School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Farzad Rajaei Salmasi

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Associate Professor

Email: frajaei [AT] ut.ac.ir

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Education

Ph.D.: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, 2002
M.Sc.: AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1997
B.Sc.: Sharif Unversity of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1994

Current Researches

Fault Resilient Control of Electric Motor Drives
Robust Adaptive Observers
Fault Tolerant Control Systems
Design and Control of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Control of Wind Turbines

Research Interests

Fault tolerant Control Systems
Advanced Control of Electric Drives
Robust and Multivarible Control Systems
Renewable Energy Systems
Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Mechatronics

Courses

Mechatronics
Robust Control
Modern Control Systems
Multivariable Control Systems

Professional Society Memberships

Senior Member of IEEE since 2009 (Member 2002-2009)
Technical committee member of the International Association of Science & Technology for Developement (IASTED) on power and energy systems
Member of the Board, Iranian Institution of Mechatronics Engineers (2005-2010)

International Industrial Experience

Research Scientist,Electro Standards Laboratories, Cranston, RI, USA (Oct. 2002-Sept. 2004)

Graduate research assistant, EPPE Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College station, TX, USA (Sept. 1999-Sept. 2002)

International Tutorial

Designing Control Strategies for Hybrid Electric Vehicles, presented to IASTED 5th international conference on power and energy systems, June 2005, Benalmadena, Spain

Selected Publications

Journals

a) IEEE Transactions:

15. F. R. Salmasi, T.A. Najafabadi, "An Adaptive Observer with Online Rotor and Stator Resistance Estimation for Induction Motors with One Phase Current Sensor", IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TEC.2011.2159007, 2011.

14. B. A. Charandabi, F. R. Salmasi, A. Khaki Sedigh, "Improved Dead Zone Modification for Robust Adaptive Control of Uncertain Linear Systems Described by Input-Output Models with Actuator Faults", IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 863-867, April 2011.

13. T. A. Najafabadi , F. R. Salmasi, and P. Jabedar Maralani, "Detection and Isolation of Speed, DC-Link Voltage and Current Sensors Faults Based on an Adaptive Observer in Induction Motor Drives", IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 1662-1672, May 2011.

12. F.R. Salmasi, T.Abbasian Nadjafabadi, P. Jabbehdar-Maralani, "An Adaptive Flux Observer with On-line Estimation of Dc-Link Voltage and Rotor Resistance in VSI-Based Induction Motors," IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 1310-1319, 2010.

11. Salmasi, F.R., "Control Strategies for Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Evolution, Classification, Comparison, and Future Trends", IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2393-2404, Sep. 2007.

10. Gao, H., F.R. Salmasi, M. Ehsani," Inductance Model-Based Sensorless Control of the Switched Reluctance Motor Drive at low Speed", IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, No. 6, November 2004.

9. Salmasi, F.R., B. Fahimi," Modeling Switched-Reluctance Machines by Decomposition of Double Magnetic Saliencies", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 40, No. 3, May 2004.

b) Other International Journals

8. T.Abbasian Nadjafabadi, F.R. Salmasi, "Comparative Performance Analysis of Input-output Feedback Linearization and Field Oriented Control of Traction Induction Machines in Electric and Hybrid Electric Propulsion systems", International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Inderscience Publications, vol 2., no. 2, 2009.

7. T.Abbasian Nadjafabadi, F.R. Salmasi, "A flux observer with online estimation of core loss and rotor resistances for induction motors", International Review of Electrical Engineering, Praise Worthy Publications, Oct. 2009.

6. O. Movahedi, F.R. Salmasi, "Optimal Design of Propulsion System with Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for a PHEV Based on Non-dominated Sorting Genetic and Colonial Competitive Algorithms", International Review of Automatic Control, Praise Worthy Publications, July 2009.

5. E.A. Gargari, R. Rajabioun, F. Hashemzadeh and F.R. Salmasi, "A Decentralized PID controller based on Optimal Shrinkage of Gershgorin Bands and PID tuning Using Colonial Competitive Algorithm", Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol.5, No.10, Oct. 2009.

4. Hajimiri, M.H., Salmasi, F.R., " A Predictive and Battery Protective Control Strategy for Series HEV", Asian Journal of Electric Vehicles, Vol. 6, NO. 2, pp. 1059-1065, December 2008.

3. Salmasi, F.R., "Virtual Off-line Auto-Calibrating Position and Current Sensors for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives", IEE Proceedings on Power Applications, Vol. 153, No. 4, July 2006.

2. Menhaj, M., Salmasi, F.R., "A Novel Neuro-Estimator And Its Application to Parameter Estimation in a Remotely Piloted Vehicle", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Pergamon-Elsevier Science LTD, Oxford, Vol:4, Page(s): 459-464, August 2000.

1. Menhaj, M.; Salmasi, F.R., "A novel neuro-computing approach to nonlinear stochastic state estimation", Computational Intelligence, Lecture notes in computer Science, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 1229, Page(s): 52-60, 1997.

International Conferences

25. B. A. Charandabi, A. Khaki Sedigh, F. R. Salmasi, "A Fault Tolerant Control Technique For Accomodation of Partial Actuator Faults", Proc. of CCDC 2010, China, pp. 3875-3880.

24. Jafari, S. Farhangi, and F.R. Salmasi, "Robust Controller Design for Parallel Multi-Inverter Systems Using Mu-Synthesis", Proc. of IEEE PECON 2008, Malaysia 2008, pp. 619-624.

23. Ghalehnoie, M.; Yazdani, N.; Salmasi, F.R., "Fuzzy Rate Control in Wireless Sensor Networks For Mitigating Congestion", Proc. of Int. Symp. Telecom., IST 2008, pp. 312-317.

22. Movahedi, O., Salmasi, F.R., " Design and Optimization of Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehcile Based on Mehcatronics Design Approach", Proc. of Int. Conf. On Control, Automation, and Systems, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2008, pp. 554-557.

21. Rajabiun, R., Hashemzadeh, F., Atashpaz, E., Mesgari, B., Salmasi, F.R., " Decentralized PID Control Design for a MIMO Evaporator Based on Colonial Competitive Algorithm", Proc. Of IFAC 2008, Seoul Korea, July 2008, pp. 9952-9957.

20. Najafabadi, T.A., Salmasi, F.R., " A sensorless IM adaptive feedback linearization control with core loss and rotor resistance estimation", Proc. Of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electric Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2007, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2007, pp. 462-467.

19. Falahi, M., Salmasi, F.R., " A sliding Mode Controller for Switched Reluctance Motor with Iterative learning Compensation", ", Proc. Of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electric Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2007, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2007, pp. 631-635.

18. Rezaei Pish Robat, A., Salmasi, F.R., " State of Charge Estimation for Batteries in HEV Using Locally Linea rModel Tree", ", Proc. Of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electric Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2007, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2007, pp. 2041-2045.

17. Saberi, H., Salmasi, F.R., " Genetic Optimization of charging current for lead-acid batteries for use in hybrid electric vehicles", Proc. Of IEEE Int. Conf. on Electric Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2007, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2007, pp. 2028-2032.

16. Moradkhani, M., Haeri, M., Salmasi, F.R., "H-inf Loop Shaping Control of an Electric Power Steering System", Proc. Of the IEEE Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2007, Switzerland, 2007.

15. Hajimiri, M.H., Salmasi, F.R., "A Fuzzy Energy Management Strategy for Series Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Predictive Control and Durability Extension of the Battery", Proc. Of the IEEE Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, ICEHV 2006, INDIA 2006.

14. Falahi, M., Salmasi, F.R., Lucas, C., "Modified Passivity BAsed Control of SR Motors with Speed and Load torque Observers", Proc. of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON 2006, Paris, France, Nov. 2006, pp. 1077, 1081.

13. Fazeli, A.M., Nabi, A., Salmasi, F.R ,Amiri, M., "Development of Energy Management System For a ParallelHybrid Electric Vehicle Using Fuzzy Logic" Proc. of the ASME Engineering Systems Design & Analysis Conf., ASME ESDA 2006, Torino, Italy, 2006.

12. Amiri, M., Salmasi, F.R., Esfehanian, V., "A Control Strategy for Optimization of Power Losses in Series Hybrid Electric Vehicles Considering the Extension of Battery Life" Proc. of the ASME Engineering Systems Design & Analysis Conf., ASME ESDA 2006, Torino, Italy, 2006.

11. Abbasian, T.R., Salmasi, F.R., YazdanPanah M.J., "Stability Analysis of Sensorless IM Based on Adaptive Feedback Linearization Control with Unknown Stator and Rotor Resistances", IEEE Industry Applications Conference, 40th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005 IEEE, HonKong, Oct. 2005.

10. Abbasian, T.R., Salmasi, F.R., YazdanPanah M.J., "Torque Control of Sensorless IM Based on Adaptive Feedback Linearization with Unknown Stator and Rotor Resistances in Consideration of Core loss", Proc. of the sixth Int. Conf. on Power Electronics and Drive Systems, PEDS 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 2005.

9. Salmasi, F.R.," Dual Estimators for Position and Current Sensorless SRM Drives Based on the Decomposed Model", Proc. Of IEEE IEMDC Conference, IEMDC 2005, San Antonio, TX, USA, May. 2005.

8. Salmasi, F.R., R. Sepe," Virtual Auto-tuning Position and Torque Sensors For Switched Reluctance Motor Drives", Proc. Of IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2002, Anaheim, CA, USA, Feb. 2004.

7. Salmasi, F.R., M. Ehsani," A Novel Approach to Auto-Calibrating Sensorless Sensorless Switched Reluctance Motors Drives", Proc. Of IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, IECON 2003, Virginia, USA, Nov. 2003.

6. Salmasi, F.R., B. Fahimi, H. Gao, M. Ehsani," Sensorless Control of Switched Reluctance Motors for Constant Torque Applications Based on Back EMF Calculation", Proc. of IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2002, Dallas, TX, USA, March 2002.

5. Salmasi, F.R., B. Fahimi, H. Gao, M. Ehsani," Robust sensorless rotor position detection in switched reluctance motors for low speed applications", Proc. Of IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC 2001, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2001.

4. Gao, H., B. Fahimi, F.R. Salmasi, M. Ehsani," Sensorless control of the switched reluctance motor drive based on the stiff system control concept and signature detection", Industry Applications Conference, Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE, Volume: 1, 2001
Page(s): 490 -495, October 2001.

3. Gao, H., F.R. Salmasi, M. Ehsani," Sensorless control of SRM at standstill", Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2001. Sixteenth Annual IEEE, Volume:2 , Page(s): 850 -856 , 2001.

2. Menhaj, M.; Salmasi, F.R., "A new neuro-based state estimator", Proc. Of IEEE Conf. on Circuits and Systems", the 2002 45th Midwest Symposium, Vol. 3, pp 121-124, Aug 4-7, USA, 2002.

1. Salmasi, F.R. , M.B. Menhaj," State Estimation Using Neural Networks", IEE & IPM, International Conf., Intelligent and Cognitive Systems , Tehran, Iran, 1996.