Active Building Energy Systems

Vahid Vahidinasab, PhD, is a Senior Researcher in the Power and Energy Systems Group in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU). He obtained the PhD degree (with High Distinction) in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the school of Engineering of Newcastle University. He founded the SOHA Smart Energy Systems Laboratory at SBU and directed it for 3 years. He has demonstrated a consistent track record of attracting external funds and managed several industrial projects and closely worked with several large and complex national/international projects.
Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. Prior to that he was Associate Professor at the University of Tabriz. Before joining the University of Tabriz, he was a research associate at Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Dr. Mohammadi is head of the Smart Energy Systems Lab and his mains research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids.