Jakir HasanPhD Student · Power Electronics
Jakir Hasan
Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab
Suffolk Hall, Stony Brook University · Advisor: Prof. Fang Luo
I work on power electronics, building on five years of industry experience designing permanent-magnet motors and their electronic drives, and earlier research on fault current limiters for grid resilience.
News
- Aug 2026Started my PhD at the Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab, Stony Brook University, under Prof. Fang Luo.
- 2024H-bridge fault current limiter paper published in Applied Research.
- 2021First-author paper on a capacitive bridge-type superconducting fault current limiter published in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. Read paper →
- Aug 2021Joined Walton Hi-Tech Industries as an R&D Engineer in motor and drive design.
Research
Current work
At Stony Brook, I work mainly on power electronics in the Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab. My industry background in PMSM design, drive hardware and firmware, and lab validation shapes my approach to converter design, which I aim to keep practical, cost-aware and tested on real hardware.
Previous work
My earlier research focused on making power grids more resilient through hardware-based and intelligent control. Using MATLAB/Simulink, I developed fault current limiters (FCLs) coordinated with nonlinear, adaptive and hybrid control schemes. Compared with conventional methods, these designs improved transient response and fault ride-through capability and reduced harmonic distortion. This work resulted in more than 16 peer-reviewed publications and presentations at international conferences.
Research interests
- Power Electronics
- Motor Drive Systems
- Electric Machine Design
- Power System Transient Stability
- Fault Current Limiters
Selected publications
All 16 publications →- 2022
Double integral sliding mode controller based bridge-type flux-coupling non-superconducting fault current limiter to protect DFIG-based multi-machine power system under transient-state
Md. Rashidul Islam, Md Arafat Hossain, Jakir Hasan, Tushar Kanti Roy, Mohammad Ashraf Hossain Sadi
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 142, Part A
- 2021
A capacitive bridge-type superconducting fault current limiter to improve the transient performance of DFIG/PV/SG-based hybrid power system
Jakir Hasan, Md. Rashidul Islam, Md. Rabiul Islam, Abbas Z. Kouzani, M. A. Parvez Mahmud
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 31, No. 8
- 2020
Performance improvement of DFIG-based wind farms using NARMA-L2 controlled bridge-type flux coupling non-superconducting fault current limiter
Md. Rashidul Islam, Jakir Hasan, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Najmul Huda, Mohammad Ashraf Hossain Sadi, Ahmed AbuHussein
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Vol. 14, No. 26
Experience
- Aug 2026 – Present
Graduate Researcher
Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab, Stony Brook University
- PhD research in power electronics under Prof. Fang Luo.
- Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Research & Development Engineer, Motor and Drive Design
Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC
- Designed and optimized permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) and induction motors for refrigerator hermetic compressors, using FEA in ANSYS RMxprt, ANSYS Maxwell, Motor-CAD and SPEED to reach cost-effective designs with better thermal and harmonic performance.
- Designed and optimized both the hardware (PCBA) and firmware of PMSM electronic drivers, improving control precision and operating efficiency in compressor applications.
- Supervised validation and testing in the Electrical Lab with dynamometers, precision three-phase power analyzers, mixed-signal oscilloscopes and DAQ systems, including test automation and test data analysis, to ensure performance and regulatory compliance.
- ANSYS Maxwell
- Motor-CAD
- RMxprt
- SPEED
- PCBA design
- Embedded firmware
Projects
Industry · Walton Hi-Tech
Low-cost, high-performance hermetic compressor
Developing a new refrigerator compressor that costs less to build while matching the performance of top-tier products. Covers the full motor-drive system: PMSM design with FEA, drive electronics and firmware, and validation on the dynamometer.
- PMSM design
- FEA
- Motor drives
- Cost optimization
Research · RUET
Fault current limiters for grid resilience
Bridge-type superconducting and non-superconducting fault current limiters, coordinated with sliding-mode, NARMA-L2 and other nonlinear controllers, to protect wind (DFIG), PV and hybrid power systems during faults.
- MATLAB/Simulink
- Nonlinear control
- Renewable integration
Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Aug 2026 – PresentStony Brook University, New York
Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab, Suffolk Hall · Advisor: Prof. Fang Luo
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jan 2015 – Sep 2019Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET)
CGPA 3.62 / 4.00 · Ranked 14th in class
View thesis (PDF) →Get in touch
Interested in collaboration or have a question about my research? I'd be glad to hear from you.
Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics LabSuffolk Hall, Stony Brook University