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Professional Employment

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Education

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Research

  • Power systems simulation;
  • Power electronics;
  • Distributed generation.

If you are a motivated and commited student interested in power electronics and applications of power electronics in power systems, I welcome you to my research group! Please send me a short email with your resume, research interests, and highlights of your achievments.

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Teaching

Instructor

Teaching Assistant

Pedagogy of University Teaching

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Awards

  • Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2010 to Aug. 2011.
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Jan. 2011 to Dec. 2011.
  • Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2009 to Aug. 2010.
  • NSERC/MITACS IPS, University of Toronto and Digital Predictive Systems, Inc., Toronto, ON, Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011.
  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto, 2008. Departmental nominee.
  • Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2008 to Aug. 2009.
  • Edward Rogers Sr. Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2008 to Aug. 2009.
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST), University of Toronto, ON, Sept. 2008 to Aug. 2009. Declined.
  • Dennis Woodford Prize, "for the most outstanding graduate thesis dealing with power system modeling and simulation," University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, May 2008.
  • Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2007 to Aug. 2008.
  • University of Toronto Fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2007. Declined.
  • International Tuition Award, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Sept. 2007. Declined.
  • MITACS Internship Program, Manitoba HVDC Research Centre and MITACS, Winnipeg, MB, Apr. to July 2007.
  • International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Sept. 2005.
  • "Petroleum Engineering as the Second Degree" Scholarship, National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 2003 to June 2005.
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Professional Service

Reviewership

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 2009–Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2009–Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2010–Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2010–Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2010–Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2011–Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2011--Present.
  • IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011–Present.
  • IEEE Potentials, 2008–Present.
  • Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier), 2010–Present.
  • Electrical Engineering (Springer), 2010–Present.
  • Conferences:
          APEC 2011, SmartGridComm 2010, CCECE 2010, and IMEESE 2006.

Membership

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member, 2005–Present.
  • IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), Member, 2005–Present.
  • IEEE TF on Microgrid Control, Member, 2010–Present.
  • IEEE TF on Analysis Tools for Distributed Resources, Member, 2009–2011.
  • IEEE TF on Modeling and Analysis of Electronically Coupled DER, Member, 2009–Present.
  • IEEE TF on Interfacing Techniques for Simulation Tools, Member, 2008.
  • National Iranian Foundation for Exceptional Talents, Member, 2009–Present.
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers, Member, 2005–2007.
  • University of Manitoba Amateur Radio Society (UMARS), Member, 2006.

Leadership

  • Connections 2011, Advisor to the Organizing Committee.
  • Connections 2010, Co-Chair and Webmaster.

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Invited Talks

  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, May 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," University of Maine, Orono, ME, May 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," University of Hawai‘i, Manoa, HI, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Apr. 2011.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Dec. 2010.
  • "Control strategies for the next generation power system," The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Nov. 2010.
  • Invited, but were unable to attend: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; and National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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Publications

Books

  1. A. Mehrizi-Sani and S. Filizadeh, Modulation in Power Electronic Converters: Essentials, Simulation, and Optimization. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, May 2009.  |
Theses
  • Ph.D.: Control Strategies for the Next Generation Microgrids.
  • M.Sc.: Advanced Modulation Techniques for Power Converters.  | 1,429 KB
  • B.Sc.: Technical and Economical Comparison of Constant-Speed Electric Motors and Variable-Speed Electric Drives.
Accepted journal publications
  1. A. Mehrizi-Sani and R. Iravani, "Online set point adjustment for trajectory shaping in microgrid applications," IEEE Trans. Power Syst., accepted for publication.
  2. J. A. Martinez, F. de Leon, A. Mehrizi-Sani, M. H. Nehrir, C. Wong, and V. Dinavahi, "Tools for analysis and design of distributed resources---Part II: Tools for planning, analysis and design of distribution networks with distributed resources (IEEE task force on analysis tools)," IEEE Trans. Power Del., vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1653-1662, Jul. 2011.  
  3. A. Mehrizi-Sani and R. Iravani, "On the educational aspects of potential functions for the system analysis and control," IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 878-885, May 2011.  
  4. A. Mehrizi-Sani and R. Iravani, "Potential-function based control of a microgrid in islanded and grid-connected modes," IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1883-1891, Nov. 2010.   |
  5. A. Mehrizi-Sani and S. Filizadeh, "An optimized space-vector modulation sequence for improved harmonic performance," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 2894-2903, Aug. 2009.  |
  6. S. Filizadeh, M. Heidari, A. Mehrizi-Sani, J. Jatskevich, and J. A. Martinez, "Techniques for interfacing electromagnetic transient simulation programs with general mathematical tools," IEEE Trans. Power Del. (IEEE task force on interfacing techniques for simulation tools), vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 2610-2622, Oct. 2008.  |
Refereed proceedings
  1. A. Mehrizi-Sani and R. Iravani, "Performance evaluation of a distributed control scheme for overvoltage mitigation," accepted in CIGRE Int. Symp. Electric Power Syst. Future---Integrating Supergrids and Microgrid, Bologna, Italy, Sept. 2011.
  2. A. Mehrizi-Sani and R. Iravani, "Secondary control of microgrids: Application of potential functions," in Proc. CIGRE Session 2010, Aug. 2010, Paris, France.
  3. A. Mehrizi-Sani and R. Iravani, "Secondary control for microgrids using potential functions: modeling issues," in Proc. 2009 CIGRE Canada Conf., Oct. 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.  |
  4. A. Mehrizi-Sani, S. Filizadeh, and P. L. Wilson "Harmonic and loss analysis of space-vector modulated converters," in Proc. Int. Conf. Power Syst. Transients (IPST07), Lyon, France, June 4-7, 2007.  |
  5. A. Mehrizi-Sani, W. Kinsner, and S. Filizadeh, "On the chaotic behavior of buck converters," in Proc. IEEE Canadian Conf. on Elect. and Comput. Eng. (CCECE07), Vancouver, BC, Apr. 22-26, 2007.  |
  6. A. Mehrizi-Sani and S. Filizadeh, "Digital implementation and transient simulation of space-vector modulated converters," in Proc. IEEE 2006 PES General Meeting, Montreal, QC, June 18-22, 2006.  |
Nonrefereed publications
  1. A. Mehrizi-Sani, "Preparation of figures generated in PSCAD for technical publication," in Pulse, the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre Journal, Winnipeg, MB, pp. 9--10, May 2010.
  2. A. Mehrizi-Sani, "Mathematical tools and techniques in secondary control of microgrids," Annual progress report submitted to NSERC/MITACS IPS, Canada, Dec. 2009.
  3. A. Mehrizi-Sani, "Advanced modulation techniques for power converters and vehicle propulsion systems," Report submitted to the MITACS Internship Program, Aug. 2007.
  4. A. Mehrizi-Sani and S. Filizadeh, "Digital switching schemes in PSCAD: Space-vector modulation," in Pulse, the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre Journal, Spring 2007.
  5. A. Mehrizi-Sani, "Space-vector modulation: A comprehensive study," Report submitted to the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, Apr. 2006.

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