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  • Happy New Year 2022!

    Happy New Year 2022! 🎄Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!🎄 🎈SMGRC gathers to wish you all a great holiday season and a new year filled with happiness, success, and health!🎈 💥We wish our followers, colleagues, and collaborators a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!💥

  •  New Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between EMJMD REM Plus and SMGRC at University of Kurdistan

     New Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between EMJMD REM Plus and SMGRC at University of Kurdistan The co-leader of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center, University of Kurdistan, and the EMJMD REM Plus signed an agreement to develop academic exchange and cooperation in education and research. They agreed to collaborate in the following […]

  • Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

    Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Dr. Qobad Shafiee New achievement for SMGRC!     👨🏻‍🏫Dr. Qobad Shafiee 📜Co-Leader of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) 📍Congratulate Qobad for starting a new position as Associate Editor in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics at IEEE Power Electronics Society The SMGRC […]

  • +4000 Citations Dr. Qobad Shafiee

    +4000 Citations Dr. Qobad Shafiee   New achievement for SMGRC!   . 📈+4000 Citation 👨🏻‍🏫Dr. Qobad Shafiee 📜Co-Leader of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) The SMGRC congratulates him on this valuable achievement. Click here for more information. SMGRC Support Team

  • +9000 Citations Prof. Hassan Bevrani

    +9000 Citations Prof. Hassan Bevrani   New achievement for SMGRC! . 📈+9000 Citation 👨🏻‍🏫Prof. Hassan Bevrani 📜Head of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) The SMGRC congratulates him on this valuable achievement.  Click here for more information. SMGRC Support Team

  • We are hiring two postdoctoral research associates!

      The Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) at the University of Kurdistan is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral candidates interested in working on the following areas:   ● Microgrids dynamics and control ● Renewable integrated power systems stability and control ● Data-driven parameter estimation, modeling, and control ● Grid-connected stability analysis […]

  • Newly Promoted Associate Professor

    Dr. Qobad Shafiee New achievement for SMGRC! . ✨SMGRC (Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan) would like to congratulate the newly promoted Associate Professor, Dr. Qobad Shafiee. 📜Co-Leader of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) The SMGRC congratulates him on this valuable achievement.   Click here for more information. SMGRC Support Team

  • Final Thesis Defense

    Final Thesis Defense Hamed Ahmadi Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect. Mr. Hamed Ahmadi has defended his final thesis with the supervision and guide of Prof. Hassan Bevrani and Dr. Qobad Shafiee entitled “Dynamic modeling of AC Microgrids for transient […]

  • Happy Nowruz and New Year 1400!

    21st March 2021 Happy Nowruz In the harmony with the new and fresh birth of the motherland and nature, we, from the Smart/ Micro Grids Research Center, University of Kurdistan, wish and greet each and every one Nowruz Mubarak!   یەکی خاکەلێوە ۲۷۲۱ هه‌تاوی نەورۆزتان پیرۆز ساڵی نوێتان پێشاپێش پیرۆز […]

  • Defense Announcements

    SMGRC Defenses News and information about the final thesis defenses (Ph.D. & Master Student) of the group will be demonstrated on the website of SMGRC. The exact information (date, time, title) will be accessible on the following table for everyone.   Defense Announcements Smart/Micro Grids Research Center, University of Kurdistan

  • SMGRC on COVID-19

      SMGRC on weekly sessions during Coronavirus Pandemic   SMGRC will deliver the weekly session through remote and online instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Because of COVID-19, most professors and students suddenly find themselves forced to use technology as they teach and learn. For SMGRC members the weekly […]

  • Final Thesis Defense, Abdolbaset Karimi

    Final Thesis Defense Abdolbaset Karimi Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect. Mr. Abdolbaset Karimi has defended his final thesis with the supervision and guide of Dr. Qobad Shafiee and Prof. Hassan Bevrani entitled “Resilent Secondary Control against Cyber-Attacks for […]

  • Final Thesis Defense, Zahra Shahbazi

    Final Thesis Defense Zahra Shahbazi Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect. Miss. Zahra Shahbazi has defended her final thesis with the supervision and guide of Dr. Qobad Shafiee entitled “Cyber Attack Resilience Controller Design for AC Microgrids” on February […]

  • Final Thesis Defense, Delnia Hoseini Golgholeh

    Final Thesis Defense Delnia Hoseini Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect. Miss. Delnia Hoseini has defended her final thesis with the supervision and guide of Dr. Qobad Shafiee and Prof. Hassan Bevrani entitled “Voltage Harmonics Compensation in Power Converters […]

  • +8000 Citations Prof. Hassan Bevrani

    +8000 Citations Prof. Hassan Bevrani   New achievement for SMGRC! . 📈+8000 Citation 👨🏻‍🏫Prof. Hassan Bevrani 📜Head of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) The SMGRC congratulates him on this valuable achievement.    Click here for more information. SMGRC Support Team

  • Happy New Year 2021!

