Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour is a Carl Bodine Distinguished Professor and Chairman in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at

Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has prog ...

. He is the author of more than 300 technical papers and five books on electric power systems planning, operation, and control.

Career

Shahidehpour was the president of National Electrical Engineering Honor Society (

Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu () or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Computer Science and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). "The organization promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasis ...

) and served on its executive board for eight years. He was Editor of the IEEE Transactions on

Power Systems An electric power system is a network of electrical components deployed to supply, transfer, and use electric power. An example of a power system is the electrical grid that provides power to homes and industries within an extended area. The e ...

for fifteen years, and is currently the Vice President of Publication for

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

/ PES and also Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on

Smart Grid A smart grid is an electrical grid which includes a variety of operation and energy measures including: *Advanced metering infrastructure (of which smart meters are a generic name for any utility side device even if it is more capable e.g. a f ...

. He is a member of the editorial board of KIEE Journal of Power Engineering (Korea), International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, and International Journal of Electric Power Systems Research. Shahidehpour is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and has lectured across the globe on electricity restructuring issues. He is also an Honorary Professor at

North China Electric Power University North China Electric Power University (NCEPU; ) is a national key university under the Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211 based in Beijing, China under the national Ministry of Education that specialises in polytechnic ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. He is a Fellow of

. He was also elected a member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...

in 2016 for contributions to the optimal scheduling of generation in a deregulated electricity market with variable renewable energy sources.

Awards

Shahidehpour is the recipient of: *2007 IEEE/PES T. Burke Hayes Faculty Recognition Award in Electric Power Engineering *2005 IEEE/PES Best Transactions Paper Award *2004 IEEE/PSO Best Transactions Paper Award *Edison Electric Institute's Outstanding Faculty Award * ΗΚΝ’s Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Award *

Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is a highly prestigious, non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 ...

’s Outstanding Researcher Award *IIT's Outstanding Faculty Award *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

’s Outstanding Teaching Award

Education

* Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Department,

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

, Columbia, 1981 * M.S. Electrical Engineering Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1978 * B.S. Electrical Engineering Department,

, 1977

References

M.Shahidepour's website at Sharif University of Technology

M.Shahidepour's website at Illinois Institute of Technology

M.Shahidepour's resume
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shahidehpour, Mohammad Iranian electrical engineers American electrical engineers Iranian emigrants to the United States Sharif University of Technology alumni Electrical engineering academics Fellow Members of the IEEE Living people Illinois Institute of Technology faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering 1955 births

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