A/Prof Ahmad Zahedi ~ Adjunct Principal Research Fellow

Dr Ahmad Zahedi is an Associate Professor in Power Engineering with the College of Science and Engineering of James Cook University. He graduated from 2 Iranian Universities (The Amirkabir University with BEng degree and The Tehran University with MEng. degree). He obtained his secound MEng degree and his PhD degree from the Ruhr University of Bochum in Germany.

Ahmad has been for 7 years Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of James Cook University. He is author or co-author of more than 200 publications including 4 full books. He has trained 20 postgraduate candidates at Master and PhD levels, and completed 15 research and industry-funded projects in relation to Power Engineering and Renewable Energy (circa $900,000 in cash). He has 24 years teaching and research at tertiary level in Australian and overseas Universities, as well as 6 years industry experience, and also he has examined more than 50 Masters and PhD theses in relation to power engineering and renewable energy from Australian and overseas universities.

Teaching

• EE5500: Sustainable Power Generation and Distribution (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Research interest 1. Smart Grid & Smart Grid technologies 2. Grid integration of alternative sources 3. Distributed renewable energy generation systems 4. Impacts of large-scale penetration of solar PV and wind generation on dynamic performance of power system 5. Power system modelling 6. Renewable energy education and Plug-in Hybrid electric Vehicle (PHEV)

Experience

• 2008 to present - Associate Professor in Power Engineering, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 1997 to 2008 - Senior Lecturer, Monash University (Melbourne)
• 1988 to 1997 - Lecturer, Monash University (Melbourne)
• 1984 to 1988 - Research Assistant, Ruhr University of Bochum (Bochum, Germany)
• 1976 to 1979 - Senior Electrical engineer, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (Iran)
• 1975 to 1976 - Design Engineer, Iranian Aluminum Company (Iran)

Awards

• 1979 to 1988 - German Government Scholarship award to obtain MEng degrees German Government Scholarship award to obtain PhD degrees

Memberships

• 1995 - Senior Member of IEEE since 1997, Member of International Solar Energy Society

Other

• Reviewer of journal articles written in the area of Renewable Energy for publication in the international journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review
• 2007 - Visiting Professor at the Amirkabir University in Iran, 2007
• 2011 to 2012 - Visiting professor at the Kyoto University, four months in 2011-2012

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Lehtola T and Zahedi A (2021) Electric Vehicle Battery Cell Cycle Aging in Vehicle to Grid Operations: A Review. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 9 (1). pp. 423-437
• Lehtola T and Zahedi A (2019) Solar energy and wind power supply supported by storage technology: a review. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 35. pp. 25-31
• Mahmud N, Zahedi A and Mahmud A (2017) A cooperative operation of novel PV inverter control scheme and storage energy management system based on ANFIS for voltage regulation of grid-tied PV system. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 13 (5). pp. 2657-2668
• Rezaeipour R and Zahedi A (2017) Multi-objective based economic operation and environmental performance of PV-based large industrial consumer. Solar Energy, 157. pp. 227-235

Conference Papers

• Zahedi A (2019) Renewable energy-based micro-grid; a zero-emission option for electricity production in Australia. Proceedings of the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies. In: ISGT Asia 2019: IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, 21-24 May 2019, Chengdu, China
• Zahedi A (2018) Modelling a sustainable future for Queensland's residential electric power supply. Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference. In: AUPEC 2018: Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, 27-30 November 2018, Auckland, New Zealand
• Mahmud N, Zahedi A and Rahman M (2017) An event-triggered distributed coordinated voltage control strategy for large grid-tied PV system with battery energy storage. Proceedings of the 2017 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference. In: AUPEC: 2017 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, 19-22 November 2017, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• Zahedi A (2017) Large scale solar PV generation for Southeast Asian countries. Proceedings of the 2017 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference. In: AUPEC: 2017 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, 19-22 November 2017, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• Lehtola T and Zahedi A (2016) Electric vehicle to grid for power regulation: a review. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology. In: POWERCON 2016: IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology, 28 September - 1 October 2016, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
• Lehtola T and Zahedi A (2016) Sustainable energy supply using renewable sources supported by storage technology. Proceedings of the IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference. In: ISGT-Asia 2016: IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 28 November - 1 December 2016, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• Lehtola T and Zahedi A (2016) Automatic charging scheme for electric vehicle to grid using vehicle built-in monitoring device. Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference. In: AUPEC 2016: Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, 25-28 September 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Mahmud N, Zahedi A and Mahmud A (2016) ANFISPID-based voltage regulation strategy for grid-tied renewable DG system with ESS. Proceedings of the IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference. In: ISGT-Asia 2016: IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 28 November - 1 December 2016, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 75+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Ahmad Zahedi from 2003 onwards.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Completed

• Optimal operation of dams/reservoirs emphasizing potential environmental and climate change impacts (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor)