Dr Sohrab Nizami

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

s.nizami@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr Sohrab Nizami is working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He is working in the broader area of energy management in smart grids with a specific focus on the optimisation of distributed energy resources for their effective integration into the modern power grid and electricity markets. He previously worked at UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation, where his multi-disciplinary research was focused on heavy vehicle electrification, EV charging infrastructure, and grid integration and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) optimisation of electric vehicles. Prior to joining UQ, he worked at Evenergi, Sydney, Australia as an E-Mobility Research Lead (August 2020 - February 2021) and Casual Researcher (February 2020 - August 2020), where he worked on energy management and charging infrastructure planning tool for the electric bus depot as well as a number of energy analytics models for renewable and distributed energy resources. His previous employment also includes Research Assistant at Macquarie University and University of Technology Sydney, Australia (June 2020 - August 2020) and teaching-focused academic at the University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh (October 2011 - September 2013 and September 2015 - June 2017). Sohrab received a B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh, in 2010, an M.Sc. degree in sustainable energy technology from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Netherlands and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Spain in 2015, and the PhD degree in electrical engineering from Macquarie University, Australia, in 2020. Sohrab has a deep understanding of energy management, business models, infrastructure requirements and power grid challenges of renewable and distributed energy resources and he has factual knowledge of the Australian national electricity market. His research expertise also includes electricity market modelling and analysis, implementing demand response and energy management systems for the power distribution networks, and developing optimization algorithms for the effective management of distributed energy resources including solar energy, battery storage systems, and electric vehicles.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (19)

Conference Papers (13)

Book Chapter

Mahmud, Khizir, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Ravishankar, Jayashri and Hossain, M. J. (2019). Power-demand management in a smart grid using electric vehicles. ICT for electric vehicle integration with the smart grid. (pp. 111-142) edited by Nand Kishor and Jesus Fraile-Ardanuy. London, United Kingdom: The Institution of Engineering and Technology. doi: 10.1049/pbtr016e_ch5

Journal Articles

Tushar, Wayes, Yuen, Chau, Saha, Tapan K., Nizami, Sohrab, Alam, Mollah Rezaul, Smith, David B. and Vincent Poor, H. (2023). A survey of cyber-physical systems from a game-theoretic perspective. IEEE Access, PP (99), 1-1. doi: 10.1109/access.2023.3239834

Tushar, Wayes, Nizami, Sohrab, Azim, M. Imran, Yuen, Chau, Smith, David B., Saha, Tapan and Poor, H. Vincent (2023). Peer-to-Peer Energy Sharing: A Comprehensive Review. Foundations and Trends® in Electric Energy Systems, 6 (1), 1-82. doi: 10.1561/3100000031

Nizami, Sohrab, Tushar, Wayes, Hossain, M.J., Yuen, Chau, Saha, Tapan and Poor, H. Vincent (2022). Transactive energy for low voltage residential networks: a review. Applied Energy, 323 119556, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119556

Rafique, S., Nizami, M. S. H., Irshad, U. B., Hossain, M. J. and Mukhopadhyay, S. C. (2022). A two-stage multi-objective stochastic optimization strategy to minimize cost for electric bus depot operators. Journal of Cleaner Production, 332 129856, 129856. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129856

Tushar, Wayes, Yuen, Chau, Saha, Tapan, Chattopadhyay, Deb, Nizami, Sohrab, Hanif, Sarmad, Alam, Jan E. and Poor, H. Vincent (2021). Roles of retailers in the peer-to-peer electricity market: a single retailer perspective. iScience, 24 (11) 103278, 103278. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103278

Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Hossain, M. J. and Mahmud, Khizir (2021). A coordinated electric vehicle management system for grid-support services in residential networks. IEEE Systems Journal, 15 (2) 9141304, 2066-2077. doi: 10.1109/jsyst.2020.3006848

Rafique, Sohaib, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Irshad, Usama Bin, Hossain, Mohammad Jahangir and Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra (2021). EV scheduling framework for peak demand management in LV residential networks. IEEE Systems Journal, 16 (1), 1520-1528. doi: 10.1109/jsyst.2021.3068004

Rafique, Sohaib, Hossain, Mohammad Jahangir, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Bin Irshad, Usama and Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra (2021). Energy management systems for residential buildings with electric vehicles and distributed energy resources. IEEE Access, 9 9382980, 46997-47007. doi: 10.1109/access.2021.3067950

Islam, Md Tasbirul, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Mahmoudi, Sajjad and Huda, Nazmul (2021). Reverse logistics network design for waste solar photovoltaic panels: A case study of New South Wales councils in Australia. Waste Management and Research, 39 (2), 386-395. doi: 10.1177/0734242x20962837

Fernandez, Edstan, Hossain, M. J., Mahmud, Khizir, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan and Kashif, Muhammad (2021). A Bi-level optimization-based community energy management system for optimal energy sharing and trading among peers. Journal of Cleaner Production, 279 123254. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123254

Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Hossain, M. J. and Mahmud, Khizir (2021). A nested transactive energy market model to trade demand-side flexibility of residential consumers. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 12 (1) 9146383, 479-490. doi: 10.1109/tsg.2020.3011192

Irshad, Usama Bin, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Rafique, Sohaib, Hossain, M. Jahangir and Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra (2020). A battery energy storage sizing method for parking lot equipped with EV chargers. IEEE Systems Journal, 15 (3), 4459-4469. doi: 10.1109/jsyst.2020.3009695

