I am an experienced electrical engineer with over 10 years of hands-on problem-solving experience in various aspects of electricity grid challenges. Throughout my career, I have been responsible for delivering innovative solutions to complex projects in power system planning and operation. My commitment to integrating my knowledge and skills has enabled me to lead and contribute to groundbreaking projects in the fields of smart grid, renewable energy integration, smart cities, and policy development.
My research interests span across various domains, including:
Data-driven demand response utilizing machine learning-based techniques
Transactive energy structures, demand response, and peer-to-peer electricity markets
Enhancing the resiliency and reliability of energy supply through microgrids
Operation and planning of power systems with renewable and distributed energy resources
Modeling the interdependent networks in smart cities, such as electricity, natural gas, cloud, and transportation
Polynomial optimization and convex relaxation for mathematical problems in energy networks
Aug 2018 - Present
San Diego, California
Summer 2019
San Diego, California
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Riverside, California
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2018 – Present)
IET Energy Conversion and Economics (2022 – Present)
Chair, IEEE PELS San Diego Local Chapter (2023 – Present)
IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy
IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid
IEEE Transaction on Power Systems
IEEE Systems Journal
Journal of Modern Power System and Clean Energy
IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference
IEEE Power Engineering Letters
IEEE PES General Meeting
Sustainable Computing Journal
IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics
IEEE Access
IEEE GridEdge 2023, San Diego, CA
Control and Optimization for Renewable Energy Systems 2019, Anaheim, CA
Jan. 2014 – May 2018
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Aug. 2012 – Jan. 2014
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
Sep. 2008 – Jul. 2012
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran