Zain Anwer Memon

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 33rd cycle (2017-2020)

Ph.D. obtained in 2021

Dissertation:

Nuovi Strumenti per la Modellazione e Simulazione di Reti di Distribuzione dell'Energia Elettrica. (Abstract)

Tutors:

Igor Simone Stievano Flavio Canavero

Research presentation:

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Research topic

Novel modeling concepts for the resilience assessment of next generation power networks

Research interests

Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal and Power Integrity
Modeling, simulation and CAD
Power systems, Power converters, Electrical machines and drives

Biography

Received Bachelor and Master’s degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan, in the year 2013 and 2016 Respectively.
He was an exchange student at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA on Fulbright Undergraduate Exchange Program and Frederick University Cyprus on Erasmus Mobility during his Bachelors and Masters respectively.
Completed Master’s Thesis from Frederick University, Cyprus
Currently pursuing PhD at Politecnico Di Torino, Italy, since 2017, working on the development of novel modeling concepts of resilience assessment of next generation power networks. The research activity is being jointly carried out with partner institute Xian Jiaotong University, Xian China, for 18 months mobility period and is supported by “The Joint Project with Top Universities”.
During this mobility, worked as Research Fellow for two months at the State Grid simulation center of China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI).
Received Best Student Paper Award for his work on “Machine Learning for the Uncertainty Quantification of Power Networks” at 6th IEEE GEMCCON 2020.
Key Research Areas:
Power Distribution Networks
Uncertainty Quantification of Power Networks
Load flow solutions and Statistical assessment of power networks
Modelling Next Generation Grid Systems.

Awards and Honors

  • Best Student Paper Award at 6th IEEE Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference for the Paper "Machine Learning for the Uncertainty Quantification of Power Networks". (2020)

Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris