Experiences
Senior Research Engineer, Texas A&M University
(Promoted from Postdoctoral Research Associate)
July 2020- present
Project Leadership and Power Grid Design: Leading multiple projects focused on the design, evaluation, and enhancement of large synthetic grids for electricity market analysis and power system studies. Ensured grids are non-confidential and are designed for extensive utility and academic applications.
Academic Mentorship: Mentoring several PhD, Master’s, and undergraduate students, guiding them through various projects that integrate theoretical learning with practical application in the field of power systems electrical engineering. Fostered a collaborative environment that encouraged innovation and academic excellence.
Advanced Power System Modeling and Simulation: Creating detailed models of electric grids to accommodate a diverse range of scenarios including varying weather conditions, load demands, energy storage integration, and electric vehicle impacts. Utilized historical and forecast weather data to inform operational planning and enhance renewable generation strategies.
Machine Learning and AI Implementation: Applying machine learning techniques for faster unit commitment and developed AI-driven tools for scenario clustering, real and reactive power control zone creation, and grid data analysis, significantly improving operational efficiency and solution times.
Data Management and Visualization: Implementing innovative data clustering approaches based on real and reactive reserve zones, providing detailed scenario analysis and data provision for each zone. Enhanced situational awareness through the visualization of large-scale electric grids, improving decision-making processes.
Research and Development: Leading research initiatives to improve power flow models for increasing the accuracy of models such as direct inclusion of weather, avoiding issues such as alternative solutions, and reducing computational complexities. Investigated sparse matrix statistics and the computational complexity of matrix factorization within large-scale power systems, contributing to the development of scalable solutions for growing grid infrastructures and synthetic versus real grids.
Power System Reliability and Resilience Improvement: Developing and implementing preventive and remedial actions to improve grid reliability and resilience, ensuring robust infrastructure performance against a variety of operational challenges such as extreme load and weather scenarios and increased electric vehicle penetration.
Lecturer Faculty, Texas A&M University
Jun 2021- May 2022
Teaching ECEN 340, Electric Energy Conversion. The syllabus includes an overview of energy conversion, phasors, complex power, three-phase circuits, DC-DC converters, inverters and rectifiers, electromagnetic systems, electromechanical systems and machines, transformers, PV applications, and Wind applications.
Teaching ECEN 215, Principles of Electrical Engineering. The syllabus includes resistive circuits including circuit laws, network reduction, nodal analysis, mesh analysis; energy storage elements; inductors and capacitors, first-order RC and RL transients, DC power and equivalent circuits, AC signals and phasors, AC power, equivalent circuits, frequency response and bode plots, Op-Amps, simple amplifiers, integrators and active filters, diodes and their applications, transistors, logic gates, new areas in electrical engineering and computer engineering
Senior Data Analyst at Newton Energy Group, Boston, MA
Sep 2019 - June 2020
Preparing and updating power system and market data for multi-interval operations.
Monitoring and tracking major regulatory changes and updates in electric market rules, as well as proposed and newly implemented power generation and transmission projects, ensuring these changes were accurately reflected in market analysis and modeling.
Benchmarking and quality assurance of electricity market data to ensure reliability and accuracy.
Leveraging statistical models for forecasting load and energy prices.
Performing unit commitment and economic dispatch simulations using ENELYTIX, a cloud-based, parallel computing software.
Research Assistant in Lab of Optimization in Electrical Engineering at Louisiana State University, LA
Jan 2017 - April 2020
Modelling temporal and geographical distributed and decentralized optimization and coordination algorithms for unit commitment and economic dispatch.
Modelling inter-temporal constraints for parallel computing.
Implementing a multi-class learning-based strategy to determine the optimal number of subproblems.
Dissertation: "Temporal Decomposition for Multi-Interval Optimization in Power Systems"
Guest Lecturer for Electric Power in Electrical Engineering Department at Louisiana State University, LA
January 2019 - May 2019
Giving lectures as a guest lecturer in the course #EE 3410, Electric Power.
Teaching Assistant for Power Systems Operation and Control in Electrical Engineering at Louisiana State University, LA
September 2018 - December 2018
Grading and helping with the lectures for the course #EE 4445, "Power System Operation and Control"
Teaching Assistant for Power System Reliability of in Electrical Engineering at Louisiana State University, LA
January 2018 - May 2018
Grading and facilitating lectures for the course #EE 4000, "Power System Reliability"
Lab Instructor at Azad University, Tehran Province, Iran
Feb 2016 - Nov 2016
Giving lectures and conducting experiments in the electrical circuits lab
Technical Expert at Porsoo Electronic Company, Tehran, Iran
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Technical support for Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) devices and their components.
Providing user manual for installation, commissioning, and operation of new devices.
Drawing UPS circuit diagrams using electric AutoCAD.
Instructor at Andisheh Hamon Institute, Tehran, Iran
Jan 2012 - Dec 2016
Teaching mathematics, heuristic algorithms, and physics.
Researcher at Iran Keton (Polyester Resin) Factory, Alborz Industrial Town-Qazvin, Iran
Oct 2012 - March 2013
Energy auditing of the factory.
Research Assistant at Iranian Smart Grid, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
Assessment of power quality in smart grids
Intern at Tarasht Power Plant, Tehran, Iran
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
Acquired proficiency in different sections of the gas power plant
Intern at Great Tehran Electrical Distribution Co., Iran
Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
Acquired proficiency in the operation and control of substations