Massoud Amin

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Massoud Amin (July 4, 1961) is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States. He holds the Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership, and is the Director of the Technological Leadership Institute in Twin Cities. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016[1] for leadership in smart grids and security of critical infrastructures. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[2]

"Father of the Smart Grid"[]

Dr. Amin is known as the "father of the smart grid"[3][4] [5]due to his research and teaching on power grid theory. Amin has published a number of academic papers on improving the reliability, self healing, and cybersecurity of the electric grid.[6][7] He has worked with government officials to drive policy around making the electric grid more resilient.

Education and career[]

Amin graduated with a B.S. (cum laude) and M.S. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1982 and 1985 respectively. During those times, he was a member of the Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Societies. He then obtained his M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in systems science and mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on 1986 and 1990 respectively. From 2001 to 2007, Amin was a member of the Board on Infrastructure and Constructed Environment at the National Academy of Engineering and a in 2006 served as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Computational Sciences & Engineering Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Following it, he joined the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, serving as such until 2009. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a chairman of the advisory board of the Instrumentation, Control & Intelligent Systems of Idaho National Laboratory.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "U of M Technological Leadership Institute Director Named 2016 IEEE Fellow". IEEE Fellows Directory. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "The 2010-2011 ASME Fellows [Mechanical Engineering]". November 11, 2011. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Father of the Smart Grid: Dr. Massoud Amin Recognized as Thought Leader of the Year". March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dr. Massoud Amin « Cyber Security Summit". www.cybersecuritysummit.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  5. ^ Herkewitz, William (2013-07-11). "What It Will Take to Build a Real Smart Grid". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  6. ^ "Toward self-healing energy infrastructure systems". January 15, 2001. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "Publications". Massoud Amin. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  8. ^ "Massoud Amin". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

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