Power System Restoration: Methodologies & Implementation Strategies

M. M. Adibi has spent over 49 years in the service of the electric power industry assuming various responsibilities: manufacturing and testing of heavy electrical equipment: operation and maintenance of large thermal power plants; power system planning in charge of developing 10-year construction programs for several utilities; and development of engineering and operation computer applications. As the president of IRD Corporation. Mr. Adibi conducted and participated in a number of research and development projects related to power system and power plant operation, and advanced network functions. Mr. Adibi is the founder and chair of the IEEE System Restoration Working Group and is the principal author of 23 IEEE Transactions papers on restoration issues. In 1995 Mr. Adibi received the IEEE Power Engineering Society’s prize for his paper, "Power System Restoration Planning." He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.