Gevork B Gharehpetian Author

Gevork B. Gharehpetian received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1996 from Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, graduating with First Class Honors. As a Ph.D. student, he received a scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) from 1993 to 1996 and he was with High Voltage Institute of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. He has been holding the Assistant Professor position at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, from 1997 to 2003, the position of Associate Professor from 2004 to 2007 and has been Professor since 2007. His teaching and research interests include smart grids, microgrids, FACTS and HVDC systems, monitoring of power transformers and their transients. He is the author of more than 1200 journal and conference papers and based on the Web of Science database (2005-2021), he is among world’s top 1% elite scientists according to ESI (Essential Science Indicators) ranking system. Dr. S. Mohammad Mousavi Agah received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees all with honors in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, in 2006, 2008, and 2011, respectively. He is currently a Senior Power Systems Researcher with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Mousaviagah is a Chartered Engineer (CEng, MIEI) and a senior member of IEEE who holds 10+ years of experience in various aspects of design and consultation and construction of power systems for wind/solar farms, industrial plants and utility substations up to a voltage level of 400 kV. He is the author of 20+ journal and conference papers. His teaching and research interests include power system operation, protection and control at high penetration levels of renewable energy systems.