{"id":179,"date":"2020-12-17T03:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2022-04-27T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:42:08","slug":"shahab-afshar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/people\/shahab-afshar\/","title":{"rendered":"Shahab Afshar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">About<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shahab Afshar received the B.S. degree from the Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, in 2014, and the M.Sc. degree from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, in 2016, both in Electrical Engineering. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, USA. From 2017 to 2018, he was with the Power Systems Studies Research Department, Niroo research institute, Tehran, Iran. His research interests include transportation electrification, microgrid planning, and operation, power system optimization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Education<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Engineering &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Aug. 2019-Aug 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, USA, <strong>GPA: 4.0\/4.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Master of Science, Electrical Engineering &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Aug. 2014- July. 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, <strong>GPA: 3.72\/4.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<em>Aug. 2009-July. 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, <strong>GPA: 3.33\/4.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Research interests<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Transportation electrification<\/li><li>Microgrid planning and operation<\/li><li>Distributed optimization<\/li><li>Multi-energy systems<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Publications<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Accepted and published papers<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1364032121009291\">Afshar, Shahab, Pablo Macedo, Farog Mohamed, and Vahid Disfani. &#8220;Mobile charging stations for electric vehicles\u2014A review.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews<\/em>&nbsp;152 (2021): 111654.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9606708\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9606708\">S. Afshar, V. Disfani and P. Siano, &#8220;A Distributed Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling Platform Considering Aggregators Coordination,&#8221; in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109\/ACCESS.2021.3126289.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9494908\">Afshar, Shahab, and Vahid Disfani. &#8220;A Distributed EV Charging Framework Considering Aggregators Collaboration.&#8221; In&nbsp;<em>2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech<\/em>, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.<\/a><\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" target=\"_blank\">Afshar, Shahab, Pablo Macedo, Farog Mohamed, and Vahid Disfani. &#8220;A literature review on mobile charging station technology for electric vehicles.&#8221; In&nbsp;<em>2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference &amp; Expo (ITEC)<\/em>, pp. 1184-1190. IEEE, 2020.<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed, Farog, Shailesh Wasti, Shahab Afshar, Pablo Macedo, and Vahid Disfani. &#8220;Mmc-based distributed maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic systems.&#8221; In&nbsp;<em>2020 IEEE Power &amp; Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)<\/em>, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2020.<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" target=\"_blank\">Afshar, Shahab, Shailesh Wasti, and Vahid Disfani. &#8220;Coordinated EV Aggregation Management via Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers.&#8221; In&nbsp;<em>2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES)<\/em>, pp. 882-887. IEEE, 2020.<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9161499\" target=\"_blank\">Wasti, Shailesh, Pablo Ubiratan, Shahab Afshar, and Vahid Disfani. &#8220;Distributed dynamic economic dispatch using alternating direction method of multipliers.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09819<\/em>&nbsp;(2020).<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Awards<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>2022 Dean\u2019s Merit Award. a scholarship $2000 from the College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/li><li>SEARCH&nbsp;Award Contest, among 54&nbsp;proposals from students across the University, my proposal on \u201cDistributed charging management of Electric vehicles\u201d won the proposal contest and awarded $1000, College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/li><li>2021 Dean\u2019s Merit Award. a scholarship $2000 from the College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/li><li>2021 Outstanding Doctoral student, Computational Science: Engineering, The UTC graduate school.<\/li><li>Outstanding International Graduate Student of The Year 2020-2021, (Awarded $500) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Outstanding Contribution to Student Publication, 2020-2021, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Outstanding Graduate Assistant of The Year 2020-2021, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Outstanding International Graduate Student of The Year 2019-2020, (Awarded $500), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Awarded the Travel Award honor, May 2020 honor, Computer science department, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Awarded a scholarship as a PhD student, covers full tuition fee and health insurance Center of Excellence for Applied Computational Science and Engineering (SimCenter), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Accepted for a research position to work on EU funded projects, UNITED-GRID and FLEXI-GRID during summer 2020, at Chalmers university of technology.<\/li><li>Third place of the Iran smart cup competition, 2017, honor, Aug 2017, Power systems ministry.<\/li><li>Honored to the second-ranked MSc student within the Department of Electrical Engineering, Aug 2016, Tarbiat Modares University.