Kashif, Muhammad, Hossain, M. J., Fernandez, Edstan, Nizami, M. S. H., Ali, Syed Muhammad Nawazish and Sharma, Vivek (2020). An optimal allocation of reactive power capable end-user devices for grid support. IEEE Systems Journal, 15 (3), 3249-3260. doi: 10.1109/jsyst.2020.2993065

Mahmud, Khizir, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Ravishankar, Jayashri, Hossain, M. Jahangir and Siano, Pierluigi (2020). Multiple home-to-home energy transactions for peak load shaving. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 56 (2) 8951012, 1074-1085. doi: 10.1109/tia.2020.2964593

Nizami, M. S. H., Hossain, M. J., Amin, B. M. Ruhul and Fernandez, Edstan (2020). A residential energy management system with bi-level optimization-based bidding strategy for day-ahead bi-directional electricity trading. Applied Energy, 261 114322, 114322. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114322

Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Hossain, M. J. and Fernandez, Edstan (2020). Multiagent-based transactive energy management systems for residential buildings with distributed energy resources. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 16 (3), 1836-1847. doi: 10.1109/tii.2019.2932109

Nizami, M. S. H., Hague, A. N. M. M., Nguyen, P. H. and Hossain, M. J. (2019). On the application of home energy management systems for power grid support. Energy, 188 116104, 116104. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116104

Parvez Mahmud, M. A., Hossain, M. J., Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Rahman, Md Shamiur, Farjana, Shahjadi Hisan, Huda, Nazmul and Lang, Candace (2019). Advanced power routing framework for optimal economic operation and control of solar photovoltaic-based islanded microgrid. IET Smart Grid, 2 (2), 242-249. doi: 10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0202

Fernandez, Edstan, Hossain, M. J. and Nizami, M. S. H. (2018). Game-theoretic approach to demand-side energy management for a smart neighbourhood in Sydney incorporating renewable resources. Applied Energy, 232, 245-257. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.171

Conference Papers

Rafique, S., Nizami, M. S.H., Irshad, U. B., Hossain, M. J. and Town, G. E. (2019). A customer-based-strategy to minimize the cost of energy consumption by optimal utilization of energy resources in an apartment building. 2019 International Conference on Smart Power and Internet Energy Systems, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 25 - 28 April, 2019. Bristol, United Kingdom: Institute of Physics Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/322/1/012018

Rafique, Sohaib, Hasan Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab, Bin Irshad, Usama, Hossain, Jahangir and Town, Graham (2019). An aggregator-based-strategy to minimize the cost of energy consumption by optimal utilization of energy resources in an apartment building. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy, 11-14 June 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2019.8783753

Nizami, M. S.H., Hossain, M. J., Amin, B M Ruhul, Kashif, Muhammad, Fernandez, Edstan and Mahmud, Khizir (2019). Transactive energy trading of residential prosumers using battery energy storage systems. 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, Milan, Italy, 23-27 June 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/ptc.2019.8810458

Nizami, M. S. H., Hossain, M. J., Rafique, Sohaib, Mahmud, Khizir, Irshad, U. B. and Town, Graham (2019). A Multi-agent system based residential electric vehicle management system for grid-support service. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy, 11-14 June 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2019.8783799

Sahoo, Animesh, Arunan, Anusuya, Mahmud, Khizir, Ravishankar, Jayashri, Nizami, M. S. H. and Hossain, M. J. (2019). Teager-Huang based fault detection in inverter-interfaced AC microgrid. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy, 11-14 June 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2019.8783453

Nayak, Abhishek, Mishra, Sukumar, Hossain, Jahangir and Nizami, M. S.H. (2019). Output feedback adaptive control for inter-area oscillation damping under power system uncertainties. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy, 11-14 June 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2019.8783847

Kashif, Muhammad, Hossain, M. J., Ali, S. M. Nawazish, Sharma, Vivek and Nizami, M. S. H. (2019). Harmonic Identification based on DSC and MAF for three-phase shunt active power filter. 29th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Nadi, Fiji, 26-29 November 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/aupec48547.2019.211898

Mahmud, Khizir, Nizami, M. S.H., Hossain, M. J. and Ravishankar, Jayashri (2018). A home-to-home energy sharing process for domestic peak load management. International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), Palermo, Italy, 12-15 June 2018. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2018.8493807

Nizami, M. S. H., Hossain, M. J., Mahmud, Khizir and Ravishankar, Jayashri (2018). Energy cost optimization and DER scheduling for unified energy management system of residential neighborhood. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Palermo, Italy, 12-15 June 2018. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2018.8493732

Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan and Hossain, Jahangir (2018). Optimal scheduling of electrical appliances and der units for home energy management system. 2017 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 19-22 November 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/aupec.2017.8282500

Nizami, M. S. H., Haque, A. N. M. M., Nguyen, P. H. and Bliek, F. W. (2016). HEMS as network support tool: facilitating network operator in congestion management and overvoltage mitigation. 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), Florence, Italy, 7-10 June 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/eeeic.2016.7555678

Ferdous, A.H.M. Iftekharul, Al-Arif, S.M. Masudur Rahman, Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Quadir, Md. Mohiuddin Abdul and Ullah, Mohammad Woli (2012). Path planning for automated robotic rescue system. doi: 10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221896

Nizami, Mohammad Sohrab Hasan, Al-Arif, S.M. Masudur Rahman, Ferdous, A.H.M. Iftekharul, Riyadh, Md. Moinuddin Sharif and Faridi, Fahd Rushd (2012). Efficient algorithm for automated rescue boats. doi: 10.1109/CSCWD.2012.6221894