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Dr. Ehsan Naderi

Interim Director and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, 2023 

Professional Credentials

Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 

Member, IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) 

Member, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) 

Member, IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) 

Member, IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) 

Teaching Specialties

Electrical Machinery 

Modern Power Systems 

Clean Electric Energy 

Research Interests

Theory: Implementing optimization techniques and fuzzy interface systems (e.g., single/multi-objective optimization frameworks, bi-level algorithms, and scenario-based approaches) to solve a variety of problems in the fields of modern power system operation, control, and planning 

Application: Empowering cyber-physical power systems against cyberattacks, more specifically smart microgrids integrated with renewable energy resources (e.g., wind power and photovoltaic (PV)) in both grid-tied and standalone modalities 

Selected Publications

The following are a few selections from Dr. Naderi's publications since 2021. This link will take you to a complete listing of his publications on Google Scholar.

Book Chapters

  1. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “Integrated power and transportation systems targeted by false data injection cyberattacks in a smart distribution network,” in Electric Transportation Systems in Smart Power Grids - Integration, Aggregation, Ancillary Services, and Best Practices, CRC Taylor & Francis Publisher, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2023.
  2. A. Asrari, E. Naderi, J. Khazaei, P. Fajri, and V. Cecchi, “Modern heat and electricity incorporated networks targeted by coordinated cyberattacks for congestion and cascading outages,” in Coordinated Operation and Planning of Modern Heat and Electricity Incorporated Networks, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2022.

Journal Papers

  1. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “A remedial action scheme to mitigate market power caused by cyberattacks targeting a smart distribution system,” IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 3197 – 3208, 2024.
  2. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “A deep learning framework to identify remedial action schemes against false data injection cyberattacks targeting smart power grids,” IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1208 – 1219, 2023.
  3. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “Experimental validation of a remedial action via hardware-in-the-loop system against cyberattacks targeting a lab-scale PV/Wind microgrid,” IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 4060 – 4072, 2023.
  4. E. Naderi, S. Pazouki, and A. Asrari, “A remedial action scheme against false data injection cyberattacks in smart transmission systems: application of thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC),” IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 2297 – 2309, 2022.
  5. A. Asrari, M. Ansari, and E. Naderi, “A market framework for collaboration between distribution system operator and green bank agent,” IEEE Transaction on Power Systems, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 3669 – 3681, 2022.
  6. E. Naderi, B. KC, M. Ansari, and A. Asrari, “Experimental validation of a hybrid storage framework to cope with fluctuating power of hybrid renewable energy-based systems,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 1991 – 2001, 2021.

Conference Papers

  1. E. Naderi, A. Asrari, and P. Fajri, “False data injection cyberattacks targeting electric vehicles in smart power distribution systems,” IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Rosemont, IL, USA, June 19-21, 2024.
  2. E. Naderi and A. Asrari “Stealthy false data injection cyberattack targeting under load tap changing transformers in smart power grid causing abnormal voltage profile,” International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), Raipur, India, January 18-20, 2024.
  3. E. Naderi, A. Asrari, and B. Ramos “Moving target defense strategy to protect a PV/Wind lab-scale microgrid against false data injection cyberattacks: experimental validation,” IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meetings (PESGM), Orlando, FL, USA, July 16-20, 2023.
  4. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “Detection of false data injection cyberattacks: experimental validation on a lab-scale microgrid,” IEEE Green Energy and Smart Systems Conference (IGESSC), Long Beach, CA, USA, November 7-8, 2022. Received the Best Paper Award.
  5. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “Toward detecting cyberattacks targeting modern power grids: a deep learning framework,” IEEE World Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIIoT) Congress, Seattle, WA, USA, June 6-9, 2022. Received the Best Paper Award.
  6. E. Naderi, A. Aydeger, and A. Asrari, “Detection of false data injection cyberattacks targeting smart transmission/distribution networks,” IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech), Corona, CA, USA, April 21-23, 2022.
  7. E. Naderi and A. Asrari, “Hardware-in-the-loop experimental validation for a lab-scale microgrid targeted by cyberattacks,” International Conference on Smart Grid (icSmartGrid), Setubal, Portugal, 29 June 2021 - 01 July 2021. Received the Best Paper Award.

Biography

Dr. Ehsan Naderi is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Arkansas State University (A-State), Jonesboro, AR, United States (starting from August 2023). He received the Ph.D. degree from Southern Illinois University (SIU), Carbondale, IL, United States, in May 2023. During his Ph.D. studies, he was appointed as the primary instructor of Electromechanical Energy Conversion/Electric Machines Lab, a foundation course in electric power/energy and a core course for the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering. As a Ph.D. student, he received the Dissertation Research Fellowship award from the College of Engineering, Computing, Technology, and Mathematics. Moreover, his dissertation has been nominated for the Richard and Donna Falvo Outstanding Dissertation award. In addition to several best paper awards from IEEE conferences (e.g., 2022 IGESSC, 2022 AIIoT, etc.), he also received four outstanding reviewer awards from top-field journals (e.g., IJEPES, EAAI, etc.) in recognition of his professional services. Dr. Naderi is an editor of Frontiers in Smart Grids - Grid Efficiency section and a reviewer for more than 40 scientific journals in addition to being an IEEE member as well as a member of the power & energy, industrial electronics, power electronics, and industry applications societies. 

Dr. Ehsan Naderi