Payman Dehghanian, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the 2015 IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Professional Award.
The award is presented to an individual selected from a nationwide search to recognize an exceptional young engineering professional for meritorious service in the interests of humankind, as well as for outstanding professional achievement.
The award, formerly called the Outstanding Young Engineer Award, has been presented annually since 1936. Many recipients of this award have gone on to make major contributions to the electrical and computer engineering fields in noteworthy positions in academia, industry and government. Dehghanian will receive the award at the Educational Activities Board Awards ceremony in November in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Dehghanian is supervised by Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, who is the director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Smart Grid Center and the Eugene E. Webb Professor in the department.
Dehghanian received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran in 2009, his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology in 2011, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. His research interests include power system protection and control, power system reliability, asset management, maintenance scheduling, renewable integration and smart-grid applications.