
HELLO, I'M
Seyyed Ali Ghorashi Khalil Abadi .
Research Assistant & Ph.D. Student.
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Ali Ghorashi
Ph.D. Student
University of New Mexico
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
+1(505)544-6704

About Me
I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM. I am also working as a Research Assistant at the Power Systems Emerging Technologies (PSET) Lab in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of New Mexico. I received my B.Sc. degree from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, and my M.Sc. degree from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, all in Electrical Engineering-Control in 2014 and 2017, respectively. I have been awarded the outstanding student certificate by the Amirkabir University of Technology in 2017. My main research interests include control, protection, and management of renewable energy resources, energy storage systems, and smart grids.


Education
WHAT I’VE LEARNED
2020-Present
University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, USA;
Ph.D.; Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)
Project Title: Control & Management of Interconnected Microgrids
GPA: 4.25/4.0
2014-2017
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
M.Sc.; Electrical Engineering (Control Systems)
Project Title: Supervisory Control of a Wind Energy Conversion Unit with Hybrid Petri nets.
GPA: 18.93/20 (4/4)
2008-2014
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
B.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Control Systems)
Project Title: Design and Implementation of a Suitable Controller for Curing Wind Turbine Blades.
GPA (Last year): 16.58/20 (3.8/4)
Research Intetests
Power Systems:
Microgrids (Control , Management & Protection)
Energy Storage Technologies
Renewable Energy Systems
Control Systems:
Hybrid Dynamic Systems
Model Predictive Control
Multi-Agent Systems
Adaptive Control Systems
Machine Learning:
Reinforcement Learning
Hidden Markov Models
Gaussian Mixture Models
Awards & Honors
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Nominate for Best Graduate Researcher at Electrical an Computer Engineering Dept. , Universtiy of New Mexico, Feb. 2023.
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Awarded Zacanda Graduate Fellowship by the Office of Vice President for Research at the University of New Mexico, Jun. 2022.
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Selected graduate student for presenting the research progress of New Mexico Smart Grid Center to National Science Foundation (NSF) committee members, NSF annual site visit, Aug. 2021.
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Awarded Best Poster Presentation (People’s choice award) in 2020 New Mexico Research Symposium (NMRS 2020), Sep. 2020.
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Awarded Outstanding Student (Talented) certificate by Amirkabir University of Technology, 2017.
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Ranked 1st (Achieving the Highest GPA) among all the graduate students in the Control Department at the Amirkabir University of Technology entering in the academic year of 2014-2015 (among 21 students).
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Ranked 69th among 42’577 electrical engineers in the Master of Science degree National University Entrance Exam (Concurs) in Electrical Engineering, 2014.
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Ranked in top 1% among more than 350’000 participants in the Bachelor degree National University Entrance Exam (Concurs) in Physics & Mathematics branch, 2008
Selected Courses
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Ph.D. Courses: Advanced Machine Learning (A+), Machine Learning (A+), Power Electronics (A+), Power System Protection (A+), Power Distribution Systems (A+) Smart-grid Technologies (A), Photovoltaics (A).
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M.Sc. Courses: Nonlinear Control (20/20), Predictive Control (19.6/20), Hybrid Systems (19.5/20), Stochastic Control Systems (19/20), Modeling and Simulation (19/20).
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B.Sc. Courses: Digital Control Systems (19.5/20), Instrumentation (17.5/20) Communication Systems (17/20), Mathematics I (17.5/20), Electromagnetic Physics (20/20).
Projects & Reports
Ph.D. (2020-present):
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Capacitor Placement for AC power distribution systems, Under the Supervision Dr. Masoud Davood, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, "Power Distribution System" Course Project, 2022
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Reliability assessment of AC microgrids based on different protection strategies, Under the Supervision of Masoud Davoodi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, "Power Distribution System" Course Project 2022.
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Designing adaptive protection system for AC microgrids with inverter-based energy resources, Under the Supervision of Dr. Ali Bidram, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2022
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Implement and test the variational Inference EM, Under the Supervision of Prof. Manel Martínez-Ramón, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Advanced Machine Learning Course Project, 2021.
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Hidden Markov models for Data Classification, Under the Supervision of Prof. Manel Martínez-Ramón, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Advanced Machine Learning Course Project, 2021.
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Latent linear models: The PCA and MUSIC algorithms and The ICA algorithm, Under the Supervision of Prof. Manel Martínez-Ramón, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico.
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Mixture models and the EM algorithm, Under the Supervision of Prof. Manel Martínez-Ramón, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Advanced Machine Learning Course Project, 2021.
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Renewable Power Plant Control System Design, Under the Supervision of Prof. Ali Bidram, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Smart-grid Technologies Course Project.
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3-phase Voltage Source Inverter Control Design, Under the Supervision of Prof. Ali Bidram, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico.
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BESS Design for Capacity Upgrade Deferral, Under the Supervision of Prof. Ali Bidram, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Smart-grid Technologies Course Project, 2021
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Gaussian Process using Linear Regression, Under the Supervision of Prof. Manel Martínez-Ramón, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Machine Learning Course Project, 2020.
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Photovoltaic Installation in Key West, Florida, Under the Supervision of Prof. Tito Busani, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2020.
M.Sc. (2014-2017):
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Present a new approach for modeling Highly Concurrent Hybrid Processes, Master Thesis, 2017.
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Designing a Hierarchical Control Structure with Switching Control Strategy for a wind energy conversion system, Master Thesis, 2016.
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Designing a Model Predictive Controller (Extended Dynamic Matrix Control) for a fatigue test machine for wind turbine blade fatigue testing, MPC Control Course Project, 2016.
