Maryam Saeedifard
Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021 U.S. C3E Technology Research & Innovation Award Winner
Maryam Saeedifard is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she holds a Dean’s professorship. She conducts research on power electronics converters based on wide-band-gap devices, medium- and high-power energy conversion systems, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission, and multi-terminal HVDC grids to address the challenges in large-scale grid integration and transmission of renewable energy. Before joining Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014, Saeedifard spent four years as an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
Saeedifard has authored or coauthored more than 170 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. She is currently serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Power Electronics, and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. She is the recipient of several IEEE Transactions paper awards from the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. Saeedifard has also received the Roger Webb Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Award from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech in 2021, the IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award in 2019, the IEEE J. David Irwin Early Career Award in 2018, the IEEE Richard M. Bass Award Outstanding Young Power Electronic Engineer Award in 2010, and the Excellence in Research Award from Purdue University in 2011 and 2012. She was an invited speaker in the National Academy of Engineering EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in 2011 and an invited attendee of the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education in 2012. Saeedifard received a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, and MS and BS degrees in electrical engineering from Isfahan University of Technology in Isfahan, Iran.