash, “A nonlinear controller for current source inverter induction motor drive systems,” Proc. IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conf., Madison, WI, vol.3, June 2003, pp.1491-1497.