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Vahid Disfani

Vahid Disfani

Electricity Market Monitoring Analyst

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    UC Foundation Associate Professor at UTC || Founder&CEO at SABAVA

  • Education

    • Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee

      2021 - 2025
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Business Analytics and Statistics

    • University of South Florida

      2012 - 2015
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering / Power Systems

    • Sharif University of Technology

      2006 - 2008
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Electrical Engineering, Power Systems

      Teaching Assistant: Engineering Probability

    • Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic

      2002 - 2006
      Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering

  • Experience

    • Iran Grid Management Company

      May 2008 - Jul 2012
      Electricity Market Monitoring Analyst

      Market Efficiency Analysis (3-month and yearly reports)Iran Electricity Market Audit (three times 2009-2012)Author of several procedures legislated in Iran Electricity Market Regulatory Board, such as: - Market Rules Amendment- Electricity Market and Trade Audit

    • Azad University (Damavand & Karaj)

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
      Instructor

      Power System Protection & RelaysElectric Machines LabElectric Circuits Analysis IMATLAB

    • Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic

      Jan 2011 - Aug 2012
      Research Assistant

      Power Markets, Smart Grid, Demand response

    • University of South Florida

      Aug 2012 - Aug 2015

      Distributed Algorithms for Power System Control, Optimization, and State EstimationSwitching of Modular Multilevel Converters using Model Predictive ControlAgent-based Optimization of Utility-Community InteractionsCommunity power power system Modeling via RT-LABRealtime optimization of community power system operation via RT-LABHardware-In-the-Loop modeling of battery storage system via RT-LABStatistical data analysis of a real PV-Battery system at St.Pete, FloridaDemand response event analysis for a real PV-Battery system at St.Pete, Florida Show less

      • Research Assistant

        Aug 2012 - Aug 2015

      • Co-Instructor

        Dec 2013 - May 2015

      • Teaching Assistant

        Aug 2012 - May 2015

    • NEC Laboratories America, Inc.

      May 2014 - Aug 2014
      Research Intern

      Research Topic: SDP-based State Estimation of Multi-phase Active Distribution Networks using micro-PMUs

    • University of California, San Diego

      Aug 2015 - Aug 2017
      Postdoctoral Researcher

    • The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

      Aug 2017 - now

      • Graduate Program Coordinator

        Aug 2024 - now

      • UC Foundation Associate Professor

        Aug 2023 - now

      • Assistant Professor

        Aug 2017 - Jul 2023

    • SABAVA LLC

      Aug 2021 - now
      Founder & CEO

      Our team at SABAVA LLC are dedicated to develop smart solutions to transform our clients' business data to economic values. Learn more at www.sabaanalytics.com

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vahid Disfani
      Fellowship, MS Iran Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology Sep 2006 Ranked 13, Iran Nationwide Master Enterance Exam, among 15,000 students
    • Awarded to Vahid Disfani
      Fellowship, BS Iran Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology Sep 2002 Ranked 405, Iran Nationwide Undergraduate Entrance Exam, among 500,000 students