Shahid Khan, Ph.D.

Shahid Aziz Khan, Ph.D., is an electrical and computer engineer specializing in power electronics, high-power-density converters, electrified transportation, and signal and power integrity. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, where his research focused on optimizing power converters for electrified transportation applications.

Dr. Khan currently works as a Signal and Power Integrity Engineer at Apple, contributing to next-generation display technologies through high-speed signal and power delivery design, modeling, simulation, and validation. His previous research and industry collaborations include projects with Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Ford Motor Company, Aptiv, and the National Science Foundation, spanning GaN- and SiC-based power electronics, EV charging, traction inverters, power converters, and high-power-density PCB technologies.

He also brings extensive teaching experience in electrical and computer engineering, including courses in microprocessors and embedded systems, electric machines and drives, power electronics, vehicle electronics, control systems, sustainable energy systems, and electronic system design. His scholarly work includes numerous IEEE journal and conference publications as well as a U.S. patent application in highly integrated power electronics for small mobility.

Degree & Academic Institution:

• Ph.D. (Math Education, in progress)
  Stanford
• MA (Education)
  Stanford
• BS (Mathematics)
  Stanford

Courses Taught:

• CE 530 - Embedded Software Design
• EE 488 - Computer Architecture

Publications:

1. S Khan, S.A. F.Zhou, M.Wang, “Multi-Paralled GaN-based High Power Density Motor Drive for eVTOL Applications,”. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 20 October 2025. (accepted)
2. S Khan, S.A. F.Zhou, M.Wang, “Bare-Die Embedded PCB Technique: An EMI Perspective”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. (Under Peer Review)
3. Khan, S.A., Wang, M, Chaturvedi, S., Le, D., “Novel Coupled Three Phase Inductor Structure for Interleaved Converter in Electric Vehicles Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 07 July 2025. (Under Peer Review)
4. S. Aziz Khan, F. Zhou, M. Wang, D. Le and S. Chaturvedi, "Bare-Die Embedding Technique for Highly Integrated Power Electronics for Small Mobility," in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 613-622, March 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCPMT.2025.3530398.
5. D.D.Le, M Wang, S.A.Khan, “A Magnetic-less DC/DC Converter with Pulse Charging for 800 V Powertrains from 400 V DC Fast Chargers”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Letters. (Under Peer Review)
6. S. Chaturvedi, M. Wang, S. A. Khan, D. -D. Le, G. V. Hollweg and W. Su, "Hybrid Robust Phase Current Balancing Control for Interleaved DC–DC Boost Converters," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2025.3595986. S. A. Khan et al., "Integrated Super Planar Inductor-Rectifier Design for EV Drive," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 2914-2925, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3349135.
7. Y. Liu, S.A. Khan et al., "Thermal Design and Evaluation of a Rectifier for Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging Using Hybrid PCBs and Planar Magnetics," in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 766-775, May 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCPMT.2024.3383346.
8. Hassan, A.; Khan, S.A.; Li, R.; Su, W.; Zhou, X.; Wang, M.; Wang, B. Second-Life Batteries: A Review on Power Grid Applications, Degradation Mechanisms, and Power Electronics Interface Architectures. Batteries 2023, 9, 571.
9. Hollweg, G.V.; Khan, S.A.; Chaturvedi, S.; Fan, Y.; Wang, M.; Su, W. Grid-Connected Converters: A Brief Survey of Topologies, Output Filters, Current Control, and Weak Grids Operation. Energies 2023, 16, 3611. [https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093611](https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093611)
10. S Khan, S.A.; Wang, M.; Su, W.; Liu, G.; Chaturvedi, S. Grid-Forming Converters for Stability Issues in Future Power Grids. Energies 2022, 15, 4937. [https://doi.org/10.3390/en15144937](https://doi.org/10.3390/en15144937)
11. Chaturvedi, S.; Wang, M.; Fan, Y.; Fulwani, D.; Hollweg, G.V.; Khan, S.A.; Su, W. Control Methodologies to Mitigate and Regulate Second-Order Ripples in DC–AC Conversions and Microgrids: A Brief Review. Energies 2023, 16, 817. [https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020817](https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020817)
12. Khan, S.A.; Ansari, J.A.; Chandio, R.H.; Munir, H.M.; Alharbi, M.; Alkuhayli, A. AI-based controller optimization for VSC- MTDC grids. Front. Energy Res. 2022, 10, 1008099. [https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.1008099](https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.1008099)
13. Khan, S.A., Liu, C. & Ansari, J.A. Centralized fuzzy logic-based optimization of PI controllers for VSC control in MTDC Network. J. Electr. Eng. Technol. 15, 2577–2585 (2020). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-020-00556-w](https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-020-00556-w)
14. J. A. Ansari, C. Liu, and S. A. Khan, "MMC Based MTDC Grids: A Detailed Review on Issues and Challenges for Operation, Control, and Protection Schemes," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 168154-168165, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3023544.
15. Khan, D.; Ahmed Ansari, J.; Aziz Khan, S.; Abrar, U. Power Optimization Control Scheme for Doubly Fed Induction Generator Used in Wind Turbine Generators. Inventions 2020, 5, 40. [https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5030040](https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5030040) Conferences
16. S. A. Khan, F. Zhou, D. Le, M. Wang and S. Chaturvedi, "GaN based High Power Density PCB Design for Aerial Vehicles Motor Drive Applications," 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Integrated Power Packaging (IWIPP), Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, 2025, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IWIPP61784.2025.10971516.
17. S. A. Khan, F. Zhou, M. Wang, D. Le and S. Chaturvedi, "Thermal Modeling and Performance of a Bare-Die Embedded PCB for High Power Density Converters Design," 2025 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025, pp. 2624-2627, doi: 10.1109/APEC48143.2025.10977134.
18. S. Chaturvedi ,S. A. Khan, M. Wang, “Dynamic Model Predictive Control for Secondary Control of DC Microgrid” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PES-GM) to be held in Austin, Texas, 27-31 July 2025. (accepted)
19. S. A. Khan et al., "An RMRAC-based Adaptive and Robust Control for a Multi-Winding Flyback Converter in OBC Application," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905160.
20. D. D. Le, S. Chaturvedi, S. A. Khan, M. Ghavaminejad, M. Wang and W. Su, "A Capacitor Voltage-Balancing Method for Modular Multilevel Converter with Three-level SMs in Variable-speed Drives," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905566.
21. S. Chaturvedi, S. A. Khan, D. Le, M. Wang and W. Su, "Mitigation of negative impedance instabilities in a three phase interleaved boost converter feeding constant power load," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905218.
22. S. A. Khan, F. Zhou, M. Wang, D. Le and S. Chaturvedi, "High Power Density Integrated Power Electronics Unit for Small Mobility Applications," 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2024, pp. 1950- 1953, doi: 10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10861746.
23. S. Chaturvedi, M. Wang, S. A. Khan, D. Le and W. Su, "Impact of Virtual Impedance Based Ripple Mitigation on Microgrid Dynamics," 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2024, pp. 784-789, doi: 10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10861165.
24. S. A. Khan, F. Zhou, M. Wang, D. Le and S. Chaturvedi, "Multi-Winding Planar Transformer-based On-Board Charger for Small Mobility Applications," 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ITEC60657.2024.10598912.
25. D. D. Le, S. Chaturvedi, S. A. Khan, M. Wang and W. Su, "A Novel Voltage-Balancing Control for MMC with Flying Capacitor Submodules in Medium-Voltage Variable-speed Drives," 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ITEC60657.2024.10598851.
26. S. A. Khan, M. Wang, S. Chaturvedi and D. Le, "Inrush Current Load Regulation for Small Mobility Application," 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 3076-3080, doi: 10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509237.
27. S. A. Khan, M. Wang, S. Chaturvedi and D. Le, "High Fidelity Modeling based High Power Density Three Phase Coupled Inductor Design for EV Applications," 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 774-778, doi: 10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509494.
28. S. Chaturvedi, S. A. Khan, D. Le and M. Wang, "Source Current Feedback based Virtual Impedance Control for Three Phase Interleaved DC-DC Converter," 2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2024, pp. 2756-2760, doi: 10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509272.
29. Khan, S.A.; Wang, M; Chaturvedi, S. Analog Resistive Sensing Control for GaN FET’s based Totem Pole PFC, IEEE Design Methodologies Conference, Miami, USA, 24-26 September 2023.
30. S. Chaturvedi, M. Wang, G. Liu, S. A. Khan and W. Su, "Dynamic Level Shift Control Scheme for Power Loss Reduction in T- type Traction," 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 2436-