Personal Information

Name: Alireza Ghafouri
Email: ghafuriar@gmail.com

Education
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 2010-2015

Tehran, Iran
PhD in Electrical Engineering (Application of Power Electronic in Power Systems)
 

Sharif University of Technology, 2004-2006
Tehran, Iran
Msc in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems
 

KNToosi University of Technology, 1999-2004
Tehran, Iran
Bsc in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems

Work Experience
NEKA Power Plant as a Trainee, Jun.2002 to Sep.2002
Moshanir Power Engineering Consultant as an Engineer in System Study and Planning Dept Aug.2005 to Oct.2007
Islamic Azad University (Sari Branch) Oct. 2007 up to now 
 

Publications
[1] A. Ghafouri, J. Milimonfared and G. B. Gharehpetian, "Coordinated Control of Distributed Energy Resources and Conventional Power Plants for Frequency Control of Power Systems" to be appeared in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (ISI-ranked)

[2] A. Ghafouri, M. Zolghadri, M. Ehsan, “A Novel Control Strategy for Power System Stability Improvement Using Fuzzy Logic Controlled STATCOM”, Sharif Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN: 1028-7167. (in farsi)
[3] A. Ghafouri, G. B. Gharehpetian, J. Milimonfared, “Fuzzy Coordinated Control of TCSCs to Improve Power System Stability”,International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ'12), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 28-30 March, 2012 (Accepted)
[4] A. Ghafouri, M. R. Zolghadri, M. Ehsan, “Fuzzy Controlled STATCOM for Improving the Power System Transient Stability”, North American Power Symposium (NAPS2007), New Mexico University, October 2007
[5] M. R. Zolghadri, A. Ghafori, M. Ehsan, “Power System Transient Stability Improvement Using Fuzzy Controlled STATCOM”, International Conference on Power System Technology, Chongqing China, OCTOBER 2006
[6 M.Fotuhi , A.Ghafouri “ Reliability Evaluation of Compound Power Systems Using Fuzzy Concepts” Intelligent Systems Conference, 2005,Tehran,Iran.
[7] A. Ghafouri, M. R. Zolghadri, M. Ehsan, “Power System Stability Improvement Using Self-Tuning Fuzzy Logic Controlled STATCOM”, IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007, Warsaw, Poland, September 2007.
[8] M.Fotuhi , A.Ghafouri “ Uncertainty Consideration in Power System Reliability Indices Assessment Using Fuzzy Logic Method” Large Engineering Systems Conference on Power Engineering (LESCOPE07), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 2007.
[9] S. Kamalinia, M. Khodayar, S. Afsharnia, A. Rahimikian, M.A.Sharbafi & A.Ghafouri, "System Optimal Planning Using Multi-Attribute Decision Making And Genetic Algorithm Based Approach With Distributed Generation", GCC-Power 2007 (GCC CIGRE), Dubai, UAE, November 2007.