Dr. Hamidreza Nazaripouya

Hamidreza Nazaripouya received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, his M.Sc. degree in power electronics from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and his M.Sc. degree in power systems from Louisiana State University, LA, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is currently an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University, OK, USA and an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), CA, USA. His research interests include control and optimization in power systems, distributed energy resources modeling, control and integration, power system dynamics, and power system resilience. He holds U.S. patents in control of energy storage systems. His patented technology won the NSF Grant Award with him as the Entrepreneurial Lead. He also received IEEE SFV Section Rookie of the Year Award, IEEE IAS and PES Presentation awards, and the UC Dissertation-Year Fellowship Award.