Rachid Cherkaoui

Mission

Teaching: Master program: “Power system dynamics” Postgraduate program: “Transmission and Distribution of Electricity” (Postgraduate studies in Energy); “Modeling and behavior of electrical power systems” (Postgraduate course in electrical power engineering) Doctoral school: "Transient & Dynamic Analysis of Electrical Power Systems" ------------ Research: Optimization and simulation techniques applied to power systems and distribution systems (static and dynamic behavior of power systems including new technologies as FACTS devices, Superconducting devices,…; deregulation of electricity market: congestions management, transactions simulation, bidding strategies;…distribution system automation: optimal configuration, emergency configuration,…) 

Biography

Rachid Cherkaoui received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, in 1983 and 1992 respectively. From 1983 to 1987, he worked at Entreprises Electriques Fribourgeoises (Swiss electrical utility) developing a state estimator and security analysis tools for the HV transmission system of that company. From 1987 to 1992, he joined the power system laboratory of EPFL where he achieved his Ph.D. thesis in the field of optimal operation topologies for distribution systems. In this respect, he was the recipient of the ABB Swiss Award’83. Since 1993, he is leading the research activities in the field of optimization and simulation techniques applied to electrical power and distribution systems. Presently his main research topics are electricity market deregulation, distributed generation and storage, and, power system vulnerability mitigation. He is senior member of IEEE, member of technical program committees of various conferences, member of CIGRE task forces C5-2, and IEEE Swiss Chapter officer since 2005. He serves regularly as reviewer for different journals and conferences. Dr. Cherkaoui is the author or co-author of more than 50 scientific publications.