Ph.D. Students

Graduated:

2016-20 – Khosrow Maghsoudi – Development of Self-cleaning Polymeric Surfaces Using Polymer Processing Systems for High Voltage Insulators Application.

2015-18 – Seyedkazem Hosseini – Integration of photovoltaic systems in cold regions.

2014-18 – Muhammad Hussein – Mechanisms of Salt Deposition and Surface Flashover on outdoor Insulators in the Vicinity of Shoreline.

2013-18 – Mahdiyeh Seifaddini – Development of a uniaxial behavior model for isotropic polycrystalline ice.

2014-18 – Arshad Ali – Investigation of Flashover along Outdoor Polymeric Insulators under Various Contamination Conditions.

2012-16 – Fatima Madidi – Development of nanocomposite coatings with semiconductive and photocatalytic properties.

2013-16 – Hicham Farid – Numerical and experimental characterization of the viscoplastic behavior of ice under icing conditions on overhead power lines.

2013-16 – Siavash Asadollahi – Development of superhydrophobic/icephobic coatings using atmospheric pressure plasma jet polymerization.

2012-16 – Fanghui Yin -Influence of electrical stress on ice-covered insulators and their discharge characteristics.

2011-15 – Shahram Farhadi – Development of nanostructured coatings for protecting the surface of aluminium alloys against corrosion and ice accretion.

2011-15 – Faranak Arianpour – Elaboration of composite and chemically heterogeneous icephobic coatings.

2009-15 – Hamid Banitalebi Dehkordi – Study of the influence of ice accretion on the aerodynamic coefficients of transmission line towers.

2006-15 – Abdelghafour Bouaicha – Application of modern techniques for diagnosis of power transformers (co-supervised by Prof. I. Fofana, UQAC).

2010-14 – Soroush Haji Akbari Fini – Modeling the mechanical behavior of ice.

2012-14 – Xiaoxing Wei – Study of ice accretion on insulators and its preventive measures.

2009-14 – Ladan Foroughi Mobarekeh – Study of the plasma polymerization process for the development of nanostructured icephobic surfaces.

2008-13 – Sayyed Mahdi Ale-Emran – Optimization of booster shed parameters for improving the electrical performance of post insulators under icing conditions.

2009-13 – Shamsodin Taheri Ledari -Modeling of DC flashover on ice-covered HV insulators.

2011-13 – Zhangang Yang – Study of flashover performance and modeling of DC arc on ice-covered composite insulators.

2008-13 – Reham Hefny – Wet snow shedding from cables due to dynamic effects.

2006-13 – Zahira Ghalmi – Assessment of ice adhesion on different materials in relation to their chemical composition and surface roughness.

2004-12 – Naivonirina Ravelomanantsoa – Mathematical modeling and laboratory experimental study of winter pollution.

2008-11 – Azam Nekahi – Spectroscopic investigation of arc formed over an ice surface.

2007-11 – Chunying Zhang -Snow shedding process on a current-carrying conductor.

2006-10 – Shahab Farokhi – Mechanisms of arc propagation over an ice surface.

2004-09 – Yadollah Sabri – Static modelling of AC flashover on contamined insulators covered with ice using intelligent identification methods.

2005-09 – Saleema Noormohammed – Nanostructured thin films for icephobic applications.

2005-08 – Elie Lebatto – Elaboration of a 3D morphogenetic ice accretion model on a cylinder representing a non-energized power network line conductor as compared to experimental results (co-directed by Prof. E. Lozowski, Université d’Alberta).

2005-08 – Alireza Safaee – Nanostructured metal surfaces and their passivation for superhydrophobic and anti-icing applications.

2003-07 – Tamas Kalman -Dynamic behavior of iced cables subjected to mechanical shocks.

2003-07 – Defen Yu – Study of electrical discharge and space charge formation phenomena in the air gaps of an ice-covered insulator using an icicle / ice-covered plate electrode system.

2003-07 – Ibrahima Ndiaye – Development of positive streamers along an ice surface : a physical approach.

2002-07 – Fehti Meghnefi -Development of a real-time monitoring and prediction system for the electrical flashover of ice-coverd insulators.

2004-07 – Majid Kermani-Koosheh – Ice shedding from cables and conductors – a cracking model activity of atmospheric ice.

2001-06 – Zsolt Péter – Modelling and simulation of the ice melting process on a current-carrying conductor.

2002-06 – Hossein Hemmatjou – Modeling of arc development inside wet snow.

2000-05 – Vinay Jaiswal – Modeling of electric field distributions around station post insulators for improving their electrical performances under icing conditions (co-directed by Prof. D. Lowther, McGill).

2001-05 – Mojtaba Eskandarian – Ice shedding from overhead electrical lines by mechanical breaking (co-supervised by Prof. A. Gakwaya, Univ. Laval).

2000-04 – Ping Fu – Modeling and simulation of the ice accretion process on fixed or rotational cylindrical objects by boundary layer element method.

2000-04 – Changiz Tavakoli – Dynamic modeling of AC arc development on ice surface.

1998-02 – Christophe Volat – Boundary layer element modelling of voltage and electric field distribution along an ice-covered 735-kV standard post insulator (co-supervised by Prof. A. Gakwaya, Université Laval).

1998-02 – Yu Li – Study of the influence of altitude on the characteristics of electrical arc on polluted ice surfaces.

1998-02 – Amal Bouamoul – Experimental and theoretical study of the natural shedding of ice accreted around a cylinder (co-supervised by Prof. G. McClure, McGill).

1999-02 – Rabah Chaarani – The effects of the characteristics of an insulator on its electrical performance under icing conditions.

1997-00 – Stephan Brettschneider -Contribution to the study of visible discharge initiation and development on the ice surface (co-supervised by Prof. K.D. Srivastava, UBC).

1996-99 – Masoud Roshan Fekr -Stress analysis of an optical ground wire (co-supervised by Prof. G. McClure, McGill).

1996-99 – Xing Chen – Modeling of electrical arc on polluted ice surfaces (co-supervised by Prof. G. Olivier, École Polytechnique de Montréal).