Hany Farag

Dr. Farag received the B.Sc. (with honors) and the M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo, in 2013. Since July 2013 he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, where he is currently Associate Professor.

Dr. Farag is a York Research chair in Integrated Smart Energy Grids and the principal investigator of the smart grid research laboratory and the lead developer of curriculum and over $2M-worth laboratories for the power system specialization in the new electrical engineering program at YorkU. Dr. Farag is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, a member of Cigre international workgroup C6.28 for standardization of off-supply microgrids, and an associate editor in Frontiers in Communications and Networks and IEEE Systems. He is a recipient of the prestigious Early Research Award (ERA) from Ontario Government. His main research interests are in the areas of power distribution networks, integration of distributed and renewable energy resources, electric mobility, modeling, analysis, and design of microgrids, applications of multi- agent and blockchain technologies in smart grids, and integration of low-carbon power, natural gas, hydrogen, and transport systems into a unified framework.