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Kaveh Niayesh
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| School of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Associate Professor |
| Email: kniayesh [AT] ut.ac.ir |
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| Education |
Ph.D.: Electrical engineering, RWTH Aachen University of Technology, Germany, Jan. 2001
M.Sc.: Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, June 1996
B.Sc.: Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, Sept. 1993
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| Research Interests |
Power System Transients
Plasma Physics
Current limitation and interruption
Switching arc physics
Electrical contacts
Pulsed Power Engineering
High current/ high voltage testing and apparatus
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| Current Researches |
Circuit breaker modeling
Simulation of current interruption processes
Design of high current test facilities
Applications of pulsed power
Fault current limiters
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| Courses |
Theory and applications of power switches
Pulsed power engineering
Applied Plasma Physics
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| Selected Publications |
K. Niayesh, "Influence of Electrode Surface Microstructures on the state of short vacuum gaps after interruption of high frequency currents," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, pp. 2189-2191, Vol. 33, No. 17, Sept. 2000.
K. Niayesh, "Re-ignition development in short vacuum gaps after interruption of high frequency currents," IEEE Trans. Plasma Science: 2nd Special issue of images in plasma science, Vol. 30, No. 1, Part 1, pp. 96-97, Feb. 2002.
K. Niayesh, "Re-ignitions in short vacuum gaps after interruption of high frequency currents caused by ion bombardment," IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, pp. 69-74, Vol. 29, No. 1, Feb. 2001.
K. Niayesh, E. Hashemi, E. Agheb and J. Jadidian, "Sub-Nanosecond Breakdown Mechanism of Low Pressure Gaseous Spark Gaps," IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Vol. 36, No. 4, part 1, pp. 930-931, August 2008.
K. Niayesh, J. Jadidian, E. Hashemi and E. Agheb, "Improved Output Current Rise time from Modified Helical Flux Compression Generators," IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Vol. 36, No. 5, part 3, pp. 2700-2707, Oct. 2008.
K. Niayesh, L. Niemeyer and J.H. Fabian, "Matrix combination of Elementary switches: General considerations and applications to MEMS relays", Electrical Engineering, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 19-31, Nov. 2007.
K. Niayesh, J. Tepper and F. Koenig, "A Novel Current limiting principle based on Application of Liquid metals," accepted for publication in the IEEE Trans. Components and Manufacturing technology, Oct. 2005.
E. Dullni, D. Gentsch, W. Shang, I. Kleberg and K. Niayesh, "Switching of capacitive currents and the correlation of Re-strike and pre-ignition behavior," IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 65-71, Feb. 2006.
K. Niayesh, F. Rager and Ch. Schacherer, "Electrode phenomena before long delayed breakdowns in vacuum after switching capacitive currents," IEEE Trans. Plasma Science: 3rd special issue on images in plasma science, Vol. 33, No. 1, part 1, pp. 258-259, April 2005.
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