Single-phase bidirectional integrated onboard battery charger for EVs featuring a battery-supercapacitor hybrid energy storage system, Ahmad Abuaish, Mehrdad Kazerani. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), pp. 543-548 (2017/3/22)

Impact of demand response management on improving social welfare of remote communities through integrating renewable energy resources, Elham Karimi, Mehrdad Kazerani. 2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp. 1-6 (2017/4/30)

Impact of renewable energy deployment in Canada's remote communities on diesel generation carbon footprint reduction, Elham Karimi, Mehrdad Kazerani. 2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp. 1-5 (2017/4/30)

Olivares, D. E., Lara, J. D., Cañizares, C. A., & Kazerani, M. (2015). Stochastic-predictive energy management system for isolated microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 6(6), 2681-2693.

Burgos-Mellado, C., Orchard, M. E., Kazerani, M., Cárdenas, R., & Sáez, D. (2016). Particle-filtering-based estimation of maximum available power state in lithium-ion batteries. Applied Energy, 161, 349-363.

Alnasir, Z., & Kazerani, M. (2016). A small-scale standalone wind energy conversion system featuring SCIG, CSI and a novel storage integration scheme. Renewable Energy, 89, 360-370.

Arriaga, M., Caizares, C. A., & Kazerani, M. (2016). Long-term renewable energy planning model for remote communities. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 7(1), 221-231.

Arriaga, Mariano, Claudio Canizares, and Mehrdad Kazerani. "Northern Lights: Access to Electricity in Canada's Northern and Remote Communities." Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE 12.4 (2014): 50-59.

Ostadi, Amir, and Mehrdad Kazerani. "Optimal Sizing of the Battery Unit in a Plug-in Electric Vehicle." Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on 63.7 (2014): 3077-3084.

Arriaga, Mariano, Claudio A. Canizares, and Mehrdad Kazerani. "Long-Term Renewable Energy Planning Model for Remote Communities." (2015).

Zhuge, Kun, and Mehrdad Kazerani. "A novel capacitor-switched active snubber for single-module and interleaved two-module bidirectional buck-boost converter topologies." Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2014-40th Annual Conference of the IEEE. IEEE, 2014.

Alnasir, Z., and Mehrdad Kazerani. "Performance comparison of standalone SCIG and PMSG-based wind energy conversion systems." Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on. IEEE, 2014.

Alnasir, Z., and Mehrdad Kazerani. "Standalone SCIG-based wind energy conversion system using Z-source inverter with energy storage integration." Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on. IEEE, 2014.

Zhuge, K., and Mehrdad Kazerani. "Development of a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) for electric and hybrid electric vehicles." Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2014 IEEE. IEEE, 2014.

Z. Alnasir and M. Kazerani, "An Analytical Literature Review of Stand-Alone Wind Energy Conversion Systems from Generator Viewpoint", in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), Volume 28, December 2013, Pages 597-615.

D. Olivares (Student) , C. A. Cañizares, and M. Kazerani, " A Centralized Energy Management System for Isolated Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, submitted May 2013, revised and resubmitted October 2013, 12 double-column pages.

A. Ostadi and M. Kazerani, "Optimal Sizing of the Battery Unit in a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV)", submitted in August 2013 to the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

P.P. Dash and M. Kazerani, "Sensitivity Analysis of a Three-phase Grid-connected Current Source Inverter-based Photovoltaic System", submitted in August 2013 to Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier).  

M. Arriaga (Student), C. A. Cañizares, and M. Kazerani, "Renewable Energy Alternatives for Remote Communities in Northern Ontario, Canada," IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 4, no. 3, July 2013, pp. 661-670

N. Wong, Kun Zhuge and M. Kazerani, "A Comparative Evaluation of Control Techniques for Grid-Side AC-DC Converter in a Two-Stage Level-Two Bidirectional Battery Charger", in Proceedings of the 3013 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC13), Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 16-19, 2013.

A. Ostadi and M. Kazerani, "Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) in Vehicular Applications: A Review on Interfacing Battery and Ultra-capacitor Units", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC13), Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 16-19, 2013.

A. Ostadi and M. Kazerani, "Optimal Sizing of the Energy Storage System (ESS) in a Battery-Electric Vehicle", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC13), Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 16-19, 2013.

M. Z. Shams El-Dein, M. Kazerani, and M. M. A. Salama, "Optimal Reconfiguration of Photovoltaic Arrays to Reduce Partial Shading losses", in the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 4, Issue 1, January 2013, pp. 145-153.

Zhu, N., Xu, D. D., Wu, B., Zargari, N. R., Kazerani, M. M., & Liu, F. (2013). Common-Mode Voltage Reduction Methods for Current-Source Converters in Medium-Voltage Drives. IEEE Transactions On Power Electronics, 28(2), 995-1006.
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El-Dein, M. S., Kazerani, M. M., & Salama, M. A. (2013). An Optimal Total Cross Tied Interconnection for Reducing Mismatch Losses in Photovoltaic Arrays. IEEE Transactions On Sustainable Energy, 4(1), 99-107.
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El-Dein, M. S., Kazerani, M. M., & Salama, M. A. (2013). Optimal Photovoltaic Array Reconfiguration to Reduce Partial Shading Losses. IEEE Transactions On Sustainable Energy, 4(1), 145-153.
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Prajna P. Dash and M. Kazerani, "Harmonic Elimination in a Multilevel Current-Source Inverter-based grid-connected Photovoltaic System", in Proceedings of 2012 IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON 2012), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 25-28, 2012.

