Electric Vehicle Integration via Smart Charging: Technology, Standards, Implementation, and Applications

Vahid Vahidinasab, PhD, is a Senior Researcher in the Power and Energy Systems Group in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU). He obtained the PhD degree (with High Distinction) in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the school of Engineering of Newcastle University. He founded the SOHA Smart Energy Systems Laboratory at SBU and directed it for 3 years. He has demonstrated a consistent track record of attracting external funds and managed several industrial projects and closely worked with several large and complex national/international projects.

Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, Ph.D., is a member of the Faculty of Engineering with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey. He was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also a Professor at the University of Tabriz, from where he is currently on leave. Before joining the University of Tabriz, he was a research associate at the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary. He obtained MSc and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. His mains research interests are renewable energies, microgrid systems, and smart grids.