Prospective students
are encouraged to submit their resume/CV to Dr. Lotfifard (s.lotfifard@ucf.edu), including any published papers and/or reports, research interests and related experiences.

Ph.D students

Arash Asrari received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran in 2012. His research interests include computer applications in power systems, electricity market analysis, renewable energy integration and electricity network reconfiguration. He is currently perusing the Ph.D. degree in the University of Central Florida, USA.

 

MS.c students

Mohd. Nafis Akram is currently a Graduate Masters Student in Electrical Engineering at University of Central Florida. After Graduating from American International University –Bangladesh in 2007, he started working in Power System Protection and Control for various Substations and Power Plants in the Middle East. He was the Lead Engineer for commissioning various Substation and Power Plants during the tenure of his employment. He started his graduate studies at University of Central Florida in Fall-2012 .His research interests are DC and AC power system protection & control, Substation Automation Systems, artificial intelligence and Smart Grid Systems.

Eyisi V.P Chiebuka received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in 2010. He is currently working on his Masters degree at the University of Central Florida. His research interests are in power systems distribution analysis.

Edwards Jimenez is currently a graduate student in EECS department at the University of Central Florida. He completed his BS in EE at University of Central Florida. His research interests are smart-grid, energy storage devices, and power network analysis.

BS.c students

Zayd Babamir is an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student at the University of Central Florida.  His research interest is  integration of renewable energy to power grids.He is currently conducting undergraduate research in Solar Power