Amin Khodaei

Senior Research Associate

Office: Siegel Hall 221
3301 South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60616

Phone: 312.567.3914
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Email: akhodaei@iit.edu
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Expertise

Education

Education B.S., EE, University of Tehran, 2005
M.S., EE, Sharif University of Technology, 2007
Ph.D., EE, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2010

Research

Dr. Khodaei joined the IIT Electrical and Computer Engineering Department faculty in January of 2010. His research interests include power system optimization and computational economics, modeling of large-scale power systems, transmission switching in power systems, power system security, power system reliability, generation and transmission planning, power system monitoring, sustainable energy applications and smart grid.

Current Projects

Awards/Honors

Patents

Books

Selected Publications

A. Khodaei and M. Shahidehpour, “Transmission Switching in Security-Constrained Unit Commitment with AC Constraints,” International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, 2011

A. Khodaei, M. Shahidehpour and S. Bahramirad, “SCUC with Hourly Demand Response Considering Inter-temporal Load Characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 564-571, September 2011.

F. Aminifar, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, M. Shahidehpour and A. Khodaei, “Probabilistic Multistage PMU Placement in Electric Power Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 841-849, April 2011.

F. Aminifar, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, M. Shahidehpour and A. Khodaei, “Observability enhancement by optimal PMU placement considering random power system outages,” Journal of Energy Systems, vol. 2, pp. 45-65, 2011.

S. Kamalinia, M. Shahidehpour and A. Khodaei, “Security-Constrained Expansion Planning of Fast-Response Units for Wind Integration,” Electric Power System Research, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 107-116, January 2011.

A. Khodaei and M. Shahidehpour, “Transmission Switching in Security-Constrained Unit Commitment,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1937-1945, November 2010.

A. Khodaei, M. Shahidehpour and S. Kamalinia, “Transmission Switching in Expansion Planning,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 1722-1733, August 2010.

F. Aminifar, A. Khodaei, M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, and M. Shahidehpour, "Contingency-Constrained PMU Placement in Power Networks," IEEE Transactions on Power System, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 516-523, February 2010.

F. Aminifar, C. Lucas, A. Khodaei, and M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, "Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units Using Immunity Genetic Algorithm," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1014-1020, July 2009.

T. Niknam, A. Khodaei and F. Fallahi, “A New Decomposition Approach for the Thermal Unit Commitment Problem,” Journal of Applied Energy, vol. 86, no. 9, pp. 1667-1674, September 2009.

S. H. Hosseini, A. Khodaei, and F. Aminifar, "A Novel Straightforward Unit Commitment Method for Large-Scale Power Systems," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2134-2143, November 2007.