Department of Electrical Engineering
Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering Power systems Circuit theory Energy conversion and distribution Industrial and power electronics Instrumentation and measurements
Energy, Water and, Resources
Industry of the Future and Digital Society Sustainable Transport and Infrastructures
Research interests and affiliations
- Power electronics and motor drives
- Transportation electrification
- Electric vehicles
- More electric, all-electric aircraft
- Hydrogen fueled propulsion
- Cryogenic power electronics
- 2108 Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
- 2501 Power systems
- 2503 Circuit theory
- 2516 Energy conversion and distribution
- 2517 Industrial and power electronics
- 2518 Instrumentation and measurements
Publications
Biography
Nasir Ali received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan, in 2015, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2018 and 2023, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. From May to December 2022, he was a Research Intern with the Power Electronics and Industrial Control Research Group (GRÉPCI) Laboratory, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal, QC, Canada. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Ali joined the High-Power Electronics Laboratory (HiPEL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, where he led a multiyear project for three years. As part of a Mitacs-funded project, he also worked for one year at Enedym Inc., a spin-off company of McMaster University. He has authored or coauthored over 25 IEEE journal and conference papers and holds five issued or pending U.S. and Chinese patents. His current research interests include high-performance control, fault diagnosis, and fault-tolerant control of power converters and motor drives in electrified transportation. Dr. Ali was the recipient of the Author of the Year 2022 Award from the IET Electric Power Applications Journal and a winner of the IEEE IES Students and Young Professionals Award (SYPA) 2025.
Teaching
- ELE6428E: Advanced Power Electronics
- ELE8468E: Fundamental of Power Electronics
Education
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), 2015)
- M.Sc. In Electrical Engineering (Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), 2018)
- Ph.D in Electrical Engineering (Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), 2023)