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Principle Investigator: Dr. Arash Khoshkbar-Sadigh

Education:

  • BS (1st honors) , Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz, 2007
  • MS (1st honors) , Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz, 2009
  • PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California-Irvine, 2014

 

Honors and Awards:

  • Best presentation award, APEC 2013
  • Recipient of Samueli Endowed Fellowship, University of California-Irvine, 2010-2011
  • Ranked 2nd in the national entrance exam for graduate study in electrical engineering, Iran 2007

 

Biography:

Arash Khoshkbar Sadigh (S’09 – M’15) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees (both with first Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California Irvine, in 2014.

He was with Aran Nagsh Ara Consultant Engineering Company, Tabriz, from 2007 to 2010, where he was involved in the design of power transmission and distribution lines. During summer 2012 and 2013, he was an Intern with the RTDS Advanced Technology Laboratory, Southern California Edison. From 2015 to 2018, he was with Extron Electronics as senior power electronics design engineer. In 2018, he joined Electrical Engineering department of Penn State University as Assistant Professor. He is the author or coauthor of more than 90 journal and conference papers and one book chapter, and he holds one patent. His research interests include power electronics circuits, multilevel inverters and their applications in power system, power quality and flexible ac transmission system devices.

Dr. Khoshkbar Sadigh was selected by the University of Tabriz as the Distinguished Student in 2006. In 2007, he joined the Iran’s National Elites Foundation as he ranked second in the National Entrance Exam for graduate study in electrical engineering with a major in power engineering. He was a recipient of an Outstanding Presentation Award from the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) in 2013.