• Research Interests 
• •    Inductive Power Transfer Systems for charging Electric Vehicles
  •       Power Electronics
  •     Microcontrollers and Embedded digital systems

Education 

• •    Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)  [Oct. 2018- Oct. 2022]   

                  (Supported by New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment Endeavour Fund UOAX1711 under IPT Roadway Project )

                 The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

                 Research Topic: Road-embedded IPT Systems for Charging In-motion Electric Vehicles  

• •   Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering), [Jul. 2016 – Jan 2018]   

         The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 

         Dissertation: Self-Tuning Power supply for Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Systems

               GPA: 82.6/100

• •     Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) [Sept.23, 2010 – Jan.20, 2015]   

         Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran 

                Thesis project: Implementation of a 1 kW Induction Heating Device

          GPA: 18.67/20

• •   High School & Pre-University Diplomas in Physics & Mathematics [Sept.23, 2006 – Jan.20, 2010]  

           Shahid Soltani High School (Affiliated with the National Organization for the Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET),      Alborz, Iran)

          GPA: 18.56/20 (High School Diploma)

Publications

• V. Zahiri Barsari, D. J. Thrimawithana and G. A. Covic, “An Inductive Coupler Array for In-Motion Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3058666.
• S. Kim, M. Amirapour, T. Dharmakeerthi, V. Zahiri Barsari, G. A. Covic, S. Bickerton, D. J. Thrimawithana, “Thermal Evaluation of an Inductive Power Transfer Pad for Charging Electric Vehicles,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3055186
• V. Zahiri Barsari, D. J. Thrimawithana, G. A. Covic and S. Kim, “A Switchable Inductively Coupled Connector for IPT Roadway Applications,” 2020 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power Transfer (WoW), Seoul, Korea (South), 2020, pp. 35-39, doi: 10.1109/WoW47795.2020.9291300
• V. Zahiri Barsari, D. J. Thrimawithana and G. A. Covic, “Push-pull driven Low-cost Coupler Array for Dynamic IPT systems,” 2019 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power Transfer (WoW), London, UK, 2019, pp. 209-213, DOI: 10.1109/WoW45936.2019.9030676
• Shirvanimoghaddam, M., Shirvanimoghaddam. K, Abolhasani, M., Farhangi, M. , Zahiri Barsari, V., Liu, H. Dohler, M., Naebe, M., “Towards a Green and Self-Powered Internet of Things Using Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting.” IEEE Access., vol 7, pp. 94533-94556, July 2019

 Patents

• Vahid Zahiri Barsari, Grant Anthony Covic, Duleepa Jayanath Thrimawithana, “An Inductive Power Transfer Coupler Array”, (Publication Number:  WO/2020/161687)
•        Vahid Zahiri Barsari, “Capacitive Level Measuring Sensor with Smart Self-calibration”, 2016 (Iran Patent, Registration Number: 89940)
•        Vahid Zahiri Barsari, Amin Torabi “Automatic Railroad Crossing”, 2008 (Iran Patent, Registration Number: 53079) 

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Circuit Design Engineer, Research and Development Section, SAVA Electric Parsian Co., Iran [Jan. 2015-Aug. 2016, March 2018 – Oct. 2018]

 Academic Activities

•   Teaching Assistant (2019-2021)
  • • ELECTENG 734: Power Electronics
    • ELECTENG 209: Analogue and Embedded Software Design
• Summer internship at Sava Electric Parsian, Alborzm Iran. (Jul 2014)
• Attended “Introduction to Digital Signal Processing” program held by Resana (Summer 2012)
• Instructor of Robotic summer school held by “Resana” (Student Scientific Association of  Sharif University of  Technology-Electrical Department) (Summer 2011)

 Art-Related Activities

•   Graduated from “Iranian Calligraphers Association” at the age of thirteen (May 2004)
•  Playing Santoor (A traditional Iranian musical instrument) since Jun. 2005