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Hanif, Athar

Biography

I am a Research Scientist with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at the Faculty of Engineering, The Ohio State University. I received my BSc in Electrical Engineering with Honors from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, and my MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Major in Control Systems) from the Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2018. My Ph.D. dissertation was on “Electric Machine Control Design for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles”. My research includes controls, power electronics, electric machines, and electrification of automotive systems. I have authored more than 50 international peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. My research projects are funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Department of Energy (DOE), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),  the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and main US automotive companies. I am a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of SAE.

Expertise

  • Electric drives for automotive and aerospace systems
  • Electrification
  • Power Electronics (High Power Inverters and Converters)
  • Controls and Optimizations
  • Rapid Control Prototyping using Software-in-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-Loop (HIL) setup.
  • High-Performance Integrated Powertrain