K. Unger and M. Kazerani, "Organically Grown Microgrids: Development of a Solar Neighborhood Microgrid Concept for Off-Grid Communities", in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON 2012), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 25-28, 2012.

D. Olivares (student), C. A. Cañizares , M. Kazerani, A Centralized Optimal Energy Management System for Microgrids, Proc. IEEE-PES General Meeting (July 2011)

Liserre, M., Balcells, J., Basso, T., Bialasiewicz, J. T., Cecati, C., Chakraborty, S., M. Kazerani, & Teodorescu, R. (2011). Guest Editorial. IEEE Transactions On Industrial Electronics, 58(1), 2-8.
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 Liserre, M., Balcells, J., Basso, T., Bialasiewicz, J. T., Cecati, C., Chakraborty, S., M. Kazerani & Teodorescu, R. (2011). Guest Editorial. IEEE Transactions On Industrial Electronics, 58(4), 1074-1080.
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N. Stretch and M. Kazerani, "A Stand-Alone, Split-Phase Current-Sourced Inverter with Novel Energy Storage", IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 23, Issue 6, November 2008, pp. 2766-2774.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2008.2005376

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Pulsed Power: (Controllable pulsed power supply cell for electroporation)

J. Grenier, S.H. Jayaram, M. Kazerani, H. Wang and M.W. Griffiths, "MOSFET-Based Pulse Power Supply for Bacterial Transformation", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 44, Issue 1, January/February 2008, pp. 25-31.
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J. Grenier, A. El-Hag, S. Jayaram, M. Kazerani, "A Study on the Effects of Medium Conductivity on Pulse Shape and Medium Electric Strength
under Different Electrode Geometries in Nanosecond Regimes", in  
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids (IEEE ICDL 2005), Coimbra, Portugal, 26 June-1 July, 2005.
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J. Grenier, S.H. Jayaram and M. Kazerani, "Study of a Nanosecond Pulser with Real Loads used in Electroporation Processes", in Proceedings of Fourth International Symposium on Nonthermal Medical/Biological Treatments Using Electromagnetic Fields and Ionized Gases (ElectroMed 2005 Symposium), Portland, OR, USA, May 15-18, 2005.

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Energy Storage: (Energy storage system for vehicles)

J. Bauman and M. Kazerani "An Analytical Optimization Method for Improved Fuel Cell-Battery-Ultracapacitor Powertrain", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies, Vol. 58, Issue 7, September 2009, pp. 3186-3197.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4781613

J. Marshall and M. Kazerani "A Comparative Study of Fuel-Cell-Battery, Fuel-Cell-Ultracapacitor, and Fuel-Cell-Battery-Ultracapacitor Vehicles", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 57, Issue 2, March 2008, pp.760-769.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4357341

N. Wong and M. Kazerani, "A Review of Bidirectional On-Board Charger Topologies for Plugin Vehicles", in Proceedings of the 25th Annual Canadian Conference in Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE 2012), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 29 - May 2, 2012.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=05433359

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Grid Power: (Grid-connected PV and wind energy conversion systems)

Patent 1: Mohamed Shams, M. Kazerani, M.M.A. Salama, "System, Method and Computer Program for Reducing Mismatch in a Photovoltaic Structure", International Patent No. PCT/CA2011/000556, May 2011
http://www.sumobrain.com/patents/wipo/System-method-computer-program-reducing/WO2011143739.html

Patent 2: Mohamed Shams, M.M.A. Salama, M. Kazerani, "Reconfigurable Photovoltaic Structure", International Patent No. PCT/CA2011/00080
http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2012006723&recNum=199&docAn=CA2011000809&queryString=solar&maxRec=70649

P.P. Dash and M. Kazerani, "Dynamic Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Current-Source Inverter-Based Photovoltaic System", in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 4, October 2011, pp. 443-450.
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P.P. Dash and M. Kazerani, "A Multilevel Current-Source Inverter Based Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System", in Proceedings of the 2011 North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2011), Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 4-6, 2011.
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 P.P. Dash and M. Kazerani, "Study of Islanding Behavior of a
Grid-Connected Photovoltaic         System Equipped with a Feed-Forward
Control Scheme", in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE         Industrial Electronics
Conference (IECON 2010), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Nov. 7-10, 2010.
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S.M. Barakati, M. Kazerani and J.D. Aplevich, "Maximum Power Tracking Control for a Wind Turbine System Including a Matrix Converter", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 24, Issue 3, September 2009, pp. 705-713.
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Walid A. Omran, M. Kazerani, and M. M. A. Salama, 2009, "A New Method for Quantifying the Impacts of Large On-Grid PV Systems" to be published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

M. Z. Shams El-Dein, M. Kazerani and M. M. A. Salama, "Novel Configurations for Photovoltaic Farms to Reduce Partial Shading Losses", in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting (IEEE PES GM 2011), Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 24-28, 2011.
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W. Omran (student), M. Kazerani and M.M.A. Salama, "Investigation of Methods for Reduction of Power Fluctuations Generated from Large Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems", in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2011, pp. 318-327.
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W. Omran (student), M. Kazerani and M.M.A. Salama, "A Clustering-Based Method for Quantifying the Effects of Large On-Grid PV Systems", in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 25, Issue 4, October 2010.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5546955

D. Olivares (Student), J.D. Lara (Student), C. A. Cañizares, and M. Kazerani, "Stochastic-Predictive Energy Management System for Isolated Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, to be submitted, 8 double-column pages.

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