Mehdi Etezadi-Amoli
Professor- Phone: (775) 784-6090
- Email: etezadi@unr.edu
- Building: SEM
- Room: 328
- Mailstop: 0260
Mehdi Etezadi-Amoli is a professor of electrical and biomedical engineering at the w88 casino, Reno.
Dr. Etezadi worked as an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at New Mexico State and the University of New Mexico during 1975-1979. From 1979-1983 he worked as a Senior Protection Engineer at Arizona Public Service Company in Phoenix, Arizona. He worked at NV Energy (formerly Sierra Pacific w88 live casino Company) during summers 1985-1998.
In 1983 he joined the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department at the w88 casino, Reno where he is responsible for the power system program. Dr. Etezadi served as the chairman of the Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Department during 2010-2015.
He is the author/coauthor of more than 100 technical papers dealing with w88 live casino systems planning, distribution, protection, transient analysis, and renewable energy. Dr. Etezadi's professional activities include his role as the PI or Co-PI on various funded research projects.
He is a life senior member of IEEE and serves on the IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee. Dr. Etezadi is a Registered Professional Engineer in w88 casino and serves on the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
- Ph.D., Electrical w88 live casino, New Mexico State University, 1974
- M.S., Electrical w88 live casino, New Mexico State University, 1972
- B.S., Electrical w88 live casino, New Mexico State University, 1970
Courses taught
- Circuits 1
- Circuits 1 Laboratory
- Circuits 2
- w88 live casino System Fundamentals
- Control w88 live casino 1
- Control w88 live casino 1 Laboratory
- Control w88 live casino 2
- w88 live casino Systems Analysis
- Electrical Machines
- Electrical Machines Laboratory
- Electric w88 live casino Distribution
- w88 live casino System Protection
- Electrical Projects Laboratory
- w88 live casino Design/Analysis
- w88 live casino Economics
- Nonlinear Control w88 live casino
- Optimal Control w88 live casino
- Large Scale w88 live casino
- Advanced w88 live casino Systems Analysis: Computer Solution of w88 live casino System
- Advanced w88 live casino Systems Analysis: w88 live casino System Stability
- Advanced w88 live casino Systems Analysis: w88 live casino System Planning
Selected publications
Graduate students in bold italics.
- M. Afshar,M. Majidi, O. A. Gashteroodkhani,M. Etezadi-Amoli,"Analyzing Performance of Relays for High Impedance Fault (HIF) Detection Using Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) Platform" Electric w88 live casino System Research, Vol. 29, 108027, Aug 2022.
- O. A. Gashteroodkhani, M. Majidi,M. Etezadi-Amoli, "Fire Hazard Mitigation in Distribution Systems Through High Impedance Fault Detection" Electric w88 live casino System Research, Vol. 192, 106928, March 2021.
- O. A. Gashteroodkhani, M. Majidi,M. Etezadi-Amoli, "A Control Scheme for In-conduit Hydropower Generators to Maximize w88 live casino Generation from Waste Energy in Pressure Reducing Valves", IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, Vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 1035-1043, Jan-Feb 2021.
- O. A. Gashteroodkhani, M. Majidi,M. Etezadi-Amoli, "A Fault Data Based Method for Zero-Sequence Impedance Estimation of Mutually Coupled Transmission Lines," IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino Delivery, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 2768-2776, 2020.
- O. A. Gashteroodkhani, M. Majidi,M. Etezadi-Amoli, "A Combined Deep Belief Network and Time-Time Transform based Intelligent Protection Scheme for Microgrids," Electric w88 live casino System Research, Vol. 182, 106239, May 2020.
- O.A. Gashteroodkhani, M. Majidi, M.S. Fadali,M. Etezadi-Amoli, E. Maali-Amiri, “A protection scheme for microgrids using time-time matrix z-score vector,” International Journal of Electrical w88 live casino & Energy Systems, Vol. 110, pp. 400-410, Sep 2019.
