Mehdi Ferdowsi obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Currently, he holds the Schlumberger Endowed Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). Moreover, Dr. Ferdowsi serves as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and Computing and was a Program Director at NSF within the Division of Engineering Education and Centers from 2020-2022. His research focuses on power electronics, energy storage technologies, smart grids, transportation electrification, and wide bandgap devices; additionally, he is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

Social Media Account

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehdi-ferdowsi-a814b115

Selected Publications

• Rahimi, Ramin, Saeed Habibi, Mehdi Ferdowsi, and Pourya Shamsi. "Z-source-based high step-up DC–DC converters for photovoltaic applications." IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 10, no. 4 (2021): 4783-4796.
• R. Rahimi, S. Habibi, P. Shamsi and M. Ferdowsi, "An Interleaved High Step-Up DC-DC Converter Based on Combination of Coupled Inductor and Built-in Transformer for Photovoltaic-Grid Electric Vehicle DC Fast Charging Systems," 2021 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), College Station, TX, USA, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/TPEC51183.2021.9384943.
• S. Habibi, R. Rahimi, M. Ferdowsi and P. Shamsi, "A High Step-Up DC-DC Converter Using a Three Winding Coupled Inductor for Photovoltaic to Grid Applications," 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948055.
• R. Rahimi, S. Habibi, M. Ferdowsi and P. Shamsi, "An Interleaved High Step-Up DC-DC Converter with Built-in Transformer-Based Voltage Multiplier for DC Microgrid Applications," 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Houston, TX, USA, 2022, pp. 86-92, doi: 10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773671.
• R. Rahimi, S. Habibi, M. Ferdowsi and P. Shamsi, "An Interleaved High Step-Up DC-DC Converter with Coupled Inductor and Built-in Transformer for Renewable Energy Applications," 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948130.
• Habibi, Saeed, Ramin Rahimi, Mehdi Ferdowsi, and Pourya Shamsi. "DC Bus Voltage Selection for a Grid-Connected Low-Voltage DC Residential Nanogrid Using Real Data with Modified Load Profiles." Energies 14, no. 21 (2021): 7001.
• Z. Darabi and M. Ferdowsi, “An event based simulation framework to examine the response of power grid to the charging demand of plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs),” IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 313?322, February 2014.
• H.Sepahvand, M.Khazraei, K.Corzine,and M.Ferdowsi,“Start up procedure and switching losses reduction for a single? phase flying capacitor active rectifier,” IEEETrans. Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no.9, pp. 3699? 3710, September 2013.
• H. Sepahvand, J. Liao, and M. Ferdowsi, “Capacitor voltage regulation in single dc source cascaded H bridge multilevel converters using phase? shift modulation,” IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics,vol.60,no.9,pp.3619?3626, September 2013.
• M. Khazraei and M. Ferdowsi, “Modeling and analysis of Projected Cross Point Control—a new current mode control approach,” IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no. 8, pp.3272?3282, August 2013.
• L. Shi, B. Baddipadiga, M. Ferdowsi, and M. Crow, “Improving the dynamic response of a flying capacitor three? level buck converter,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 2356? 2365, May 2013. 
• R. Ahmadi, H. Zargarzadeh, M. Ferdowsi, “Nonlinear controller for power sharing in double? input H? bridge? based converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 2402?2414, May 2013.
• M. Khazraei, H. Sepahvand, M. Ferdowsi, and K. Corzine, “Hysteresis based control of a single phase multilevel flying capacitor active rectifier,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 154 ? 164, January 2013. 
• R. Ahmadi and M. Ferdowsi, “Double input converters based on H bridge cells: derivation, small signal modeling, and power sharing analysis,” IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I ,vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 875-888, April 2012. 
• M. Khazraei, H. Sepahvand, K. Corzine, and M. Ferdowsi, “Active capacitor voltage balancing in single phase flying capacitor multilevel power converters,” in IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics , vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 769 ? 778, February 2012

Conference Papers

• S. Mukherjee, P. Shamsi, and M. Ferdowsi, “Impedance shaping for improved load sharing among inverters in AC microgrids,” in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Montreal, QC, Canada, Sept. 2015, pp. 738-744.
• S. Lee, P. Fajri, and M. Ferdowsi, “A robust hybrid multilevel rectifier with adjustable output voltage and variable load,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE-ECCE Asia), Seoul, South Korea, June 2015, pp. 14-20.

Book Chapters

• Z. Darabi and M. Ferdowsi, Impact of Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Electricity Demand Profile, (Book Chapter) in Smart Power Grids 2011, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 319?349.
• M. Ferdowsi, Motors, (Book Chapter) in Electrical Engineering handbook, 3rd Edition 6 Volume Set, Richard C. Dorf, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, Jan. 2006.

Selected Honors and Awards

• 2007 NSF CAREER Award
• Faculty Excellence Award, Spring 2017
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Missouri S&T, 2005-06 academic year.
• Outstanding Teaching Commendation, Missouri S&T, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16, and 2019-20 academic years.
• Teaching Excellence Recognition, Missouri S&T, 2007-08 and 2011-12 academic years.
• Prize Paper Award, IEEE Vehicle Power & Propulsion Conf. (VPPC), Harbin, China, 2008.
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, 2007.
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Missouri S&T, 2005?06 academic year.
• Teaching Excellence Award, School of Engineering, Missouri S&T, November 2006.
• University of Missouri New Faculty Teaching Scholars (NFTS) program, 2006-07.