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Farrokh Aminifar

Farrokh Aminifar

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Iran
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
9776
World Ranking
2538
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Iran Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Iran Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Iran Leader Award

Overview

Farrokh Aminifar is affiliated with the University of Tehran in Iran and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, particularly within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to power systems, smart grids, and energy management.

The scientist's work spans several key areas including Smart Grid Energy Management, Optimal Power Flow Distribution, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Electric Power System Optimization, Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Power System Optimization and Stability, and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure.

Farrokh Aminifar has published papers in various reputed venues, frequently contributing to the following journals:

  • IET Generation Transmission & Distribution
  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • IEEE Electrification Magazine
  • IET Renewable Power Generation
  • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

Some of the recent publications by Farrokh Aminifar include:

  • A review of power system protection and asset management with machine learning techniques (2021) published in Energy Systems
  • A two-stage resilience improvement planning for power distribution systems against hurricanes (2021) published in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • Transactive Energy Market Mechanism With Loss Implication (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • Coordinated expansion planning of transmission and distribution systems integrated with smart grid technologies (2022) published in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • Resilient-enhancing critical load restoration using mobile power sources with incomplete information (2021) published in Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks

Frequent collaborators include several researchers with whom Farrokh Aminifar has worked multiple times, such as Mohammad Shahidehpour, Meysam Doostizadeh, Sajjad Solat, Turaj Amraee, and Fargol Nematkhah.

Their contribution to the fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering is notable, with multiple publications addressing aspects of safety, risk, reliability, and quality within power systems.

Best Publications

  • Networked Microgrids for Enhancing the Power System Resilience

    Zhiyi Li;Mohammad Shahidehpour;Farrokh Aminifar;Ahmed Alabdulwahab

  • Contingency-Constrained PMU Placement in Power Networks

    F. Aminifar;A. Khodaei;M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad;M. Shahidehpour

  • Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units Using Immunity Genetic Algorithm

    F. Aminifar;C. Lucas;A. Khodaei;M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad

  • Microgrid Scheduling With Uncertainty: The Quest for Resilience

    Amin Gholami;Tohid Shekari;Farrokh Aminifar;Mohammad Shahidehpour

  • Synchrophasor Measurement Technology in Power Systems: Panorama and State-of-the-Art

    Farrokh Aminifar;Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad;Amir Safdarian;Ali Davoudi

  • Toward a Consensus on the Definition and Taxonomy of Power System Resilience

    Amin Gholami;Tohid Shekari;Mohammad Hassan Amirioun;Farrokh Aminifar

  • Front Lines Against the Darkness: Enhancing the Resilience of the Electricity Grid Through Microgrid Facilities

    Amin Gholami;Farrokh Aminifar;Mohammad Shahidehpour

  • Cybersecurity in Distributed Power Systems

    Zhiyi Li;Mohammad Shahidehpour;Farrokh Aminifar

  • Resilience-Oriented Proactive Management of Microgrids Against Windstorms

    M. H. Amirioun;F. Aminifar;H. Lesani

  • Probabilistic Load Flow in Correlated Uncertain Environment Using Unscented Transformation

    M. Aien;M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad;F. Aminifar

  • Metrics and quantitative framework for assessing microgrid resilience against windstorms

    M.H. Amirioun;F. Aminifar;H. Lesani;M. Shahidehpour

  • Unit Commitment With Probabilistic Spinning Reserve and Interruptible Load Considerations

    F. Aminifar;M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad;M. Shahidehpour

  • Power system flexibility: an overview of emergence to evolution

    Alireza Akrami;Meysam Doostizadeh;Farrokh Aminifar

  • Smart Distribution Grid: Optimal Day-Ahead Scheduling With Reconfigurable Topology

    Sajjad Golshannavaz;Saeed Afsharnia;Farrokh Aminifar

  • Probabilistic Multistage PMU Placement in Electric Power Systems

    F Aminifar;M Fotuhi-Firuzabad;M Shahidehpour;A Khodaei

  • Wide-area power oscillation damping with a fuzzy controller compensating the continuous communication delays

    Maghsoud Mokhtari;Farrokh Aminifar;Daryoosh Nazarpour;Sajjad Golshannavaz

  • A Comprehensive Scheme for Reliability Centered Maintenance in Power Distribution Systems—Part I: Methodology

    P. Dehghanian;M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad;F. Aminifar;R. Billinton

  • Power System Dynamic State Estimation With Synchronized Phasor Measurements

    Farrokh Aminifar;Mohammad Shahidehpour;Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad;Saeed Kamalinia

  • Toward Wide-Area Oscillation Control Through Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Wind Farms

    Maghsoud Mokhtari;Farrokh Aminifar

  • An Analytical Adaptive Load Shedding Scheme Against Severe Combinational Disturbances

    Tohid Shekari;Farrokh Aminifar;Majid Sanaye-Pasand

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad
Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad Sharif University of Technology
Mohammad Shahidehpour
Mohammad Shahidehpour Illinois Institute of Technology
Hamid Lesani
Hamid Lesani University of Tehran
Matti Lehtonen
Matti Lehtonen Aalto University
Majid Sanaye-Pasand
Majid Sanaye-Pasand University of Tehran
Roy Billinton
Roy Billinton University of Saskatchewan
Anjan Bose
Anjan Bose Washington State University
Ahmed Alabdulwahab
Ahmed Alabdulwahab King Abdulaziz University
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou National Technical University of Athens
Turaj Amraee
Turaj Amraee K.N.Toosi University of Technology

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