Design, Control, and Operation of Microgrids in Smart Grids

lt;p>Dr. Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at State University of New York, Buffalo State. He received his first M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering (Power System) from Tarbiat Modares University and Clemson University in 2011 and 2016, respectively, and his second M.Sc. degree in Physics and Astronomy from University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2019. Moreover, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sharif University of Technology during 2016-2017. As a professor, he has taught many courses such as Essentials of Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical Circuits Analysis I, Electrical Circuits Analysis II, Electrical Circuits and Devices, Industrial Electronics, and Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage. Dr. Rahmani-Andebili has more than 100 single-author publications including textbooks, monographs, book chapters, journal papers, and conference papers. His research areas include Smart Grid, Power System Operation and Planning, Integration of Renewables and Energy Storages into Power System, Energy Scheduling and Demand-Side Management, Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Distributed Generation, and Advanced Optimization Techniques in Power System Studies.

Microgrids: Advantages, Barriers, and Opportunities.- Stochastic Natural Gas and Electricity Energy Scheduling in Coupled Microgrids Considering Demand Response.- Frequency Regulation-based Improved Type-2 Fuzzy Controller in Multi-microgrids With Electrical Vehicles.- Distributed Noise-resilient Control for DC Microgrids Under Dynamic Communication Topology.- Hybrid Method for Islanding Detection in DC Microgrids.- A Convex Formulation for Hosting Capacity Analysis in Microgrids.- Performance and Roles of Microgrids in Smart City.- Statistics and Real Experiences in Design and Operation of Microgrids.- Short-term and Long-term Forecasting Techniques for Microgrids.- Centralized, Decentralized, and Cooperative Distributed Control and Energy Scheduling of Microgrids.- Economic Dispatch of Microgrids.- Operation of Grid-connected and Islanded Microgrids. Implementation of Demand Response (DR) Programs in Energy Management of Microgrids.- Collaboration Between Microgrids and Plug-inElectric Vehicles (PEVs) .- Microgrids and Power Markets.- Microgrids and Distribution Expansion Planning .- Improving Reliability of Microgrids.- AC, DC, and Hybrid Power Flow of Microgrids .- Improving Voltage and Frequency Stability of Microgrids .- Improving Security of Microgrids Against Cyberattacks.- Microgrids and Protection of Distribution System.- Microgrids and Reconfiguration of Distribution System.- Microgrids and Congestion Management of Distribution System.- Application of Internet of Thing (IoT) in Operation of Microgrids.- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Operation of Microgrids.- Application of Optimization Techniques in Design and Operation of Microgrids.