Maryam Saeedifard
Official Job Title
Professor
Job Title(s)
Dean's Professorship,
Email Address
Telephone
Office Building
VL
Office Room Number
E168
Technical Interest Group(s)
Biography

Maryam Saeedifard received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, in 1998 and 2002, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2008, all in electrical engineering.

From 2007 to 2008, she was with ABB Corporate Research Center, Dattwil-Baden, Switzerland, working in the power electronic systems group. She joined Purdue University in January 2010, where she served as an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since January 2014, she has been on the ECE faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Her main research focus has been in the area of Power Electronics and Applications of Power Electronics in Power Systems and Transportation Systems. She has served on the technical program committees of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), and IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON). She is an editor for IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, and IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics.

Research
  • Power electronics
  • High voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission
  • High-power energy conversion
  • Grid integration of renewable energy resources
  • Hybrid electric vehicles and transportation systems
Distinctions & Awards
  • First Place Prize Paper Award (IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics), 2023
  • D. Scott Wills Mentoring Award, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, 2023
  • Distinguished Lecturer (IEEE Power Electronics Society ), 2023-2024
  • 8th Nagamori Award (Nagamori Foundation, Japan ), 2022
  • First Place Prize Paper Award (IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics), 2022
  • Fellow, IEEE, 2022
  • Technology, Research and Innovation Award, Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E), U.S. Department of Energy, 2021
  • First Place Prize Paper Award (IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics), 2021
  • Dean’s Professorship, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2021
  • Roger Webb Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Award, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, 2021
  • IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award, 2019
  • Best Trans. Paper Award (IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics), 2018
  • J. David Irwin Early Career Award (IEEE Industrial Electronic Society), 2018
  • Best Trans. Paper Award (IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics), 2016
  • Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award (IEEE PES), 2015
  • Invited Attendee at U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers in Engineering Education Symposium, 2012
  • Excellence in Research Award (Office of Vice President in Research, Purdue University), 2012
  • Invited Speaker at National Academy of Engineering, U.S.-E.U. Frontiers in Engineering Symposium, 2011
  • Excellence in Research Award (Office of Vice President in Research, Purdue University), 2011
  • Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronic Engineer Award (IEEE Power Electronics Society), 2010
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Postdoctoral Scholarship, 2007
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2007–2008
  • University of Toronto Edward S. Rogers Sr. Scholarship, 2005–2006