Overview
Personal Profile
Faisal Khan serves as the chief researcher in the field of power electronics and electric machines, power semiconductor device packaging, transportation electronics, reliability and degradation analysis of power converters and batteries. He has introduced several new techniques to determine the useful remaining life of converters and batteries and designed high-efficiency modular power conversion and resonator-based power conversion systems for biomedical and low electromagnetic interface applications.
Research Interests
Scalable multilevel-modular >10 kV silicon carbide MOSFET architecture
Estimating remaining life and availability of power semiconductor devices using sympathetic string theory, dynamic safe operating area, and ultrasound resonators
Designing power converters for emerging applications
Resonator design for power converters for biomedical applications
Multilevel modular switched-capacitor converters
Professional Experience
Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Electric Power Research Institute (2007–2009)
Assistant Professor, University of Utah (2009–2014)
Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Kansas City (2015–2021)
Director, Missouri Center for Advanced Energy (2021–2021)
Chair, IEEE Utah Power Engineering Society (2010–2014)
Vice Chair, IEEE PAR 1789 Standard Committee (2007–2009)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University
Bachelor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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A Symmetrical Organic Direct Bonded Copper Silicon Carbide Half Bridge Module Design With Ultra Low Loop Inductance
Zhao, S., Major, J., DeVoto, D., Islam, S., Li, X., Tant, M., Khan, F. & Narumanchi, S., 2025. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Organic Direct Bonded Copper-Based Rapid Prototyping for Silicon Carbide Power Module Packaging
Zhao, S., Major, J., DeVoto, D., Islam, S., Li, X., Tant, M., Khan, F. & Narumanchi, S., 2025, p. 1824-1831. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Rapid Prototyping Techniques for Organic Direct-Bonded-Copper Power Modules
Zhao, S., Major, J., DeVoto, D., Khan, F. & Narumanchi, S., 2025. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFETs for Solid-State Circuit Breaker Application
Li, X., Major, J., Islam, S., Zhao, S., Narumanchi, S. & Khan, F., 2025. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Thermal Optimization and Experimental Demonstration of a Silicon Carbide, Half-Bridge Power Module
Moreno, G., Major, J., Khan, F. & Narumanchi, S., 2025, In: Advancing Microelectronics. 52, 4, p. 22-27 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
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IEEE COMPEL Conference
Khan, F. (Chair)
2013Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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IEEE Power Electronics Society (External organization)
Khan, F. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (Journal)
Khan, F. (Member of editorial board)
0001Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Nagarajan, A. (Member), Markel, A. (Member), Bernstein, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Hodge, B.-M. (Member), Uriarte, C. (Member), Barrows, C. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Thomas, D.-M. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), DeVoto, D. (Member), Khan, F. (Member), Seo, G.-S. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Johnson, G. (Member), Cavraro, G. (Member), Dunham, H. (Member), Jorgenson, J. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), Kisacikoglu, J. (Member), Rivera, J. (Member), Duwadi, K. (Member), Doubleday, K. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Sedzro, K. S. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Guba, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Guerra Fernandez, O. J. (Member), Baggu, M. (Member), Emami, P. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Awara, S. (Member), McFly, S. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Ovaitt, S. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Abraham, S. A. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Zhang, X. (Member), Zhou, X. (Member), Agalgaonkar, Y. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Pao, L. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chang, C.-Y. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Ramirez Arbelaez, L. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member), Wijekoon, R. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Kurtz, S. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member), Sekulic, W. (Member), Pawaskar, V. (Member) & Emery, K. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Awards and Honors
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EPRI Excel Award for the successful completion of “The Living Lab”
Khan, F. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Honorary award
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IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference Best Paper Award
Khan, F. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Honorary award