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Graduate Program Applicant Questionnaire: I. Research Interests

- The applicant is interested in the Computer and Software Engineering research group and the Electric Power and Energy Systems group. He intends to work with Professor Juri Jatskevich and has received confirmation of supervision from Professor Jatskevich. - The applicant has research experience as a research assistant and has worked on industrial research projects in Iran related to power systems and distributed generation. He has authored several publications in IEEE conferences. - The applicant is requesting financial support in the form of a Graduate Research Assistantship and can support himself for 1 year of graduate study.

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Graduate Program Applicant Questionnaire: I. Research Interests

- The applicant is interested in the Computer and Software Engineering research group and the Electric Power and Energy Systems group. He intends to work with Professor Juri Jatskevich and has received confirmation of supervision from Professor Jatskevich. - The applicant has research experience as a research assistant and has worked on industrial research projects in Iran related to power systems and distributed generation. He has authored several publications in IEEE conferences. - The applicant is requesting financial support in the form of a Graduate Research Assistantship and can support himself for 1 year of graduate study.

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University of British Columbia - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate Program Applicant Questionnaire


Please fill out all areas which apply. This questionnaire is designed to provide information to potential supervisors and find a good fit with a
research lab. Please print this document and mail it in. You may, IN ADDITION, edit it and make it available as a weblink. Please provide the
web link on your online application form. You may add or substitute a resume (max length 2 pages) for Part III.

Name on application: ALIREZA TAJFAR Date of Birth: April, the 8’th,1978

I. Research Interests

1. Do you intend to apply for the Biomedical Engineering Program


(http://www.bme.ubc.ca/index.html)? Yes/No (If No, continue to Question 2.)
- 1a. If yes, who is your intended supervisor? ________________________________
(Please attach a copy of the Recommendation of Admission to the BMEG Program to be signed by your
supervisor.)
- 1b. Do you intend to apply for the non-BMEG programs, as well as the BMEG program? Yes/No
(If yes, continue to 2. If no, continue to 5)

2. Please choose two areas of interest from the research areas below, numbering them 1 and 2 in
order of preference. Please choose 2 only. All application files are available to all faculty members
and your file will not be restricted to only the research groups you have chosen.

Biotechnology Group (BIOT) Communications Group (COMM)


Control and Robotics Group (CORE) 2 Computer and Software Eng Group (COSE)
Microelectronics / Nanotechnology Group (MINA) Electric Power and Energy Systems (EPES) 1
Signal Processing and Multi-Media Group (SPMG) Very Large Scale Integration Group (VLSI)

3. Is there a specific professor you are interested in working with? Yes/No YES

Name: ___________Juri Jatskevich__________________________________________________

4. Has a specific professor already agreed to supervise your graduate program, if you are admitted?
Yes/No YES

Name: ____________ Juri Jatskevich ______________________________________

5. Title of Graduating Thesis or Project - Bachelor's (leave blank if not applicable)

Industrial Automation Networks – Field Buses

6. Title of Thesis - Master’s

Design of Coordinated Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Voltage / VAR control in Distribution Networks

Web Link:___________________________
II. Finances:

Please note that his information is for potential supervisors only and not binding on admission
decisions made by the department. Admission is decided separately from financial assistance,
which is generally decided by individual supervisors. Regardless of what you check here you may
or may not be offered admission with or without funding:

Please check all that apply

Financial Need:
I am unable to accept and offer of admission which does not include financial support. *
I wish to be considered for admission whether or not I receive financial support
I do not require financial support from the department.
I wish to be considered for a Graduate Research Assistantship. *

Financial Resources:
I can fully support myself in the graduate program for ___year(s).
I will be employed outside the department part-time/full-time while I pursue my studies.
My graduate studies will be funded by my employer/university/government. (Please attach a
letter of confirmation of support from funding organization.
I have applied for funding from the following sources:

I hold an NSERC _________ graduate scholarship commencing ___________ for _______ year(s).
I am a Commonwealth Scholarship holder.
III. Research and Work Experience

Resume Web Link: http://www.esnips.com/web/PhDApplicationDocuments (you may append a


resume in lieu of this section)

1. Do you have experience as a research assistant? Yes/No YES


Elaborate:

RA in a project contracted with Tehran Regional Company during graduate (Master) studies at the
Iran University of Science & Technology, in co-operation with Professor Mohsen Kalantar.

2. Industrial research or related work experience:

Position Company Dates Duties

Research Engineer “Niroo 09/2006 ~ Participating in a national project titled:


Research 06/2008
Institue (NRI)”; Design and construction of a 30 MVAR
the official R&D SVC (TCR type with FC)
center of
Iranian ministry
of power &
energy

Research Engineer “Niroo 09/2006 ~ Participating in a national project titled:


Research 06/2008
Institue (NRI) Design and construction of a 70kW
Micro-Turbine (Distributed generation
application)

3. Publications:

Author(s) Alireza Tajfar,Mohsen Title: Coordinated Fuzzy Logic Voltage/Var Controller in


: Kalantar,Reza Iravani Distribution Networks
Journal: ICIT2008 - IEEE International Publisher IEEE
Conference on Industrial :
Technology, Chengdu, China
Vol/Yr: 2008 Language: English Web http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/freesearchres
Link: ult.jsp
?history=yes&queryText=%28tajfar%29&image
Field
.x=0&imageField.y=0

Author(s) Esmaieli, A.; Niaki, S.A.N.; Tajfar, Title: Unified Modeling of UPFC-SMES in power system
: A.; Nademi, H application
Journal: The 3rd IEEE Conference on Publisher IEEE
Industrial Electronics and :
Applications (ICIEA
2008), Singapore
Vol/Yr: 2008 Language: English Web http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/freesearchres
Link: ult.jsp
?history=yes&queryText=%28tajfar%29&image
Field
.x=0&imageField.y=0

Author(s): Title:
Journal: Publisher:
Vol/Yr: Language: Web Link:

4. Patents:

5. If there is any other information you feel would be important to the Admission Committee in
evaluating your application to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, please attach a separate page (1
page only please).

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