Mohammadreza Arani

Assistant Professor

Mohammadreza Arani received his B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2009), his M.Sc. degree from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada (2012), and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (2017), all in Electrical Engineering. From 2012 to 2013, he worked as a research associate at the University of Waterloo. He was a NSERC post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada., from 2017 to 2019. He joined Toronto Metropolitan University as an Assistant Professor in July 2019.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cyber-physical security of smart grids, microgrids dynamics and control, renewable and distributed generation, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, power system stability, and power electronics.

SELECTED PAPERS

• M. F. M. Arani and Yasser Mohamed, “Analysis and Enhancement of the Artificial Bus Method for Grid-Connected Converters under Faults”, IEEE Transaction on Power Systems, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 1729-1739, May 2019.
• M. F. M. Arani and Yasser Mohamed, “Dynamic Droop Control for Wind Turbines Participating in Primary Frequency Regulation in Microgrids”, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 5742-5751, Nov. 2018.
• M. F. M. Arani and Yasser Mohamed, “Analysis and Performance Enhancement of Vector-Controlled Voltage Source Converters Connected to Very Weak Grids”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 684-693, Jan. 2017.
• M. F. M. Arani and Yasser Mohamed, “Assessment and Enhancement of a Full-Scale PMSG-Based Wind Power Generator Behavior under Faults”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 728-739, June 2016.
• M. F. M. Arani and Yasser Mohamed, “Analysis and Mitigation of Undesirable Impacts of Implementing Frequency Support Controllers in Wind Power Generation”, IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion, vol.31, no.1, pp.174-186, March 2016.