Dr. Ebrahim Amiri
Dr. Ebrahim Amiri received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2005 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, in 2013, all in electrical engineering. In January 2015, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of New Orleans, where he served as the graduate program coordinator (2020-2023) and the Chair of the Department (2022-2023). He is currently the Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at California State University, Long Beach and serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. His current research interests include design and analysis of electric machinery apparatus, and power electronics for motor drives and renewable energy applications.
Research Interests
- Design, development and analytical/semi-analytical modeling of electrical machinery (e.g., IPM and SPM machines), and electromagnetic devices (e.g., fault current limiter).
- Power electronics converters in motor drive, and renewable energy applications (e.g., grid connected inverter based resources).
F. Mahdavi, A. D. Aliabad and E. Amiri, "General Design Framework for Pole-Changing Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3645173.
F. Ghoroghchian, Y. Du and E. Amiri, "Pole-Changing Line Start Synchronous Motors; Rotor Design Methodology and Comparative Analysis," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3638328.
S. Yousefnejad, F. Bagheri, R. Alshawi, M. T. Hoque and E. Amiri, "Deep Learning Based Fault Detection Method in DC Motor Start," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 1678-1681, June 2025, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2025.3560559.
- V. Z. Faradonbeh, A. Rahideh and E. Amiri, "Analytical-Based Design Framework for Outer Rotor Consequent-Pole Permanent Magnet Machine," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1049-1059, July 2025, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2025.3571686.
- F. Ghoroghchian, Y. Du and E. Amiri, "Comparative Study of Winding Configurations in Dual-Pole Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1060-1073, July 2025, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2025.3554609.
H. Huynh, A. Khariwada, B. Poudel, E. Amiri, M. I. Quinteros, T. E. Field, and P. Ratgoufard, "Experimental Analysis of Transmission Line Protection Functions in GridConnected IBR," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 2300-2312, March-April 2025, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2024.3522222.
F. Ghoroghchian, Y. Du, E. Amiri, Z. He, A. D. Aliabad and A. Rahideh, "Single-Phase DualPole Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 37828- 37838, (2025), doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3544933.
M. A. Faradonbeh, V. Z. Faradonbeh and E. Amiri, "Design Modeling and Prototyping of a 55 Watts Surface Mounted PM Machine With High Torque and Low Torque Ripple for Cooling Fan Application," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 50244-50253, (2024), doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3385710
Mousavi Bafrouei, S.M., Aliabad, A.D., Amiri, E. "Design and analysis of PM鈥恆ssisted synchronous reluctance machine with shifted magnetic poles". IET Electric. Power Applications .18(1), 52鈥63 (2024), .
F. Ghoroghchian, E. Amiri, A. D. Aliabad, A. Ahmadi and A. Mirzaei, "Optimization Framework for Dual-Pole Line-Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics (2023), doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3330325.
S. Yousefnejad, E. Amiri, M. Sarparast and J. -S. Ro, "Effect of Faulty Solenoid Starter on the DC Series Motor Performance in Railway Industry," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 110472-110478, (2023), doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3322006.
M. Amini, A. D. Aliabad, and E. Amiri "Analytical modeling of fault current limiter with coreless variable series reactor" in Electrical Engineering (2023), doi: 10.1007/s00202-023-02009-9.
S. A. Fazljoo, A. D. Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淎nalytical Modeling of Rotary Electromagnetic Fault Current Limiter鈥 IEEE Access 11 (2023) pp. 32792鈥32803. 2023, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3263494.
B. Poudel, E. Amiri 鈥淒eep Learning Based Design Methodology for Electric Machines: Data Acquisition, Training and Optimization鈥 IEEE Access 11 (2023) pp. 18281鈥18290. 2023, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3247011.
V. Z. Faradonbeh, A. Rahideh, E. Amiri 鈥淎nalytical Modeling of Steel Shielding Cylinder in Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Machines鈥 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics (2023) pp. 1鈥1. 2023, DOI: 10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3285533.
V. Z. Faradonbeh, A. Rahideh, E. Amiri 鈥淕eneral 2-D Analytical Framework for No-load Analysis of Interior Permanent Magnet Machines鈥 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (2023) pp. 1鈥1. 2023, DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2023.3283214.
S. A. Fazljoo, A. D. Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淎 Novel Air Core Electromagnetic Fault Current Limiter with Rotational Motion鈥 IET Electric Power Applications (2023) pp. 1鈥1. 2023, DOI: 10.1049/elp2.12309.
V. Z. Faradonbeh, E. Amiri 鈥淥pen-Circuit Electromagnetic Analysis of Interior Permanent Magnet Machines With Arbitrary Rotor Frame Using a 2-D Analytical Model鈥 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 58.8 (2022) pp. 1鈥12. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2022.3178947.
M. M. Ghahfarokhi, V. Z. Faradonbeh, E. Amiri, S. M. M. Bafrouei, A. D. Aliabad, S. T. Boroujeni 鈥淐omputationally Efficient Analytical Model of Interior Permanent Magnet Machines Considering Stator Slotting Effects鈥 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 58.4 (2022) pp. 4587鈥4601. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3170536.
F. Ghoroghchian, A. D. Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淎nalytical Validation of Dual-Pole Permanent Magnet Machine Theory鈥 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 58.6 (2022) pp. 7214鈥7225. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3200935.
B. Poudel, E. Amiri, P. Rastgoufard 鈥淎nalytical Investigation and Heuristic Optimization of Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Machines With Hybrid Magnetic Structure鈥 IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications 3 (2022) pp. 152鈥163. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/OJIA.2022.3192313.
M. Amini, A. D. Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淒esign and Analysis of Fault Current Limiter Based on Air Core Variable Series Reactor鈥 IEEE Access 9 (2021) pp. 166129鈥166136. 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3134870.
V. Z. Faradonbeh, A. Rahideh, M. M. Ghahfarokhi, E. Amiri, A. D. Aliabad, G. A. Markadeh 鈥淎nalytical Modeling of Slotted, Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors With Different Rotor Frames and Magnet Shapes鈥 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 57.1 (2021) pp. 1鈥13. 2021, DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2020.3032648.
B. Poudel, E. Amiri, P. Rastgoufard, B. Mirafzal 鈥淭oward Less Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet in Electric Machines: A Review鈥 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 57.9 (2021) pp. 1鈥19. 2021, DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2021.3095615.
M. M. Bouiabadi, A. Damaki Aliabad, S. M. Mousavi, E. Amiri 鈥溾 IET Electric Power Applications 14.5 (2020) pp. 859鈥864. 2020
M. M. Ghahfarokhi, A. D. Aliabad, S. T. Boroujeni, E. Amiri, V. Z. Faradonbeh 鈥溾 IET Electric Power Applications 14.3 (2020) pp. 398鈥408. 2020
M. M. Ghahfarokhi, E. Amiri, S. T. Boroujeni, A. D. Aliabad 鈥淥n-Load Analytical Modeling of Slotted Interior Magnet Synchronous Machines Using Magnetic Islands Method鈥 IEEE Access 8 (2020) pp. 95360鈥95367. 2020.
F. Ghoroghchian, A. D. Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淒ual-Pole Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With Series-Parallel Magnetic Structure鈥 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 35.2 (2020) pp. 854鈥862. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2020.2967241.
F. Ghoroghchian, A. Damaki Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淒esign and analysis of consequent-pole line start permanent magnet synchronous motor鈥 IET Electric Power Applications 14.4 (2020) pp. 678鈥684. 2020
F. Mahdavi, A. D. Aliabad, E. Amiri, F. Ghoroghchian 鈥淒ual-Pole Line Start Synchronous Machine With Consequent-Magnetic Poles鈥 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 35.3 (2020) pp. 648鈥1657. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2020.2986462.
B. Poudel, E. Amiri, J. R. Ramamurthy, I. Leevongwat, T. E. Field, R. Rastgoufard, P. Rastgoufard 鈥淗ardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Dynamic Grid Voltages for Static Var Compensator Controllers With Single-Phase Induction Motor Loads鈥 IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy 7 (2020) pp. 307鈥319. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/OAJPE.2020.3013803.
O. Dobzhanskyi, E. Hossain, E. Amiri, R. Gouws, V. Grebenikov, L. Mazurenko, M. Pryjmak, R. Gamaliia 鈥淎xial-Flux PM Disk Generator With Magnetic Gear for Oceanic Wave Energy Harvesting鈥 IEEE Access 7 (2019) pp. 44813鈥44822. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2908348.
F. Ghoroghchian, A. Damaki Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥溾 IET Electric Power Applications 13.6 (2019) pp. 742鈥749. 2019
F. Ghoroghchian, A. Damaki Aliabad, E. Amiri 鈥淭wo-Speed Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor With Dual Magnetic Polarity鈥滻EEE Transactions on Industry Applications 54.5 (2018) pp. 4268鈥4277. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2018.2839609
O. Dobzhanskyi, R. Gouws, E. Amiri 鈥淎nalysis of PM Transverse-Flux Outer Rotor Machines With Different Configuration鈥 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 53.5 (2017) pp. 4260鈥4268. 2017, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2017.2696901
O. Dobzhanskyi, R. Gouws, E. Amiri 鈥淥n the Role of Magnetic Shunts for Increasing Performance of Transverse Flux Machines鈥 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 53.2 (2017) pp. 1鈥8. 2017, DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2016.2621047.
P. J. Ford, E. Amiri, E. Mendrela 鈥溾 Electrical Engineering 98.3 (2016) pp. 307鈥319. Springer, 2016
E. Amiri, E. A. Mendrela 鈥淎 Novel Equivalent Circuit Model of Linear Induction Motors Considering Static and Dynamic End Effects鈥 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 50.3 (2014) pp. 120鈥128. 2014, DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2013.2285222.
E. Amiri, S. H. H. Sadeghi, R. Moini 鈥淎 Probabilistic Approach for Human Safety Evaluation of Grounding Grids in the Transient Regime鈥 IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 27.2 (2012) pp. 945鈥952. 2012.
