Gevorg B. Gharehpetian, Ph.D.

Professor

 

Amirkabir University of Technology

(Tehran Polytechnic)

Electrical Engineering Department

No. 424, Hafez Ave., 15914 Tehran, Iran

 

Tel: (+98) 21 6646 6009, (+98) 21 6649 8442 or 3

Tel (direct ):  (+98) 21 6454  3341

Fax:  (+98) 21 6640 6469

E-mail: grptian@aut.ac.ir

http://ele.aut.ac.ir/~gharehpetian

 

 

Biography:

G. B. Gharehpetian was born in Tehran, in 1962. He received his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 1987, 1989 and 1996 from Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran and Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran and Tehran University, Tehran, Iran,  respectively, graduating all with First Class Honors. As a Ph.D. student, he has received scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) from 1993 to 1996 and he was with High Voltage Institute of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

He has been holding the Assistant Professor position at AUT from 1997 to 2003, the position of Associate Professor from 2004 to 2007 and has been Professor since 2007. The power engineering group of AUT has been selected as a Center of Excellence on Power Systems in Iran since 2001. He is a member of this center.

He was selected by the ministry of higher education as the distinguished professor of Iran and by IAEEE (Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as the distinguished researcher of Iran

and was awarded the National Prize in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

Prof. Gharehpetian is a senior member of IEEE and IAEEE and a member of the central board of IAEEE. Since 2004, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of IAEEE.

He is the author of more than 350 journal and conference papers. His teaching and research interest include power system and transformers transients, FACTS devices, DG and HVDC transmission.

 

Education:

-Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Tehran University, Tehran, IRAN, April 1996

-M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University, Tehran, IRAN, Sep. 1989

-B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tabriz University, Tabriz, IRAN, Feb. 1987

 

Academic Positions:

-Professor (since 2007) AUT, Electrical Engineering Faculty

-Associate Professor (2004 - 2007) AUT, Electrical Engineering Faculty

-Assistant Professor (1997 - 2003) AUT, Electrical Engineering Faculty

-Lecturer (1989 – 1996), Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Electrical Engineering Faculty

 

Executive Positions:

-Director of Industrial Relation Office of AUT (Nov.2005-2008)

-Head of Iran Grid Secure Operation Research Center (Oct. 2005-present)

-Director of Electrical Engineering Committee of the International Khwarizmi Award, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST), Ministry of Higher Education(2005)

-Research Deputy of  Center of  Excellence on Power Systems (April 2004- 2006)

-Head of Power Engineering Group (Oct. 2001-Oct. 2003) AUT,  Electrical Engineering Faculty

 

Selected Professional Experiences:

-Editorial board member of Journal of Energy Management of Kashan University (2010- present)

-Editorial board member of Electrical Engineering Journal of Tabriz University  (2009- present)

-Member of central research committee of Iran Grid Management Co. (IGMC)  (2006-present)

-Member of research council of Zobe Ahan Co. (2006-2008)

-Scientific staff member of Tehran Regional Electric Co. (TREC)  (April 2005-Present)

-Senior member of Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IAEEE) (Sep 2004- present)

-Editorial board member of Journal of IAEEE (April 2004- present)

-Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of IAEEE (Jan. 2004-present)

-Member of central board of  IAEEE (April 2003-April 2005) (April 2007-April 2009)

-Member of Center of  Excellence on Power Systems  (since 2001)

-Director of transformer committee of Int. Power System Conference (PSC) (since 2001)

-Senior councilor of  Iran Transformer Research Institute (ITRI) (1999-2005)

-Member of central research committee of Tehran Regional Electric Co. (TREC)  (1999-2004) (2007-present)

-Member of research council of power generation department of Niroo Research Institute (NRI), Iran Energy Ministry (1999-2004) 

-Editorial board member of  Bargh Journal (Journal of NRI) (1998-Present)

-Senior researcher and project manager  in the Niroo Research Institute (NRI) (1998-2006)

 

Teaching:

Undergraduate Courses: Electric Machinery, Power Plants and Power Electronics

Graduate Courses: Power System Transients, HVDC Transmission, FACTS Devices and DG

 

Research Interests:

Power System Transients, Power Transformers, HVDC, FACTS and DG

 

Academic Awards and Honors:

-Distinguished professor and prize winner all over Iran, selected by the ministry of higher education and awarded by the president of Iran (2008)

-Scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD),  as a visiting Professor in the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (Summer 2003)

-Scholarship from DAAD, as a visiting Professor in the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (Summer 2000)

-Scholarship from DAAD,  as a Ph. D. Student in RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany (1993-1996)

-First rank in Ph.D. at Tehran University, in 1996

-First rank in M.Sc. at Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran ‎Polytechnic), in 1989

-First rank in B.Sc. at Tabriz University, in 1987

 

Patents:

-Flexible distributed generation interfacing inverter with sliding mode controller, Registered under No. 65010 in Iran, June 6, 2010

-Power supply with a very high power factor, Registered under No. 56622 in Iran, Jan. 31, 2009

-Bidirectional power electronic transformer with maximum power point tracking capability for induction heating applications, Registered under No. 52876 in Iran, Sep. 17, 2008

-High current transformer with equal current distribution in parallel windings, Registered under No. 38305092 in Iran, July 31, 2004

-Passive 1 phase to 3 phase converter, Registered under No. 38012011 in Iran, Feb. 25, 2002

 

Scientific Societies  Membership:

-Iranian Productivity Association for Power Industry

-IAEEE  (Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers),  senior member

-IEEE, Power Engineering Society, senior member

-CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems), Iran Branch

 

Publications:

Journal Papers

Conference Papers

Books

Technical Reports