Recent News:
Saifur Rahman interviewed about smart grid technology (Feb. 2013)
ARI works with Dominion to help launch offshore wind energy (Jan. 2013)
Why restoring New York's power isn't easy (Nov. 2012)
Hurricane Sandy power outages (Nov. 2012)
Saifur Rahman honored with 2012 Meritorious Service Award from IEEE Power and Energy Society (Sept. 2012)
IEEE-USA honors Saifur Rahman with Divisional Professional Leadership Award (July 2012)
Rahman named to top 100 in smart grid research (May 2012)
Smart grid demand response: Alleviating power system stress (2012 Annual Report)
2010 IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (April 2011)
Virginia Tech officially launches smart grid information clearinghouse web portal (2011 Annual Report)
Rahman appointed chair of NSF advisory committee (July 2010)
VT developing smart grid clearinghouse (2010 Annual Report)
ECE leads $1.25 million Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse project (Oct. 2009)
Rahman appointed to committee that reviews NSF investments (Feb. 2009)
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”, NSF, 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”, NSF, PI - M. Pipattanasomporn, co-PI – S. Rahman, Sept 2009 to Aug 2012.
- “Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse”, DoE, PI - S. Rahman, co-PI – M. Pipattanasomporn, Sep 2009 – Aug 2014.
- “Feasibility and Guidelines for the Development of Microgrids in Campus Type Facilities”, DoD, PI - S. Rahman, co-PI – M. Pipattanasomporn, Sep 2009 – Sep 2012.
- "US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Managing Grid Integration of Large-Scale Wind Power Parks using Energy Storage Technology and Demand Response", NSF, PI - S. Rahman, Aug 2011 - July 2013.
- Journal papers
- S. Shao, M. Pipattanasomporn, and S. Rahman, “Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles and Demand Response With Customer Choice,” Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions, pp. 1, 2012.
- M. Pipattanasomporn, H. Feroze and S. Rahman, “Securing Critical Loads in a PV-based Microgrid with a Multi-Agent System,” Renewable Energy, pp. 166-174, 2012.
- S. Shao, M. Pipattanasomporn, and S. Rahman, “Demand Response as a Load Shaping Tool in an Intelligent Grid With Electric Vehicles,” Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions, pp. 624-631, 2011.
- S. Rahman and M. Pipattanasomporn, “Operating Impacts and Mitigation Strategies with Large-scale Wind Power Penetration in the United States,” Automation of Electric Power Systems, 2011.
- T. Yi, M. Pipattanasomporn, S. Shao, H. Liu and S. Rahman, “Comparative Study on Smart Grid Related R&D in China, the United States and the European Union,” Power System Technology, 2009.
- M. Pipattanasomporn and S. Rahman, “The Telecommunication Infrastructure: A Model for Optimum Voice-Data Coverage,” Utilities Policy, pp. 278-287, 2006.
- M. Pipattanasomporn, M. Willingham, and S. Rahman, “Implications of on-site distributed generation for commercial/industrial facilities,” Power Systems, IEEE Transactions, pp. 206-212, 2005.
- Conference papers
- W. Khamphanchai, M. Pipattanasomporn and S. Rahman, “A Multi-Agent System for Restoration of an Electric Power Distribution Network with Local Generation,” 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
- M. Pipattanasomporn, M. Kuzlu and S. Rahman, “Demand response implementation in a home area network: a conceptual hardware architecture,” in Proc. IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2012), Washington, D.C., 2012.
- S. Rahman and M. Pipattanasomporn, “Smart grid information Clearinghouse: Overview of projects and deployment experience,” Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Latin America), 2011 IEEE PES Conference, 2011.