Title: Assistant Prof. Dr.Department: Electrical & Electronics Engineering DepartmentPosition: Academic StaffEmail: zeeshan.aleem@yeditepe.edu.trÇalışma Türü: Full TimeAkademikResumeResearch Interest Integration of renewable energy sources and power electronic systems High frequency transformer isolated inverters for micro grids Modelling of DC-DC technology for energy storage systems AC-AC converters for DVR applications and solid-state transformers Fuzzy logic and direct torque control methods Multilevel and matrix converters for induction machines Parallel operated impedance source inverters for high power applications Implementation of soft commutation strategies for energy efficiency improvement Design of high frequency magnetics Digital control Biography B.Sc.: COMSATS University, Pakistan, 2013 M.Sc.: Kyungpook National University, South Korea, 2015 Ph.D.: University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2019 PublicationsJournal Papers Z. Aleem and J. W. Park, “Parallel Operation of Transformer based Improved Z-Source Inverter with High Boost and Interleaved Control” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (I.F 10.231) Z. Aleem, H. -K. Yang, H. F. Ahmed and J. -W. Park, "Quasi-Clamped ZSI With Two Transformers," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 9455-9466, Oct. 2021. (I.F 8.236) Z. Aleem, H. -K. Yang, H. F. Ahmed, S. L. Winberg and J. -W. Park, "A Class of Single-Phase Z-Source AC–AC Converters With Magnetic Coupling and Safe-Commutation Strategy," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 8104-8115, Sept. 2021. (I.F 8.236) Z. Aleem, S. Winberg, A. Iqbal, et. al, “Single-Phase Transformer-based HF-Isolated Impedance Source Inverters with Voltage Clamping Techniques" in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 11, Nov. 2019. (I.F 8.236) R. Alammari, Z. Aleem*, A. Iqbal, and S. Winberg, “Matrix Converters for Electric Power Conversion: Review of Topologies and Basic Control Techniques”, in International Transactions in Electrical Energy Systems, May, 2019. (I.F 2.9) Z. Aleem* and M. Hanif, "Operational Analysis of Improved Γ-Z-Source Inverter with Clamping Diode and Its Comparative Evaluation," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 9191-9200, Dec. 2017. (I.F 8.236) Z. Aleem, D. Shin, H. Cha, and F. Z. Peng, “Parallel Operation of Inverter using Trans-Z-Source network”, IET Power Elect., vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 2176-2183, Nov. 2015. (I.F 2.7) H. -K. Yang, Z. Aleem, and J. -W. Park, " Fast-Response Constant Power Generation Method for PV Systems with Low Tracking Error," (Under revision in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics) (I.F 6.373) Conference Papers Z. Aleem, H. -K. Yang and J. -W. Park, "A Family of High Frequency Isolated Impedance Source DC-DC Converters for Distributed Power Generation Systems," 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2020, pp. 1267-1272. H. -K. Yang, Z. Aleem, J. Lee and J. -W. Park, "Constant Power Generation Method for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems With Fast Response Under Dynamic Irradiance Condition," 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2020, pp. 2131-2135. Z. Aleem, S. Winberg, A. Iqbal and M. Al-Hitmi, "High Frequency Transformer Based Improved Gamma ZSI with Lossless Snubber," IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Washington, DC, 2018, pp. 3731-3736. Z. Aleem*, and M. Hanif, “Current-Fed Converters with Switching Cells,” in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Sep. 2016, pp. 1-7. Z. Aleem*, and M. Hanif, “Improved Γ-Z-Source Inverter,” in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Sep. 2016, pp. 1-5 Z. Aleem*, and M. Hanif, “A Class of Parallel Operated Impedance Source Inverters,” in IEEE Annual Southern Power Electronics Conference, Dec. 2016, pp. 1-6. Z. Aleem*, and M. Hanif, “Single-Phase Transformers Based Z-Source AC-AC Converters,” in IEEE Annual Southern Power Electronics Conference, Dec. 2016, pp. 1-6. (Paper Award). H. F. Ahmed, H. Cha, Z. Aleem, and H.-G. Kim, “A Novel Buck-Boost AC-AC Converter with Inverting and Non-Inverting Operation and no Commutation Problem,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Electron., June. 2015, pp. 920-926 Z. Aleem, H. Cha, H. F. Ahmed, and H.-G. Kim, “A Single-Phase Isolated Impedance-Source Inverter,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Electron., June. 2015, pp. 129-134 H. F. Ahmed, Z. Aleem, H. Cha, and H.-G. Kim, “A Family of High frequency Isolated Single-Phase Impedance-Source AC-AC Converter,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Electron., June. 2015.