Amirnaser Yazdani
Department Chair
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Toronto, Ontario
yazdani@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 556178
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Amirnaser Yazdani’s journey into teaching began early on. As a child, he would often role-play the part of instructor to his peers. He got his first taste of formal teaching as an engineer, teaching math and physics to high-school students in remote regions of Iran. But it was Yazdani’s work in t...
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Amirnaser Yazdani’s journey into teaching began early on. As a child, he would often role-play the part of instructor to his peers. He got his first taste of formal teaching as an engineer, teaching math and physics to high-school students in remote regions of Iran. But it was Yazdani’s work in the railway signalling systems industry that would lead him to academia.
Realizing there was a gap in his theoretical knowledge, Yazdani left his job to pursue a PhD in Toronto, but he brought with him the mentality of the railway industry. “Imagine what a train derailment or collision would entail. It is a mission-critical industry. The discipline and the mindset of that industry lingers in me today.”
Yazdani’s move coincided with worldwide awareness around the issues of legacy electric power systems in the early 2000s, and criticality was once again centre stage of his work. The immediate need for innovation in the energy sector appealed to Yazdani’s ambitions to impact society for the better. Today, Yazdani’s work is focused on the integration of renewable energies into the utility power system and grid modernization. “We do research for the betterment of society. Research is all about serving human beings.”
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Realizing there was a gap in his theoretical knowledge, Yazdani left his job to pursue a PhD in Toronto, but he brought with him the mentality of the railway industry. “Imagine what a train derailment or collision would entail. It is a mission-critical industry. The discipline and the mindset of that industry lingers in me today.”
Yazdani’s move coincided with worldwide awareness around the issues of legacy electric power systems in the early 2000s, and criticality was once again centre stage of his work. The immediate need for innovation in the energy sector appealed to Yazdani’s ambitions to impact society for the better. Today, Yazdani’s work is focused on the integration of renewable energies into the utility power system and grid modernization. “We do research for the betterment of society. Research is all about serving human beings.”
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