Leila Parsa

Assistant Professor

Room 5006, Jonsson Engineering Center

Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Department

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York 12180-3590

Tel: (518) 276-6388

Fax: (518) 276-6261

Email:  parsa@ecse.rpi.edu

 

 

 

Research Interests:

 

·     Renewable Energy Systems

·     Design, Modeling, Analysis and Digital Control of Power Electronics Converters

·     Design and Analysis of Special Purposed Electromechanical Energy converters

·     Adjustable Speed Drives

·     Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles

·     Fault Tolerant Electromechanical Energy Converters and Power Electronics Systems

 

Awards:

 

  • ONR Young Investigator Award, 2009
  • IEEE-Industry Applications Society Outstanding Young Member Award, 2007
  • IEEE-Industry Applications Society Transactions Paper Award, 2006

 

Teaching:

 

  • Renewable Energy and Sustainability , Spring 2008 (New Course)
  • Fall 2006 and Fall 2007, EPOW 4010, Power Engineering Fundamentals
  • Spring 2006 and Spring 2007, EPOW 4020, Electromechanics
  • Spring and Fall 2005, ECSE 2010, Electric Circuits

 

 

PhD Students:

 

  • Suman Dwari
  • Lusu Guo
  • Rohan Dayal

 

 

Selected Publications:

 

·         S. Dwari and L. Parsa, “ Optimal Control of Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines Under Winding Faults”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 55, May 2008, pp. 1988 - 1995

·         S. Dwari, R. Dayal and L. Parsa “A Novel Direct AC/DC Converter for Efficient Low Voltage Energy Harvesting”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, Nov. 2008, pp. 484 – 488.

·         L. Parsa and L. Hao, “Interior Magnet Motors with Reduced Torque Pulsation” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Feb 2008, pp. 602-609.

·         L. Parsa and H. Toliyat,  “Sensorless Direct Torque Control of Five-phase Interior Permanent Magnet Motor Drives”  IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 43,   July-Aug. 2007, pp. 952-959

·         L. Parsa and H. Toliyat, “Fault Tolerant Interior Permanent Magnet Motors for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 56,  July 2007, pp. 1546 - 1552.

·         S. Dwari and L. Parsa, “A Novel High Efficiency High Power Interleaved Coupled-Inductor Boost DC-DC Converter for Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle” IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2007

·         L. Parsa, H. Toliyat and A. Goodarzi, “Five-Phase Interior Permanent Magnet Motor with Low Torque Pulsation”  IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Volume 43,  Jan-Feb. 2007, pp. 40 - 46.

·         L. Parsa and H. Toliyat, “ Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Motor Drives,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Volume 41, Jan-Feb. 2005, pp. 30 – 37 (IEEE Industry Applications Society Transactions Paper Award, Third Prize)

 

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