Hassan Farhangi

Dr. Hassan Farhangi (born in Tehran, Iran) is known for his work in the development of Canada's first Smart Microgrid on the campus of British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, BC, Canada.

Farhangi holds a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). His career spans over 25 years in private & public sector teaching, research and product development. He was a founding faculty of the Technical University of British Columbia, where as Dean and Professor of Information Technology, he developed an academic workflow for the development and delivery of interdisciplinary curricula, and led the development and delivery of Information Technology component of TechBC's TechOne undergraduate program.

Currently, Farhangi is the Director for Group for Advanced Information Technology at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Adjunct Professor at School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University and Adjunct Professor at ECE Department of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Farhangi is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEG), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

Selected Publications

• The Path of Smart Grid, Hassan Farhangi, paper published in IEEE Power & Energy Journal, Jan 2010, Vol 8, No 1.
• Intelligent Microgrid Research at BCIT, Hassan Farhangi, paper presented in IEEE’s EPEC’08 Conference in Oct 08 in Vancouver.
• Intelligent Agents as Building Blocks of Smart Grid, Hassan Farhangi, paper presented at PSC Conference in Nov 08.
• Intelligent Microgrid Research at BCIT, Hassan Farhangi, paper published in EnergyBiz Journal, July/Aug 08.
• Infinite Possibilities, Finite Resources: The TechBC Course Development Process; Tracey Leacock, Hassan Farhangi, Alice Mansell, Karen Belfer, Paper published & Presented in CATE Conf, Banf, Canada, June 2001
• Hybrid ISA-PCI architecture solution for PC audio subsystems Paper published in the Asian electronic engineer issue of Dec 1997
• Sound Solutions for PC audio subsystems Opinion published in electronic engineering times issue of Nov 1997
• Compact-Disc Read-Only Memory Data Retriever IC. Hassan Farhangi, Jan Konings; Advanced Development Center, Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, the Netherlands Paper published in the IEEE's proceedings on consumer electronics and presented at IEEE's 1986 international CA conference in Chicago, USA.
• Design and implementation of IROST Low Cost Image Capturing system, Hassan Farhangi, Elec. Eng. Dept. IROST Paper published in Pajouhesh Scientific Journal, no. 3, vol.2, Aug 1984
• A microprocessor based still frame capturing system, H. Farhangi, C. Daskalakis, A.G.. Heaton, Paper published in display scientific reports, Oct 1982, Butterworth & Co, London, England

Selected Patents

• GPS based electronic road pricing system” Patent applied for by Aztech Systems Limited, UK Patent #2295476, 17/06/1998
• Systems and Methods for Digital Audio Processing in PC Audio Subsystems, US patent was granted in July 1997
• Sequence box interface; H. Farhangi, J. Konings Patent applied for by Philips, Eindhoven, Holland Dutch application no. phn.11.789-nl U.S. patent was granted on September 15, 1987
• Improvements in/or related to image digitizing system, H. Farhangi, C. Daskalakis, Patent applied for by international computers, U.S.. application no. 363764 dated march 3, 1982

External links

• http://www.bcit.ca/microgrid
• http://www.bcit.ca/appliedresearch/gait/team/hfarhangi.shtml
• http://www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/staff-faculty-bios/f/
• http://www.ensc.sfu.ca/people/faculty/hassan-farhangi
• http://blogs.bcit.ca/appliedresearch/node/208