Miadreza Shafiekhah, Assistant Professor

Biography
- Tenure-track Professor, School of Technology and Innovations, Electrical Engineering Team (2019 -)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2012
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2008
Previous Experience
- Assistant Professor/Senior researcher, INESC TEC, Portugal, 2018
Leading FCT-Portugal project UNiTED — Unlocking demand response potential with Next generation innovative optimization Tools Empowering prosumers and Distribution grid benefits - Invited senior researcher at the North China Electric Power University — NCEPU, China, 2018
PI of the project research on PV power fluctuation and ultra-short-term forecasting method based on cloud motion pattern recognition at the State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources - Assistant Professor, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 2017
Leading COMPETE 2020-Portugal project ESGRIDS — Enhancing Smart GRIDS for Sustainability - Postdoctoral in Electrical Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy, 2016
Work was related to innovative methods for active demand response management in electricity markets - Postdoctoral in Electrical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Portugal, 2015
Work was related to study of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and demand response (DR) aggregator’s behavior in electricity markets, and FP7-EU project SiNGULAR — Smart and Sustainable Insular Electricity Grids Under Large-Scale Renewable Integration
Teaching and Research Interests
Various multidisciplinary topics related to:
- Modeling and optimization of electricity markets, and designing new market structures based on peer-to-peer and new business opportunities blockchain
- Planning, and operation of power systems, distribution systems, and microgrids in the presence of renewable energy resources
- Allocation of charging stations and parking lots, and management of plug-in electric vehicles
- Demand side management and design of demand response strategies
- Smart cities, smart homes, and applications of IoT in future smart grids
- Price, energy demand and renewable energy forecast