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Researching about Model Predictive Control methods based on MILP (Mixed Integer Linear Programming) for piecewise affine systems. MPC Course Project, 2015.
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Designing an EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) for tracking a nonlinear dynamical system, Stochastic Control Course Project, 2015.
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Investigating the combination of Particle Filter and UKF ( Unscented Kalman Filter), Course Project, 2015.
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Identifying an ARX model for curing wind turbine blades based on real data. Stochastic Control Course Project,2015.
B.Sc. (2008-2014)
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Designing and Implementing a Digital Control System for curing wind turbine blades, (B.Sc. Project and Training Course), 2014.
Publications
Published Journal Papers:
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Habibi SI, Choi G., Khalili T., Ghorashi Khalil Abadi SA, A. Bidram “Multiagent-based nonlinear generalized minimum variance control for islanded microgrids”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; Jan. 2023
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Ghorashi Khalil Abadi SA, Bidram A. “Effective utilization of grid-forming cloud hybrid energy storage systems in islanded DC multiple nano-grid systems for improving voltage quality and battery lifetime”, IET GTD Journal. Jan. 2023.
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Ghorashi Khalil Abadi SA, Khalili T., Habibi SI, Bidram A. “Adaptive Control and management of multiple nano-grids in an islanded DC microgrid system”, IET GTD journal (Q1, impact factor: 2.99) June 2022.
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Ghorashi Khalil Abadi SA, Bidram A. “A distributed rule‐based power management strategy in a photovoltaic/hybrid energy storage based on an active compensation filtering technique”. Published in IET Renewable Power Generation. 2021 Nov 29.
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K. Hosseini Sani, Ghorashi Khalil Abadi SA, A. Valizadeh: “Design and implementation of a controller for curing wind turbine blades”, 29th international power system conference (PSC), 2014.
Under Review Journal Papers:
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Ghorashi Khalil Abadi SA, Choi G.,Bidram A. “A method for charging electric vehicles with hybrid battery-supercapacitor hybrid energy storage technologies in islanded building-level DC microgrids to improve the voltage quality and battery lifetime”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energies, submitted in Nov. 2022, revised in Feb. 2023.
Conference Papers:
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T. Khalili, SI Habibi, SA Ghorashi Khalil Abadi, A. Bidram, “Upside risk effect on the reliability of microgrids considering demand response program and COVID-19: An investigation on the health system and power system interactions”. IEEE KPEC 2022 Conference. 2022
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K. Hosseini Sani, SA Ghorashi Khalil Abadi, A. Valizadeh: “Design and implementation of a controller for curing wind turbine blades”, 29th international power system conference (PSC), 2014.
Teaching Experiences
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Guest Lecturer, Smart grid Technologies, Chapter II (wind turbine control and management), instructed by Dr. Ali Bidram, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2021.
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Teacher Assistant, Linear Control Systems, under supervision of Dr. Hosseini Sani, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2017.
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Teacher Assistant, Stochastic Control Systems, under supervision of Dr. Khosravi, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology,2016.
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Teacher Assistant, Digital Control Systems, under supervision of Dr. Hosseini Sani, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2014.
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Teacher of Mathematics (Pre-Calculus) for College Students at Daneshjoo Institute, 2009.
Student Advising Experiences
1. M.Sc. Thesis’s Co-advisor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., University of New Mexico, Fall 2020.
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Responsibilities: Guidance of an M.Sc. thesis under the supervision of Dr. Bidram.
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Thesis Title: Machine Learning-based Dynamic Power Dispatching for Hybrid Energy Storage System in Distributed Energy Systems.
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Student Name: Bhuvaneshwarr Ramalingam
2. Educational Advisor, Binesh Higher Education Institute, 2015-2016.
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Responsibilities: Advising more than 100 B.Sc. students and M.Sc. applicants to get better results in Iranian National Universities Entrance Exam (M.Sc. Concurs).
Work Experiences
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Quanta Technology, Advanced Technology Integration Group, Ralley NC, Since May 2022
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Research Assistant, New Mexico Smart Grid Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Since Jan. 2020
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Sun Air Research Institute, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Internship, 4 Months, 2014
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Ghodrat-Niroo Toos Company, Technician, 3 Months, 2009.
Computer Skills
Programming Languages and Software:
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Proficient with MATLAB
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Familiar with Python
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Familiar with C/C++
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Familiar with Code Vision AVR
Design and Simulation Software:
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Proficient with SIMULINK
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Proficient with Cyme
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Proficient with PSCAD
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Familiar with Synergi
HIL Testing:
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OPAL RT/RTDS
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RSCAD PSCAD
Languages
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English: Fluent,
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Persian (Farsi): Native
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Arabic: Conversant
Memberships
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Student Member, 2020 to present.
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IEEE Industrial Application Society ( IEEE IAS), Member, 2019 to present.
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Iranian Wind Energy Association (IWEA) , Member, May 2017 to present.
Recreational Activities
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Playing Soccer
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Table Tennis
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Hiking & Camping
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Watching Movie
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Social Media
References
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Dr. Ali Bidram, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, bidram@unm.edu
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Prof. Manel Martinez Ramon, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, manel@unm.edu
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Dr. Tito Busani, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, busanit@unm.edu
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Dr. A. Doostmohammadi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Iran, Iran, dad@aut.ac.ir
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Prof. MB. Menhaj, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Iran, menhaj@aut.ac.ir
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Dr. Hosseini Sani, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, k.hosseini@fum.ac.ir
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Dr. Khosravi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Iran, Iran, m.a.Khosravi@aut.ac.ir
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Sun Air Research Institute, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, https://sari.um.ac.ir/
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Iranian Wind Energy Association, Niroo Research Institute, Tehran, Iran, http://irwea.org/en