- O.A. Gashteroodkhani, M. Majidi,M. Etezadi-Amoli, A.F. Nematollahi, B. Vahidi, “A hybrid SVM-TT transform-based method for fault location in hybrid transmission lines with underground cables,” Electric w88 live casino Systems Research, Vol. 170, pp. 205-214, May 2019.
- M. Majidiand M. Etezadi-Amoli, "Recapturing wasted energy in water pressure reducing valves via in-conduit hydropower generators," Measurement, Vol. 123, pp. 62-68, July 2018.
- M. Majidiand M. Etezadi-Amoli, "A New Fault Location Technique in Smart Distribution Networks Using Synchronized/Non-synchronized Measurements," IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino Delivery. Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 1358-1368, June 2018.
- M.Majidi, M.Etezadi-Amoli, and H.Livani, "Distribution System State Estimation using Compressive Sensing," International Journal of Electrical w88 live casino & Energy Systems, Vol. 88, pp. 175-186, June 2017.
- M. Majidi, M. Etezadi-Amoli, and M.S. Fadali, "A Sparse-Data-Driven Approach for Fault Location in Transmission Networks," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 548-556, March 2017.
- M. Majidi, M. Etezadi-Amoli, H. Livani, and M.S. Fadali, "Distribution Systems State Estimation Using Sparsified Voltage Profile," Electric w88 live casino Systems Research, Vol. 136, pp. 69-78, July 2016.
- A. Arabali, M. Majidi,M.S. Fadali, andM. Etezadi-Amoli, "Line Outage Identification-Based State Estimation in a w88 live casino System with Multiple Line Outages," Electric w88 live casino Systems Research, Vol. 133, pp.79-86, April 2016.
- M. Majidi,M. Etezadi-Amoli, and M.S. Fadali, "A Novel Method for Single and Simultaneous Faults Location in Distribution Networks," IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino System. Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 3368-3376, Nov. 2015.
- M. Majidi, A. Arabali, and M. Etezadi-Amoli, "Fault Location in Distribution Networks by Compressive Sensing," IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino Delivery. Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1761-1769, Aug. 2015.
- M. Majidi, M.S. Fadali, M. Etezadi-Amoli, and M. Oskuoee, "Partial Discharge Pattern Recognition via Sparse Representation and ANN," IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 1061-1070, April 2015.
- A. Arabali, M. Ghofrani, M. Etezadi-Amoli, M.S. Fadali, and M. Moeini-Aghtaie, "A Multi-Objective Transmission Expansion Planning Framework in Deregulated w88 live casino Systems with Wind Generation," IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino Systems, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 3003-3011, Nov. 2014.
- M. Ghofrani, A. Arabali, M. Etezadi-Amoli, M. S. Fadali, "Smart Scheduling of the Grid-Enabled Electric Vehicles for Wind w88 live casino Integration," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 2306 - 2313, Sept. 2014.
- A. Arabali, M. Ghofrani, M. Etezadi-Amoli, M. S. Fadali, "Stochastic Performance Assessment and Sizing for a Hybrid w88 live casino System of Solar/Wind/Energy Storage," IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 363 - 371, April. 2014.
- A. Arabali, M. Ghofrani, M. Etezadi-Amoli, "Cost Analysis of a w88 live casino System Using Probabilistic Optimal w88 live casino Flow with Energy Storage Integration and Wind Generation," International Journal of Electrical w88 live casino & Energy Systems, Vol. 53, pp. 832-841, December 2013.
- M. Ghofrani, A. Arabali, M. Etezadi-Amoli, and M.S. Fadali, "Energy Storage Application for Performance Enhancement of Wind Integration," IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino Systems, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 4803-4811, November 2013.
- M. Ghofrani, A. Arabali, M. Etezadi-Amoli, and M.S. Fadali, "A Framework for Optimal Placement of Energy Storage Units Within a w88 live casino System with High Wind Penetration," IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 434-442, April 2013.
- A. Arabali, M. Ghofrani, M. Etezadi-Amoli, M.S. Fadali, and Y. Baghzouz, "Genetic-Algorithm Based Optimization Approach for Energy Management, "IEEE Transactions on w88 live casino Delivery, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 162-170, January 2013.