Dr. Ali Sohani is a senior research and teaching assistant at the Energy Systems Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology (KNTU), Tehran, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering and his M.Sc. in energy systems engineering from the KNTU, both as a top (first) rank student. His research mainly focuses on optimization, HVAC systems, photovoltaic solar cells, machine learning, power plants, and numerical modeling.