Biography

Hamid Rezaie was born in 1990 in Tehran, Iran. He received B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013, and M.Sc. (with First Class Honor) in Electrical Power Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, in 2017.

Hamid has more than 6 years of experience in computational and artificial intelligence areas such as fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, machine learning, deep learning, heuristic computation, and optimization techniques. He has done several research projects in different areas of power engineering, some of which are power system optimization and planning, renewable energies, distributed generations, demand-side management, FACTS devices, smart grids and microgrids, and power electronics converters. He is currently a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. C. Y. Chung. at SMART Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan.

Honor and awards:

• (2018)   Awarded Saskatchewan Innovation & Opportunity Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, (1/1/2019 to 31/12/2019)

• (2017)   Ranked Top 1 (GPA: 19.55/20.0) among M.Sc. students of all majors in electrical engineering department, Amirkabir University of Technology

• (2016 – present)   Member of Iran's National Elites Foundation

• (2016)   Awarded “Academic Award” among members of Iran's National Elites Foundation and recipient of a one-year grant, for outstanding academic success

• (2014)   Ranked 51 among 42, 577 participants in Iranian national entrance exam for graduate study in Electrical Engineering

• (2008)   Ranked 1609 among 316, 868 participants in Iranian national entrance exam for undergraduate study

• (2006)   Selected as a qualified person at the first stage of Iranian National Olympiad in Informatics

Teaching Experience

Lab Instructor at Amirkabir University of Technology;

Industrial Electronics Laboratory (B.Sc. Course) - Fall 2016

Teacher Assistant at Amirkabir University of Technology;

Power System Analysis I - Spring 2016

Tutor and Lecturer at Ghalamchi Educational Foundation (08/2009 – 7/2013)

Work Experience

Behinesazane Toseeye Paya Fan Engineering and Technical Company

Project: Design and implementation of gate driver circuit of power electronic switches

(07/2013 – 11/2013) Researcher – Electrical Engineer Intern

Tavanir, Dispatching Center

Project: Study of power quality standards and the effects of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) on system power quality

(06/2009 – 9/2013) Executive Responsible

Nasir Educational Services Center

Research Experience

(02/2017 – 11/2018) Research associate

Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology

Research area: Planning and optimization of power systems integrated with renewable energy sources

(02/2015 – 02/2017) Research assistant

Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology

Project: Applications of computational intelligence in power systems

(10/2015 – 02/2016) Research group leader

Iran's National Elites Foundation

Project: Management of the energy derived from dynamic braking of electric trains in Tehran Metro line 5 (Tehran-Karaj); an industrial research project Sponsored by National Elites Foundation, in cooperation with Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operation Company

Selected Publications

Google Scholar

Current Research Area

Hamid Rezaie

Ph.D. Student
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan,
3C73, Engineering Building, 57 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
Email: h.rezaie@usask.ca