Shaahin Filizadeh

Shaahin Filizadeh is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba's Price Faculty of Engineering. He previously served as the Department's Associate Head (Graduate Programs) from 2012 to 2019 and maintains an active research program in power systems and power electronics.

His educational background includes a B.Sc. (1996) and M.Sc. (1998) in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and a Ph.D. (2004) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba.

• Power Systems
• Power Electronics
• Modeling and Simulation of Power-Electronic Intensive Networks
• HVDC Converters and Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs)
• Dynamic Phasor Modeling Techniques
• Electrified Vehicular Systems and Energy Storage Integration

His research focuses on advanced energy conversion systems, power-electronic intensive networks, and specialized modeling methods including average-value models and dynamic phasors. Current work emphasizes low-inertia systems, battery energy storage converters, and MMC topologies with DC fault blocking capability. He directs the Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Atelier for Modeling, Prototyping, and Simulation (PEEC-AMPS), a state-of-the-art facility equipped with PSCAD/EMTDC, RTDS, and modular multilevel converters.

Dr. Filizadeh serves as Chair of the IEEE Task Force on Dynamic Phasor Modeling Techniques and holds editorial positions at IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Power Engineering Letters.

He has supervised over 40 graduate students including 9 doctoral candidates and 32 master's students. His research has been supported by grants enabling hardware-in-loop simulation capabilities and advanced modeling tools for power system applications.

His laboratory, PEEC-AMPS, features EMT simulation software, real-time simulators, modular multilevel converters, and power-electronic prototyping equipment for rapid development of energy conversion systems.