Professional
Activities:
Chair, IEEE Products & Services Committee, 2007-2008
Member, Editorial Board, Proceedings of the IEEE, 2004-2009
Vice President, IEEE Publications Board, 2006
Member, IEEE Board of Governors, 2006
Member, Editorial Board, Proceedings of the IEEE, 2004-2006
Vice Chair, IEEE Publications Board, 2004-2005
Vice President, IEEE Power Engineering Society, 1999-2003
Research
Interests:
Energy and Global Environment, Alternate Energy, Critical Infrastructure
Assessment and Modeling, Uncertainty Evaluation.
Current
or Recent Research Sponsors:
National Science Foundation,
Academic Liaison Office (USAID), US
Department of Energy, Virginia
Department of Minerals, Mines and Energy.
Teaching
Interests/Courses:
Critical infrastructures, Alternate Energy, Environmental Studies
ECE4364:
Alternate Energy Systems
ECE5364:
Electrical Energy and Environmental Systems
ECE5984:
Electrical Energy Infrastructure Assurance
Selected
Publications/Presentations:
1. "The telecommunication infrastructure: A model for optimum
voice-data coverage", M. Pipattanasomporn and S. Rahman,
Utilities Policy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online
24 July 2006.
2. "Intelligent Distributed
Autonomous Power Systems (IDAPS) and their Impact on Critical
Electrical Loads", M. Pipattanasomporn and S. Rahman,
Proceedings 1st IEEE International Workshop on Critical Infrastructure
Protection, Nov 3-4, 2005, pp. 101-109.
3. "Implications of
On-Site Distributed Generation for Commercial/Industrial Facilities",
M. Pipattanasomporn, M. Willingham and S. Rahman, IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 20, no. 1, Feb 2005, pp. 206-212.
4. Invited lecture at the
University of Electronic Sciences and Technology of China, IT
Now and Future Forum, Chengdu, China, "Critical
Information Infrastructure Assurance: Its Challenges and Opportunities",
by S. Rahman, Sep 2006.
5. Invited talk at the IEEE
Richmond Section, Richmond, Virginia, "Wind
Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Offshore Applications",
by S. Rahman, G. Hagerman and M. Pipattanasomporn, Sep 2006.
6. Invited lecture at the
4th EAPC/PfP Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection
& Civil Emergency Planning: Building Bridges between Stakeholders
to Mitigate Disasters, Zurich, Switzerland, "Energy
Networks for Sustainable Communication Systems and Mitigation
of Civil Disasters", by S. Rahman, Aug 2006.
7. Keynote address at the
4th EAPC/PfP Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection
& Civil Emergency Planning: Building Bridges between Stakeholders
to Mitigate Disasters, Zurich, Switzerland, "ICT-Integrated
Energy Infrastructure", by S. Rahman, Aug 2006.
8. Invited lecture
to the South Africa Section of IEEE and the South Africa Institute
of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) at Wits University, West Campus
in Johannesburg, South Africa, "Greenhouse
Gas Emissions and Climate Change", by S. Rahman, May
2006.
9. Keynote address at the
International Conference on Industrial and Commercial User of
Energy (ICUE), Cape Town, South Africa, "Energy
Use and National Energy Efficiency Strategies in China, India,
USA and the EU", by S. Rahman, May 2006.
10. Invited presentation
at the China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, China,
"Global Energy Use,
Distributed Generation and Energy Efficiency", by S.
Rahman, Apr 2006.
More
publications and presentations
Education:
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Virginia
Tech, 1978
MS, Electrical Engineering, State
Univ. of New York, 1975
BSc, Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh
Univ. of Engineering & Technology, 1973
Current
VT Appointments:
Director, Center for Energy
and the Global Environment
Director, Advanced Research
Institute
Affiliate Faculty, Center
for Power Engineering