    Happy New Year 2021!   🎄Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!🎄 🎈SMGRC gathers to wish you all a great holiday season and a new year filled with happiness, success, and health!🎈 💥We wish our followers, colleagues, and collaborators a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!💥

  •  New Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between Control Systems Group of TU Berlin and SMGRC of University of Kurdistan

     New Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between Control Systems Group of TU Berlin and SMGRC of University of Kurdistan The Head of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center, University of Kurdistan and the Head of Control Systems Group, Technical University of Berlin (Germany), signed an agreement to develop academic exchange and cooperation in […]

  • Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers Globally

    SMGRC director Dr. Hassan Bevrani has been chosen as the top 1% highly cited researchers globally. According to the news of the University of Kurdistan, Prof. Hassan Bevrani, director of SMGRC, has been chosen as the top 1% highly cited researchers globally.     The SMGRC congratulates him on this […]

  • Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers Globally

    SMGRC Co-Leader Qobad Shafiee has been chosen as the top 1% highly cited researchers globally. According to the news of the University of Kurdistan, Dr. Qobad Shafiee, Co-Leader of SMGRC, has been chosen as the top 1% highly cited researchers globally.   The SMGRC congratulates him on this unique and […]

  • Thesis Award!

    Thesis Award! Mobin Naderi our Ph.D. student and researcher of our center SMGRC (Smart/Micro Grid Research Center), winning the best thesis award from the Smart Grids Conference, Kashan, SGC2020. Wishes you the best and good fortune for the rest of your life.   Congratulations! SMGRC Support Team

  • The Best Student of the Year!

    The Best Student of the Year! It is usually not an easy task passing an examination, much more going ahead to come top in a class. The moment anyone you know makes it to the top of their class, you owe it to them to acknowledge their achievement, applaud their excellence, […]

  • World Ranking of Science (2%)

    SMGRC Co-Leader Qobad Shafiee has been chosen as the 2 percent of the world-leading scientist. According to the news of the University of Kurdistan, Dr. Qobad Shafiee, Co-Leader of SMGRC, has been chosen as the top 2% of scientists in the world. This scientist has been evaluated and selected based […]

  • Interview about studying abroad

    Interview about studying abroad Dr Qobad Shafiee, Co-Leader of the Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) and Head of the International Relations Department of the University of Kurdistan, in collaboration with the Hojjin Team, organized a live about study abroad. Dr Qobad Shafiee, Co-Leader of the Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) […]

  • +3000 Citations Dr. Qobad Shafiee

    +3000 Citations Dr. Qobad Shafiee   New achievement for SMGRC! . 📈+3000 Citation 👨🏻‍🏫Dr. Qobad Shafiee 📜Co-Leader of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) The SMGRC congratulates him on this valuable achievement.   Click here for more information. SMGRC Support Team

  • World Ranking of Science (2%)

    SMGRC director Hassan Bevrani has been chosen as the 2 percent of the world-leading scientist. According to the news of the University of Kurdistan, Prof. Hassan Bevrani, director of SMGRC, has been chosen as the top 2% of scientists in the world.   This scientist has been evaluated and selected […]

  • Final Thesis Defense

    Final Thesis Defense Mehran Jami Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect. Mr. Mehran Jami has defended his final thesis with the supervision and guide of Prof. Hassan Bevrani and Dr. Qobad Shafiee entitled “Dynamic performance Improvement of DC Microgrids […]

  • Final Thesis Defense

    Final Thesis Defense Yousef Khayat Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect. Mr. Yousef Khayat has defended his final thesis with the supervision and guide of Prof. Hassan Bevrani and Dr. Qobad Shafiee and Prof. Frede Blaabjerg entitled “Decentralized Secondary […]

  • Final Thesis Defense, Shayesteh Tabashir

    Final Thesis Defense Shayesteh Tabashir Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect as the Graduate student Mrs. Shayesteh Tabashir has defended her final thesis with the supervision and guide of Prof. Hassan Bevrani and Dr. Yazdan Batmani entitled “Fault Detection […]

  • +7000 Citations Prof. Hassan Bevrani

    +7000 Citations Prof. Hassan Bevrani   New achievement for SMGRC! . 📈+7000 Citation 👨🏻‍🏫Prof. Hassan Bevrani 📜Head of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center (SMGRC) The SMGRC congratulates him on this valuable achievement.    Click here for more information. SMGRC Support Team

  • Final Thesis Defense, Shaghayegh Karbasi

    Final Thesis Defense Shaghayegh Karbasi Due to the new condition (Covid-19), all defenses take place in an online format via adobe connect as the Graduate student Mrs. Shaghayegh Karbasi has defended her final thesis with the supervision and guide of Prof. Hassan Bevrani and Dr. Qobad Shafiee entitled “DC Microgrids […]

  • The latest publications on the first three months of 2020. 

