Recent News:
Smart grid demand response: alleviating power system stress (2012 Annual Report)
Rahman named to top 100 in smart grid research (May 2012)
Virginia Tech officially launches smart grid information clearinghouse web portal (2011 Annual Report)
2010 IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (April 2011)
VT developing smart grid clearinghouse (2010 Annual Report)
ECE leads $1.25 million Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse project
Office: Advanced Research Institute
Mailing Address: 900 N. Glebe Rd.
Arlington, VA 22203
Tel: 571-858-3300
Fax:
vt.edu Email: srahman
Title: Joseph Loring Professor of ECE
Education:
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1978
M.S., Electrical Engineering, State Univ. of New York, 1975
B.Sc, Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh Univ. of Engineering & Technology, 1973
Teaching Interests:
Smart Grid, Critical infrastructures, Alternate energy, Environmental studies
Research Interests:
Alternate energy, Smart grid, Critical infrastructure assessment and modeling, Uncertainty evaluation, Environmental impacts
- “Partnerships for Innovation: Role of the Smart Grid in Alleviating Electrical Power System Stress Conditions Through Demand Response”, PI – S. Rahman, co-PIs – J. Bohland and M. Pipattanasomporn, Sep 2011 – Aug 2013.
- “A Test Bed for Analyzing the Security and Resilience of the DG-Integrated Electric Power Distribution Network”, PI - M. Pipattanasomporn, co-PI – S. Rahman, Sept 2009 to Aug 2012.
- “Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse” PI - S. Rahman, co-PI – M. Pipattanasomporn, Sep 2009 – Aug 2014.
- “Feasibility and Guidelines for the Development of Microgrids in Campus Type Facilities”, PI - S. Rahman, co-PI – M. Pipattanasomporn, Sep 2009 – Sep 2012.
- “Bi-Level Demand-Sensitive LED Lighting Street Systems”, PI – S. Rahman, co-PI – M. Pipattanasomporn, May 2010 – May 2012.
- M. Pipattanasomporn, and S. Rahman, “The telecommunications infrastructure: A model for optimum voice data coverage,” Utility Policy, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 278-287, December 2006.
- Isaac Flory and Saifur Rahman, “Metal-Halide Lamp Life and Lumen Depreciation: A Comparison of Two 400-watt Discharge Lamp Ballasting Systems,” Leukos, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 173-185, January 2008.
- A. Yarali, S. Rahman and B. Mbula, “WiMax: The Innovative Broadband Wireless Access Technology,” Journal of Communications, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 53-63, April 2008.
- Isaac Flory and Saifur Rahman, “The Energy and Financial Impacts of High-Intensity Discharge Lighting System Component Selection and Luminaire Maintenance in Industrial Lighting Applications,” Leukos, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 119-138, October 2008.
- Conference papers
- I. Waseem, M. Pipattanasomporn and S. Rahman, “Reliability Benefits of Distributed Generation as a Backup Source,” IEEE Power & Energy Society Annual General Meeting, Calgary, CANADA, July 2009.
- Tang Yi and S. Rahman, “A Framework for Agent-based Demand Response to Provide Reserves Necessary for High Levels of Wind Penetration,” Asia-Pacific Power & Energy Engineering Conference, Chengdu, CHINA, March 2010.
- S. Shao, T. Zhang, M. Pipattanasomporn, and S. Rahman, “Impact of TOU Rates on Distribution Load Shapes in a Smart Grid with PHEV Penetration,” IEEE T&D Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2010.
- S. Shao, M. Pipattanasomporn and S. Rahman, “An Approach for Demand Response to Alleviate Power System Stress Conditions,” IEEE PES Annual General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, July 2011.