PhD Candidates
Karim Benali
Karim designs high-efficiency wide-bandgap power converters that enable ultra-fast EV charging with less heat. His hardware-to-firmware skills fit an EV-infrastructure or power-electronics company.
Details
- Advisor
- Dr. João Pedro Trovão
- Field
- Power Electronics
- Institution
- Polytechnique Montréal
- Skills
- Power ElectronicsSiC/GaN DevicesEmbedded CPCB DesignThermal ManagementHardware Testing
- Thesis
- Wide-bandgap converters for fast electric-vehicle charging
- Transition Signals
- Internship at a fast-charging companyFiled first patent on a converter topologyCo-authored with EV-charging engineers