In a statement on its website, the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) announced that Professor Fotouhi-Firouzabad, the former president of Sharif University of Technology, had won the prestigious award for the current year.
Fotouhi-Firouzabad, a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology, received the award “for contributions to methods, algorithms, and solutions for assessment and enhancement of reliability, resilience, and operational efficiency of electric power delivery systems under uncertainty,” the statement said.
The award was established by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (IEEE PES) in honor of Professor Roy Billinton, a pioneer in power system reliability, and is granted to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in this field.
Professor Fotouhi-Firouzabad “has published over 850 papers and 8 books, gave tutorials, presentations and seminars in over thirty countries and delivered over one hundred short courses on system reliability, and served IEEE PES committees and other industry committees,” the statement went on to say.
“He supervised more than 120 Ph.D. and Master degree candidates who are spread out in US, Canada and other countries,” it added.
The award ceremony took place on July 29, 2025, during the IEEE PES General Meeting 2025 held in Austin, Texas, the United States.
According to the IEEE Power & Energy Society, awards and scholarship programs are dedicated to annually recognizing industry leaders and engineering students for their technical expertise and significant service contributions to society and to the power and energy industry.
No comments:
Post a Comment