Biography

Benyamin Khorramdel received his BSc. degree from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran in Sep. 2009 and the MSc. degree from Shiraz University (3rd rank), Shiraz, Iran in Feb. 2012 both in power electrical engineering.

He is a member of Iran’s National Elites Foundation and has published different peer-reviewed journal papers. He is also a reviewer of IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems and Energy journals. 

He is currently a PhD student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan under the supervision of Dr. Tony C. Y. Chung.

Experience

His research experiences include:
• Modeling of Distributed Generations and Electric Vehicles.
• Statistical Learning, Stochastic Optimization and Planning.
• Intelligent Fault Locating in Large Distribution Systems.
• Optimal Battery Sizing in Micro Grids.
• Comprehensive Planning of Switch-Mode Power Supplies.

He was an invited lecturer in different universities in Fars province in Iran and obtained valuable teaching experiences from 2010 to 2013 in the following courses.
- Power Systems Analysis I, II
- Protection and Relay
- Electric Machines Laboratory
- Special Electric Machines
- Electric Machines I, II
- Industrial Electronic 

Also, he was a full-time researcher in Iran’s National Elites Foundation during 2013-2015 and a part-time Research Assistant at Shiraz University from 2015 to March 2016. 

Journal Papers

1. Benyamin Khorramdel, Hossein Khorramdel, Jamshid Aghaei, Alireza Heidari, and Vassilioss G. Agelidis “Voltage Security Considerations in Optimal Operation of BEVs/PHEVs Integrated Microgrids,” IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1575-1587, Jul. 2015.
2. Saeed Rezaee, Ebrahim Farjah, Benyamin Khorramdel, “Probabilistic Analysis of Plug-In Electric Vehicles Impact on Electrical Grid through Homes and Parking lots”, IEEE Transaction on sustainable Energy, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1024-1033, Oct. 2013.
3. Hossein Khorramdel, Jamshid Aghaei, Benyamin Khorramdel, and Pierluigi Siano “Optimal Battery Sizing in Microgrids Using Probabilistic Unit Commitment” IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 834-843, April 2016.
4. Benyamin Khorramdel, Mahdi Raoofat, “Optimal stochastic reactive power scheduling in a microgrid considering voltage droop scheme of DGs and uncertainty of wind farms”, Energy, Elsevier, Vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 994-1006, Sep. 2012.
5. B. Khorramdel, H. Marzooghi, H. Samet, M. Pourahmadi-Nakhliand M. Raoofat, “Fault locating in large distribution systems by empirical mode decomposition and core vector regression”, IJEPES, Elsevier, Vol 58, pp. 215-225, Jan. 2014.
6. B. Khorramdel, H. Marzooghi, M. Pourahmadi-Nakhli, H. Samet and M. Raoofat, “Fault locating in large distribution systems by energy inspecting around the path characteristics frequencies using combined wavelet and neural network”, International Journal of Distributed Energy Resources and Smart Grids (ISSN 1614-7138), Vol. 10, No. 2,pp. 95-113, April-June 2014.
7. B. Khorramdel, H. Khorramdel, H. Marzooghi, “Multi-objective optimal operation of microgrid with an efficient stochastic algorithm considering volatility of wind power”, International Journal of IREMOS, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 3079-3089, Dec. 2011.
8. Hossein Khorramdel, Benyamin Khorramdel, Moslem Tayebi, Hamidreza Rastegar “A Multi-Objective Economic Load Dispatch Considering Accessibility of Wind Power with Here-And-Now (HN) Approach”, Journal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering (JOAPE, ISSN: 2322-4567), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 49-59, 2014.
9. Hossein Khorramdel, Benyamin Khorramdel and Marzieh Poshtyafteh, “Programming of Energy Storage Systems in an Island Microgrid with Photovoltaic and Fuel Cell” The Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST), ISSN:1686-3933.

Conference Papers

1. Hossein Khorramdel, Benyamin Khorramdel, Hossein Ghasemi and Ali Ghasemi “Optimal Programming of DGs in a Microgrid with Hourly Load Pattern Considering Wind power”, Isfahan’s Electrical Engineering National Conference (IEEC 2012).

Books

1. Co-author of Energy Science and Technology – About the 12 Vols. Set (Volume 8: Wind Energy and Volume 10: Fuel Cells and Batteries) (Publisher: Studium Press LLC – EAN: 9781626990616 – ISBN: 1626990611)

Current Research Area

Benyamin Khorramdel

PhD Candidate

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan,
3C73, Engineering Building, 57 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada