Curriculum Vitae of Bashir Bakhshideh Zad Gender: Date of Birth: Nationality: Address: Tel: E-Mail: Male September 16, 1985 Iranian No. 31, Boulevard Dolez, Mons, BELGIUM +32(0) 65 37 41 24 Bashir.BAKHSHIDEHZAD@umons.ac.be Educations 1- PhD student, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Polytechnic, University of Mons, Belgium (From July 2012 to present). Thesis title: Coordinated control of voltage in the medium voltage distribution system in presence of distributed generation units. The first report of PhD thesis was presented in the Chaire académique ORES, Smart Grids- Smart Metering 18 th April2013. 2- MSc, in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. Thesis title: Analysis and improvement of dynamic response of automatic generation control (AGC) system in the presence of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) and thyristor controlled phase shifter (TCPS) units. Total GPA: 17/20 (3.4/4), (Feb. 2008 Feb. 2011). 3- BSc, in Electrical Technology Engineering (Transmission and Distribution Networks), Power and Water University of Technology, Iran. Thesis title: Application of renewable energy resources to generate electrical energy. Total GPA: 17.50/20 (3.5/4), (Feb. 2005 Sep. 2007).
4- Associate Degree, in Electrotechnics (Electrical Installations), Technical College of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Total GPA: 16.62/20 (3.32/4), (Feb. 2003 Feb. 2005). Publications Journal Papers 1- B. Bakhshideh Zad, H. Hasanvand, J. Lobry, H. Maskani, Improvement of dynamic response of AGC system using thyristor controlled phase shifter and optimization of system parameters International Review of Electrical Engineering (IREE), ISSN: 1827-6660, 2012, December 2012, Vol. 7, No. 6. 2- H. Hasanvand, B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, B. feizifar, Damping of Low Frequency Oscillations Using a SVC Based Supplementary Controller, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, ISI Thomson Indexed Journal, ISSN: 1931-4981, published by John Wiley, November 2013, Vol. 8, No. 6. 3- B. Bakhshideh Zad, H. Hasanvand, B. Mozafari, A. Pirayesh, Improvement of dynamic response of automatic generation control system in the presence of TCPS unit using particle swarm optimization method and gravitational search algorithm, Journal of Engineering Islamic Azad University, (ISSN 1735-7985), 2012, Vol. 3, No. 2. 4- H. Hasanvand, B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, H. Maskani, Fuzzy logic controller design based SVC for improving power system damping, International Review of Automatic Control (ISSN: 1974-6059), 2011, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 740-748. 5- H. Hasanvand, B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari Optimal tuning of fuzzy logic controller based SVC using PSO algorithm to damp out power system oscillations, Journal of Engineering Islamic Azad University (ISSN 1735-7985), Will be published in Vol. 4, No. 1. 6- H. Maskani, M. Ashouri, B. Bakhshideh Zad, H. Falaghi, Gravitational Search Algorithm Optimization for Dynamic Economic Load Dispatch with Valve-Point Effects International Review of Modelling and Simulations (IREMOS), (ISSN: 1974-9821), 2012, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 40-50. 7- H. Maskani, M. Ashouri, B. Bakhshideh Zad, H. Falaghi, Optimal Sizing of Photovoltaic/Wind- Generator System Using Gravitational Search Algorithm International Review of Modelling and Simulations (IREMOS), (ISSN: 1974-9821), 2012, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.214-22. 8- H. Hasanvand, B. feizifar, S. Soleymani, B. Bakhshideh Zad, Fault Location in Distribution Networks Using S-Transform, Journal of Electrical Engineering (JEE), 2014, Vol. 14, No. 1.