    The latest publications in 2020.    click here

  • Online Meetings!

      Online Meetings!   Despite the current lock-down due to the COVID-19 situation, the SMGRC leaders have decided to use new ways of communication under the principle “Stay healthy at home but connected together” and use new platforms to hold the weekly meetings “online”.  There exists a couple of choices to […]

  • Happy Nowruz and New Year 1399!

    SMGRC team wishes everyone a very Happy Nowruz and New Year 1399! Wishing you a year of health, wealth, happiness, luck, warmth… And loads of love of your dear ones! Hope the New Year showers you with… All that is beautiful! Happy New Year! Best Wishes

  • SMGRC on COVID-19

    SMGRC on COVID-19 With the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of the shutdown of all schools and universities in Iran till the end of new year eve (3rd April), to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19.), SMGRC will […]

  • Robust Power System Frequency Control has been referred to more than a thousand times!

    Robust Power System Frequency Control has been referred to more than a thousand times! This updated edition of the industry-standard reference on power system frequency control provides practical, systematic and flexible algorithms for regulating load-frequency, offering new solutions to the technical challenges introduced by the escalating role of distributed generation […]

  • Happy New Year 2020!

    SMGRC team wishes everyone a very Happy New Year 2020! We are looking forward to a fruitful 2020 with many new opportunities and collaborations. Best Wishes

  • Special Section on “Model Predictive Control in Energy Conversion Systems”

    The Theme: Model Predictive Control (MPC) refers to a broad range of control strategies that make explicit use of a model of the system/device to be controlled optimally. In order to obtain the optimal control signal (or sequence of control signals), MPC optimizes a certain cost function at regular intervals. […]

  • Visiting Ph.D. Students and Visiting Researchers:

    Visiting Ph.D. Students and Visiting Researchers: The Smart/Micro Grid Research Center (SMGRC) at the University of Kurdistan is very happy to be able to host a number of visiting researchers and visiting doctoral students each year. As we are unable to accept all those wishing to visit and work with […]

  • Two SMGRC members started Ph.D. study abroad at Aalborg University

    Two SMGRC members started Ph.D. study abroad at Aalborg University Mobin Naderi and Yousef Khayat, Ph.D. students at SMGRC, joined the Power Electronic Systems at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, for study abroad. The overall research mission for the Ph.D. students is to contribute with innovative research on […]

  • Dr. Shafiee evaluated to Senior Member of IEEE

    Dr. Shafiee evaluated to Senior Member of IEEE Dr. Qobad Shafiee, the program co-leader of Smart/Micro Grid Research Center, has recently been elevated to Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Senior Member is the highest professional grade for which IEEE members can apply, and requires […]

  • Prof. Bevrani and Dr. Shafiee visited the research laboratories at the Denmark

    Prof. Bevrani and Dr. Shafiee visited the research laboratories at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University (Denmark) Prof. Bevrani and Dr. Shafiee visited the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University on 28-29 August 2017. They had separate meetings with Prof. Frede Blaabjerg, program leader of Efficient and Reliable Power […]

  • Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between Control Systems Group of TU Berlin and SMGRC of University of Kurdistan

    Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between Control Systems Group of TU Berlin and SMGRC of University of Kurdistan The Head of Smart/Micro Grids Research Center, University of Kurdistan and the Head of Control Systems Group, Technical University of Berlin (Germany), signed an agreement to develop academic exchange and cooperation in education […]

  • Prof. Bevrani and Dr. Shafiee visited the SENSE Smart Grid Lab at TU Berlin (Germany)

    Prof. Bevrani and Dr. Shafiee visited the SENSE Smart Grid Lab at TU Berlin (Germany)  Prof. Bevrani and Dr. Shafiee had a collaborative meeting with Prof. Kai Strunz at TU Berlin, and visited his laboratory, the SENSE Smart Grid Lab, on August 2017.

  • Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University

    Agreement of Academic Cooperation Between Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University and Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan The Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan (Iran) and the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University (Denmark), agreed to develop academic exchange and cooperation in education and research. They agreed to collaborate […]

  • Announcement: Special Issue on Structured DC Microgrids

      Announcement: Special Issue on Structured DC Microgrids Announcement: Special Issue on Structured DC Microgrids Organized by IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics Deadline for manuscript submission: September 1, 2016