Sadra Tavakolian received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering, electronics major in 2019 from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, during which he completed an internship at Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company. After that, he started research at the Electric Drives and Power Electronics Laboratory (EDPEL) at Sharif University of Technology, Iran, subsequently receiving his M.Sc. degree in power electronics and power systems in 2022. Since 2022, he has joined McMaster University to continue his graduate study in Ph.D. level in electrical and computer engineering under the supervision of Dr. Babak Nahid-Mobarakeh at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), where he is focusing on control of electric machine drives.
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Sadra Tavakolian has always been passionate about mathematics and physics, leading him to receive a Silver medal at the International Mathematical Competition (IMC) selection stage in Iran. He then continued to study Electrical Engineering and developed interests in analog electronics, switching circuits, stochastics, and power systems, which resulted in his focus on Power Electronics for graduate study. After completing his research on the dual active bridge DC-DC power converter in the master’s program, he began his Ph.D. with a focus on solving control issues on switched reluctance machine drives. Utilizing his strong background in mathematics and engineering, his goal is to aid the automotive industry in finding more sustainable solutions using electric drives. Additionally, Sadra enjoys being challenged by programming algorithms and their development and is also interested in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
