Current Research Associates
PhD Students
Hamideh Alvand received her B.Sc. degree in electrical power engineering from Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, in 2017 and her master’s in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Southern University, USA, in June of 2022. She joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in Fall 2022 to pursue her Ph.D.
degree. Her research interests include Power Systems Operation, Application of Power Electronics in Power Systems, Integration of Renewable Energy Sources, and Machine/ Deep Learning Application in Power Systems.IPEG Research Associate: August 2022 – Present
Reza Behnam
Reza Behnam received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering in 2017 and 2020 from Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Isfahan, Iran, and Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran, respectively. His research interests include cyber security, smart grid issues, microgrid power management, power system operation and planning, optimization, and renewable energies. Since Fall 2023, he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
IPEG Research Associate: August 2023 – Present
Amirhosein Gohari Nazari
Amirhosein Gohari Nazari received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering and power electronics from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran in 2015 and 2018 respectively, both with “first-rank student” honor. From 2018, he was a research assistant with the faculty of electrical engineering at Shahid Beheshti University. During his career, he acquired valuable experience in designing and implementing power electronics converters. His research interests include power electronics, multilevel inverters, and soft switching. Since Fall 2022, he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
IPEG Research Associate: August 2022 – Present
Alireza Zare
Alireza Zare has received his B.Sc degree in electrical engineering with a focus on power engineering from Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, in 2017 . From 2018 to 2020, he was pursuing his master’s in electrical engineering at Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, USA. From Jun. 2020 to Aug. 2020, Alireza worked as an intern with a focus on variable frequency drive (VFD) and micro inverters for PV applications at the R&D of Phase Technologies LLC, Rapid City, SD. He has joined the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a PhD student starting fall 2021. His research interests include Power Electronics Hardware Design, Wireless Power Transfer, Application of Power Electronics in Power Systems, and Integration of Renewable Energy Sources.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2021 – Present
Silvanus D'silva
Silvanus D’silva is from India, born in Mumbai, India in 1993. He received his Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from University of Mumbai, India (MU). He worked as a Systems Engineer for Rockwell Automation Inc., Milwaukee, WI from 2014 to 2017 . He obtained his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2020. He was an Graduate intern at Typhoon HIL, Inc in the summer of 2019. He also worked as a graduate researcher at the Smart Grid Centre in Texas A&M University at Qatar from January 2021 to August 2021. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois Chicago. He joined the IPEG Research Group in August 2021.
His research interests include Power Electronics for renewable power systems and their applications in future smart grid, power distribution systems, etc.
Asef Zadehgol-Mohammadi
Asef Zadehgol-Mohammadi received his BSc degree in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2003, and his MSc degree in power electronics and electrical machinery from Iran University of Science and Technology in 2006. He researched on batteries and fuel-cells characterization and lifetime estimation for wireless sensor networks in Cork, Ireland from 2008 to 2011. Asef is a licensed Professional Engineer and has provided consulting engineering services for various industrial, educational, and healthcare clients in the US. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the Electrical & Computer Engineering department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, US, since Fall 2019, and has been Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in several electronics and signal processing research projects and courses. His research interests include Power Electronics, Renewable Energies, and Power Distribution Systems.
IPEG Research Associate: February 2021 – Present
Muhammad Farooq Umar
Muhammad Farooq Umar was born in Bahawalpur, Pakistan in 1991. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical engineering from Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2014. He has done Masters in Electrical Power Engineering from Department of Electrical Power Engineering, U.S. Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan in 2018. His research interests are control of power electronics interfaces and renewable energy. He was a Ph.D. student in Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University from 2019-2020. Since 2020, he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Currently he is Fulbright Grantee 2019.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2019- Present
Matt Baker
Matt Baker was born in St. Peters Missouri in 1996. He earned his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Rockhurst University in May of 2018. He was a Ph.D. student at Kansas State University from 2018-2020. Since 2020, he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA. He was a Graduate Research Intern at Sandia National Lab during the Summers of 2021 and 2022, as well as the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Spring 2022. His research interests include wide bandgap power electronics and neural networks utilization for the detection and correction of anomalies in power electronic systems.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2018- Present
Amin Yousefzadeh Fard
Amin Yousefzadeh Fard received his B.Sc. degree from Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran in 2011, and obtained his M.Sc. degree with “Second Rank Honor” from University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran in 2014, both in Electrical Power Engineering. From 2014 to 2018, he was with Roshdiyeh Higher Education Institute (RHEI) as a lecturer, the supervisor of Electrical Machinery and High Voltage Laboratories, and the educational manager of the Engineering Faculty. He was a Ph.D. student at K-State University from 2018-2020. Since 2020, he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. His research interests include Renewable Energy Systems like Photovoltaic Systems and Wind Turbines, Power Electronics, Distributed Generation, and Power Quality.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2018- Present
Ahmad Mirdad Khan
Ahmad Khan (S’17) received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Qatar University, Doha, Qatar in 2014 and 2017, respectively. From 2018 to 2020, he was a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA. Since 2020, he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA. Mr. Khan received the Qatar University outstanding thesis award in 2017. He received the best paper award from IEEE IES in the 12th CPE-POWERENG and the 2nd SGRE conferences in 2018 and 2019, respectively. He is co-recipient of the “2019 IEEE Foundation Industry Application Society Myron-Zucker Grant”. He is an intern at Siemens during Summer and Fall 2021.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2018- Present
Mohsen Hosseinzadehtaher
Mohsen Hosseinzadehtaher (S’18) received his M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2014. From 2018 to 2020, he was a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA. Since 2020, he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Mr. Hosseinzadehtaher received the best paper award in the 2nd IEEE SGRE conference in 2019. He is the co-recipient of the “2019 IEEE Foundation Industry Application Society Myron-Zucker Grant”. His research interests include Smart Grids and Electricity Markets, Power Management in Smart Grids, Power Electronics, Integration of Renewable Energies and Distributed Generations, Power Quality and Electrical Machines. Mohsen will be an intern at Quanta Technology during Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2018- Present
MSc Students
Hassan Althuwaini earned his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2019. He was a research assistant at JKLab.org from 2018 to 2019. He joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Jan 2021 to continue his M.S studies under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Shadmand. His research interests include Smart Micro-Grids, Energy storage system, Characterization of SiC and GaN Power Devices.
IPEG Research Associate: August 2020 – Present