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Current research projects<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Optimization modeling for urban electric vehicle charging market in Chattanooga.<\/li><li>Application of distributed optimization techniques in EV aggregation.<\/li><li>Cyber security in distributed control platforms. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Professional memberships<\/span> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Technical lead, Google developer student club: Develop technical curriculum\/literature for hands-on activities and lead activities.<\/li><li>Student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Power &amp; Energy Society (PES) and IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)<\/li><li>IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Access, IEEE Transportation and Electrification Conference and Expo.<\/li><li>Serving as a reviewer for Elsevier, Worked as a reviewer for several book chapters in the field of power systems.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Selected presentations<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mobile charging station<\/strong> (ITEC2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mobile Charging Stations   ITEC2020\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjLYLBnfLHA?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Distributed EV charging management<\/strong> (SGES2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Distributed EV charging management  SGES2020\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hL1OV1zKEuk?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Distributed EV Charging Framework Considering Aggregators Collaboration (2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Distributed EV Charging Framework Considering Aggregators Collaboration, 2021IEEE Madrid PowerTech\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SDYkRYoA_FM?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Selected photos<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" width=\"618\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-1536x1247.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-2048x1662.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/shahab-3-IMG_8117-333x270.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shahab Afshar won the 2022 Dean&#8217;s merit Scholarship<\/strong>. A scholarship of $2000 from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Merit_award-868x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" width=\"621\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Merit_award-868x1024-1.jpg 868w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Merit_award-868x1024-1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Merit_award-868x1024-1-768x906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Merit_award-868x1024-1-229x270.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shahab Afshar won the 2021 Dean&#8217;s merit Scholarship<\/strong>. A scholarship of $2000  from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/end-of-year-celebration-cge-sp21_51130694905_o-1024x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/end-of-year-celebration-cge-sp21_51130694905_o-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/end-of-year-celebration-cge-sp21_51130694905_o-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/end-of-year-celebration-cge-sp21_51130694905_o-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/end-of-year-celebration-cge-sp21_51130694905_o-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/end-of-year-celebration-cge-sp21_51130694905_o-1024x1024-1-270x270.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Shahab Afshar won the 2020-2021 Outstanding Graduate International Student of the Year<\/strong>, A scholarship of $500 from the university international office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210414-WA0012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240\" width=\"583\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210414-WA0012.jpg 666w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210414-WA0012-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG-20210414-WA0012-251x270.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> <strong>Shahab Afshar won the 2020 Outstanding Graduate assistant and 2020 outstanding contribution to the student publication awards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\" width=\"579\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1-1038x1536.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1-182x270.jpg 182w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2021\/11\/Shahab-Afshar-Copy-1.jpg 1332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Shahab Afshar won the 2021 Outstanding Doctoral Student Computational Science, Computational Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/New-Microsoft-PowerPoint-Presentation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" width=\"584\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/New-Microsoft-PowerPoint-Presentation.jpg 547w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/New-Microsoft-PowerPoint-Presentation-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/connectsmart\/files\/2022\/04\/New-Microsoft-PowerPoint-Presentation-280x270.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shahab Afshar won the 2019-2020 Outstanding Graduate International Student of the Year<\/strong>, A scholarship of $500 from the university international office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Contact<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shahab-afshar@mocs.utc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>210, EMCS, 615 McCallie Ave, EMCS 108A, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chattanooga, TN , USA, 37403<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Shahab Afshar received the B.S. degree from the Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, in 2014, and the M.Sc. degree from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, in 2016, both in Electrical Engineering. 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