Conference papers 1- B. Bakhshideh Zad, J. Lobry, F.Vallée and H. Hasanvand, Optimal Reactive Power Control of DGs for Voltage Regulation of MV Distribution Systems Considering Thermal Limit of the System Branches, summary of paper has been accepted, 2014 International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON2014), Chengdu, China, October, 2014. 2- B. Bakhshideh Zad, J. Lobry, F. Valée, Coordinated control of on-load tap changer and D- STATCOM for voltage regulation of radial distribution systems with DG units The 3 rd International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2013. 3- B. Bakhshideh Zad, J. Lobry, F. Valée, O. Durieux, Improvement of on-load tap changer performance in voltage regulation of MV distribution system with DG units using STATCOM 22 nd International Conference & Exhibition on Distribution systems (CIRED 2013), Stockholm, Sweden, June 2013. 4- H. Hasanvand, B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, S. Soleymani, Design of optimal power swing damping and fuzzy logic controller for SVC using improved particle swarm optimization algorithm 2O11 IEEE Conference on Computer Applications and Industrial Electronics, 2011, Penang, Malaysia. 5- B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, H. Hasanvand, Improvement of dynamic response of automatic generation control system in the presence of thyristor controlled phase shifter and using PSO algorithm, 25th International Power System Conference (PSC 2010), Tehran, Iran, 2010, (in Persian). 6- H. Hasanvand, B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, Optimal tuning of fuzzy logic controller based SVC using PSO algorithm to damp out power system oscillations, 25th International Power System Conference (PSC 2010), Tehran, Iran, 2010, (in Persian). 7- B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, A. Pirayesh Improvement of dynamic response of automatic generation control system in the presence of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) units using gravitational search algorithm, 14 th Iranian Student Conference on Electrical Engineering, Kermanshah, Iran, 2011, (in Persian). 8- B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, A. Pirayesh Improvement of dynamic response of automatic generation control system using gravitational search and particle swarm algorithms, 14 th Iranian Student Conference on Electrical Engineering, Kermanshah, Iran, 2011, (in Persian). 9- B. Bakhshideh Zad, B. Mozafari, A. Pirayesh Optimal design of automatic generation control system in the presence of TCPS unit using gravitational search algorithm, 3 rd Iranian Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, (ICEEE2011), Gonabad, Iran, 2011, (in Persian). Honors and Awards 1- Rank 57 th in the postgraduate nationwide university entrance exam (in Iran) among all participants. 2- Graduated with an undergraduate GPA 17.50, and privileged rank acquisition. 3- Official degree in programmable logic controller (PLC) systems. 4- Member of young researchers club of Azad University of IRAN.
Teaching Experience University Lecturer, Azad University of Sarakhs, Iran (2009-2010). Main courses: 1- Theory of electrical machines; 2- Alternative circuit analysis; 3- Application of computer in power system studies; 4- Industrial control; 5- Technical lighting. Teaching assistant, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, University of Mons, from September 2013 to present. Main activities: Contribution in teaching activities of the department. 1- Power electronics (Électronique de puissance en français); 2- General theory of electrical machines (TGME en français). Working and supervising Experience 1- Working as teaching assistant, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Polytechnic, University of Mons, from September 2013 to present. 2- Working as PhD researcher in Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Polytechnic, University of Mons, from Dec. 2011 to Sept. 2013. 3- Working as consultant of active industrial company and doing some research on the field of reactive power compensation in distribution networks (Feb 2010 May 2011). 4- Internship in Electrical Distribution Company, Mashhad, Iran (Sep 2007 -Feb 2008). 5- Supervision of a MSc thesis in the context of voltage control in medium voltage distribution system (Jan.2012 - Sept. 2012). 6- Supervision of a MSc thesis in the context of Optimal placement of DG units in the distribution systems considering the congestion problem of the system branches (Feb. 2014 - June 2014). Special Interests 1- Power system dynamics, stability and control. 2- Analysis of automatic generation control system with different generation units in the presence of new devices such as FACTS devices, energy storage devices and renewable energy resources. 3- Application of artificial intelligence techniques to optimize power system problems, Hybrid intelligent system application to power system control problems, simulation and optimization of power systems. 4- Renewable energy systems, distributed generation systems, control of wind turbines and voltage control of the Smart grids.
Attended workshops 1- Status of smart grid deployment: opportunities, challenges and lessons learned, submitted by Dr Hamidreza Zareipour from University of Calgary, Canada. 2- Impacts of Wind Power Variability and the Role of Energy Storage Devices; submitted by Dr Hamidreza Zareipour from University of Calgary, Canada. 3- Power system stability enhancement using artificial intelligence; submitted by Professor Om Malik from University of Calgary, Canada, October 2010. 4- Robust Frequency Control: Fundamentals and New Perspectives; Submitted by Prof. Hassan Bevrani, visiting professor at École Centrale de Lille, Lille, Franace, April 2014. 5- Demand Response and the Smart Grid: Techno-economic and reliability modeling and analysis; Submitted by Dr. Pierluigi Mancarella from University of Manchester, UK, Visiting professor at Ecole Centrale de Lille, Lille, France, April 2014. 6- Numerical simulation and management of the electrical energy, organized by OPAL-RT CO. and Ecole Centrale de Lille, Lille, France, May 2014. Computer skills Power engineering related languages and programs: MATLAB/SIMULINK, PSCAD/EMTDC, NEPLAN, PSPISE, ETAP, ORCAD. Computer tools: PowerPoint, Advanced Excel, Word, etc. Language skills 1- Farsi (Native) 2- English (Fluent) IELTS (Academic Module, April 2011): Overall band score 6.5/9.0 3- French (Intermediate-advanced)