Professor Afridi's primary research interest is in high frequency power electronics and energy systems incorporating power electronic controls as a means to efficiently harness, store, process, transmit, distribute and use energy. While his work across this entire energy chain is centered on the design of advanced power electronic converters, his research also includes solutions at the system and component level that draw upon his broad academic and industrial experience and leverage collaborations with faculty members in allied disciplines. The vision of his high frequency power electronics research group is to develop electronic energy conversion technologies that are ultra efficient, extremely compact, more reliable, highly intelligent, less expensive, and enable the development of next-generation energy systems incorporating power electronic controls. He strives to achieve this vision through innovations in system architectures, circuit topologies and control appropriate for high frequency power electronics.
