Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
Research Summary
My research interests are on the applications of mathematical optimization methods, control theory and machine learning on the operation, economics and resilience of power and energy systems, modeling and integration of distributed energy resources, and modeling and operation of interdependent critical infrastructures.
Biography
Masood Parvania is the Roger P. Webb Endowed Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of Utah Smart Energy Laboratory and the Utah Energy and Power Innovation Center (U-EPIC) at the University of Utah. Dr. Parvania is the Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid (NSF WIRED Global Center) that is co-funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). His research interests include the operation, economics and resilience of power and energy systems, and modeling and operation of interdependent critical infrastructures. Dr. Parvania serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, and the IEEE Power Engineering Letters.