Speakers

Dr. Moein Manbachi is a Project Leader and faculty member with the Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team (SMART) within the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation of BC Institute of Technology in Vancouver working the past seven years on energy infrastructure cybersecurity, smart grid modeling and optimization, and digital twinning projects. He was formerly a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC).  Dr. Manbachi holds a Ph.D. degree in Mechatronic Systems Engineering from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and has over 15 years of experience in academia, industry, and R&D in the areas of Power and Energy Systems as well as Energy Infrastructure Cybersecurity. He was the author/co-author of more than 60 technical papers published in high-ranked journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Manbachi is an IEEE senior member, an active member of CIGRE and Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC). His main research areas include but are not limited to Smart Grids, Energy Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Grid Real-time Modeling and Simulation, and Applications of Digital Twin Technologies in Power and Energy Sector.