Staff profile
Overview
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Dr Mahmoud Shahbazi
Associate Professor

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering | E233 Christopherson | +44 (0) 191 33 42394 |
Fellow in the Durham Energy Institute | +44 (0) 191 33 42394 |
Biography
Prospective Students
Please send me your CV if you are a motivated student with strong background in any of the following fields:
- microgrids
- power electronics
- renewable integration (wind and PV)
Research interests
- Power Electronics
- Renewable Energy
- Smart Grid
- Microgrid
- Fault-Tolerant Control
- Electric Drives
Publications
Chapter in book
- Shahbazi, M. & Khorsandi, A (2016). Power Electronic Converters in Microgrid Applications. In Microgrid: Advanced Control Methods and Renewable Energy System Integration. Mahmoud, M. Elsevier.
Conference Paper
- Cruz Victorio, M. E., Kazemtabrizi, B. & Shahbazi, M. (2021), Price Forecast Methodologies Comparison for Microgrid Control with Multi-Agent Systems, 14th IEEE PES PowerTech Conference. Madrid, Spain, IEEE.
- Cruz Victorio, M. E., Kazemtabrizi, B. & Shahbazi, M. (2020), Distributed Real-Time Power Management in Microgrids using Multi-agent Control with Provisions of Fault Tolerance, 29th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. Delft, Netherlands, IEEE, 108-113.
- Cruz Victorio, M. E., Kazemtabrizi, B. & Shahbazi, M. (2019), Decentralised Real-time Optimisation of Power Management in Microgrids Using Multi-Agent Control, 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems. Perth, Australia, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1-6.
- Shahbazi, M., Kazemtabrizi, B. & Dent, C. (2016), Coordinated Control of DC Voltage Magnitudes and State of Charges in a Cluster of DC Microgrids, IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Europe. Ljubljana, Slovenia, IEEE.
Journal Article
- Cruz Victorio, Marcos Eduardo, Kazemtabrizi, Behzad & Shahbazi, Mahmoud (Accepted). Real-time Resilient Microgrid Power Management based on Multi-Agent Systems with Price Forecast. IET Smart Grid
- Cruz-Victorio, Marcos, Kazemtabrizi, Behzad & Shahbazi, Mahmoud (2023). Real-time resilient Microgrid power management based on multi-agent systems with price forecast. IET Smart Grid 6(2): 190-204.
- Haghi, Rasool, Beiranvand, Reza & Shahbazi, Mahmoud (2023). A Quasi-Z-Source Four-Switch Three-Phase Inverter with Null Vector Capability. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 70(6): 5421-5432.
- Jacobo Tapia, Renato & Shahbazi, Mahmoud (2022). Enhancing reliability of photovoltaic power electronic converters under dynamic irradiance conditions. Microelectronics Reliability 135: 114583.
- Cruz Victorio, Marcos Eduardo, Kazemtabrizi, Behzad & Mahmoud, Shahbazi (2022). Statistical Evaluation of Wind Speed Forecast Models for Microgrid Distributed Control. IET Smart Grid 5(5): 347-362.
- Alvarez-Bustos, Abraham, Kazemtabrizi, Behzad, Shahbazi, Mahmoud & Acha, Enrique (2021). Universal Branch Model for the Solution of Optimal Power Flows in Hybrid AC/DC Grids. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems 126(Part A): 106543.
- Ghasemi, Golara, Noorollahi, Younes, Alavi, Hamed, Marzband, Mousa & Shahbazi, Mahmoud (2019). Theoretical and technical potential evaluation of solar power generation in Iran. Renewable Energy 138: 1250-1261.
- Shahbazi, Mahmoud, Poure, Philippe & Saadate, Shahrokh (2018). Real-time power switch fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant operation in a DFIG-based wind energy system. Renewable Energy 116: 209-218.
- Shahbazi, M., Zolghadri, M.R., Khodabandeh, M. & Ouni, S. (2018). Fast Detection of Open-Switch Fault in Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter. Scientia Iranica 25(3): 1561-1570.
- Ouni, S., Zolghadri, M. R., Rodriguez, J., Shahbazi, M., Oraee, H., Lezana, P. & Schmeisser, A. U. (2017). Quick Diagnosis of Short Circuit Fault in Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter using FPGA. Journal of Power Electronics 17(1): 56-66.
- Ouni, S., Zolghadri, M. R., Khodabandeh, M., Shahbazi, M., Rodriguez, J., Oraee, H., Lezana, P. & Schmeisser, A. U. (2017). Improvement of Post-Fault Performance of a Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 64(4): 2779-2788.
- Shahbazi, M., Saadate, S., Poure, P. & Zolghadri, M.R. (2016). Open-circuit switch fault tolerant wind energy conversion system based on six/five-leg reconfigurable converter. Electric Power Systems Research 137: 104-112.
- Khodabandeh, M., Zolghadri, M.R., Shahbazi, M. & Noroozi, N. (2016). T-Type Direct AC/AC Converter Structure. IET Power Electronics 9(7): 1426-1436.
- Shahbazi, M., Poure, P., Saadate, S. & Zolghadri, M.R. (2013). FPGA-Based Reconfigurable Control for Fault-Tolerant Back-to-Back Converter Without Redundancy. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 60(8): 3360-3371.
- Shahbazi, M., Poure, P., Saadate, S. & Zolghadri, M.R. (2013). FPGA-based fast detection with reduced sensor count for a fault-tolerant three-phase converter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 9(3): 1343-1350.
- Shahbazi, M., Jamshidpour, E., Poure, P., Saadate, S. & Zolghadri, M.R. (2013). Open- and Short-Circuit Switch Fault Diagnosis for Nonisolated DC–DC Converters Using Field Programmable Gate Array. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 60(9): 4136-4146.
- Shahbazi, M., Poure, P., Saadate, S. & Zolghadri, M.R. (2013). Fault-Tolerant Five-Leg Converter Topology With FPGA-Based Reconfigurable Control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 60(6): 2284-2294.
- Shahbazi, M., Poure, P., Saadate, S. & Zolghadri, M.R. (2011). Five-leg converter topology for wind energy conversion system with doubly fed induction generator. Renewable Energy 36(11): 3187-3194.
Supervision students
Mr. Abdulrahman Alsafrani
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Mr Gregorio Higuera-Gutiérrez
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Mr Hugo Calder
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Mr. Olusegun Adeniji
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Mr. Sermed Alsaadi
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Miss Siti Hamzah
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Miss Sophie Draper
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Mr. Wanyu Lu
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node
Mr. Xinzhuo Zhang
Research Postgraduate – Electrical Power Node