Dr Shahab Farokhi
Senior Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Dr Shahab Farokhi received a BEng degree and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), and a PhD degree from the Université du Québec, Canada.
He has authored or co-authored several scientific contributions, including a book. After a post-doctoral fellowship with the NSERC/Hydro-Quebec/UQAC Industrial Chair on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment and a lectureship with the same university, he joined the faculty of Glasgow Caledonian University in 2012.
His current research interests include insulation coordination, outdoor insulators under icing and polluted conditions and electromagnetic transients in power systems.
Dr Farokhi is an active member of IEEE-DEIS and the IEEE Insulators Working Group for selection of transmission and distribution insulators with respect to icing.