Saeed Manshadi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
San Diego State University 
Director, Smart Grid Lab (E220)
Co-Director SDSU SCEIN -Southern California Energy Innovation Network
Email: smanshadi AT sdsu DOT edu
Office: E202D
News
08/2023: I am elevated to IEEE Senior Member.
07/2023: I interviewed Steve Price of CBS8 San Diego on " Tips to prevent your electricity bill from spiking during heat wave "
06/2023: I have received the NSF ERI award entitled "ERI: Resilient Operational Planning of Electricity Grid under the Risk of Wildfire. "
06/2023: Our paper, entitled "Carbon-Aware Operation of Resilient Vertical Farms in Active Distribution Networks " has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
06/2023: Our paper, entitled "Coordinating flexible ramping products with dynamics of the natural gas network" has been accepted in Sustinable Energy, Grids and Networks.
06/2023: Our paper, entitled "Unleashing Grid Services Potential of Electric Vehicles for the Volt/VAR Optimization Problem" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
10/2022: I gave a talk on "Decarbonizing Electricity" at Electricity Working Group Workshop held by County of San Diego.
08/2022: Our paper, entitled "Strategic Competition of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in a Regulated Retail Electricity Market" has been selected as a Best Paper Award Finalist at the IEEE PES GM 2022 Conference in Denver, CO.
05/2022: I gave a talk at IEEE PES/PELS San Diego Chapter Meeting titile "The Dynamic Response of the Natural Gas Network due to the Volatility of Renewable Generation."
10/2020: I gave a talk at IEEE PES/PELS San Diego Chapter Meeting titile "Challenges and Opportunities of Transportation Electrification."
07/2019: I gave a talk at IEEE PES/PELS San Diego Chapter Meeting titile "Economics of Rooftop Solar."
External Funding
National Science Foundation: "ERI: Resilient Operational Planning of Electricity Grid under the Risk of Wildfire"
Southern California Gas Company: "Climate Champions Program"
California Energy Commission: "Southern California Energy Innovation Network"
Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute, North America: "Toward an Efficient Optimal Power Flow"
California Air Resource Board: "Imperial Valley Community-Focused Collaborative Research Plan"
