Hany Essa Zidan Farag (M’13–SM’18) received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2013.
Since 2013, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, where he is currently an Associate Professor. He is a York Research Chair in Integrated Smart Energy Grids and the Principal Investigator of the Smart Grid Research Laboratory and the Lead Developer of curriculum and over $2M-worth laboratories for power system specialization in the new electrical engineering program, with York University. His main research interests are in the areas of power distribution networks, integration of distributed and renewable energy resources, electric mobility, modeling, analysis, and design of microgrids, and applications of multiagent technologies in smart grids.
Prof. Farag is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and the Executive Secretary of Cigre International Workgroup C6.28 for Standardization of Offsupply Microgrids. He is a recipient of the prestigious Early Research Award from the Ontario Government.
Hany Essa Zidan Farag (M’13–SM’18) received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2013.
Since 2013, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, where he is currently an Associate Professor. He is a York Research Chair in Integrated Smart Energy Grids and the Principal Investigator of the Smart Grid Research Laboratory and the Lead Developer of curriculum and over $2M-worth laboratories for power system specialization in the new electrical engineering program, with York University. His main research interests are in the areas of power distribution networks, integration of distributed and renewable energy resources, electric mobility, modeling, analysis, and design of microgrids, and applications of multiagent technologies in smart grids.
Prof. Farag is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and the Executive Secretary of Cigre International Workgroup C6.28 for Standardization of Offsupply Microgrids. He is a recipient of the prestigious Early Research Award from the Ontario Government.View more