Sean (Shahin) Parvar

Sean (Shahin) Parvar

Ph.D. Candidate

Start date: September 2021
Target graduation date: September 2026

Research focus: Utility Scale Energy Storage Optimization

Awards and recognitions:
– John S. Poyen Scholarship, Aug 2025.
– Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), Province of Alberta, Alberta Advanced Education, Dec 2023.
– UCalgary Rapid Energy Innovation Kick-Start Awards (UREIKA), by Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), administered by the Global Research Initiative in sustainable low carbon unconventional resources (GRI) Office, University of Calgary, May 2024.
– DTU PES Summer School 2024 on “Technical, Economic and Social Challenges in Power Systems: Optimization and AI Perspectives”, including top 50 participant with acceptance rate or 38% over 160+ academic and industrial applicants. May 27th to 31st, 2024 at DTU (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark).

Previous studies
– Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering Technologies at Politecnico di Milano
– Bachelor’s degree in Control Systems from Shiraz University

Industry and other work experience
– Modeling Specialist and Electricity market Analysist at arcus power corp.
– Executive Assistant to Vice President and Head of R&D at Daimler Trucks Asia
– Internship at Daimler Trucks Asia
– Lecturer at Fars National Elite’s Creativity Seasonal school
– Quality Manager of Inspection of Energy and Develop of Science

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